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
DC QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 28th of 31 at the Giant National Capital BBQ Battle (2019). They finished #1607 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1471
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 9, 2018
latest Jun 22, 2019 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.20
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 154.37 · weakest Brisket (140.63)
Road miles
23
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
588.32 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1607 (116 pts) | #1693 (116 pts) | #1689 (116 pts) | #1546 (126 pts) | #1657 (116 pts) |
By 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beltway BBQ Showdown | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 87% | Jun 8, 2019 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
DC
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 21 times, behind 127
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Giant National Capital BBQ Battle
20184 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | Jun 8, 2019 |
| -6.7 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle | Jun 22, 2019 |
| -6.5 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | Jun 23, 2018 |
| -5.1 | Beltway BBQ Showdown | Jun 9, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2019 | Giant National Capital BBQ Battle 🏅 Washington, DC | 28 / 31 (588.8344) | 27 (152.5144) | 26 (152.5488) | 23 (155.9312) | 30 (127.8400) |
| Jun 8, 2019 | Beltway BBQ Showdown 🏅 Upper Marlboro, MD | 35 / 37 (555.7032) | 36 (143.3944) | 35 (133.6000) | 27 (157.6572) | 36 (121.0516) |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 35 / 42 (609.5316) | 38 (147.9428) | 40 (143.9316) | 37 (152.5256) | 19 (165.1316) |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Upper Marlboro, MD | 33 / 42 (599.2000) | 31 (155.9540) | 40 (143.3604) | 33 (151.3828) | 31 (148.5028) |