Beef N Que

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1520

peak 1520 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2022-06-17

latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#1148

Master 2025

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

689.6340 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

681.62

last 3 Master vs avg 681.62 (+0.00)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4056

Pork · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Consistency

±7.66

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.77)

Road miles

270

mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 270 mi

Schedule strength

69%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)

Purse competed for

$139K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

681.62 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

High-water mark

689.6340 career-best overall

95.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.6340 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-11-05

The comeback

2.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024-10-30).

last seen 2022-06-17
back 2024-10-30

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.

Beef N Que 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 80 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.

Givey's Que

#2485 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1524

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Beef N Que)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Beef N Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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TRAEGER X WHISKEY BENT BBQ

#2494 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2026-01-22

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RANKIN COUNTY BBQ

#2480 of the rated field

1520 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-10-20

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Bearded Brothers Competition BBQ

#2479 of the rated field

1521 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Beef N Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Smokin Co BBQ

#2497 of the rated field

1520 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Beef N Que's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-07-13

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THE BUTT DOCTORS

#2482 of the rated field

1520 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 11 years before Beef N Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	171.9772	170.8112	171.40	top 40%
Pork Ribs	3	0	171.9656	165.0972	167.77	top 56%
Pork	3	0	175.4056	167.4056	171.79	top 34%
Brisket	3	0	174.2972	165.6800	170.66	top 34%

“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	2	0	top 29%
NE	1	0	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 29%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	96	0	top 29%	2025-11-05

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2022-06-17 → 2025-11-05

Busiest season 2025 1 contest

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.77)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 3 contests

Master average 681.62 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 582 612–259 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 270 3 mapped stops · furthest 270 mi

Schedule strength 1586 average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests

Purse competed for $139,335 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.4 yrs 2022-06-17 → 2024-10-30

Power rating 1520 peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2022
Jun 17 First tracked contest Central Plains Ribfest
Jun 17 First call Central Plains Ribfest
Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3028 Central Plains Ribfest
2024
Oct 30 Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
2025
Nov 5 Career-best overall score689.6340 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Nov 5 Peak power rating (1520) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Nov 5 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.4	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2025-11-05
+8.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2024-10-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-0.1	Central Plains Ribfest	2022-06-17

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0%	top 24%	95.8%	95.8%
2024	1	0%	top 33%	95%	95%
2022	1	100%	top 62%	93.2%	93.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	96 / 401 (689.6340)	200 (170.8112)	142 (171.9656)	130 (172.5600)	63 (174.2972)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	148 / 444 (683.9200)	175 (171.4172)	316 (165.0972)	66 (175.4056)	91 (172.0000)
2022-06-17	Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE	18 / 29 (671.3028)	9 (171.9772)	18 (166.2400)	16 (167.4056)	19 (165.6800)

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1199 (89 pts)	#985 (139 pts)	#1294 (89 pts)	#1202 (99 pts)	#1238 (84 pts)