Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q FL
Rating
1524
peak 1570
Contests
28
in the data
First seen
2019-04-12
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#278
Master 2026
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
2
11 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 28 contests
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
683.20 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 661.40 (+21.79)
Walk rate
64%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±94.57
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.28 · weakest Brisket (168.86)
Road miles
9389
mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 1100 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Cockah Doodle Que has finished one call ahead of Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Glamping Grillers has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Double Barrel Smokers in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Poosa Q is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 72-team field at Poosa Q.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Poosa Q (2022-05-05) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 25 at their very first tracked contest, Fire it up Frostproof! (2019-04-12).
Teams like this (closest power rating, FL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.0000 | 170.26 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 27 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 162.8460 | 171.28 | top 41% |
| Pork | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 153.6572 | 169.01 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 176.5828 | 152.4800 | 168.86 | top 45% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 18 | 1 | top 43% |
| KS | 6 | 0 | top 58% |
| AL | 2 | 1 | top 20% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 15 | 1 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 1 | top 41% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in FL (18 of 28 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (27 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest (2022-01-07)
- Wins it all in 7% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 661.40
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 691.9200 | 683.17 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 688.5256 | 678.17 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 693.6572 | 685.03 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 697.0628 | 682.56 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 699.3712 | 596.86 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 673.5772 | 673.58 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 628.9832 | 628.98 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 24 / 36 (678.7312) | 35 (163.3712) | 12 (173.7028) | 24 (167.3828) | 5 (174.2744) |
| 2026-03-20 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 17 / 34 (679.3144) | 17 (169.6800) | 6 (177.7144) | 19 (169.1200) | 22 (162.8000) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 38 / 63 (682.7196) | 51 (166.2400) | 18 (175.4056) | 40 (169.1084) | 26 (171.9656) |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam St. Augustine, FL | 22 / 38 (691.9200) | 19 (174.2628) | 9 (176.5600) | 20 (171.9656) | 24 (169.1316) |
| 2025-11-21 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 13 / 31 (683.2912) | 2 (178.8572) | 22 (167.3828) | 8 (175.4056) | 25 (161.6456) |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS | 16 / 36 (683.8968) | 24 (166.8112) | 13 (170.8228) | 8 (174.2972) | 13 (171.9656) |
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 6 / 26 (688.5256) | 8 (172.5600) | 12 (167.9656) | 5 (171.4172) | 1 (176.5828) |
| 2025-03-14 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds Dover, FL | 9 / 15 (678.7660) | 5 (174.8456) | 3 (176.0116) | 13 (166.2400) | 14 (161.6688) |
| 2025-02-07 | Grills Gone Wild Davenport, FL | 20 / 25 (668.3996) | 12 (171.9656) | 21 (167.3828) | 22 (163.3828) | 20 (165.6684) |
| 2025-01-09 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam Elkton, FL | 28 / 38 (666.1256) | 31 (167.3828) | 20 (169.6800) | 35 (159.3828) | 22 (169.6800) |
| 2024-11-08 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown Lake City, FL | 16 / 26 (671.8168) | 18 (165.0856) | 19 (166.2284) | 18 (165.0856) | 3 (175.4172) |
| 2024-02-16 | Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ Haines City, FL | 6 / 29 (693.6572) | 10 (174.8456) | 17 (171.4172) | 2 (177.7144) | 17 (169.6800) |
| 2024-02-09 | Grills Gone Wild Davenport, FL | 12 / 28 (689.6228) | 2 (177.7144) | 25 (166.8228) | 2 (177.7028) | 20 (167.3828) |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 28 / 73 (678.7772) | 52 (165.1200) | 30 (170.2744) | 14 (172.5600) | 30 (170.8228) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 170 / 487 (680.4800) | 223 (169.1316) | 213 (170.2628) | 238 (168.5256) | 89 (172.5600) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 184 / 211 (667.8512) | 198 (163.3828) | 193 (163.9428) | 63 (173.7028) | 144 (166.8228) |
| 2023-04-14 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown Lake City, FL | 19 / 32 (683.3028) | 15 (173.1084) | 9 (173.1200) | 18 (171.9772) | 22 (165.0972) |
| 2023-02-03 | Budweiser Smoke on the Water Winter Haven, FL | 5 / 47 (697.0628) | 20 (173.1200) | 2 (178.8572) | 21 (169.6800) | 6 (175.4056) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 18 / 51 (687.8856) | 13 (175.4172) | 34 (166.2400) | 23 (171.9656) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 106 / 249 (683.3368) | 114 (171.9656) | 189 (166.2628) | 116 (170.8456) | 52 (174.2628) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 363 / 505 (650.1252) | 387 (161.6684) | 202 (169.1200) | 453 (154.7768) | 262 (164.5600) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 19 / 49 (688.4684) | 26 (170.2628) | 1 (180.0000) | 26 (169.6800) | 30 (168.5256) |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 1 / 72 (699.3712) | 2 (180.0000) | 4 (176.5828) | 43 (167.3828) | 5 (175.4056) |
| 2022-01-28 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 19 / 60 (684.4572) | 38 (168.5372) | 8 (174.2628) | 24 (169.6800) | 14 (171.9772) |
| 2022-01-07 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest Lake Wales, FL | 1 / 29 (175.4056) | 22 (166.2400) | 3 (176.5600) | 8 (173.1200) | 15 (167.4172) |
| 2021-11-19 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | 14 / 37 (673.5772) | 4 (175.4172) | 11 (169.1316) | 22 (167.3828) | 25 (161.6456) |
| 2019-04-12 | Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL | 5 / 25 (628.9832) | 6 (160.0000) | 4 (162.8460) | 8 (153.6572) | 7 (152.4800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #278 (415 pts) | #216 (565 pts) | #216 (610 pts) | #257 (450 pts) | #264 (440 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #342 (627 pts) | #363 (637 pts) | #377 (687 pts) | #349 (642 pts) | #269 (867 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #593 (287 pts) | #527 (382 pts) | #928 (147 pts) | #422 (507 pts) | #818 (172 pts) |