The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
All About Smokin Q has finished one call ahead of HBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
HBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2015-01-17
latest 2016-08-05
Best ToY finish
#2274
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.68)
Road miles
1,770
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 1770 mi
Master avg
645.03 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
REVIN IT UP BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
HBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 145 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after HBQ did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with HBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where HBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 158.8000 | 158.80 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6800 | 153.6800 | 153.68 | top 89% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 170.8344 | 170.83 | top 28% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 161.7144 | 161.71 | top 50% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2015-01-17 → 2016-08-05
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.83 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.68)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
645.03
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
35
20–50 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,770
2 mapped stops · furthest 1,770 mi
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2015-01-17 → 2016-08-05
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- First call Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled
- 2016
- Career-best overall score645.0288 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8344 Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
- Most recent contest Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-05 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 26 / 36 (645.0288) | 30 (158.8000) | 32 (153.6800) | 10 (170.8344) | 18 (161.7144) |
| 2015-01-17 | Certified BBQ Judging Class - Cancelled Hartselle, AL | 26 / 36 (645.0288) | 30 (158.8000) | 32 (153.6800) | 10 (170.8344) | 18 (161.7144) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1793 (135 pts) | #2143 (95 pts) |