Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 59%.
QUAU ahead in 100% of their meetings
QUAU has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.14 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LeRoy Master Basters in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
QUAU ahead 88% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, QUAU has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.
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.
136 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — KCBEER'S SMOKE SHACK ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with All Pork'd Up on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUAU | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ALL IN QUE | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Its 5 Oclock Somewhere | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FIDDLIN' FATBACK | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKY LINCS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| One2BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE CHILLY WATER SMOKERS | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RIB TIP TUESDAY | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| MEATSMACK | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Silver Bullet Smokers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| CLUCK , OINK & MOO BARBECUE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTHATCH HILL BBQ CO. | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GILLY'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 141.6572 | 158.27 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8800 | 149.6572 | 157.77 | top 64% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 143.4056 | 158.48 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0116 | 143.9200 | 153.34 | top 70% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 67% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up In Smoke On The Square | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 72% | 2014-08-22 |
| Morton BBQ Throwdown | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 48% | 2014-07-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.2 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) | 2013-07-26 |
| +2.7 | Route 66 Smoke Out | 2016-05-06 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | 5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown | 2015-07-24 |
| -9.6 | Up In Smoke On The Square | 2014-08-22 |
| -9 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) | 2016-07-22 |
| -8.8 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | 2013-10-11 |
| -0.7 | Up In Smoke on the Square | 2013-08-23 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 69% | 90.2% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.1% | 87% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 59% | 90% | 88.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-22 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) Peoria, IL | 32 / 37 (611.8744) | 37 (150.8228) | 31 (149.6572) | 30 (153.0972) | 24 (158.2972) |
| 2016-05-06 | Route 66 Smoke Out Dwight, IL | 21 / 40 (649.6800) | 10 (169.1200) | 22 (162.3200) | 11 (170.2628) | 32 (147.9772) |
| 2015-07-24 | 5th Annual Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL | 46 / 47 (601.1084) | 41 (152.6056) | 37 (153.6684) | 47 (143.4056) | 40 (151.4288) |
| 2014-08-22 | Up In Smoke On The Square Lincoln, IL | 44 / 50 (610.7316) | 49 (141.6572) | 42 (155.3944) | 12 (169.7600) | 46 (143.9200) |
| 2014-07-25 | Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL | 27 / 48 (641.7256) | 24 (163.4172) | 13 (166.8800) | 33 (157.1428) | 34 (154.2856) |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL | 43 / 53 (612.4572) | 42 (150.8228) | 41 (153.0972) | 49 (148.5256) | 21 (160.0116) |
| 2013-08-23 | Up In Smoke on the Square Lincoln, IL | 26 / 46 (647.9424) | 9 (171.4284) | 31 (157.7256) | 28 (162.2628) | 30 (156.5256) |
| 2013-07-26 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL | 18 / 45 (647.3484) | 13 (166.2856) | 16 (163.4056) | 24 (163.3828) | 28 (154.2744) |