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
- 2015-08-28
For the Love of Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1522 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-08-28
latest 2017-09-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
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
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.57 · weakest Brisket (160.93)
Road miles
243
mi 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
Storylines (3 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.6
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.63 points below their pork, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 160.93
- Pork avg 168.57
- 1 calls in 6 entries
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.
91 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2580 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1531
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to For the Love of Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team For the Love of Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#2592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with For the Love of Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, 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 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 5 | 0 | top 54% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2017-09-29
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.57 · weakest Brisket (160.93)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
658.52
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
216
140–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
243
6 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
1572
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2017-09-29
Power rating
1517
peak 1522 · #2585 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- 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
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1522) Sertoma 48 BBQ
- 2017
- Most recent contest *Smoke On the Trails
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out | 2015-09-18 |
| +9.2 | Smokin' on Oak | 2015-08-28 |
| +5.6 | *Smoke On the Trails | 2017-09-29 |
| +3.3 | Sertoma 48 BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ | 2016-07-29 |
| -3.3 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ | 2016-07-15 |
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-29 | *Smoke On the Trails Gardner, KS | 26 / 64 (665.0400) | 32 (164.5372) | 25 (166.8344) | 8 (172.5828) | 39 (161.0856) |
| 2016-07-29 | Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 31 / 36 (627.3144) | 20 (163.9772) | 34 (152.5372) | 23 (162.8456) | 33 (147.9544) |
| 2016-07-15 | Wolf Creek Wildblue BBQ Burlington, KS | 32 / 46 (643.9084) | 25 (166.2628) | 44 (153.6800) | 21 (168.5600) | 34 (155.4056) |
| 2016-05-06 | Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS | 19 / 42 (663.4288) | 33 (159.4172) | 8 (171.4400) | 18 (168.0000) | 19 (164.5716) |
| 2015-09-18 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO | 10 / 41 (671.3944) | 19 (166.2744) | 9 (172.5600) | 30 (159.9772) | 5 (172.5828) |
| 2015-08-28 | Smokin' on Oak Bonner Springs, KS | 13 / 42 (680.0344) | 18 (170.8572) | 21 (165.7372) | 1 (179.4400) | 22 (164.0000) |