BoomBoomQue

BoomBoomQue is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 16th of 25 at the Best of the West BBQ Fest (2014). They are ranked #5704 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BOOM BOOM QUE”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,704

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1446

peak 1446 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 18, 2014

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1046

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

682.1716 / 720

Master · Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.34 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.07 (-1.73)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · High on the Hog Festival

Consistency

±18.46

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.06 · weakest Brisket (158.58)

Road miles

3,704

across 15 mapped stops · furthest 1,231 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$6,950

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.07 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

682.1716 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.1716 at Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 9, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Q SMOKE has finished one call ahead of BoomBoomQue 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 65%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 100% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.48 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 158.58
Chicken avg 167.06
0 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKER ON WHEELS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HOT COLE'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 65% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 65% across 3 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 75% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,704 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,704 miles across 15 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,231 miles to Best of the West BBQ Fest.

15 mapped stops
furthest 1,231 mi

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	#1955 (60 pts)	#1796 (100 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1046 (305 pts)	#835 (455 pts)	#1086 (315 pts)	#1122 (310 pts)	#1019 (340 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1858 (114 pts)	#1728 (129 pts)	#1458 (184 pts)	#1415 (209 pts)	#1928 (114 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BoomBoomQue, each with one reason worth a look.

99 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

TEAM HOGWEISER

#5,701 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to BoomBoomQue)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BoomBoomQue has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2022

⚔ Head-to-head

GLAZED & CONFUSED

#5,708 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Apr 5, 2019

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CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM

#5,697 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1446

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2018

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Grills Gone Wild

#5,715 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1446

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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DESPERADO

#5,695 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1446

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jun 2, 2017

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KEN'S BURNT ENDS

#5,693 of the rated field

1446 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before BoomBoomQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BIG G BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
THE ALGOOD BAR-B-Q PIT CREW	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WILD BOAR SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
RIVER ROAD GRILLBILLIES	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Under the Radar	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SNORING HOGS BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	3	0	0	176.5600	137.6800	167.06	top 57%
Pork Ribs	15	1	1	1	172.5944	146.8116	163.25	top 67%
Pork	15	1	0	0	173.1084	153.1084	166.17	top 57%
Brisket	15	0	0	0	169.6916	145.1432	158.58	top 77%

“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)	9	0	top 78%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	13	top 78%
IL	1	top 55%
WY	1	top 64%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	3	39	top 78%	Apr 15, 2016
Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2)	2	18	top 76%	Jul 9, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	18	top 78%	Jun 17, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 13 of 15 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 376 finished ahead 162 times, behind 495

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Mar 9, 2018 → Aug 23, 2019

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20191 milestone

Aug 23 Most recent contest Great Americana BBQ Festival

20171 milestone

Jul 9 Career-best overall score682.1716 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2)

20162 milestones

Apr 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 High on the Hog Festival
Aug 26 10th tracked contest Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club

20145 milestones

Apr 18 First tracked contest High on the Hog Festival
Apr 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.2916 High on the Hog Festival
Apr 18 Peak power rating (1498) High on the Hog Festival
Sep 5 First call Best of the West BBQ Fest
Sep 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Best of the West BBQ Fest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.5	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest	Jul 22, 2016
+6.2	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2)	Jul 9, 2017
+3.7	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff	Sep 22, 2017
+2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 17, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	Smokin' At The Market	Oct 3, 2014
-9.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 29, 2015
-9.1	"Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship	Mar 6, 2015
-8.4	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 17, 2015
-7.6	Smoke on the Shores	Mar 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 77%	89%	89%
2018	1	0	0%	top 91%	87.7%	87.7%
2017	3	0	33%	top 69%	94.7%	92.3%
2016	4	0	50%	top 65%	94.4%	92.1%
2015	3	0	33%	top 91%	91.5%	90.9%
2014	3	1	33%	top 73%	93.3%	90%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN	30 / 39 (640.9368)	17 (169.1200)	33 (158.2400)	34 (158.2284)	29 (155.3484)
Mar 9, 2018	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	79 / 87 (631.3144)	68 (163.3828)	79 (154.2400)	74 (160.5828)	79 (153.1088)
Sep 22, 2017	Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff Murphysboro, IL	30 / 55 (663.2796)	12 (172.5484)	23 (169.1084)	28 (167.9772)	49 (153.6456)
Jul 9, 2017	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off & Cruise In (Day 2) Jamestown, TN	18 / 30 (682.1716)	5 (175.4172)	18 (168.5372)	22 (168.5256)	18 (169.6916)
Jul 8, 2017	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) Jamestown, TN	33 / 36 (648.9944)	26 (167.4056)	36 (146.8116)	28 (166.2400)	18 (168.5372)
Aug 26, 2016	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	22 / 31 (646.1024)	27 (157.6684)	23 (159.3828)	19 (162.7884)	12 (166.2628)
Jul 22, 2016	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	20 / 47 (669.0056)	24 (166.8228)	13 (170.8228)	27 (166.2400)	29 (165.1200)
Jun 17, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	18 / 29 (679.9200)	7 (175.4628)	22 (165.0972)	15 (169.6800)	16 (169.6800)
Apr 15, 2016	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	48 / 56 (658.1600)	6 (176.5600)	47 (161.6572)	41 (163.4056)	52 (156.5372)
May 29, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Hendersonville, TN	27 / 29 (658.7312)	22 (168.5600)	11 (172.5944)	17 (167.9540)	29 (149.6228)
Apr 17, 2015	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	51 / 59 (650.7200)	36 (169.1200)	53 (157.1200)	14 (173.1084)	55 (151.3716)
Mar 6, 2015	"Come to Compete, Come to Learn" NBBQA Championship Nashville, TN	23 / 25 (653.6000)	19 (168.5256)	24 (157.1428)	5 (171.9772)	23 (155.9544)
Oct 3, 2014	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	27 / 29 (671.8744)	27 (168.5256)	26 (168.5600)	18 (171.9772)	28 (162.8116)
Sep 5, 2014	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	16 / 25 (607.9544)	23 (137.6800)	1 (172.0228)	13 (153.1084)	19 (145.1432)
Apr 18, 2014	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	39 / 62 (663.2916)	35 (169.1200)	26 (167.4172)	12 (170.8228)	51 (155.9316)

BoomBoomQue

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)