Cousins Q

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#6054

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1429

peak 1429 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2022-10-01

latest 2026-02-20

Best ToY finish

#645

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)

Road miles

3,874

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 1102 mi

Schedule strength

51%

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

Purse competed for

$109K

listed at 15 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

626.09 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

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
2025-09-12

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 calls 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%

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

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.

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

Darling Nikki's BBQ

#6050 of the rated field

1429 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1508

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Cousins Q)

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2022-10-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Q42

#6051 of the rated field

1429 ▲ 0 power rating

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

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

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 30 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Fat Daddy BBQ

#6052 of the rated field

1429 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1429

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Cousins Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 12 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Budha with the Phat Daddyz

#6056 of the rated field

1429 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Cousins Q has cooked, 11 to 16, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-06-23

⚔ Head-to-head

J & M BBQ

#6055 of the rated field

1429 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Level with Cousins Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

Meat Sweats

#6058 of the rated field

1429 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1429

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-06-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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 state / province

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

By contest size

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

Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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%	2025-09-12
Lakeland Pig Festival	2	33	top 85%	2026-01-22
Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2	30	top 86%	2025-04-12

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2022-10-01 → 2026-02-20

Busiest season 2025 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MA 6 of 16 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 3 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Chicken averages 169.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.98)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 6 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 16 contests

Master average 626.09 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 266 98–429 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,874 16 mapped stops · furthest 1,102 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Purse competed for $108,750 listed at 15 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 13 state-championship entries

Power rating 1429 peak 1429 · #6054 of 6,413 rated

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

2022
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
2023
Sep 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4916 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
2025
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)
2026
Feb 20 Most recent contest Ribs on the Ridge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.3	Kora Kares for Kids	2025-08-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	Ribs on the Ridge	2026-02-20
-9.3	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2023-06-03
-8.9	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2025-04-12
-8.8	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2024-09-21
-8.7	Lakeland Pig Festival	2026-01-22

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	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
2026-02-20	Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL	32 / 32 (298.1712)	—	31 (149.0740)	—	30 (149.0972)
2026-01-22	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	55 / 63 (657.6000)	45 (169.6684)	43 (167.4172)	59 (157.0972)	50 (163.4172)
2025-09-12	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)
2025-08-16	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	23 / 40 (663.3944)	7 (176.5600)	40 (149.0856)	8 (174.2972)	26 (163.4516)
2025-04-12	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)
2025-04-12	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT	—	9 (171.4056)	—	—	—
2025-04-12	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	20 (162.8800)	—	—
2025-01-24	Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL	33 / 40 (658.1028)	33 (165.0856)	28 (167.4172)	25 (170.8228)	37 (154.7772)
2024-09-21	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)
2024-09-20	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)
2024-04-13	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)
2024-04-13	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bristol, CT	—	—	5 (171.4056)	—	—
2023-09-23	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)
2023-09-23	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Southwick, MA	—	—	16 (154.8344)	—	—
2023-06-03	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)
2022-10-01	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)

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	#801 (117 pts)	#1010 (60 pts)	#922 (117 pts)	#970 (60 pts)	#818 (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)