A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
DB BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
DB BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Que Lis Bbq
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1442
peak 1442 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2023-03-24
latest 2026-04-17
Best ToY finish
#335
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.29 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 639.50 (+6.80)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.24)
Road miles
3,053
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 567 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$255K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
639.50 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
319.06 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (6 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The weak link
−9.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.66 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 155.24
- Chicken avg 164.90
- 0 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HI-TECH SMOKERS in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
5 of 5
shared chicken entries lost
DB BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, DB BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared chicken entries.
The long haul
3,053
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,053 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 567 miles to GLBBQA Spring Fling.
- 11 mapped stops
- furthest 567 mi
The metronome
±2.07%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 88.8% of a perfect score
- 11 contests
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
68 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Que Lis Bbq)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Que Lis Bbq has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5782 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to Que Lis Bbq)
They've been 1501 at their best, 59 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#5783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Que Lis Bbq's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1442
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Que Lis Bbq's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5794 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1441
No shared contest yet.
Level with Que Lis Bbq on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Salted Anchor | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE BBQ BUS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rusty Pig BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 158.8000 | 164.90 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 146.7656 | 155.24 | top 89% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 141.0740 | 156.73 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 152.5256 | 162.26 | top 69% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
| MI | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 337 | 0 | top 85% | 2025-11-05 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2023-03-24 → 2026-04-17
Busiest season
2023
4 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 11 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.24)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
639.50
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
319.06
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
828
252–1,273 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,053
11 mapped stops · furthest 567 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$254,875
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Power rating
1442
peak 1442 · #5780 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Peak power rating (1490) American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5828 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- 2024
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6228 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- Career-best overall score657.6228 GLBBQA Spring Fling
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
- 2026
- Most recent contest GLBBQA Spring Fling
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2023-03-24 |
| -9.1 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-08-09 |
| -8.7 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 2026-04-17 |
| -8.6 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL) | 2023-04-28 |
| -7.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2024-10-30 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.8% | 89.6% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 91.3% | 89.6% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.7% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 45 / 48 (649.0516) | 44 (162.2516) | 46 (159.3600) | 37 (165.7144) | 42 (161.7256) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 337 / 401 (646.7200) | 341 (161.0972) | 390 (146.7656) | 240 (167.4400) | 117 (171.4172) |
| 2025-08-09 | Smokin Downtown (BACKYARD ONLY) Warsaw, IN | 16 / 18 (321.6460) | 12 (168.0116) | 17 (153.6344) | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 386 / 444 (632.5028) | 364 (161.1428) | 314 (165.1200) | 429 (147.3828) | 351 (158.8572) |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI | 48 / 62 (657.6228) | 42 (167.4056) | 45 (163.4284) | 57 (157.6688) | 34 (169.1200) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 383 / 487 (645.5772) | 41 (176.5828) | 473 (147.9544) | 369 (161.0972) | 364 (159.9428) |
| 2023-04-28 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Washington, MO | 35 / 37 (605.5196) | 33 (158.8000) | 35 (153.1200) | 37 (141.0740) | 32 (152.5256) |
| 2023-03-24 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 31 / 37 (316.4800) | 23 (163.9428) | 32 (152.5372) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #1010 (60 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #950 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #335 (88 pts) | #323 (108 pts) | #358 (83 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #324 (70 pts) | #344 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #938 (120 pts) | #1011 (120 pts) | #1118 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) | #989 (120 pts) |