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.
JoeQ Barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-10-16
latest 2017-10-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
629.93
last 3 Master vs avg 629.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.83 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Road miles
6
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Master avg
629.93 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Haulin Buttz BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
JoeQ Barbecue 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 152 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.
#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with JoeQ Barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after JoeQ Barbecue did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 159.9428 | 162.83 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 155.9772 | 159.41 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 156.5372 | 161.29 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2172 | 135.3484 | 146.41 | top 92% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-10-16 → 2017-10-20
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.83 · weakest Brisket (146.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
629.93
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
68
14–100 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
6
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2016-10-14 → 2017-10-20
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival
- 2016
- Career-best overall score640.9828 Smoking in the Foothills
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5256 Smoking in the Foothills
- 2017
- Most recent contest Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival | 2015-10-16 |
| -7.7 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival | 2017-10-20 |
| -5.9 | Smoking in the Foothills | 2016-10-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 89% | 89% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-20 | Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC | 35 / 39 (624.9716) | 36 (159.9428) | 34 (158.8344) | 32 (156.5372) | 35 (149.6572) |
| 2016-10-14 | Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC | 34 / 41 (640.9828) | 34 (162.2628) | 34 (155.9772) | 16 (168.5256) | 35 (154.2172) |
| 2015-10-16 | Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC | 34 / 37 (623.8396) | 22 (166.2856) | 23 (163.4056) | 33 (158.8000) | 37 (135.3484) |