Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q

Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Poosa Q (2022). They are ranked #2037 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,037

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1537

peak 1585 · rated over 25 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2019

latest Jun 12, 2026 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#342

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

24% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3712 / 720

Master · Poosa Q

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

683.20 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 681.34 (+1.86)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Swine At the Shrine

Consistency

±10.40

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.28 · weakest Brisket (168.86)

Road miles

9,389

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 1,101 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$462K

listed at 23 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

2 🏅

won from 25 state-championship entries

Master avg

681.34 / 720

26 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard (4-meat) avg

628.98 / 720

1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×1
Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

7-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Poosa Q (May 5, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 7-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.

Giant slayer

72 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 72-team field at Poosa Q.

May 5, 2022

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Poosa Q is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 20%

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.3712 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3712 at Poosa Q — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 5, 2022

State champions

2 state championships won

They've taken 2 state championships from 25 entries at contests carrying the title.

25 state-championship entries

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The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Slapulator BBQ has finished one call ahead of Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 2 Grand Championships

2022 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 32%.

7 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 32%

A tough matchup

14–3 behind in the head-to-head

Kings BBQ Team ahead in 82% of their meetings

Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.

The drought

23 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Poosa Q on May 5, 2022 — 23 contests and 4.4 years ago.

last GC May 5, 2022
4.4 years ago

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Double Barrel Smokers in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

2.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.6 years, then back at Plant City Pig Jam (Nov 19, 2021).

last seen Apr 12, 2019
back Nov 19, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

11 of 17 shared pork ribs entries lost

Kings BBQ Team ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Kings BBQ Team has out-cooked them in 11 of 17 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Glamping Grillers has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

9,389 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,389 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,101 miles to Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest.

29 mapped stops
furthest 1,101 mi

The metronome

±2.02% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.02% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.5% of a perfect score
29 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
2026 ↗	Master	#433 (415 pts)	#378 (565 pts)	#386 (610 pts)	#428 (450 pts)	#433 (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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SHB Customs

#2,029 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1578

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Jul 29, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

Red Rock Cafe

#2,032 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1555

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q)

Fewer contests behind them than Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q has cooked, 17 to 29, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 16, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

Belly Bustin Bistro

#2,030 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1551

3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q)

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Apr 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

The Rusty Pig

#2,035 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1537

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

JP BBQ and Catering

#2,023 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1539

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q)

Level with Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jan 22, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Amped Up

#2,024 of the rated field

1537 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1537

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q)

They turned up 5 years after Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Feb 20, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Going Yard BBQ	20	10	10	50%	⚔ compare
K & E's Little Smokers	19	13	6	68%	⚔ compare
Kings BBQ Team	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
Slapulator BBQ	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
KEEPIN IT SMOKIN BBQ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
Mad Dog BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
Accutech BBQ	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Ain't EZ	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Tillman's BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Cooters N Smoke	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
SWEET SMOKE Q FLORIDA	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
Cold Beer BBQ	10	4	5	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	8	0	3	180 🔥	160	170.26	top 49%
Pork Ribs	27	10	1	4	180 🔥	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 field size and state

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%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Lakeland Pig Festival	3	18	0	top 42%	Jan 22, 2026
Poosa Q	2	1	1	top 20%	Oct 5, 2023
Torry Island BBQ Showdown	2	6	0	top 37%	Mar 20, 2026
Grills Gone Wild	2	12	0	top 61%	Feb 7, 2025
The Downtown BBQ Showdown	2	16	0	top 60%	Nov 8, 2024
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	106	0	top 65%	Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	170	0	top 53%	Sep 27, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 7 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 3.6 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in FL 19 of 29 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 19 7 of them more than once

First title Jan 7, 2022 Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest

Opponents faced 1,255 finished ahead 1,371 times, behind 1,401

Longest layoff 2.6 yrs Apr 12, 2019 → Nov 19, 2021

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

20261 milestone

Jun 12 Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest

20251 milestone

Nov 21 25th tracked contest Plant City Pig Jam

20241 milestone

Feb 16 Peak power rating (1585) Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ

20228 milestones

Jan 7 First overall podium Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 7 First Grand Championship Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
Jan 7 First state championship Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest
May 5 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Poosa Q
May 5 Biggest field won (72 teams) Poosa Q
May 5 Career-best overall score699.3712 Poosa Q
Aug 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Swine At the Shrine
Oct 1 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES

20211 milestone

Nov 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score673.5772 Plant City Pig Jam

20192 milestones

Apr 12 First call Fire it up Frostproof!
Apr 12 First overall top-10 Fire it up Frostproof!

20181 milestone

Sep 1 First tracked contest Fire it up Frostproof!

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.8	Poosa Q	May 5, 2022
+17.6	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest	Jan 7, 2022
+14.2	Budweiser Smoke on the Water	Feb 3, 2023
+9.5	Fire it up Frostproof!	Apr 12, 2019
+8	Ribs on the Ridge Brews & BBQ	Feb 16, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam	Jan 9, 2025
-9.8	Grills Gone Wild	Feb 7, 2025
-8.1	Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds	Mar 14, 2025
-6.2	Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest	Jun 12, 2026
-5.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2026	4	0	0	0	75%	top 59%	96.1%	94.9%
2025	6	0	2	1	67%	top 54%	95.6%	94.2%
2024	3	0	1	0	100%	top 42%	96.3%	95.1%
2023	6	0	1	0	33%	top 44%	96.8%	94.8%
2022	7	2	2	1	57%	top 32%	97.4%	95.1%
2021	1	0	0	0	100%	top 38%	93.6%	93.6%
2019	1	0	1	0	100%	top 20%	87.4%	87.4%
2018	1	0	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 12, 2026	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)
Mar 20, 2026	Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL	17 / 34 (679.3144)	17 (169.6800)	6 (177.7144)	19 (169.1200)	22 (162.8000)
Jan 22, 2026	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	38 / 63 (682.7196)	51 (166.2400)	18 (175.4056)	40 (169.1084)	26 (171.9656)
Jan 9, 2026	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)
Nov 21, 2025	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	13 / 31 (683.2912)	2 (178.8572)	22 (167.3828)	8 (175.4056)	25 (161.6456)
Jun 13, 2025	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)
Mar 21, 2025	Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL	6 / 26 (688.5256)	8 (172.5600)	12 (167.9656)	5 (171.4172)	1 (176.5828)
Mar 14, 2025	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)
Feb 7, 2025	Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL	20 / 25 (668.3996)	12 (171.9656)	21 (167.3828)	22 (163.3828)	20 (165.6684)
Jan 9, 2025	9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL	28 / 38 (666.1256)	31 (167.3828)	20 (169.6800)	35 (159.3828)	22 (169.6800)
Nov 8, 2024	The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL	16 / 26 (671.8168)	18 (165.0856)	19 (166.2284)	18 (165.0856)	3 (175.4172)
Feb 16, 2024	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)
Feb 9, 2024	Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL	12 / 28 (689.6228)	2 (177.7144)	25 (166.8228)	2 (177.7028)	20 (167.3828)
Oct 5, 2023	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	28 / 73 (678.7772)	52 (165.1200)	30 (170.2744)	14 (172.5600)	30 (170.8228)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	184 / 211 (667.8512)	198 (163.3828)	193 (163.9428)	63 (173.7028)	144 (166.8228)
Sep 27, 2023	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)
Apr 14, 2023	The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL	19 / 32 (683.3028)	15 (173.1084)	9 (173.1200)	18 (171.9772)	22 (165.0972)
Feb 3, 2023	Budweiser Smoke on the Water 🏅 Winter Haven, FL	5 / 47 (697.0628)	20 (173.1200)	2 (178.8572)	21 (169.6800)	6 (175.4056)
Jan 27, 2023	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	18 / 51 (687.8856)	13 (175.4172)	34 (166.2400)	23 (171.9656)	13 (174.2628)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	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)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	106 / 249 (683.3368)	114 (171.9656)	189 (166.2628)	116 (170.8456)	52 (174.2628)
Aug 5, 2022	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	19 / 49 (688.4684)	26 (170.2628)	1 (180)	26 (169.6800)	30 (168.5256)
May 5, 2022	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	1 / 72 (699.3712)	2 (180)	4 (176.5828)	43 (167.3828)	5 (175.4056)
Jan 28, 2022	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	19 / 60 (684.4572)	38 (168.5372)	8 (174.2628)	24 (169.6800)	14 (171.9772)
Jan 7, 2022	Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL	1 / 29 (175.4056)	22 (166.2400)	3 (176.5600)	8 (173.1200)	15 (167.4172)
Nov 19, 2021	Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL	14 / 37 (673.5772)	4 (175.4172)	11 (169.1316)	22 (167.3828)	25 (161.6456)
Apr 12, 2019	Fire it up Frostproof! 🏅 Frostproof, FL	5 / 25 (628.9832)	6 (160)	4 (162.8460)	8 (153.6572)	7 (152.4800)
Sep 1, 2018	Fire it up Frostproof! Frostproof, FL	—	—	—	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Bearded Monkeys Twisted Q

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

State championships

Master avg

Backyard (4-meat) avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)