A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
It's In The Q
It's In The Q is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 7th of 35 at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2018
latest Sep 10, 2021 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 151.42 · weakest Chicken (150.55)
Road miles
4
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$8,500
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
308.53 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
301.97 / 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to It's In The Q, each with one reason worth a look.
It's In The Q has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 107 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 41
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 24%
- Peak
- 1519
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to It's In The Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team It's In The Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,319 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,334 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
They turned up 5 years after It's In The Q did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#3,335 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
Level with It's In The Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before It's In The Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 5 years before It's In The Q'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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 139.9428 | 150.55 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 146.2972 | 151.42 | top 39% |
“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 32% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
97
finished ahead 57 times, behind 76
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 11, 2015 → Sep 8, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20211 milestone
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
20195 milestones
- First call Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score317.6916 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.1544 Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1498) Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | Sep 13, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | Sep 14, 2018 |
| -0.5 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition | Sep 10, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 79.5% | 79.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 42.9% | 42.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2021 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition 🏅 Mears, MI | 11 / 25 (286.2400) | 11 (139.9428) | 11 (146.2972) | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI | 7 / 35 (317.6916) | 6 (161.1544) | 12 (156.5372) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 45 / 48 (308.5256) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | — | — | — | — | — |