High-water mark
678.1716
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1716 at Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 15, 2026
The Local Que BBQ & Catering
The Local Que BBQ & Catering is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 15 at the Jeepin 4 Justice (2026). They finished #160 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 13, 2026
latest Jun 12, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.39 · weakest Chicken (160.79)
Road miles
822
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 565 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.17 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
316.71 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 151.3256 | 160.79 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 153.0628 | 167.39 | top 34% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 161.0856 | 163.37 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 154.7772 | 165.39 | top 16% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 58% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
TN
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
131
finished ahead 65 times, behind 81
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20268 milestones
- First tracked contest Jeepin 4 Justice
- First call Jeepin 4 Justice
- First overall top-10 Jeepin 4 Justice
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.0400 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best overall score678.1716 Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival
- Peak power rating (1505) Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.6 | Jeepin 4 Justice | Mar 13, 2026 |
| +0.8 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 3, 2026 |
| +0.4 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival | May 15, 2026 |
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Springfield, TN | 18 / 32 (503.3372) | 20 (166.2516) | 4 (176) | 26 (161.0856) | — |
| May 15, 2026 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 21 / 33 (678.1716) | 24 (166.2400) | 17 (170.8344) | 24 (165.0972) | 2 (176) |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 19 / 36 (329.0400) | 24 (159.3600) | 16 (169.6800) | — | — |
| Mar 13, 2026 | Jeepin 4 Justice 🏅 Shady Hills, FL | 5 / 15 (304.3884) | 5 (151.3256) | 4 (153.0628) | 4 (163.9312) | 4 (154.7772) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.