A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Killer Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-10-07
latest 2018-10-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
572.78
last 3 Master vs avg 572.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±58.31
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.55 · weakest Brisket (146.59)
Road miles
191
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Master avg
572.78 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Killer Q has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 146 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Killer Q did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Killer Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 154.2284 | 157.67 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 158.2400 | 160.55 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 149.1088 | 160.53 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6344 | 137.6344 | 146.59 | top 90% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-10-07 → 2018-10-12
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 160.55 · weakest Brisket (146.59)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
572.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
15–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
191
3 mapped stops · furthest 95 mi
Schedule strength
1578
average field rating faced — tougher than 62% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
2017-07-06 → 2018-10-12
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- Career-best overall score627.2000 Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- Peak power rating (1494) Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- 2018
- First call Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1200 Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
- Most recent contest Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.2 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off | 2018-10-12 |
| -9.4 | SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 2017-07-06 |
| -5.9 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off | 2016-10-07 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 96% | 68.3% | 68.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-12 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 25 / 26 (491.9088) | — | 12 (165.1544) | 4 (173.1200) | 21 (153.6344) |
| 2017-07-06 | SC Festival of Discovery(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC | 80 / 89 (599.2344) | 78 (154.2284) | 66 (158.2628) | 84 (149.1088) | 86 (137.6344) |
| 2016-10-07 | Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 20 / 25 (627.2000) | 16 (161.1084) | 20 (158.2400) | 20 (159.3600) | 23 (148.4916) |