High-water mark
679.3600
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.3600 at Flames on the Flint — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-03-09
QUE SHACK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-08-19
latest 2018-05-11
Best ToY finish
#1644
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.36
last 5 Master vs avg 666.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.52 · weakest Pork (163.82)
Road miles
856
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.36 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS ahead in 75% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.7
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.70 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.
- Pork avg 163.82
- Brisket avg 171.52
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with QUE SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after QUE SHACK did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before QUE SHACK's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 155.3484 | 165.44 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 155.9544 | 165.57 | top 60% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 154.1940 | 163.82 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177.7144 | 162.7884 | 171.52 | top 29% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 35% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flames on the Flint | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 39% | 2018-03-09 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.7 yrs
2016-08-19 → 2018-05-11
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 171.52 · weakest Pork (163.82)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
666.36
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
150
105–106 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
856
5 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
1593
average field rating faced — tougher than 73% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1513
peak 1513 · #2721 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier)
- 2017
- First call Flames on the Flint
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1712 Flames on the Flint
- 2018
- First category win (Brisket) Flames on the Flint
- Career-best overall score679.3600 Flames on the Flint
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 Flames on the Flint
- Peak power rating (1513) Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
- Most recent contest Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF | 2018-05-11 |
| +10.6 | Flames on the Flint | 2018-03-09 |
| +7.2 | Flames on the Flint | 2017-03-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-08-19 |
| -6.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-05-19 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 31% | 94.4% | 94.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 93.6% | 93% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-11 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 11 / 42 (676.4456) | 13 (169.1200) | 15 (169.6800) | 27 (162.7884) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2018-03-09 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 15 / 42 (679.3600) | 27 (165.7028) | 14 (170.8572) | 28 (165.0856) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2017-05-19 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 20 / 26 (665.5196) | 17 (167.3828) | 16 (167.3828) | 18 (165.0856) | 16 (165.6684) |
| 2017-03-10 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 28 / 67 (674.1712) | 27 (169.6684) | 61 (155.9544) | 16 (171.9656) | 5 (176.5828) |
| 2016-08-19 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | 37 / 39 (636.2852) | 36 (155.3484) | 31 (163.9544) | 39 (154.1940) | 26 (162.7884) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1644 (136 pts) | #1655 (151 pts) | #1637 (156 pts) | #1440 (191 pts) | #1147 (281 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |