A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKING BUTT HEADS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKING BUTT HEADS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Was It Good For Que?
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-09
latest 2019-09-27
Best ToY finish
#1955
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.29
last 4 Master vs avg 651.29 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.57 · weakest Pork (157.81)
Road miles
275
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
96%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1651)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
651.29 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
4.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.3 years, then back at Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) (2017-11-17).
- last seen 2013-08-09
- back 2017-11-17
They cook the hard rooms
1651
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 96% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1651 power rating — a tougher draw than 96% 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.
Was It Good For 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 138 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.
#3941 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1526
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Was It Good For Que?)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Was It Good For Que? has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Was It Good For Que? on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Was It Good For Que? did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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#3944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 161.7256 | 166.57 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 149.0516 | 161.96 | top 69% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 153.6800 | 157.81 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 162.2400 | 164.97 | top 62% |
“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 74% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 77% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2) | 2 | 52 | 0 | top 88% | 2017-11-18 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.1 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2019-09-27
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
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 · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.57 · weakest Pork (157.81)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
651.29
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
128
39–163 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
275
4 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi
Schedule strength
1651
average field rating faced — tougher than 96% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.3 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2017-11-17
Power rating
1484
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- First call Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1944 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Career-best overall score662.1944 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- Peak power rating (1501) Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
- 2019
- Most recent contest Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.7 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show | 2013-08-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.2 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge | 2019-09-27 |
| -5.8 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2) | 2017-11-18 |
| -3.1 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) | 2017-11-17 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 91.6% | 91.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-27 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge 🏅 Newton, NC | 35 / 37 (631.2456) | 30 (161.7256) | 35 (149.0516) | 34 (155.3484) | 21 (165.1200) |
| 2017-11-18 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 2) Cumming, GA | 54 / 58 (651.8636) | 55 (162.8116) | 55 (158.8116) | 56 (160.5488) | 27 (169.6916) |
| 2017-11-17 | Que'n In Cumming (DAY 1) Cumming, GA | 52 / 62 (659.8744) | 44 (168.0116) | 38 (167.9772) | 55 (161.6456) | 50 (162.2400) |
| 2013-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | 26 / 49 (662.1944) | 7 (173.7144) | 12 (171.9888) | 48 (153.6800) | 32 (162.8112) |
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 | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #1868 (80 pts) |