A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
DC QUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-06-09
latest 2019-06-22
Best ToY finish
#1607
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
588.32
last 4 Master vs avg 588.32 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.20
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.37 · weakest Brisket (140.63)
Road miles
23
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
588.32 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1607
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1607 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.
- 4 rated contests
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.
DC QUE has 4 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 129 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.
#4555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to DC QUE)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DC QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after DC QUE did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with DC QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9540 | 143.3944 | 149.95 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5488 | 133.6000 | 143.36 | top 92% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 151.3828 | 154.37 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1316 | 121.0516 | 140.63 | top 78% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DC | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| MD | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 87% | 2019-06-08 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2018-06-09 → 2019-06-22
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DC
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 154.37 · weakest Brisket (140.63)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
588.32
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
96
21–127 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
23
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1607
average field rating faced — tougher than 82% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$42,800
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1495) Beltway BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score609.5316 *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- Career-best single call (Brisket)165.1316 *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
- 2019
- Most recent contest Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2019-06-08 |
| -6.7 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle | 2019-06-22 |
| -6.5 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 2018-06-23 |
| -5.1 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2018-06-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 81.8% | 79.5% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 84.7% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-22 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 28 / 31 (588.8344) | 27 (152.5144) | 26 (152.5488) | 23 (155.9312) | 30 (127.8400) |
| 2019-06-08 | Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD | 35 / 37 (555.7032) | 36 (143.3944) | 35 (133.6000) | 27 (157.6572) | 36 (121.0516) |
| 2018-06-23 | *Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 35 / 42 (609.5316) | 38 (147.9428) | 40 (143.9316) | 37 (152.5256) | 19 (165.1316) |
| 2018-06-09 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 33 / 42 (599.2000) | 31 (155.9540) | 40 (143.3604) | 33 (151.3828) | 31 (148.5028) |
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 | #1607 (116 pts) | #1693 (116 pts) | #1689 (116 pts) | #1546 (126 pts) | #1657 (116 pts) |