Brew-N-Que

Brew-N-Que is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 21st of 32 at the Ribstock (2016). They are ranked #6277 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “BREW 'N' QUE”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,277

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1414

peak 1414 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Sep 8, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1362

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

653.6232 / 720

Master · BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.39 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 623.44 (+7.95)

Walk rate

12%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Chicken · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±17.52

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 159.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.96)

Road miles

5,922

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 619 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$38K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

623.44 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

The Sweepers has finished one call ahead of Brew-N-Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.42 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 152.96
Pork avg 159.38
0 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKE SLINGERS - GA in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).

last seen Jun 28, 2019
back Aug 13, 2021

Pork nemesis

8 of 9 shared pork entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

TEAM STEINY'S has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The long haul

5,922 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,922 miles across 17 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 619 miles to Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival.

17 mapped stops
furthest 619 mi

The metronome

±2.43% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.43% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 86.6% of a perfect score
17 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 47th

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)	#1923 (80 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1555 (130 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1362 (184 pts)	#1538 (174 pts)	#1525 (174 pts)	#1395 (214 pts)	#1384 (194 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2542 (68 pts)	#2572 (68 pts)	#2580 (68 pts)	#2588 (68 pts)	#2563 (68 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Brew-N-Que, each with one reason worth a look.

BULLS SMOKIN BBQ

#6,276 of the rated field

1414 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1414

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 Mar 27, 2026

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Far Beyond BBQ

#6,278 of the rated field

1414 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

Fewer contests behind them than Brew-N-Que has cooked, 11 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026

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PARADISE QUE

#6,271 of the rated field

1415 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
Peak: 1415

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Brew-N-Que)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Brew-N-Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Jul 26, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG PEN

#6,274 of the rated field

1415 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1415

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 24, 2021

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TEAM ANONIEM

#6,282 of the rated field

1414 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before Brew-N-Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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BLIND CHERRY BBQ

#6,280 of the rated field

1414 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
T&J's Dirty Butts	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
OOPS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SWINEFELD	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PIG'N & CHIK'N	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	2	175.4056	143.3028	157.89	top 70%
Pork Ribs	17	0	169.7144	119.9200	152.96	top 77%
Pork	17	0	170.8228	149.0740	159.38	top 69%
Brisket	17	0	165.7144	139.8972	153.21	top 75%

“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)	4	0	top 78%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 82%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	9	top 84%
MI	6	top 78%
IL	2	top 79%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	6	47	0	top 85%	May 3, 2019
Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	28	0	top 84%	Sep 8, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 9 of 17 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 572 finished ahead 218 times, behind 807

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Jun 28, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021

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

20221 milestone

Sep 8 Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20191 milestone

Jun 28 Career-best overall score653.6232 BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland

20172 milestones

May 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9596 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20162 milestones

Aug 26 First call Ribstock
Aug 26 10th tracked contest Ribstock

20132 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Peak power rating (1491) The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Sep 8, 2022
+1.9	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 14, 2018
+0.9	Ribstock	Aug 26, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	May 2, 2014
-10.4	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 12, 2014
-10	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off	Jun 19, 2015
-8.8	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2013
-8.8	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 1, 2015

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0%	top 80%	88.6%	88.6%
2021	1	0%	top 88%	87%	87%
2019	2	0%	top 84%	90.8%	88.7%
2018	2	0%	top 76%	87.7%	86.6%
2017	1	100%	top 68%	90.1%	90.1%
2016	2	50%	top 69%	88.6%	88%
2015	4	0%	top 84%	88.2%	85.5%
2014	3	0%	top 90%	85.4%	83.4%
2013	1	0%	top 79%	87.9%	87.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 8, 2022	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	28 / 35 (638.1372)	34 (146.2400)	16 (168.5372)	25 (161.6572)	23 (161.7028)
Aug 13, 2021	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	43 / 49 (626.1260)	41 (156.5716)	48 (141.6344)	18 (170.8228)	43 (157.0972)
Jun 28, 2019	BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland 🏅 Joliet, IL	31 / 42 (653.6232)	21 (170.2628)	37 (157.6688)	32 (159.9772)	26 (165.7144)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	51 / 54 (623.7604)	31 (165.7028)	51 (152.4916)	46 (159.3600)	53 (146.2060)
Sep 14, 2018	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	29 / 48 (615.2800)	25 (156.5944)	11 (169.7144)	31 (149.0740)	31 (139.8972)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	56 / 61 (631.2456)	37 (166.2856)	54 (155.9316)	55 (154.2056)	54 (154.8228)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	47 / 69 (648.9596)	9 (175.4056)	30 (167.3828)	60 (157.0856)	64 (149.0856)
Aug 26, 2016	Ribstock Marne, MI	21 / 32 (628.9828)	4 (170.2512)	27 (147.3832)	17 (158.2284)	24 (153.1200)
May 6, 2016	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	48 / 67 (637.6000)	56 (156)	45 (157.1088)	33 (165.1084)	45 (159.3828)
Sep 11, 2015	Windy City BBQ Classic Chicago, IL	51 / 61 (620.3316)	61 (143.3028)	58 (148.4800)	28 (165.7028)	23 (162.8460)
Aug 28, 2015	Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing Marne, MI	23 / 32 (608.4228)	27 (152.5256)	27 (147.3828)	17 (159.9772)	23 (148.5372)
Jun 19, 2015	7th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-off Auburn Hills, MI	30 / 32 (597.5660)	31 (147.9772)	25 (151.9428)	26 (157.0856)	31 (140.5604)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	55 / 63 (635.2340)	62 (146.8000)	43 (161.6456)	42 (163.9428)	36 (162.8456)
Sep 12, 2014	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	39 / 43 (595.8284)	27 (162.2628)	43 (119.9200)	26 (161.1084)	32 (152.5372)
Jul 25, 2014	Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI	46 / 55 (590.1600)	41 (153.1200)	52 (139.3944)	38 (156.5256)	49 (141.1200)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	59 / 62 (614.6172)	53 (155.9544)	56 (154.2400)	55 (154.2172)	56 (150.2056)
May 3, 2013	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	49 / 62 (632.5712)	48 (158.8570)	43 (159.4286)	55 (155.4284)	36 (158.8572)

Brew-N-Que

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)

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)