DesertQ BBQ
DesertQ BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2022. Their best overall finish is 31st of 34 at the BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival (2022). They finished #1601 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Feb 18, 2022
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.44 · weakest Brisket (137.09)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1601 (59 pts) | #1610 (59 pts) | #1656 (59 pts) | #1610 (59 pts) | #1612 (59 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 158.2972 | 158.30 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2172 | 150.2172 | 150.22 | top 91% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 163.4400 | 163.44 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 137.0856 | 137.0856 | 137.09 | top 94% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2022 | BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 31 / 34 (609.0400) | 31 (158.2972) | 31 (150.2172) | 26 (163.4400) | 32 (137.0856) |