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
- Nov 5, 2025
Beef N Que
Beef N Que is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 18th of 29 at the Central Plains Ribfest (2022). They finished #1148 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1520
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 17, 2022
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 3.4 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.66
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.77)
Road miles
270
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 270 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Purse competed for
$139K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
681.62 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 170.8112 | 171.40 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 165.0972 | 167.77 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 167.4056 | 171.79 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Repeat visits (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% | Nov 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
582
finished ahead 612 times, behind 259
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
Jun 17, 2022 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score689.6340 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1520) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4056 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Central Plains Ribfest
- First call Central Plains Ribfest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3028 Central Plains Ribfest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | 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) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 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) |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Central Plains Ribfest 🏅 Holdrege, NE | 18 / 29 (671.3028) | 9 (171.9772) | 18 (166.2400) | 16 (167.4056) | 19 (165.6800) |