High-water mark
695.3828
career-best overall
96.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 695.3828 at South Carolina Festival of Discovery — 96.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 9, 2026
Southern Q
Southern Q is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 75 at the South Carolina Festival of Discovery (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2020
latest Jul 9, 2026 · 5.8 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 176 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.82)
Road miles
426
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 426 mi
Purse competed for
$23K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
695.38 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.23 / 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 166.2744 | 170.27 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 163.9544 | 166.82 | top 57% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 175.4400 | 175.44 | top 17% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 176 | 176 | top 12% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 85 times, behind 11
Longest layoff
5.8 yrs
Sep 25, 2020 → Jul 9, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First call South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- Career-best overall score695.3828 South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176 South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20203 milestones
- First tracked contest Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
- First overall top-10 Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.2288 Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 4 / 75 (695.3828) | 22 (174.2628) | 43 (169.6800) | 13 (175.4400) | 9 (176) |
| Sep 25, 2020 | Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest Backyard Contest 🏅 Semmes, AL | 9 / 23 (330.2288) | 13 (166.2744) | 13 (163.9544) | — | — |