A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LADY OF Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
R & B BBQ
R & B BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 11th of 57 at the Minnesota in May (2019). They are ranked #5546 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 22, 2014
latest Aug 20, 2022 · 8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.36 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 615.80 (-7.44)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±32.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.24 · weakest Brisket (152.64)
Road miles
6,210
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 2,159 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
615.80 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.44 / 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.
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115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 58
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to R & B BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team R & B BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,543 of the rated field
- Contests
- 95
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1511
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to R & B BBQ)
They've been 1511 at their best, 61 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,552 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,565 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before R & B BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,550 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Level with R & B BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 135.9312 | 156.24 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 142.8000 | 155.24 | top 77% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 138.8344 | 153.01 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 139.9544 | 152.64 | top 74% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 77% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
314
finished ahead 94 times, behind 296
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Apr 1, 2016 → May 10, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score658.1712 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8800 Minnesota in May
20144 milestones
- First tracked contest Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
- First call Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9940 Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1492) Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Minnesota in May | May 10, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | Aug 7, 2015 |
| -12.4 | 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | Apr 1, 2016 |
| -10.8 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | Oct 2, 2015 |
| -9 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | Aug 20, 2022 |
| -9 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 | Jan 21, 2022 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 91.4% | 89% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 80.2% | 80.2% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 84% | 82.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2022 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 25 / 29 (658.1712) | 28 (159.9884) | 19 (166.2628) | 26 (161.6456) | 11 (170.2744) |
| Jan 21, 2022 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 🏅 Santa Barbara, CA | 29 / 30 (622.7544) | 29 (153.7144) | 25 (161.6800) | 21 (167.4056) | 29 (139.9544) |
| May 10, 2019 | Minnesota in May 🏅 | 11 / 57 (319.4400) | 2 (170.8800) | 27 (148.5600) | — | — |
| Apr 1, 2016 | 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA | 71 / 72 (577.5312) | 72 (135.9312) | 72 (142.8000) | 65 (151.3828) | 70 (147.4172) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 68 / 75 (605.1316) | 64 (157.1772) | 51 (162.8572) | 73 (138.8344) | 68 (146.2628) |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 58 / 58 (578.2172) | 56 (149.7028) | 57 (146.8572) | 58 (140.5256) | 57 (141.1316) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL | 31 / 40 (652.9940) | 24 (166.2628) | 31 (157.6572) | 37 (158.2512) | 10 (170.8228) |