Cousins Q

Cousins Q is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 13th of 16 at the Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) (2025). They are ranked #6109 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,109

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1429

peak 1429 · rated over 12 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 1, 2022

latest Feb 20, 2026 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#645

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

670.2172 / 720

Master · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

586.19 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 626.09 (-39.90)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · Kora Kares for Kids

Consistency

±99.36

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)

Road miles

3,874

across 16 mapped stops · furthest 1,102 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$109K

listed at 15 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

626.09 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

670.2172 career-best overall

93.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.2172 at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) — 93.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 12, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Beverage Brothers BBQ has finished one call ahead of Cousins Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY ahead in 100% of their meetings

FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.28 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 33%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.98
Chicken avg 169.26
1 call in 15 entries

Chicken nemesis

9 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 90% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokingrillindrinkin has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±13.80% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±13.80% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.0% of a perfect score
best 93.1%

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The long haul

3,874 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,874 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,102 miles to Lakeland Pig Festival.

16 mapped stops
furthest 1,102 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 13th

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	#916 (117 pts)	#1141 (60 pts)	#1048 (117 pts)	#1111 (60 pts)	#939 (117 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#645 (231 pts)	#585 (326 pts)	#781 (221 pts)	#562 (321 pts)	#645 (246 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#861 (127 pts)	#736 (227 pts)	#885 (167 pts)	#810 (177 pts)	#877 (137 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

Q42

#6,103 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to Cousins Q)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — Q42 ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Budha with the Phat Daddyz

#6,116 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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BBEEQ

#6,111 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Cousins Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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J & M BBQ

#6,106 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1429

Fewer contests behind them than Cousins Q has cooked, 10 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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Meat Sweats

#6,119 of the rated field

1428 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1428

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 20, 2025

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Kickin' Ash BBQ

#6,104 of the rated field

1429 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Cousins Q's first contest.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 27, 2024

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELJEFE SMOKE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Q42	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Titans of BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
CycloneBBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HOG WASH BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
American Barbecue Company	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LG bbq	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SmoKEN Meatz	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	4	1	1	176.5600	161.6912	169.26	top 56%
Pork Ribs	15	1	0	0	171.4056	149.0740	159.98	top 81%
Pork	11	1	0	0	174.2972	156.5372	165.43	top 68%
Brisket	12	1	0	0	170.8800	146.8228	160.27	top 76%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 81%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 86%
Large (40+)	4	top 74%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MA	5	top 79%
FL	3	top 90%
CT	2	top 86%
ME	1	top 57%
NH	1	top 87%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	5	13	top 79%	Sep 12, 2025
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	33	top 85%	Jan 22, 2026
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2	30	top 86%	Apr 12, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MA 6 of 16 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 15 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 266 finished ahead 98 times, behind 429

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

20261 milestone

Feb 20 Most recent contest Ribs on the Ridge

20253 milestones

Apr 12 10th tracked contest Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Aug 16 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Kora Kares for Kids
Sep 12 Career-best overall score670.2172 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

20231 milestone

Sep 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4916 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

20224 milestones

Oct 1 First tracked contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 1 First call Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 1 First category win (Chicken) Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
Oct 1 Peak power rating (1495) Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.3	Kora Kares for Kids	Aug 16, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	Ribs on the Ridge	Feb 20, 2026
-9.3	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Jun 3, 2023
-8.9	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	Apr 12, 2025
-8.9	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	Sep 21, 2024
-8.7	Lakeland Pig Festival	Jan 22, 2026

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	0%	top 94%	91.3%	66.4%
2025	6	0	50%	top 78%	93.1%	91.4%
2024	4	0	50%	top 85%	92.4%	91.6%
2023	3	0	0%	top 78%	92.3%	90.5%
2022	1	1	100%	top 70%	89%	89%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 20, 2026	Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL	32 / 32 (298.1712)	—	31 (149.0740)	—	30 (149.0972)
Jan 22, 2026	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	55 / 63 (657.6000)	45 (169.6684)	43 (167.4172)	59 (157.0972)	50 (163.4172)
Sep 12, 2025	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	13 / 16 (670.2172)	13 (166.2400)	13 (165.1316)	12 (167.9656)	9 (170.8800)
Aug 16, 2025	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	23 / 40 (663.3944)	7 (176.5600)	40 (149.0856)	8 (174.2972)	26 (163.4516)
Apr 12, 2025	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	32 / 35 (641.5884)	27 (166.2284)	34 (153.7028)	32 (158.8228)	25 (162.8344)
Apr 12, 2025	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT	—	9 (171.4056)	—	—	—
Apr 12, 2025	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	20 (162.8800)	—	—
Jan 24, 2025	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	33 / 40 (658.1028)	33 (165.0856)	28 (167.4172)	25 (170.8228)	37 (154.7772)
Sep 21, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	25 / 27 (653.5544)	26 (164.5372)	13 (170.8344)	21 (166.8228)	26 (151.3600)
Sep 20, 2024	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	20 / 25 (665.0972)	5 (175.4172)	24 (151.9544)	14 (171.4056)	18 (166.3200)
Apr 13, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Bristol, CT	30 / 37 (660.4568)	32 (161.6912)	24 (167.4172)	26 (166.8228)	25 (164.5256)
Apr 13, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	5 (171.4056)	—	—
Sep 23, 2023	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	29 / 42 (664.4916)	22 (168.5716)	38 (157.0856)	17 (172.5716)	25 (166.2628)
Sep 23, 2023	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Southwick, MA	—	—	16 (154.8344)	—	—
Jun 3, 2023	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	34 / 39 (639.3828)	16 (169.1316)	36 (150.2628)	34 (156.5484)	21 (163.4400)
Oct 1, 2022	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Southwick, MA	23 / 33 (641.0512)	1 (176.5600)	28 (161.1312)	25 (156.5372)	33 (146.8228)

Cousins Q

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 (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

The long haul

A standing appointment

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)