EVEL QUE-NIEVEL

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1728

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1550

peak 1552 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-10-11

latest 2018-10-12

Best ToY finish

#1133

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9428 / 720

Master · Peak City Pigfest

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.78 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.26 (+3.52)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1544

Brisket · Peak City Pig Fest

Consistency

±13.71

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.05 · weakest Chicken (162.62)

Road miles

829

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 102 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Master avg

657.26 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.9428 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9428 at Peak City Pigfest — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-19

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 29%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 29%

A tough matchup

13–0 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

9 of 13 shared pork entries lost

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.90% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.90% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.3% of a perfect score
14 contests

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.

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

UNCLE BUD'S BBQ

#1726 of the rated field

1550 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1562

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to EVEL QUE-NIEVEL)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team EVEL QUE-NIEVEL has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 59 contests
last seen 2019-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin R's

#1735 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-04-03

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HERDING SMOKE

#1727 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1552

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2015-09-26

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Ro-Ro's Smokehouse

#1724 of the rated field

1551 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1551

No shared contest yet.

12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 58% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-07-11

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DELIVERING SMOKE BBQ

#1729 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-06-21
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

THE SNORTIN' BOAR

#1738 of the rated field

1550 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Level with EVEL QUE-NIEVEL on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2019-07-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN SKULLIES	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
FatHeads bbq	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
ARMED AND HAMMERED BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
FIRED UP SMOKERS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Grillin' Thyme	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
CAROLINA SMOKE	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
BANGIN' BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
OLD COLONY SMOKEHOUSE	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BOBO'S QUE	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	2	0	0	171.4400	153.6684	162.62	top 59%
Pork Ribs	14	4	0	0	171.4288	146.1828	164.25	top 42%
Pork	14	4	0	1	171.9772	159.9544	166.05	top 37%
Brisket	14	4	1	2	177.1544	150.2172	164.34	top 42%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 43%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 45%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	3	10	top 39%	2017-09-08
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2	22	top 54%	2018-10-12
Peak City Pig Fest	2	4	top 32%	2017-06-16
Peak City Pigfest	2	4	top 35%	2016-06-17

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-10-11 → 2018-10-12

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 14 of 14 contests

Contests visited 9 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.05 · weakest Chicken (162.62)

Walk rate 64% a top-10 call in 9 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 21% 3 of 14 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 657.26 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 252 355–273 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 829 14 mapped stops · furthest 102 mi

Schedule strength 1553 average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests

Power rating 1550 peak 1552 · #1728 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Oct 11 First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
2014
Jun 20 First call Peak City Pig Fest
2015
Apr 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.0284 Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)
Jun 19 First overall top-10 Peak City Pigfest
Jun 19 Career-best overall score679.9428 Peak City Pigfest
2017
Jun 16 First category win (Brisket) Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 16 10th tracked contest Peak City Pig Fest
Jun 16 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1544 Peak City Pig Fest
2018
Jun 15 Peak power rating (1552) Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Oct 12 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Peak City Pig Fest	2017-06-16
+14.6	Peak City Pigfest	2015-06-19
+10.7	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2017-09-08
+6.1	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	2015-10-09
+5.2	Beak Week BBQ Challenge	2016-09-09

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.3	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2013-10-11
-3.2	Peak City Pigfest	2016-06-17
-1.5	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2018-10-12
-0.8	Peak City Pig Fest	2014-06-20

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 52%	90.8%	89.9%
2017	3	2	1	67%	top 29%	94.4%	93%
2016	2	0	0	100%	top 53%	92.4%	91.3%
2015	4	1	0	75%	top 37%	94.4%	92.3%
2014	2	0	0	50%	top 55%	89.8%	89.6%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 64%	88.1%	88.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-12	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	22 / 39 (641.5660)	24 (159.9544)	18 (163.4060)	12 (165.1428)	26 (153.0628)
2018-06-15	Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	21 / 44 (653.5544)	33 (162.2400)	20 (161.6800)	30 (159.9544)	8 (169.6800)
2017-10-13	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	26 / 50 (654.1144)	41 (155.9200)	25 (165.0972)	18 (167.3944)	22 (165.7028)
2017-09-08	*Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	10 / 39 (675.3256)	30 (163.3828)	18 (165.6684)	3 (171.9772)	3 (174.2972)
2017-06-16	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	4 / 47 (679.3488)	26 (163.3944)	5 (170.8228)	13 (167.9772)	1 (177.1544)
2016-09-09	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	20 / 44 (665.6344)	28 (165.0972)	9 (171.4288)	12 (169.7144)	32 (159.3940)
2016-06-17	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	28 / 46 (648.4572)	20 (166.2628)	10 (169.7372)	26 (162.2400)	41 (150.2172)
2015-10-09	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	18 / 49 (659.2684)	41 (153.6684)	12 (168.5372)	8 (169.6800)	16 (167.3828)
2015-09-11	Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC	15 / 32 (663.3488)	7 (171.4400)	7 (166.2400)	23 (163.3944)	19 (162.2744)
2015-06-19	Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC	4 / 45 (679.9428)	6 (170.8228)	12 (167.4400)	4 (170.8572)	8 (170.8228)
2015-04-10	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	28 / 51 (657.0284)	20 (170.2628)	28 (164.5716)	35 (161.0740)	28 (161.1200)
2014-10-10	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	29 / 53 (643.2804)	31 (158.8344)	28 (161.0972)	30 (160.5144)	24 (162.8344)
2014-06-20	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	27 / 48 (646.7088)	38 (158.8572)	35 (157.6572)	10 (168.5256)	24 (161.6688)
2013-10-11	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	35 / 55 (634.0452)	43 (156.4912)	52 (146.1828)	12 (166.2284)	17 (165.1428)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1870 (75 pts)	#1982 (65 pts)	#1844 (95 pts)	#1569 (125 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1133 (270 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1275 (245 pts)	#1359 (215 pts)	#984 (360 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2207 (85 pts)	#1790 (135 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)