High-water mark
674.3432
career-best overall
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.3432 at Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 25, 2018
HIGHLAND Q
HIGHLAND Q is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 9th of 32 at the Burleigh BBQ Championships (2019). They are ranked #3678 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 6 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Feb 3, 2018
latest Oct 25, 2019 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 650.34 (+8.49)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.07 · weakest Brisket (161.14)
Road miles
21,591
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Purse competed for
$8,250
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
650.34 / 720
7 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 HIGHLAND Q, each with one reason worth a look.
159 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,685 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Level with HIGHLAND Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,704 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,693 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before HIGHLAND Q's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,699 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, 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 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 157.1428 | 164.07 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 154.8684 | 163.91 | top 48% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 150.2856 | 161.22 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 145.0972 | 161.14 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 46% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brew N Q | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 40% | May 26, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
5 contests
Contests a season
3.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
123
finished ahead 77 times, behind 87
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
May 26, 2018 → Aug 3, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships
20188 milestones
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1493) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Sydney Barbeque Festival
- First overall top-10 The Brave Fires of Scotland
- First category win (Brisket) Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3432 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score674.3432 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7372 Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Brew N Q | May 26, 2018 |
| +3.4 | Burleigh BBQ Championships | Aug 3, 2019 |
| +1.1 | Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships | Oct 25, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.5 | Sydney Barbeque Festival | Feb 10, 2018 |
| -8.1 | The Brave Fires of Scotland | May 5, 2018 |
| -6.7 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 3, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 93.1% | 91.5% |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 60% | top 65% | 93.7% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2019 | Sunshine Coast BBQ Championships Palmview | 13 / 26 (646.8572) | 16 (159.3828) | 9 (165.1656) | 11 (159.4516) | 10 (162.8572) |
| Aug 3, 2019 | Burleigh BBQ Championships Queensland | 9 / 32 (670.2400) | 6 (171.9656) | 4 (173.1316) | 9 (168.5600) | 22 (156.5828) |
| May 26, 2018 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent | 13 / 34 (662.2168) | 29 (162.2628) | 12 (166.2628) | 15 (166.8228) | 11 (166.8684) |
| May 25, 2018 | Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent | 10 / 24 (674.3432) | 13 (167.4400) | 10 (166.2744) | 17 (162.8916) | 1 (177.7372) |
| May 5, 2018 | The Brave Fires of Scotland Aberlour Scotland | 10 / 11 (640.4800) | 11 (157.1428) | 7 (164.5372) | 8 (160.5372) | 10 (158.2628) |
| Feb 10, 2018 | Sydney Barbeque Festival Sydney | 15 / 19 (635.9772) | 4 (168) | 16 (157.1316) | 16 (150.2856) | 12 (160.5600) |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 19 / 26 (622.2628) | 13 (162.2972) | 16 (154.8684) | 15 (160) | 23 (145.0972) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.