JQ

JQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 13th of 28 at the Boydton's Big Bad BBQ (2016). They are ranked #3074 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,074

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1504

peak 1505 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 10, 2014

latest Oct 13, 2017 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

650.2172 / 720

Master · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.8572

Pork · Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown

Consistency

±9.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.12 · weakest Brisket (155.41)

Road miles

115

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 56 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

640.30 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.71 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.

Brisket avg 155.41
Pork avg 168.12
0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BOBO'S QUE in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to JQ, each with one reason worth a look.

120 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

COLONIAL EMBERS

#3,051 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1519

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to JQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team JQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Mar 23, 2018

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HellYeah BBQ

#3,076 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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TWISTED PIG

#3,088 of the rated field

1503 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1521

They turned up 10 years after JQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

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FOUR ONE OAK

#3,062 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

Level with JQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2020

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Open Bar BQ

#3,067 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1522

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 14, 2018

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BURNIN' DOWN THE HOG

#3,053 of the rated field

1504 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1504

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before JQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	0	161.1312	150.8228	157.58	top 69%
Pork Ribs	5	0	169.1200	150.2172	159.18	top 63%
Pork	5	3	170.8572	165.6916	168.12	top 20%
Brisket	5	0	162.2744	148.5144	155.41	top 64%

“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
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 56%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	3	0	top 56%
VA	2	0	top 55%

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 5 a different one every time

Opponents faced 127 finished ahead 94 times, behind 112

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20172 milestones

Oct 13 Career-best overall score650.2172 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Oct 13 Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

20145 milestones

Oct 10 First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Oct 10 First call Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Oct 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7484 Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Oct 10 Career-best single call (Pork)170.8572 Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown
Oct 10 Peak power rating (1505) Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.6	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	Oct 10, 2014
+3.4	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ	Aug 26, 2016
+1.4	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	Oct 13, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown	Oct 9, 2015
-1.7	Big Bad BBQ in Boydton	Aug 18, 2017

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	2	0%	top 60%	90.3%	89.4%
2016	1	100%	top 46%	86.6%	86.6%
2015	1	100%	top 69%	89%	89%
2014	1	100%	top 42%	90.2%	90.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 13, 2017	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	28 / 50 (650.2172)	46 (150.8228)	14 (169.1200)	15 (168)	31 (162.2744)
Aug 18, 2017	Big Bad BBQ in Boydton Boydton, VA	20 / 31 (636.5260)	22 (158.8800)	21 (159.3944)	11 (165.6916)	20 (152.5600)
Aug 26, 2016	Boydton's Big Bad BBQ Boydton, VA	13 / 28 (623.8516)	16 (159.3828)	21 (150.2172)	5 (165.7372)	16 (148.5144)
Oct 9, 2015	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	34 / 49 (641.1544)	36 (157.6916)	40 (157.7372)	5 (170.3200)	40 (155.4056)
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	22 / 53 (649.7484)	26 (161.1312)	32 (159.4400)	4 (170.8572)	30 (158.3200)

JQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (3 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)