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HevyQue BBQ
HevyQue BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2026). They are ranked #2655 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings . Also listed in KCBS results as “Hevy Que BBQ”.
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At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating 1514
peak 1521 · rated over 5 contests
First seen Mar 20, 2026
latest Sep 18, 2026
Grand champs 1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Overall top-10s 1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish top 62%
overall standings
Best overall 676.4456 / 720
Walk rate 60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency ±4.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat Pork
avg 171.21 · weakest Brisket (160.34)
Road miles 37
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength 59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for $32K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg 670.17 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg 341.10 / 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 . Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like .
Storylines (5 found in their record)
Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.
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Against the odds
34-in-100
shot on pre-contest ratings
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 66 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (Mar 20, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 34-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, KC Meat Sweats
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High-water mark
676.4456
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4456 at 38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
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A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Blind Fox BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Blind Fox BBQ
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A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Sasquatch Smoke N Que
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Announced themselves early
1st
at their very first contest
Finished 1 at their very first tracked contest, American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (Mar 20, 2026).
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 ↗ Backyard
#261 (113 pts) #306 (83 pts) #255 (133 pts) —
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2026 ↗ Master
#981 (73 pts) #865 (128 pts) #1153 (63 pts) #685 (203 pts) #1305 (53 pts)
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Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to HevyQue BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Red Iron BBQ
#2,647 of the rated field
1515
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 0%
Peak 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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Hunny & Hooch BBQ
#2,654 of the rated field
1514
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 40%
Peak 1519
Level with HevyQue BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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Weasel's Bone Lickin' BBQ
#2,661 of the rated field
1514
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 20%
Peak 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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Primal-Q
#2,663 of the rated field
1514
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 20%
Peak 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before HevyQue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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B2 BBQ
#2,673 of the rated field
1514
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 20%
Peak 1514
They were already cooking in 2018, 8 years before HevyQue BBQ's first contest.
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Outlaw Smokeshack
#2,664 of the rated field
1514
power rating
Contests 5
GCs 0
Top-10s 0%
Peak 1521
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before HevyQue BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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By meat
“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) 3 0 top 56% Large (40+) 1 0 top 82%
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Most contests held in
MO
5 of 5 contests
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Contests visited
5
a different one every time
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First title
Mar 20, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
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Opponents faced
140
finished ahead 65 times, behind 112
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
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)
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Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
Date Event Overall Chicken Ribs Pork Brisket
Sep 18, 2026
38th Annual Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO 13 / 26 (676.4456) 10 (170.8228) 18 (165.0972) 7 (173.1428) 15 (167.3828)
Aug 14, 2026
BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO 68 / 83 (664.4456) 53 (169.6800) 31 (173.7144) 68 (165.0856) 76 (155.9656)
Apr 24, 2026
Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 21 / 28 (669.6116) 10 (171.9888) 23 (164.5372) 4 (175.4056) 25 (157.6800)
Mar 20, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 14 / 33 (341.0972) 20 (169.6800) 10 (171.4172) —
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Mar 20, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO 1 (175.4172) —
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Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
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