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
- Mar 9, 2018
QUE SHACK
QUE SHACK is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 11th of 42 at the Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF (2018). They are ranked #2728 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 19, 2016
latest May 11, 2018 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.73
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.52 · weakest Pork (163.82)
Road miles
856
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 123 mi
Schedule strength
73%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
666.36 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to QUE SHACK, each with one reason worth a look.
122 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,729 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
They turned up 7 years after QUE SHACK did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,754 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Level with QUE SHACK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,715 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,718 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 35% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flames on the Flint | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 39% | Mar 9, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 105 times, behind 106
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20185 milestones
- 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
20172 milestones
- First call Flames on the Flint
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1712 Flames on the Flint
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF | May 11, 2018 |
| +10.5 | Flames on the Flint | Mar 9, 2018 |
| +7.2 | Flames on the Flint | Mar 10, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) | Aug 19, 2016 |
| -6.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | May 19, 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2018 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 11 / 42 (676.4456) | 13 (169.1200) | 15 (169.6800) | 27 (162.7884) | 3 (174.8572) |
| Mar 9, 2018 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 15 / 42 (679.3600) | 27 (165.7028) | 14 (170.8572) | 28 (165.0856) | 1 (177.7144) |
| May 19, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 20 / 26 (665.5196) | 17 (167.3828) | 16 (167.3828) | 18 (165.0856) | 16 (165.6684) |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA | 28 / 67 (674.1712) | 27 (169.6684) | 61 (155.9544) | 16 (171.9656) | 5 (176.5828) |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Classic City BBQ Fest (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA | 37 / 39 (636.2852) | 36 (155.3484) | 31 (163.9544) | 39 (154.1940) | 26 (162.7884) |