A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE SMOKING HILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE SMOKING HILLS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GK 'QUE
GK 'QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 26th of 30 at the Big Blue BBQ Championship (2016). They finished #1546 in the 2016 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 3, 2016
latest Jun 2, 2017 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±60.43
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.82 · weakest Chicken (123.97)
Road miles
281
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Master avg
585.16 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 20 | 123.97 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5600 | 147.3716 | 151.70 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 150.2512 | 157.82 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 147.9312 | 151.68 | top 86% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 83% | Jun 2, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
142
finished ahead 23 times, behind 143
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score629.0512 Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
- Most recent contest Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL)
20163 milestones
- First tracked contest Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1491) Big Blue BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2400 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest | Aug 5, 2016 |
| -9.4 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | Jun 3, 2016 |
| -7.5 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ | Sep 9, 2016 |
| -5 | Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) | Jun 2, 2017 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.1% | 79.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2017 | Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAM FULL) Marysville, KS | 28 / 35 (629.0512) | 33 (155.3712) | 29 (156.5600) | 20 (162.2628) | 25 (154.8572) |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO | 65 / 76 (627.3028) | 35 (166.2400) | 64 (151.4516) | 58 (161.6800) | 72 (147.9312) |
| Aug 5, 2016 | Rossville Tall Corn Festival BBQ Contest Rossville, KS | 28 / 29 (482.1256) | 29 (20) | 26 (151.4056) | 26 (157.0740) | 28 (153.6460) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS | 26 / 30 (602.1488) | 23 (154.2516) | 28 (147.3716) | 25 (150.2512) | 24 (150.2744) |