High-water mark
663.8972
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.8972 at Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Nov 5, 2021
Sub Q
Sub Q is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2021. Their best overall finish is 7th of 18 at the Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) (2021). They finished #1043 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1500
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 16, 2021
latest Nov 5, 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.26)
Road miles
78
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
654.22 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
302.78 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 154.7884 | 162.64 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9888 | 147.9884 | 157.26 | top 61% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 159.9544 | 159.95 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4516 | 163.4516 | 163.45 | top 65% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
More numbers
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
52
finished ahead 34 times, behind 31
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20217 milestones
- First tracked contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Rib Contest
- First call Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 1
- First overall top-10 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2176 Honor-Q
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Honor-Q
- Career-best overall score663.8972 Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
- Most recent contest Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES)
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)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2021 | Saluting with Smoke (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) unrated Yorkville, IL | 7 / 18 (663.8972) | 10 (161.7028) | 5 (167.9888) | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Honor-Q 🏅 Yorkville, IL | 12 / 17 (654.2176) | 6 (171.4172) | 15 (159.3944) | 13 (159.9544) | 11 (163.4516) |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown Day 1 🏅 Eureka, IL | 8 / 25 (302.7768) | 8 (154.7884) | 8 (147.9884) | — | — |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Rib Contest Eureka, IL | — | — | 17 (153.6572) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.