Q+BREW

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

Power ranking

#3264

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1516 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-08-06

latest 2019-08-23

Best ToY finish

#794

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

652.0000 / 720

Master · *Craze Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.61 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 628.65 (+4.96)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

172.0572

Pork Ribs · *Craze Fest

Consistency

±18.66

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.95 · weakest Pork (152.38)

Road miles

3,124

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$13K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

628.65 / 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.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 45%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 45%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.6 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.56 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 43%.

Pork avg 152.38
Chicken avg 161.95
2 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SHOP BOYS BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 42% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 42% across 3 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 58% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,124 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,124 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 373 miles to Capital BBQ Festival.

14 mapped stops
furthest 373 mi

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.

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

BONES SAUCE & HARMONY

#3244 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

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 2024-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM

#3281 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-01-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Bubba's BBQ Nation

#3256 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Level with Q+BREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

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SHAAZAAM-A-QUE

#3259 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1499

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 2022-05-20

⚔ Head-to-head

BAR-BEAM-QUE

#3275 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1498

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2022-08-19

⚔ Head-to-head

The Sauce And All That Goes With It

#3252 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-11-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SHOP BOYS BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
BOYMEETSGRILL	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
WALLY BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
What the Pork?	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
BEHIND BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SKARA OLD SCHOOL BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SIBLING RIVALRY	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
NORTH POLE BBQ TEAM	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
THE GOOD CUE CREW	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MEAN MOE'S BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	6	0	3	171.4628	142.2396	161.95	top 43%
Pork Ribs	14	5	2	2	172.0572	143.9428	159.53	top 45%
Pork	14	2	0	0	162.3200	135.3600	152.38	top 68%
Brisket	14	3	0	0	165.1316	133.1200	154.79	top 58%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NY	6	top 63%
ON	4	top 45%
QC	1	top 78%
ME	1	top 67%
CA	1	top 85%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 29%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 60%
Large (40+)	5	top 59%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	3	28	0	top 76%	2019-07-05

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3 yrs 2016-08-06 → 2019-08-23

Busiest season 2019 4 contests

Contests a season 3.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NY 6 of 14 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.95 · weakest Pork (152.38)

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 628.65 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 210 192–266 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,124 14 mapped stops · furthest 373 mi

Schedule strength 1546 average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests

Purse competed for $12,900 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1499 peak 1516 · #3264 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Aug 6 First tracked contest Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship
Sep 3 First call Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke
2017
Jun 3 First category win (Pork Ribs) *Craze Fest
Jun 3 First overall top-10 *Craze Fest
Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.0000 *Craze Fest
Jun 3 Career-best overall score652.0000 *Craze Fest
Jun 3 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0572 *Craze Fest
2018
Jun 1 Peak power rating (1516) *Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival
Sep 22 10th tracked contest *Great Maine BBQ Challenge
2019
Aug 23 Most recent contest Summer Daze BBQ Classic

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.6	*Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival	2018-06-01
+10.8	*Salt City BBQ Festival	2018-05-18
+9.7	*Craze Fest	2017-06-03
+5.9	Oinktoberfest	2017-09-22
+2.8	Summer Daze BBQ Classic	2019-08-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship	2016-08-06
-8.9	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke	2016-09-03
-7.6	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2019-07-05
-7.5	514 BBQ	2019-06-15
-3.7	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2018-07-06

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)
2019	4	0	0	75%	top 67%	89.8%	87.9%
2018	4	2	1	50%	top 45%	90.1%	88.2%
2017	4	1	1	75%	top 47%	90.6%	88.1%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 86%	84.9%	82.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-08-23	Summer Daze BBQ Classic Niagara Falls, ON	11 / 23 (646.7540)	17 (157.6456)	5 (169.1084)	10 (162.2744)	14 (157.7256)
2019-07-05	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	28 / 32 (619.9080)	32 (142.2396)	18 (159.4056)	16 (161.7256)	24 (156.5372)
2019-06-15	514 BBQ Saint-LÃ©onard, QC	18 / 23 (621.5888)	18 (152.5716)	22 (147.3828)	12 (161.1200)	8 (160.5144)
2019-05-25	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	23 / 43 (642.2512)	30 (158.2856)	6 (169.7028)	31 (154.8572)	26 (159.4056)
2018-09-22	*Great Maine BBQ Challenge Bangor, ME	18 / 27 (637.5428)	14 (165.7028)	11 (164.5256)	23 (149.6572)	18 (157.6572)
2018-07-06	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	28 / 39 (614.2060)	14 (163.4172)	21 (153.1316)	29 (153.6572)	33 (144.0000)
2018-06-01	*Quebec City International BBQ & Music Festival Quebec City, G1R 4W6	4 / 22 (640.0456)	2 (168.0000)	1 (169.7828)	13 (154.8800)	15 (147.3828)
2018-05-18	*Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	8 / 34 (648.5600)	3 (168.5372)	10 (159.9884)	8 (162.3200)	18 (157.7144)
2017-09-22	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	20 / 53 (641.0860)	25 (163.4400)	28 (159.9660)	30 (156.0000)	16 (161.6800)
2017-08-05	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	21 / 42 (628.5144)	3 (171.4628)	22 (156.5600)	41 (135.3600)	6 (165.1316)
2017-07-07	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	28 / 40 (616.4232)	10 (162.8228)	17 (158.8000)	36 (143.9772)	29 (150.8232)
2017-06-03	*Craze Fest Georgina, ON	5 / 17 (652.0000)	4 (168.5944)	1 (172.0572)	13 (149.0856)	4 (162.2628)
2016-09-03	Finger Lakes Fire & Smoke Geneva, NY	30 / 35 (611.2800)	7 (170.2628)	33 (143.9428)	34 (143.9544)	23 (153.1200)
2016-08-06	Fatboys Classic-Canadian BBQ Championship Ottawa, CA	35 / 41 (580.9944)	20 (154.2628)	27 (149.1088)	31 (144.5028)	40 (133.1200)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#862 (328 pts)	#979 (288 pts)	#675 (503 pts)	#806 (398 pts)	#852 (368 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#794 (411 pts)	#621 (596 pts)	#742 (486 pts)	#978 (321 pts)	#1127 (251 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#902 (392 pts)	#642 (622 pts)	#797 (502 pts)	#1174 (282 pts)	#740 (532 pts)