High-water mark
671.8628
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.8628 at Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Backyard
- Dec 5, 2025
MSqUe
MSqUe is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 21 at the Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) (2025). They finished #246 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “M-S-Que”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2014
latest Dec 5, 2025 · 11.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Best overall
671.8628 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.81 · weakest Brisket (157.30)
Road miles
134
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$9,850
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
620.94 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
333.63 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
671.86 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.0856 | 162.81 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5600 | 148.4800 | 160.96 | top 68% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 153.6340 | 161.94 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 139.3828 | 157.30 | top 74% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
179
finished ahead 70 times, behind 165
Longest layoff
10.6 yrs
Mar 13, 2015 → Oct 17, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20257 milestones
- First call Roast N Boast
- First overall top-10 Roast N Boast
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.6340 Roast N Boast
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5600 Roast N Boast
- Career-best overall score671.8628 Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
- Peak power rating (1502) Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
- Most recent contest Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.7 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | Dec 5, 2025 |
| +7.8 | Roast N Boast | Oct 17, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | Mar 13, 2015 |
| -3.1 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre | Mar 14, 2014 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 31% | 93.3% | 93% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 2025 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 5 / 21 (671.8628) | 12 (171.4172) | 19 (166.2400) | 18 (165.0856) | 16 (169.1200) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 5 / 13 (333.6340) | 10 (161.0740) | 2 (172.5600) | 7 (167.3828) | — |
| Mar 13, 2015 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 92 / 94 (598.5824) | 87 (157.0856) | 90 (148.4800) | 86 (153.6340) | 93 (139.3828) |
| Mar 14, 2014 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS | 59 / 95 (643.3032) | 60 (161.6800) | 65 (156.5604) | 69 (161.6684) | 44 (163.3944) |