LoneStar Que Crew

LoneStar Que Crew is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 5th of 53 at the Cedar Fest BBQ (2015). They are ranked #1281 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “LoneStar-Que-Crew”.

⚔ Compare with another team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,281

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1581

peak 1581 · rated over 8 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 10, 2015

latest Aug 30, 2019 · 4.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

33% of 9 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 21%

overall standings

Best overall

684.5140 / 720

Master · Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.63 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 671.10 (+1.53)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1428

Brisket · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±12.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.50 · weakest Brisket (164.99)

Road miles

1,749

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 550 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.10 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 14% average finish here

Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 14%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

684.5140 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.5140 at Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 31, 2018

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.50 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 22%.

Brisket avg 164.99
Chicken avg 169.50
2 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HONKY-TONK SMOKERS in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Apr 6, 2018).

last seen Apr 1, 2016
back Apr 6, 2018

Show 3 more storylines

Chicken nemesis

5 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

LA PASADITA ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LA PASADITA has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 53 at their very first tracked contest, Cedar Fest BBQ (Apr 10, 2015).

Apr 10, 2015
53-team field

The metronome

±1.77% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.77% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.2% of a perfect score
9 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LoneStar Que Crew, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Scooter's BBQ

#1,289 of the rated field

1580 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1580

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LoneStar Que Crew)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LoneStar Que Crew has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

303 BBQ

#1,280 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1581

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to LoneStar Que Crew)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 32 contests
last seen Jun 16, 2023

⚔ Head-to-head

POLITICAL PORK

#1,285 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1632

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LoneStar Que Crew)

65 contests to 9: their number has had years to settle where LoneStar Que Crew's is still finding its level.

rated over 64 contests
last seen May 1, 2021

⚔ Head-to-head

MYRON MIXON SMOKERS .COM

#1,287 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1581

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before LoneStar Que Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Compare careers

FOUR CROWS BBQ

#1,283 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1581

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 46% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Mar 27, 2015

⚔ Compare careers

KAVE DWELLERS

#1,276 of the rated field

1581 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1584

Level with LoneStar Que Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
LA PASADITA	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
JOE'S COOKSHACK	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Panther Creek Cookers	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Smokin Hot J's	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	0	1	173.1200	166.2628	169.50	top 27%
Pork Ribs	9	2	0	0	176.0228	156.5484	168.25	top 27%
Pork	9	2	0	2	175.4172	164.5600	168.36	top 31%
Brisket	9	2	1	2	177.1428	150.8228	164.99	top 40%

“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 state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	7	0	top 20%
MO	2	0	top 23%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2	8	top 25%	Aug 30, 2019
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2	6	top 14%	Apr 5, 2019
Cedar Fest BBQ	2	5	top 16%	Apr 1, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 7 of 9 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 857 finished ahead 1,021 times, behind 215

Longest layoff 2 yrs Apr 1, 2016 → Apr 6, 2018

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

20194 milestones

Apr 5 First category win (Brisket) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 5 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 30 Peak power rating (1581) Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 30 Most recent contest Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20181 milestone

Aug 31 Career-best overall score684.5140 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20154 milestones

Apr 10 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 10 First call Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 10 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7656 Cedar Fest BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 10, 2015
+14.1	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015
+12.9	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2018
+11.7	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 5, 2019
+9.5	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 6, 2018

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	1	1	50%	top 25%	94.8%	94.4%
2018	2	1	0	100%	top 14%	95.1%	94.3%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 22%	89.7%	89.7%
2015	4	1	0	50%	top 22%	94.4%	92.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 30, 2019	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	23 / 58 (676.5484)	17 (171.9656)	12 (171.4400)	32 (166.8572)	29 (166.2856)
Apr 5, 2019	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	6 / 61 (682.8340)	24 (166.2628)	29 (164.0112)	3 (175.4172)	1 (177.1428)
Aug 31, 2018	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	8 / 74 (684.5140)	18 (171.4172)	5 (176.0228)	29 (166.8112)	17 (170.2628)
Apr 6, 2018	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	12 / 69 (673.6460)	19 (167.4172)	28 (163.9888)	24 (166.8228)	3 (175.4172)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	15 / 67 (645.6112)	6 (173.1200)	36 (156.5484)	17 (164.5600)	41 (151.3828)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	64 / 606 (679.3600)	158 (169.1200)	179 (168.5372)	155 (168.5600)	52 (173.1428)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	68 / 187 (679.9084)	109 (168.5256)	26 (175.4172)	118 (166.8228)	93 (169.1428)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	23 / 70 (658.6852)	19 (167.3940)	5 (171.9772)	19 (167.9656)	66 (151.3484)
Apr 10, 2015	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	5 / 53 (658.7656)	2 (170.2628)	13 (166.2744)	2 (171.4056)	37 (150.8228)

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

LoneStar Que Crew

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

The metronome

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 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

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)