A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
PADDY MCQ'S ahead in 100% of their meetings
PADDY MCQ'S has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
Big BarQ BBQ
Big BarQ BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 14th of 16 at the Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (2021). They are ranked #5996 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1435
peak 1435 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Sep 8, 2018
latest Sep 17, 2022 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
615.73 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 614.56 (+1.17)
Walk rate
18%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.33 · weakest Pork (149.54)
Road miles
990
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 279 mi
Schedule strength
63%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$52K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
614.56 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1697 (51 pts) | #1694 (51 pts) | #1010 (148 pts) | #1690 (51 pts) | #1691 (51 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #818 (156 pts) | #847 (166 pts) | #498 (403 pts) | #823 (166 pts) | #837 (166 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1218 (182 pts) | #1145 (227 pts) | #1341 (172 pts) | #1244 (197 pts) | #1059 (262 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big BarQ BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,999 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Big BarQ BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,998 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
Level with Big BarQ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,989 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
Fewer contests behind them than Big BarQ BBQ has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#6,001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
They were already cooking in 2013, 5 years before Big BarQ BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PADDY MCQ'S | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| A MAZIE Q | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CIDER BOYS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rogue Hog BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| INSANE SWINE BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DOWN BELOW | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Up-2 BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FOUR SMOKING GUYS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 149.0628 | 155.23 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 144.5144 | 156.33 | top 81% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 135.4172 | 149.54 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 142.8344 | 154.61 | top 75% |
“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 88% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 4 | 14 | 0 | top 93% | Sep 17, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
5 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VT
6 of 11 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
147
finished ahead 29 times, behind 228
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Oct 4, 2019 → Apr 24, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- Most recent contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20211 milestone
- Career-best overall score638.1712 Granite State BBQ Championship
20192 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.6684 Sun BBQFest
- First call Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
- Peak power rating (1492) Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Sep 7, 2019 |
| -10.7 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Sep 17, 2022 |
| -9 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Apr 24, 2021 |
| -8.5 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Sep 8, 2018 |
| -7.3 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Oct 2, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | top 88% | 88.6% | 87% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 89% | 85.7% | 85% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2022 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT | 26 / 26 (584.3200) | 25 (149.0628) | 24 (153.6572) | 26 (135.4172) | 26 (146.1828) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT | — | — | 15 (161.0972) | — | — |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT | 14 / 16 (634.1144) | 12 (159.3828) | 14 (156.5144) | 12 (160.5256) | 12 (157.6916) |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES - One Meat Rib Contest Braintree, VT | — | — | 7 (158.2516) | — | — |
| Jun 12, 2021 | Granite State BBQ Championship 🏅 Hancock, NH | 26 / 32 (638.1712) | 28 (157.0972) | 12 (166.2628) | 32 (152.5484) | 20 (162.2628) |
| Apr 24, 2021 | New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 38 / 40 (607.2684) | 38 (151.3484) | 25 (164.5828) | 40 (148.5028) | 38 (142.8344) |
| Apr 24, 2021 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - One Meat Rib Contest Jackson, NJ | — | — | 11 (158.8344) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Greenfield, MA | 22 / 26 (614.7768) | 24 (151.3712) | 24 (152.5372) | 25 (142.2856) | 8 (168.5828) |
| Sep 7, 2019 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT | 31 / 31 (603.8516) | 29 (151.3944) | 31 (144.5144) | 19 (159.4056) | 29 (148.5372) |
| Jun 1, 2019 | Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT | 51 / 61 (616.9940) | 14 (169.6684) | 40 (157.6800) | 60 (136.5484) | 50 (153.0972) |
| Sep 8, 2018 | Green Mountain BBQ Championship- CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Randolph, VT | 28 / 33 (616.9944) | 29 (152.5028) | 31 (145.6916) | 15 (161.1200) | 19 (157.6800) |