II-IV Que

II-IV Que is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 7th of 26 at the York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) (2025). They are ranked #4619 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,619

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1470

peak 1470 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2024

latest Apr 18, 2026 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#551

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

682.1712 / 720

Master · York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.46 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.44 (+1.03)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

Consistency

±9.91

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.46 · weakest Brisket (164.15)

Road miles

426

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)

Purse competed for

$39K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.44 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.1712 career-best overall

94.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.1712 at York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) — 94.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 27, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

4 BOXERS Q has finished one call ahead of II-IV Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

Yardogs BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Yardogs BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Professor Smoke in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 9 shared pork ribs entries lost

Rough Cut Q ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Rough Cut Q has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Castleton Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The metronome

±1.38% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.38% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
9 contests

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	#693 (172 pts)	#844 (137 pts)	#808 (177 pts)	#534 (322 pts)	#734 (172 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#593 (273 pts)	#543 (378 pts)	#698 (263 pts)	#430 (493 pts)	#633 (253 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#551 (319 pts)	#501 (414 pts)	#480 (494 pts)	#557 (349 pts)	#559 (344 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to II-IV Que, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Apocalypse Sow

#4,630 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2024

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BAR BQ POSSE

#4,628 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before II-IV Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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FIREWEED BARBECUE

#4,608 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2018

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SLAUGHTERQ

#4,611 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before II-IV Que's first contest.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Mar 25, 2017

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HANGING BELLIES BBQ

#4,631 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1504

Level with II-IV Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen May 25, 2019

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CHEECH & TONGS UP IN SMOKE BBQ

#4,613 of the rated field

1471 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1471

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before II-IV Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Leaning Jowler BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Rough Cut Q	9	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Yardogs BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
GLAZED AND INFUSED NEW JERSEY BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE & SHINE BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Professor Smoke	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN CHOKERS BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Grandpa Val's BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	1	175.4172	157.0628	165.93	top 66%
Pork Ribs	9	2	0	172.5600	159.3944	167.46	top 55%
Pork	9	4	1	175.4056	146.2056	166.89	top 49%
Brisket	9	0	0	170.2512	160.5028	164.15	top 67%

“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)	1	0	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 66%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NJ	6	0	top 72%
PA	3	0	top 61%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	6	15	0	top 72%	Apr 18, 2026
York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	3	7	0	top 61%	Jun 27, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 6 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 132 finished ahead 112 times, behind 280

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

20261 milestone

Apr 18 Most recent contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)

20253 milestones

Jun 27 First overall top-10 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jun 27 Career-best overall score682.1712 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
Jun 27 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)

20244 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Apr 19 First call New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.8856 New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)
Apr 19 Peak power rating (1490) New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	Jun 27, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	Apr 19, 2024
-8.4	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	Apr 17, 2026
-6.3	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1)	May 2, 2025
-5	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2)	Jun 29, 2024
-4.7	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	May 3, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	100%	top 69%	93.9%	92%
2025	3	1	67%	top 59%	94.7%	92.7%
2024	4	0	75%	top 75%	93%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 18, 2026	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	15 / 26 (675.9200)	19 (164.5372)	16 (167.3944)	7 (173.7372)	13 (170.2512)
Apr 17, 2026	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	21 / 26 (648.4232)	24 (157.0628)	19 (159.3944)	6 (171.4288)	23 (160.5372)
Jun 27, 2025	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	7 / 26 (682.1712)	2 (175.4172)	15 (167.3828)	3 (175.4056)	13 (163.9656)
May 3, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	25 / 34 (658.0912)	23 (163.9544)	21 (166.2400)	27 (162.2168)	20 (165.6800)
May 2, 2025	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	25 / 33 (662.7088)	32 (159.9544)	20 (165.6916)	4 (175.4056)	25 (161.6572)
Jun 29, 2024	York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Delta, PA	17 / 19 (659.2572)	17 (163.3828)	13 (167.3944)	16 (165.6800)	15 (162.8000)
Jun 28, 2024	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	19 / 29 (667.8744)	5 (174.2972)	17 (169.1200)	18 (163.9544)	21 (160.5028)
Apr 20, 2024	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	17 / 27 (669.6000)	21 (165.6800)	7 (172.5600)	12 (167.9772)	22 (163.3828)
Apr 19, 2024	New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ	24 / 29 (655.8856)	20 (169.1200)	9 (171.9772)	28 (146.2056)	14 (168.5828)

II-IV Que

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 (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

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)