The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2017-06-23).
- last seen 2015-08-07
- back 2017-06-23
Eye Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-07-31
latest 2018-06-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
621.15
last 4 Master vs avg 621.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 160.12 · weakest Pork (151.23)
Road miles
701
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 519 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.15 / 720
4 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.
Eye 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 151 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.
#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Eye Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Eye Que did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 131.4172 | 154.85 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 149.0400 | 154.96 | top 77% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8000 | 134.7544 | 151.23 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 148.5028 | 160.12 | top 49% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 68% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2015-07-31 → 2018-06-22
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 160.12 · weakest Pork (151.23)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
621.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
274
147–277 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
701
4 mapped stops · furthest 519 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2015-08-07 → 2017-06-23
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Great Northern BBQ
- Peak power rating (1485) Great Northern BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9888 Smokin on the Smoky
- Career-best overall score651.9888 Smokin on the Smoky
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.5600 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.6 | Great Northern BBQ | 2015-07-31 |
| -7.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| -5.9 | Smokin on the Smoky | 2015-08-07 |
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 | 0% | top 76% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 48% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 90.6% | 85.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 141 / 185 (613.5772) | 78 (161.1428) | 159 (149.1200) | 180 (134.7544) | 23 (168.5600) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 88 / 184 (636.4112) | 67 (161.6800) | 100 (159.3712) | 105 (158.8000) | 94 (156.5600) |
| 2015-08-07 | Smokin on the Smoky Salina, KS | 26 / 33 (651.9888) | 21 (165.1544) | 24 (162.2972) | 32 (157.6800) | 15 (166.8572) |
| 2015-07-31 | Great Northern BBQ Brainerd, MN | 26 / 26 (582.6284) | 26 (131.4172) | 25 (149.0400) | 25 (153.6684) | 23 (148.5028) |