Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'

Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein' is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 8th of 67 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2016). They are ranked #1642 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “NEIGHBORS BREWIN' & QUEIN”, “Neighbor's Brewin & Quein” and “Neighbor's Brewin'& Quein'”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,642

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1556

peak 1563 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 3, 2013

latest Sep 8, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1471

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

686.7428 / 720

Master · Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

664.54 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 668.69 (-4.15)

Walk rate

53%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Chicken · The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±12.19

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.71)

Road miles

1,525

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 187 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$47K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

668.69 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

686.7428 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.7428 at Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 5, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

South Pork has finished one call ahead of Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein' 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 25%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 25%

A tough matchup

17–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.97 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 12% of the time against 29%.

Pork Ribs avg 164.71
Chicken avg 169.69
2 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

13–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

13 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

Organizer Portal ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Organizer Portal has out-cooked them in 13 of 17 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

T&J's Dirty Butts has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.69% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.69% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.9% of a perfect score
17 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 8th

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1475 (165 pts)	#1571 (150 pts)	#1332 (200 pts)	#871 (360 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein', each with one reason worth a look.

37 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

OnlyCans Competition BBQ

#1,637 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1565

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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GRILLA WARFARE BBQ

#1,644 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1555

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Oct 21, 2022
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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PITT SMOKERS

#1,640 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1563

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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Ric's Righteous Ribs

#1,641 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1574

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

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202 BBQ

#1,638 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1556

Level with Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein' on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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EGGHEAD-BARBECUE

#1,639 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1568

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 30 contests to 17.

rated over 30 contests
last seen May 18, 2024

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Organizer Portal	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
South Pork	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	12	9	3	75%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SMOKE OF THE SHOALS	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Brew-N-Que	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
T&J's Dirty Butts	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	5	0	176.5716	160.5256	169.69	top 38%
Pork Ribs	17	2	1	175.4400	150.2172	164.71	top 53%
Pork	17	1	0	175.4172	152.4800	165.68	top 52%
Brisket	17	4	3	176.5600	152.4800	168.61	top 38%

“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 69%
Large (40+)	14	0	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	13	top 45%
MS	3	top 40%
GA	1	top 34%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	6	8	top 34%	May 3, 2019
Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	11	top 44%	Sep 8, 2022
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	29	top 48%	Mar 17, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.7 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 13 of 17 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 10 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 629 finished ahead 742 times, behind 470

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Feb 21, 2020 → Aug 13, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20221 milestone

Sep 8 Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20173 milestones

Mar 17 10th tracked contest Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1
May 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5716 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 5 Peak power rating (1563) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20162 milestones

May 6 First overall top-10 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Aug 5 Career-best overall score686.7428 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)

20133 milestones

May 3 First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First call The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1428 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.7	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 6, 2016
+10.1	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 1, 2015
+9.3	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	May 2, 2014
+9	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Aug 13, 2021
+9	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	Mar 14, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.5	Capital City Cook Off	Feb 21, 2020
-5.7	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 4, 2018
-3.9	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest	Sep 15, 2017
-2.9	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	Mar 17, 2017
-1.1	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest	Sep 11, 2015

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	100%	top 66%	90.3%	90.3%
2021	1	0	100%	top 22%	95.1%	95.1%
2020	1	0	0%	top 76%	91.7%	91.7%
2019	1	0	100%	top 44%	93%	93%
2018	1	0	0%	top 70%	91.4%	91.4%
2017	3	0	33%	top 54%	94.1%	92.2%
2016	3	1	67%	top 25%	95.4%	94.8%
2015	2	0	50%	top 38%	95.1%	93.4%
2014	2	0	50%	top 24%	94%	93.8%
2013	2	0	50%	top 47%	91.3%	91%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 8, 2022	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	23 / 35 (650.0912)	24 (162.2168)	3 (175.4400)	30 (159.9544)	30 (152.4800)
Aug 13, 2021	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	11 / 49 (684.5140)	9 (174.2628)	30 (165.1200)	15 (170.8684)	9 (174.2628)
Feb 21, 2020	Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL	19 / 25 (660.4572)	13 (167.4056)	21 (160.5716)	18 (165.0972)	14 (167.3828)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	24 / 54 (669.5540)	8 (174.2628)	32 (165.0972)	37 (162.8112)	23 (167.3828)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	43 / 61 (658.0912)	20 (172.5600)	55 (155.3600)	34 (167.3828)	46 (162.7884)
Sep 15, 2017	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL	25 / 39 (654.1372)	13 (170.8344)	31 (158.8000)	31 (158.8228)	21 (165.6800)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	22 / 69 (677.6004)	4 (176.5716)	19 (171.9888)	66 (152.4800)	3 (176.5600)
Mar 17, 2017	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	45 / 68 (660.4568)	58 (160.5256)	40 (165.1200)	18 (171.9656)	50 (162.8456)
Aug 5, 2016	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	19 / 56 (686.7428)	36 (169.6684)	29 (167.3944)	6 (175.4172)	17 (174.2628)
May 6, 2016	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	8 / 67 (685.0628)	8 (174.8456)	31 (164.5372)	14 (170.2628)	2 (175.4172)
Mar 18, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	29 / 95 (674.8000)	30 (170.8456)	56 (162.8344)	34 (168.5600)	18 (172.5600)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	30 / 55 (660.9716)	22 (169.1200)	16 (168.5372)	45 (161.6572)	41 (161.6572)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	13 / 63 (684.4456)	8 (175.4056)	25 (168.5372)	19 (170.8228)	17 (169.6800)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	15 / 62 (676.4912)	18 (170.2512)	12 (172.5600)	25 (165.6800)	20 (168)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	23 / 95 (673.6572)	49 (164.5372)	8 (173.7372)	54 (164.5256)	21 (170.8572)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	32 / 80 (657.5656)	22 (168.5372)	73 (150.2172)	15 (169.7028)	18 (169.1084)
May 3, 2013	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	33 / 62 (653.1428)	38 (162.8574)	52 (154.2856)	41 (160.5714)	3 (175.4284)

Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)