LEGION OF QUE

LEGION OF QUE is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 24 at the Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off (2019). They are ranked #1582 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Legion of Que*”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,582

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1559

peak 1559 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 3, 2016

latest Sep 20, 2019 · 3.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1691

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

36% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6568 / 720

Master · Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

638.55 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.10 (-16.55)

Walk rate

73%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest

Consistency

±57.59

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.56 · weakest Brisket (164.94)

Road miles

3,104

across 11 mapped stops · furthest 1,266 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$8,000

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.10 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.6568 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6568 at Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 23, 2016

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

THE SMOKING HILLS ahead in 100% of their meetings

THE SMOKING HILLS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DAWGHOUSE BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries lost

THE SMOKING HILLS ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, THE SMOKING HILLS has out-cooked them in 5 of 7 shared pork ribs entries.

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Boom or bust

±8.00% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±8.00% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
best 95.8%

A September team

Top 23% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 41% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,104 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,104 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,266 miles to OC BBQ Competition.

11 mapped stops
furthest 1,266 mi

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1691 (125 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1443 (195 pts)	#1142 (295 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)

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The teams rated closest to LEGION OF QUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

J-PIG PICTURE PERFECT BAR-B-QUE

#1,577 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1559

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 Jun 4, 2021

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TEA AND BRISKETS

#1,580 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1559

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Nov 30, 2019

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Vitamin Q

#1,579 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1559

They turned up 6 years after LEGION OF QUE did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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BBQ BROMANCE

#1,581 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1564

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before LEGION OF QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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Rack Shack bbq

#1,584 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1576

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 21 contests, alongside a 38% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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Sassy Sow BBQ

#1,575 of the rated field

1559 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 86%
Peak: 1559

4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKING HILLS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DAWGHOUSE BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
777 BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BLUE BUCKET BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Boxer Q BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	4	0	1	175.4400	161.1084	168.50	top 44%
Pork Ribs	11	4	1	1	177.7028	156.5372	168.56	top 34%
Pork	11	3	1	2	177.1428	154.8344	168.09	top 41%
Brisket	10	2	1	1	180 🔥	155.3600	164.94	top 47%

“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)	5	0	top 42%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	9	0	top 31%
CA	2	0	top 87%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL)	2	9	0	top 29%	Jun 1, 2018
Smoke in the Spring	2	39	0	top 47%	Apr 6, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 9 of 11 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 9 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 376 finished ahead 343 times, behind 242

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

20192 milestones

Sep 20 Peak power rating (1559) Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off
Sep 20 Most recent contest Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off

20181 milestone

Sep 28 10th tracked contest Smoke On the Trails

20167 milestones

Jun 3 First tracked contest Big Blue BBQ Championship
Jun 3 First call Big Blue BBQ Championship
Jun 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.3088 Big Blue BBQ Championship
Sep 23 First category win (Brisket) Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest
Sep 23 First overall top-10 Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest
Sep 23 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest
Sep 23 Career-best overall score689.6568 Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL)	Jun 1, 2018
+12	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest	Sep 23, 2016
+11.3	Smoke On the Trails	Sep 28, 2018
+10.4	Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off	Sep 20, 2019
+9.1	Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 22, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.7	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL)	Nov 3, 2017
-5.5	OC BBQ Competition	Oct 13, 2017
-0.1	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer)	Apr 7, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	1	1	100%	top 21%	95.6%	95.6%
2018	3	1	0	67%	top 26%	95%	93.9%
2017	5	1	1	60%	top 59%	94.8%	87.2%
2016	2	1	1	100%	top 30%	95.8%	93.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 20, 2019	Little Apple Classic Car & BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Manhattan, KS	5 / 24 (688.5028)	8 (171.9656)	1 (177.7028)	15 (168)	6 (170.8344)
Sep 28, 2018	Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS	13 / 68 (683.9200)	14 (173.1200)	9 (175.4172)	38 (164.5372)	13 (170.8456)
Jun 1, 2018	Big Blue BBQ Championship (TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS	9 / 42 (673.7032)	7 (172.5600)	21 (163.4404)	11 (170.3200)	16 (167.3828)
Apr 6, 2018	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	39 / 103 (669.5772)	38 (169.6800)	45 (167.9772)	12 (174.2628)	74 (157.6572)
Nov 3, 2017	Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA	35 / 35 (477.0516)	24 (165.6800)	31 (156.5372)	32 (154.8344)	—
Oct 13, 2017	OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA	41 / 56 (650.7660)	46 (161.1544)	12 (171.4172)	34 (162.8344)	50 (155.3600)
Sep 22, 2017	Jammin In JC Blues & BBQ Festival Junction City, KS	10 / 35 (682.8000)	9 (172)	15 (166.2744)	1 (176.5600)	14 (167.9656)
Apr 21, 2017	9th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge Overland Park, KS	24 / 64 (670.7884)	29 (167.3944)	27 (164)	3 (177.1428)	34 (162.2512)
Apr 7, 2017	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	57 / 100 (657.0284)	71 (163.3828)	10 (174.2972)	77 (159.4056)	64 (159.9428)
Sep 23, 2016	Jammin' in JC BBQ Contest Junction City, KS	9 / 39 (689.6568)	29 (161.1084)	10 (171.9656)	5 (176.5828)	1 (180)
Jun 3, 2016	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	11 / 30 (662.3088)	2 (175.4400)	11 (165.1316)	13 (164.5600)	19 (157.1772)

LEGION OF 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 (10 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Boom or bust

A September team

The long haul

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)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)