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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2014-08-22
latest 2022-08-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
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
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.24 · weakest Brisket (152.64)
Road miles
6,210
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 2159 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
615.80 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.44 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
3.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at Minnesota in May (2019-05-10).
- last seen 2016-04-01
- back 2019-05-10
The long haul
6,210
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,210 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,159 miles to Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off.
- 7 mapped stops
- furthest 2,159 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5512 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5525 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#5504 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5528 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after R & B BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#5511 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Level with R & B BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5521 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 4 | 0 | top 96% |
| WA | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 77% |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8 yrs
2014-08-22 → 2022-08-20
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 7 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.24 · weakest Brisket (152.64)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Master average
615.80
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
319.44
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
314
94–296 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6,210
7 mapped stops · furthest 2,159 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$35,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
2016-04-01 → 2019-05-10
Power rating
1450
peak 1450 · #5502 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- 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
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.8800 Minnesota in May
- 2022
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | Minnesota in May | 2019-05-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons | 2015-08-07 |
| -12.4 | 5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | 2016-04-01 |
| -10.8 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| -9 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 | 2022-01-21 |
| -8.9 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | 2022-08-20 |
Category scores over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-20 | 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) |
| 2022-01-21 | 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) |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May 🏅 | 11 / 57 (319.4400) | 2 (170.8800) | 27 (148.5600) | — | — |
| 2016-04-01 | 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) |
| 2015-10-02 | 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) |
| 2015-08-07 | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons Huntington Beach, CA | 58 / 58 (578.2172) | 56 (149.7028) | 57 (146.8572) | 58 (140.5256) | 57 (141.1316) |
| 2014-08-22 | Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL | 31 / 40 (652.9940) | 24 (166.2628) | 31 (157.6572) | 37 (158.2512) | 10 (170.8228) |