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KCQ is a competition barbecue team with 35 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2014). They are ranked #844 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “KC Q”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#844
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1623
peak 1632 · rated over 34 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

35
in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2013
latest Sep 27, 2019 · 6.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#593
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

1
11 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
23% of 35 contests

Avg finish

top 38%
overall standings

Best overall

694.2856 / 720
Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

639.81 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 657.52 (-17.71)

Walk rate

51%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Pork · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque

Consistency

±41.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 168.12 · weakest Brisket (161.85)

Road miles

1,086
across 35 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi

Schedule strength

40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)

Purse competed for

$22K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.52 / 720
35 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

  • Pork ×1

Against the odds

14-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 86 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (Sep 26, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 14-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TRUEBUD BBQ.

High-water mark

694.2856 career-best overall

96.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.2856 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship — 96.4% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Sep 26, 2014

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 9 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 9 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BLAZING SADDLES BBQ has finished one call ahead of KCQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2014 1 Grand Championship

2014 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 20%.

  • 4 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 20%

A tough matchup

21–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' SAUCED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' SAUCED has come out ahead in 21 of their 21 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.27 points below their pork, and turns into a call 3% of the time against 23%.

  • Brisket avg 161.85
  • Pork avg 168.12
  • 1 call in 35 entries

The drought

27 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship on Sep 26, 2014 — 27 contests and 12.1 years ago.

  • last GC Sep 26, 2014
  • 12.1 years ago

A strong matchup

15–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of T'S SMOKIN PIT in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

17 of 21 shared pork entries lost

GETTIN' SAUCED ahead 81% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' SAUCED has out-cooked them in 17 of 21 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Sons of a Brisket has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 15% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 15% across 9 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

  • 9 September contests
  • top 38% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

  • 5 visits in all
  • best finish 1st

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2016 ↗ Master #856 (415 pts) #853 (445 pts) #1045 (335 pts) #771 (510 pts) #1285 (240 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #629 (580 pts) #350 (1,045 pts) #784 (465 pts) #677 (560 pts) #875 (405 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #593 (625 pts) #689 (550 pts) #673 (560 pts) #818 (450 pts) #853 (405 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #813 (375 pts) #667 (490 pts) #1011 (305 pts) #629 (525 pts) #860 (365 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to KCQ, each with one reason worth a look.

GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS
#846 of the rated field
1623 power rating
Contests
114
GCs
3
Top-10s
28%
Peak
1689
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to KCQ)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 110 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2026
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YOU NEED A BBQ
#845 of the rated field
1623 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
0
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1654

They've been 1654 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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MOONSWINERS
#843 of the rated field
1623 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
2
Top-10s
56%
Peak
1628

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before KCQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 16 contests
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CHOP QUEY
#841 of the rated field
1624 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
1
Top-10s
27%
Peak
1631
4–5 in 9 shared contests (44% to KCQ)

Careers of much the same size, 37 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen Sep 27, 2023
⚔ Head-to-head
TEMPLETON RYE WOODFELLAS
#834 of the rated field
1624 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
1
Top-10s
36%
Peak
1624
2–5 in 7 shared contests (29% to KCQ)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 33 contests, alongside a 36% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 32 contests
  • last seen Sep 1, 2017
⚔ Head-to-head
Wabash BBQ
#837 of the rated field
1624 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
101
GCs
1
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1669
4–3 in 7 shared contests (57% to KCQ)

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

  • rated over 97 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
GETTIN' SAUCED 21 0 21 0% ⚔ compare
Theslabs.com 20 9 11 45% ⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket 19 8 11 42% ⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ 19 2 17 11% ⚔ compare
T'S SMOKIN PIT 17 15 2 88% ⚔ compare
PIG NEWTON 17 12 5 71% ⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ 17 2 15 12% ⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 16 12 4 75% ⚔ compare
913 BBQ 16 3 13 19% ⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ 16 1 15 6% ⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ 15 2 13 13% ⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY 15 2 13 13% ⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE 15 2 13 13% ⚔ compare
ROADKILL BBQ 14 10 4 71% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 35 9 1 5 178.8800 20 165.12 top 32%
Pork Ribs 34 8 0 3 178.8572 157.1084 167.21 top 37%
Pork 35 8 0 3 180 🔥 153.6228 168.12 top 38%
Brisket 35 1 0 0 171.9888 147.3828 161.85 top 51%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)20top 49%
Large (40+)331top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO180top 49%
KS171top 27%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 5 1 1 top 7% Sep 27, 2019
Racing for the BBQ 4 10 0 top 44% Jul 27, 2018
Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 3 14 0 top 57% Jun 7, 2019
Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 3 23 0 top 44% Mar 31, 2017
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 2 9 0 top 8% Sep 21, 2018
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 2 20 0 top 44% Jul 14, 2017
Sugar Mound BBQ Festival 2 9 0 top 16% May 23, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests
Contests a season 5 across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 18 of 35 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 21 7 of them more than once
First title Sep 26, 2014 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Opponents faced 1,980 finished ahead 3,192 times, behind 2,012

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

20192 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1632) Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest
  2. Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20172 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
  2. First perfect 180 (Pork) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
20152 milestones
  1. First category win (Chicken) Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full)
  2. 10th tracked contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full)
20146 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  2. First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  3. First Grand Championship Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  4. First state championship Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  5. Biggest field won (112 teams) Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
  6. Career-best overall score694.2856 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
20133 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smokin' In The Creek
  2. First call Smokin' In The Creek
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8564 Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.2Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 26, 2014
+13.3Sugar Mound BBQ FestivalMay 23, 2015
+13Sugar Mound BBQ FestivalMay 24, 2014
+12.1Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 23, 2016
+12.1Shawnee Great Grillers State ChampionshipSep 27, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-18.3Smoke Out Hunger BBQ ChallengeJun 7, 2019
-16.3Racing for the BBQJul 29, 2016
-5.934th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue OpenOct 3, 2013
-4.6Racing For The BBQJul 26, 2013
-4.6Smokin' In The CreekApr 26, 2013

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20193010 33% top 49% 94.6% 85.3%
20186020 50% top 33% 94.9% 93.4%
20176010 50% top 37% 94.9% 93.1%
20165010 40% top 44% 94.8% 88.3%
20156021 67% top 37% 95.5% 92.9%
20144110 75% top 20% 96.4% 93.6%
20135000 40% top 51% 92.7% 89.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 27, 2019 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 9 / 102 (681.0512) 12 (173.7028) 20 (170.2628) 12 (173.7028) 39 (163.3828)
Jun 7, 2019 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge 🏅 Kansas City, KS 46 / 46 (495.8856) 27 (164.5256) — 33 (161.6800) 11 (169.6800)
Apr 26, 2019 Smokin In The Creek BBQ Contest 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 16 / 42 (664.4912) 24 (159.9428) 6 (171.4400) 25 (165.6684) 14 (167.4400)
Sep 21, 2018 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 9 / 107 (683.3484) 16 (170.8228) 42 (166.2628) 8 (176) 23 (170.2628)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 136 / 467 (674.2512) 104 (172) 97 (171.9656) 173 (167.4400) 253 (162.8456)
Jul 27, 2018 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 10 / 66 (675.3600) 12 (170.2628) 13 (167.9772) 12 (170.2972) 18 (166.8228)
Jun 8, 2018 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS 18 / 46 (667.2796) 36 (161.6456) 2 (176.5600) 11 (169.1428) 26 (159.9312)
Apr 27, 2018 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO 24 / 53 (677.7144) 25 (168) 2 (178.8572) 14 (170.8572) 33 (160)
Mar 23, 2018 Smokin On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO 23 / 39 (657.0060) 23 (164.5372) 20 (167.4060) 19 (166.8228) 29 (158.2400)
Sep 22, 2017 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS 9 / 112 (678.1484) 28 (167.3712) 15 (171.9772) 2 (180) 64 (158.8000)
Sep 1, 2017 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 218 / 407 (659.4172) 49 (174.8572) 275 (161.1200) 290 (160.5600) 226 (162.8800)
Jul 28, 2017 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 15 / 54 (683.4288) 2 (178.8800) 30 (168) 33 (164.5600) 12 (171.9888)
Jul 14, 2017 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS 30 / 58 (671.3256) 14 (171.4056) 19 (171.4172) 41 (162.8228) 26 (165.6800)
Jun 9, 2017 Smoke Out Hunger BBQ Challenge Kansas City, KS 14 / 42 (673.6228) 21 (165.0856) 2 (177.1428) 3 (176.5944) 28 (154.8000)
Mar 31, 2017 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Pleasant Hill, MO 28 / 59 (655.8628) 21 (168.5600) 38 (161.6456) 20 (168.5716) 37 (157.0856)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 156 / 557 (668.4684) 92 (171.4516) 118 (170.8228) 158 (169.1084) 368 (157.0856)
Sep 23, 2016 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 4 / 111 (682.8916) 24 (169.1772) 8 (173.1200) 2 (177.7372) 40 (162.8572)
Jul 29, 2016 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 54 / 54 (507.8856) 54 (20) 37 (161.7028) 31 (166.8228) 45 (159.3600)
Jun 3, 2016 Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS 20 / 55 (664.5484) 2 (177.1772) 42 (157.1084) 11 (173.7028) 39 (156.5600)
Apr 1, 2016 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO 37 / 72 (655.8856) 30 (168.0228) 47 (159.3484) 34 (166.8572) 36 (161.6572)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 235 / 606 (659.9540) 233 (166.2856) 152 (169.1428) 211 (166.8572) 388 (157.6684)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 180 / 187 (639.3368) 155 (163.9656) 156 (161.7256) 163 (160.5600) 183 (153.0856)
Sep 25, 2015 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 7 / 112 (687.3828) 3 (177.7372) 50 (164.5256) 9 (174.2744) 16 (170.8456)
Jul 24, 2015 Racing for the BBQ Lees Summit, MO 21 / 63 (671.9316) 2 (177.1544) 40 (160.5372) 26 (167.4172) 25 (166.8228)
May 23, 2015 Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS 9 / 62 (683.4516) 9 (173.7028) 7 (173.7028) 6 (174.9144) 39 (161.1316)
Apr 3, 2015 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (Judges Full) Pleasant Hill, MO 23 / 71 (670.8572) 1 (178.8800) 37 (163.4400) 47 (163.9772) 29 (164.5600)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 190 / 552 (663.4744) 151 (169.1656) 175 (168.0116) 295 (162.9144) 252 (163.3828)
Sep 26, 2014 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 1 / 112 (694.2856) 5 (174.8800) 15 (170.2856) 4 (177.7028) 7 (171.4172)
Jul 25, 2014 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 14 / 54 (665.6344) 5 (176.5600) 8 (170.8572) 40 (158.2744) 32 (159.9428)
May 24, 2014 Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS 16 / 87 (673.0852) 26 (168.0228) 6 (174.8456) 36 (165.6684) 37 (164.5484)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 378 / 535 (622.1256) 328 (158.7884) 257 (159.4516) 401 (153.6228) 395 (150.2628)
Sep 27, 2013 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 16 / 114 (667.3028) 14 (169.7372) 59 (160.5028) 11 (170.8228) 21 (166.2400)
Jul 26, 2013 Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 39 / 58 (642.7884) 8 (170.9028) 31 (163.3944) 37 (161.1084) 57 (147.3828)
May 3, 2013 Apple Blossom Barbecue Contest St. Joseph, MO 15 / 39 (658.8564) 13 (167.9998) 22 (159.9998) 15 (166.2854) 12 (164.5714)
Apr 26, 2013 Smokin' In The Creek Sugar Creek, MO 27 / 41 (634.8572) 38 (147.9998) 23 (160.5718) 5 (170.8570) 30 (155.4286)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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