ROO-B-QUE

ROO-B-QUE is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 14th of 43 at the Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival (2018). They are ranked #2476 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,476

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1521

peak 1521 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 9, 2014

latest Apr 26, 2019 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1236

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

673.1088 / 720

Master · Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.75 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.09 (+5.66)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0116

Chicken · Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival

Consistency

±12.18

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.37 · weakest Brisket (162.70)

Road miles

216

across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

657.09 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

673.1088 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.1088 at Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 20, 2018

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.67 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 162.70
Chicken avg 168.37
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bad Influence BBQ - MO in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% 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
9 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
2018 ↗	Master	#1236 (190 pts)	#1013 (300 pts)	#1173 (240 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1225 (220 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1467 (175 pts)	#1697 (140 pts)	#1275 (245 pts)	#1644 (150 pts)	#1623 (155 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ROO-B-QUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Que's Your Daddy?

#2,472 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1527

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 19, 2026

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Jailbreak BBQ

#2,483 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1521

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2024

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BIG ISLAND BBQ

#2,469 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1542

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before ROO-B-QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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Broke Boys BBQ

#2,463 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1539

They turned up 11 years after ROO-B-QUE did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 16, 2026

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HOGS & KISSES

#2,466 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1522

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 20, 2023

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GET SOME SALTWORKS BBQ

#2,489 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1522

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Feb 20, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GETTIN' BASTED	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
YELLOW JACKET BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
THE BOAR OF DIRECTORS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TAILGATE GUYS BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
A Good Rub BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
QUAU	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Bad Influence BBQ - MO	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Meat Street Mafia	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Hogzilla	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
FIRE FAMILY BBQ/NOT SO SMOOTH SMOKE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
HERE PIGGY PIGGY BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BLOWN AWAY BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Smokin Q BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	3	1	176.0116	162.2628	168.37	top 40%
Pork Ribs	9	3	0	173.7028	142.8000	163.02	top 47%
Pork	9	0	0	169.6916	153.6684	163.01	top 53%
Brisket	9	0	0	169.1200	156.5372	162.70	top 48%

“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 63%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 47%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	3	16	0	top 47%	Apr 26, 2019
Table Rock Boats and Bones	3	22	0	top 69%	Sep 22, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 235 finished ahead 232 times, behind 203

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

20192 milestones

Apr 26 Peak power rating (1521) Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 26 Most recent contest Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival

20182 milestones

Apr 20 Career-best overall score673.1088 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
Apr 20 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival

20143 milestones

May 9 First tracked contest Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
May 9 First call Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival
May 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3256 Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.9	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 21, 2017
+8.3	Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival	May 9, 2014
+6.5	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 20, 2018
+6.5	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 22, 2016
+1.6	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 26, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.9	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival	Apr 24, 2015
-3.2	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Sep 17, 2016
-3.1	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Sep 16, 2017
-0.4	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Sep 22, 2018

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 48%	90.2%	90.2%
2018	2	50%	top 48%	93.5%	92.6%
2017	2	50%	top 49%	93.1%	92.4%
2016	2	50%	top 53%	91.6%	91.4%
2015	1	0%	top 65%	87.3%	87.3%
2014	1	100%	top 28%	91%	91%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 26, 2019	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival 🏅 Springfield, MO	19 / 40 (649.6116)	22 (162.8572)	20 (159.9656)	13 (165.1316)	21 (161.6572)
Sep 22, 2018	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	22 / 35 (660.9828)	14 (169.6800)	20 (165.1084)	28 (157.0744)	12 (169.1200)
Apr 20, 2018	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	14 / 43 (673.1088)	5 (176.0116)	8 (171.4516)	25 (160.5256)	18 (165.1200)
Sep 16, 2017	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	34 / 47 (659.8516)	35 (165.6800)	38 (161.0972)	24 (169.6916)	31 (163.3828)
Apr 21, 2017	Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	14 / 55 (670.2056)	21 (166.8228)	5 (173.7028)	20 (165.6800)	18 (164)
Sep 17, 2016	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling City, MO	31 / 43 (659.2456)	29 (165.6800)	14 (169.6916)	35 (161.6456)	31 (162.2284)
Apr 22, 2016	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	21 / 61 (657.0520)	3 (174.8572)	42 (155.3832)	19 (166.8344)	32 (159.9772)
Apr 24, 2015	Rock N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	41 / 63 (628.4344)	37 (162.2628)	56 (142.8000)	18 (166.8344)	32 (156.5372)
May 9, 2014	Rock'n Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO	16 / 57 (655.3256)	8 (171.4400)	8 (167.9656)	43 (153.6684)	17 (162.2516)

ROO-B-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

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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)