THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT

THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 29 at the BBQ on the Bow (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1533 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,533

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1562

peak 1572 · rated over 24 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 13, 2015

latest Sep 10, 2022 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#587

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

63% of 24 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

673.6572 / 720

Master · These Were the Days BBQ Showdown

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.81 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.16 (+11.65)

Walk rate

96%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Pork Ribs · Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch

Consistency

±18.51

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 162.08 · weakest Pork (157.91)

Road miles

6,517

across 24 mapped stops · furthest 1,556 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)

Purse competed for

$1,050

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

Master avg

641.16 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

Porkapalooza BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 17%

They almost always walk

96% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 23 of 24 contests

A top-10 category call in 96% of their 24 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

673.6572 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.6572 at These Were the Days BBQ Showdown — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 8, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 30%

A tough matchup

19–1 behind in the head-to-head

SMELLAQUE ahead in 95% of their meetings

SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 19 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.18 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 45% of the time against 63%.

Pork avg 157.91
Pork Ribs avg 162.08
10 calls in 22 entries

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A strong matchup

13–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

14 of 20 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMELLAQUE ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 14 of 20 shared pork ribs entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 36% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 36% finish in large fields against top 52% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 36% (4)
Small (<20 teams): top 52% (6)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 25% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 25% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 42% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,517 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,517 miles across 24 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,556 miles to Capital BBQ Festival.

24 mapped stops
furthest 1,556 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
2019 ↗	Master	#587 (557 pts)	#592 (582 pts)	#484 (717 pts)	#672 (497 pts)	#584 (577 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#805 (405 pts)	#1242 (210 pts)	#785 (455 pts)	#957 (330 pts)	#675 (540 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SMOKED OUT BBQ

#1,535 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1623

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 53 contests
last seen Jan 16, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Blue Ribbon BBQ NC

#1,547 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1591

They've been 1591 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 25 contests
last seen May 17, 2024

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SMOKIN SUZY

#1,545 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1562

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 25 contests

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SMOKED

#1,546 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1585

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 24, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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NEW SOUTH BBQ

#1,525 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1570

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2019

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GREENWITCH QUE CO.

#1,543 of the rated field

1562 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1563

Level with THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS	22	9	13	41%	⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Kreiser Barbecue	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
FROZEN TOQUE BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
Rack Addicts BBQ Team	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
PORKY FATSTACKS BBQ & SOCIAL CLUB	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
BBQ TEAM NAIT	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
403 BBQ CO	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Dos Smokin Bros	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
SUPER BBQ BROS. CANADA	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	11	1	3	174.2972	144.0112	160.69	top 51%
Pork Ribs	24	15	1	5	175.4400	131.3488	162.08	top 38%
Pork	22	10	0	0	169.6800	147.9656	157.91	top 54%
Brisket	24	14	1	3	172.5600	147.4288	160.10	top 40%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	top 52%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 39%
Large (40+)	4	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AB	8	top 39%
SK	4	top 40%
CA	2	top 74%
ON	1	top 74%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	3	3	top 17%	Jun 15, 2019
BBQ on the Bow	2	2	top 39%	Sep 4, 2021
Battle River BBQ Showdown	2	8	top 39%	Aug 10, 2019
Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown	2	3	top 50%	Aug 12, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AB 8 of 24 contests · 4 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 19 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 273 finished ahead 421 times, behind 262

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Sep 1, 2019 → Sep 26, 2020

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

20221 milestone

Sep 10 Most recent contest Smoke 'N the Valley

20211 milestone

Sep 4 First Reserve Championship BBQ on the Bow

20191 milestone

Aug 10 Peak power rating (1572) Battle River BBQ Showdown

20182 milestones

May 12 10th tracked contest Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch
May 12 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch

20172 milestones

Jun 10 First category win (Brisket) Porkapalooza BBQ Festival
Jun 10 First overall podium Porkapalooza BBQ Festival

20155 milestones

Jun 13 First tracked contest Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
Jun 13 First call Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
Jun 13 First overall top-10 Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
Aug 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.6572 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
Aug 8 Career-best overall score673.6572 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.1	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Jun 10, 2017
+13	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 4, 2021
+12.4	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown	Aug 12, 2017
+10.8	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch	May 14, 2016
+9.6	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	Jun 15, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	BBQ on the Bow	Aug 31, 2019
-10	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown	Aug 6, 2016
-7.5	Barbeque on the Bow	Sep 3, 2022
-7.5	Capital BBQ Festival	Aug 5, 2017
-6.8	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 26, 2020

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)
2022	3	2	0	100%	top 46%	92.5%	91.1%
2021	2	1	1	100%	top 27%	93.4%	90%
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 71%	86.5%	86.5%
2019	5	4	1	80%	top 50%	93%	88.5%
2018	4	2	0	100%	top 30%	89.5%	88.8%
2017	4	3	1	100%	top 30%	91.2%	88.7%
2016	3	1	0	100%	top 55%	90.9%	87.9%
2015	2	2	0	100%	top 39%	93.6%	90.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 10, 2022	Smoke 'N the Valley Moose Jaw, SK	9 / 18 (651.3028)	13 (159.3944)	4 (169.7028)	7 (166.2628)	14 (155.9428)
Sep 3, 2022	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	22 / 36 (650.7316)	23 (165.1200)	31 (158.8344)	26 (158.2516)	7 (168.5256)
Jun 3, 2022	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	8 / 31 (666.1484)	11 (168.5256)	11 (170.8228)	28 (155.9428)	8 (170.8572)
Sep 4, 2021	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	2 / 29 (672.5144)	1 (174.2972)	3 (173.1544)	5 (166.8228)	17 (158.2400)
Sep 3, 2021	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	12 / 26 (623.3484)	8 (159.3712)	10 (158.2628)	12 (155.4172)	17 (150.2972)
Sep 26, 2020	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	15 / 21 (622.7312)	8 (156.5256)	3 (162.2628)	19 (149.1084)	13 (154.8344)
Sep 1, 2019	Prairie Dog on the Bow Alberta	9 / 13 (649.1088)	5 (172)	7 (164.5716)	12 (151.9772)	8 (160.5600)
Aug 31, 2019	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	27 / 37 (608.5488)	34 (144.0112)	16 (161.6916)	21 (155.4172)	30 (147.4288)
Aug 10, 2019	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	9 / 20 (631.3028)	17 (147.9200)	1 (167.4172)	9 (154.8228)	4 (161.1428)
Jun 15, 2019	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	7 / 44 (669.6800)	3 (171.9772)	10 (168)	—	10 (168)
Jun 8, 2019	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	9 / 19 (628.5144)	14 (155.3828)	5 (157.7488)	—	11 (151.9772)
Sep 1, 2018	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	11 / 43 (643.9320)	30 (155.9316)	21 (154.8576)	6 (165.1428)	6 (168)
Aug 18, 2018	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	8 / 25 (634.3084)	16 (158.8456)	11 (155.3944)	15 (157.1884)	3 (162.8800)
Jun 16, 2018	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	14 / 51 (634.2172)	35 (152.5256)	32 (153.1088)	10 (162.8688)	7 (165.7140)
May 12, 2018	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde	10 / 30 (644.5028)	25 (155.3828)	2 (175.4400)	27 (150.8572)	9 (162.8228)
Aug 12, 2017	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK	3 / 18 (646.8116)	6 (163.4172)	3 (165.1200)	9 (160)	5 (158.2744)
Aug 5, 2017	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	31 / 42 (608.9944)	5 (170.2628)	42 (131.3488)	29 (152.0228)	23 (155.3600)
Jun 10, 2017	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	3 / 39 (656.4912)	27 (152.5372)	6 (167.4400)	6 (165.1084)	1 (171.4056)
May 13, 2017	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Okotoks, AB	8 / 34 (643.4172)	7 (166.2628)	18 (157.1888)	8 (162.2856)	14 (157.6800)
Sep 3, 2016	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA	23 / 35 (625.0400)	24 (156.5600)	10 (163.4172)	24 (155.4056)	28 (149.6572)
Aug 6, 2016	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, Saskatchewan, CA	14 / 17 (618.7200)	16 (147.4172)	5 (164.5372)	16 (147.9656)	7 (158.8000)
May 14, 2016	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Aldersyde, Alberta Canada	6 / 34 (654.7544)	3 (171.4056)	5 (171.9772)	17 (154.2516)	13 (157.1200)
Aug 8, 2015	These Were the Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK	7 / 15 (673.6572)	7 (172)	14 (159.4172)	7 (169.6800)	2 (172.5600)
Jun 13, 2015	Pile of Bones BBQ Championship Regina, Saskatchewan Canada	7 / 22 (629.0856)	8 (159.4284)	7 (158.2516)	9 (157.1428)	7 (154.2628)

THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

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

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)