The comeback
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (2021-11-05).
- last seen 2019-06-14
- back 2021-11-05
BigBoysQue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1503 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-17
latest 2021-11-05
Best ToY finish
#1342
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.41)
Road miles
743
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 694 mi
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.46 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
BigBoysQue has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 104 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1517
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BigBoysQue)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BigBoysQue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1547
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BigBoysQue)
They've been 1547 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before BigBoysQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before BigBoysQue's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with BigBoysQue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 164.5716 | 169.71 | top 27% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1316 | 148.5716 | 155.41 | top 81% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.2628 | 164.55 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 163.3828 | 164.81 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2021-11-05
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.41)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
650.46
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
41–48 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
743
3 mapped stops · furthest 694 mi
Purse competed for
$22,625
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2021-11-05
Power rating
1502
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- First call Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5772 Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival
- 2021
- First overall top-10 Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Career-best overall score661.6460 Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Most recent contest Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 91.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-05 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 8 / 18 (661.6460) | 7 (164.5716) | 11 (161.1316) | 6 (171.9772) | — |
| 2019-06-14 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 🏅 Apex, NC | 25 / 38 (643.3488) | 11 (170.2744) | 37 (148.5716) | 26 (158.2628) | 10 (166.2400) |
| 2019-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-off and Festival 🏅 Ayden, NC | 18 / 36 (657.5772) | 5 (174.2744) | 30 (156.5144) | 20 (163.4056) | 19 (163.3828) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1342 (155 pts) | #924 (315 pts) | #1575 (120 pts) | #1453 (145 pts) | #1155 (225 pts) |