DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE

DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 38 at the Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2019). They are ranked #3698 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,698

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1489

peak 1489 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 19, 2015

latest Jun 14, 2019 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#2212

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

663.3144 / 720

Master · Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

20%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.7028

Pork Ribs · Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

Consistency

±15.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.31 · weakest Brisket (156.74)

Road miles

across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

638.78 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

663.3144 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.3144 at Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 14, 2019

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings

HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.57 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Brisket avg 156.74
Chicken avg 164.31
0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DIG ON SWINE in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE, each with one reason worth a look.

158 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Just Blowin Smoke

#3,687 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1504

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 10, 2026

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RJ's Bob-E-Que

#3,721 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

Level with DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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SMOKEY BONES

#3,717 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1489

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 21, 2022

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Ribbin One Out

#3,673 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Nov 1, 2019

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Smoke Wind and Fire

#3,681 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1490

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 28, 2019

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Bill's Best BBQ

#3,699 of the rated field

1489 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 11, 2017

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DANCING MOOSE BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	168	161.0856	164.31	top 56%
Pork Ribs	5	1	169.7028	143.9432	158.01	top 65%
Pork	5	0	163.9544	155.3600	159.72	top 67%
Brisket	5	0	161.6572	152.4800	156.74	top 68%

“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)	1	0	top 24%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 76%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	2	9	0	top 46%	Jun 14, 2019
Peak City Pigfest	2	36	0	top 87%	Jun 17, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 3 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 109 finished ahead 72 times, behind 143

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20197 milestones

Jun 14 First call Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 14 First overall top-10 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3144 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 14 Career-best overall score663.3144 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7028 Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 14 Peak power rating (1489) Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 14 Most recent contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest

20151 milestone

Jun 19 First tracked contest Peak City Pigfest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.6	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 14, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.9	Peak City Pigfest	Jun 19, 2015
-7.3	Peak City Pigfest	Jun 17, 2016
-1.9	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 15, 2018
-1.2	Peak City Pig Fest	Jun 16, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	1	100%	top 24%	92.1%	92.1%
2018	1	0	0%	top 68%	88.9%	88.9%
2017	1	0	0%	top 64%	89.1%	89.1%
2016	1	0	0%	top 78%	88%	88%
2015	1	0	0%	top 96%	85.5%	85.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 14, 2019	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC	9 / 38 (663.3144)	15 (168)	9 (169.7028)	15 (163.9544)	18 (161.6572)
Jun 15, 2018	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	30 / 44 (639.8512)	20 (167.4172)	32 (156.5256)	26 (160.5028)	34 (155.4056)
Jun 16, 2017	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	30 / 47 (641.4852)	31 (161.0856)	26 (163.3828)	30 (160.5256)	32 (156.4912)
Jun 17, 2016	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	36 / 46 (633.4856)	28 (163.9544)	34 (156.5028)	43 (155.3600)	28 (157.6684)
Jun 19, 2015	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	43 / 45 (615.7836)	30 (161.1088)	45 (143.9432)	36 (158.2516)	39 (152.4800)

DIFFERENT POINT OF QUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)