High-water mark
668.6056
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.6056 at The Best Damn BBQ Contest — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-04-10
Midwest Scuba Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1525 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2018-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 38%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
663.53
last 4 Master vs avg 663.53 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.71)
Road miles
43
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Master avg
663.53 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of T'S SMOKIN PIT in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL) (2018-04-27).
- last seen 2015-04-10
- back 2018-04-27
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.
Midwest Scuba Que has 4 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 99 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.
#2416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Midwest Scuba Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Midwest Scuba Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 39
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1545
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Midwest Scuba Que)
39 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where Midwest Scuba Que's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2398 of the rated field
- Contests
- 130
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1702
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Midwest Scuba Que)
They've been 1702 at their best, 179 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#2399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Midwest Scuba Que did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Level with Midwest Scuba Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2419 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 166.2400 | 167.71 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 157.1426 | 163.71 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 163.4286 | 168.14 | top 29% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 160.5600 | 163.98 | top 42% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 30% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.5 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.14 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.71)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
663.53
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
193
147–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
43
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1551
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2015-04-10 → 2018-04-27
Power rating
1523
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2856 NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score668.6056 The Best Damn BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 The Best Damn BBQ Contest
- 2018
- Peak power rating (1525) *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| +9.1 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest | 2015-04-10 |
| +2.7 | *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-04-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2018-09-14 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 92.5% | 91.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 11% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 21 / 35 (657.5884) | 20 (166.2400) | 31 (159.4056) | 10 (168.5600) | 17 (163.3828) |
| 2018-04-27 | *Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot(JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO | 27 / 53 (665.6576) | 27 (166.8572) | 10 (172.5716) | 26 (165.1200) | 31 (161.1088) |
| 2015-04-10 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO | 15 / 52 (668.6056) | 19 (166.8800) | 23 (165.7256) | 4 (175.4400) | 28 (160.5600) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 9 / 79 (662.2856) | 6 (170.8572) | 49 (157.1426) | 23 (163.4286) | 6 (170.8572) |