A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Q-JITSU ahead in 100% of their meetings
Q-JITSU has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Overcurrent BBQ
Overcurrent BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 16 at the Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #4088 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1510 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jul 15, 2023
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
22% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.25
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.17 · weakest Brisket (156.83)
Road miles
378
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 83 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
651.61 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
339.14 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #756 (150 pts) | #831 (160 pts) | #547 (380 pts) | #761 (165 pts) | #806 (145 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #895 (164 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #261 (153 pts) | #274 (153 pts) | #309 (123 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1189 (70 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Overcurrent BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
Fewer contests behind them than Overcurrent BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Overcurrent BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Overcurrent BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Level with Overcurrent BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,083 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1482
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1481
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Overcurrent BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 164.5256 | 168.17 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 158.2516 | 165.31 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 157.6684 | 164.55 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3544 | 149.6800 | 156.83 | top 91% |
“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 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 81% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 28% | Jul 20, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 50 times, behind 151
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 20, 2024 → Aug 1, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest September Fest
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score654.1488 All American BBQ Throwdown
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score336.5828 Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1510) Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 15, 2023 |
| +7.9 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 20, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | September Fest | Sep 11, 2026 |
| -9.5 | Smoke in the Mitten | May 1, 2026 |
| -8 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | Apr 19, 2024 |
| -5.1 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 1, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 94% | 90.6% | 90.3% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 94.9% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 15 / 16 (652.4228) | 13 (164.5256) | 10 (169.6800) | 12 (168.5372) | 16 (149.6800) |
| Sep 11, 2026 | September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Coldwater, MI | — | — | 8 (167.3944) | — | — |
| May 1, 2026 | Smoke in the Mitten 🏅 Westland, MI | 32 / 34 (647.9884) | 25 (164.5256) | 30 (161.6800) | 32 (159.4284) | 29 (162.3544) |
| May 1, 2026 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 21 (161.1316) | — | — |
| Aug 1, 2025 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 34 / 43 (654.1488) | 28 (168.5372) | 34 (166.2744) | 38 (157.6684) | 37 (161.6688) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 15 (169.1316) | — | — |
| Jul 20, 2024 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI | 7 / 23 (341.6916) | 7 (173.7028) | 10 (167.9888) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2024 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 52 / 62 (651.8748) | 41 (167.4172) | 55 (158.2516) | 23 (172.5716) | 57 (153.6344) |
| Jul 15, 2023 | Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI | 4 / 16 (336.5828) | 5 (170.2856) | 5 (166.2972) | — | — |