High-water mark
680.0344
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.0344 at Smokin' on Oak — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 28, 2015
For the Love of Que
For the Love of Que is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 10th of 41 at the Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2015). They are ranked #2596 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1522 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 28, 2015
latest Sep 29, 2017 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.22 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 658.52 (-4.30)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.57 · weakest Brisket (160.93)
Road miles
243
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Master avg
658.52 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to For the Love of Que, each with one reason worth a look.
80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before For the Love of Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1517
They turned up 9 years after For the Love of Que did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,604 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
Level with For the Love of Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 159.4172 | 165.22 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 152.5372 | 163.80 | top 53% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 159.9772 | 168.57 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 147.9544 | 160.93 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
216
finished ahead 140 times, behind 125
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jul 29, 2016 → Sep 29, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20171 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke On the Trails
20161 milestone
- Peak power rating (1522) Sertoma 48 BBQ
20157 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' on Oak
- First call Smokin' on Oak
- First category win (Pork) Smokin' on Oak
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score680.0344 Smokin' on Oak
- Career-best overall score680.0344 Smokin' on Oak
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Smokin' on Oak
- First overall top-10 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | Sep 18, 2015 |
| +9.2 | Smokin' on Oak | Aug 28, 2015 |
| +5.5 | Smoke On the Trails | Sep 29, 2017 |
| +3.2 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | May 6, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | Jul 29, 2016 |
| -3.3 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ | Jul 15, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 67% | 92.1% | 89.6% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 28% | 94.4% | 93.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2017 | Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 26 / 64 (665.0400) | 32 (164.5372) | 25 (166.8344) | 8 (172.5828) | 39 (161.0856) |
| Jul 29, 2016 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 31 / 36 (627.3144) | 20 (163.9772) | 34 (152.5372) | 23 (162.8456) | 33 (147.9544) |
| Jul 15, 2016 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS | 32 / 46 (643.9084) | 25 (166.2628) | 44 (153.6800) | 21 (168.5600) | 34 (155.4056) |
| May 6, 2016 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 19 / 42 (663.4288) | 33 (159.4172) | 8 (171.4400) | 18 (168) | 19 (164.5716) |
| Sep 18, 2015 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 10 / 41 (671.3944) | 19 (166.2744) | 9 (172.5600) | 30 (159.9772) | 5 (172.5828) |
| Aug 28, 2015 | Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 13 / 42 (680.0344) | 18 (170.8572) | 21 (165.7372) | 1 (179.4400) | 22 (164) |