A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
WICKED SMOKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
WICKED SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
KEV-A-QUE
KEV-A-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 17th of 31 at the Puckaway Pigfest (2018). They finished #1778 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 9, 2016
latest Sep 6, 2019 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.11 · weakest Pork (156.12)
Road miles
6
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$5,750
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
633.79 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #1946 (75 pts) | #1790 (100 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1778 (96 pts) | #1592 (121 pts) | #2515 (56 pts) | #1897 (86 pts) | #1443 (161 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2110 (76 pts) | #2144 (81 pts) | #1963 (116 pts) | #2831 (56 pts) | #2190 (71 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2175 (75 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2081 (110 pts) | #2236 (75 pts) | #2143 (95 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 156.5144 | 160.11 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 150.8688 | 159.15 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0228 | 150.2628 | 156.12 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 149.0856 | 158.41 | top 57% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puckaway Pigfest | 3 | 17 | 0 | top 67% | Sep 6, 2019 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
73
finished ahead 48 times, behind 86
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Puckaway Pigfest
20182 milestones
- First call Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)166.8572 Puckaway Pigfest
20163 milestones
- First tracked contest Puckaway Pigfest
- Career-best overall score647.3944 Puckaway Pigfest
- Peak power rating (1498) Puckaway Pigfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 7, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.7 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 6, 2019 |
| -3.2 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 8, 2017 |
| -1.7 | Puckaway Pigfest | Sep 9, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2019 | Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI | 30 / 39 (620.4688) | 22 (159.9888) | 17 (161.1316) | 31 (150.2628) | 34 (149.0856) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 17 / 31 (638.8348) | 12 (163.9772) | 25 (150.8688) | 19 (157.1316) | 7 (166.8572) |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 21 / 31 (628.4460) | 20 (159.9660) | 13 (160.5828) | 25 (153.0744) | 22 (154.8228) |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI | 22 / 37 (647.3944) | 32 (156.5144) | 15 (164) | 22 (164.0228) | 18 (162.8572) |