BEER-B-QUE BOYS MS
Rating
1549
peak 1557
Contests
15
in the data
First seen
2019-04-26
latest 2025-10-17
Best ToY finish
#257
Master 2019
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
4
11 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 15 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
682.41 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 678.88 (+3.53)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.94
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.66)
Road miles
1591
mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 150 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
JIGGY PIGGY has finished one call ahead of BEER-B-QUE BOYS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Party Barge BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Misfits of Smoke in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 49-team field at Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Roast N Boast (2022-10-28) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, RIBLIFE.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 176.0000 | 162.2400 | 170.84 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 177.7144 | 161.0972 | 168.66 | top 51% |
| Pork | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 177.7144 | 161.1088 | 169.83 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 178.8800 | 158.2168 | 169.57 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 14 | 2 | top 42% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 1 | top 41% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 45% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 1 | top 17% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (6 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MS (14 of 15 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork (16 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off (2019-06-14)
- Wins it all in 13% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 678.88
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 681.0172 | 681.02 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 683.9544 | 683.95 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 675.8512 | 675.85 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 701.6688 | 685.61 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 678.1480 | 678.15 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 689.0856 | 666.00 |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 704.5944 | 682.49 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 7 / 13 (681.0172) | 11 (167.3828) | 9 (166.2516) | 2 (176.5600) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2024-10-18 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 7 / 15 (683.9544) | 8 (170.2972) | 11 (168.5372) | 1 (176.0000) | 7 (169.1200) |
| 2023-04-28 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff Brandon, MS | 20 / 28 (675.8512) | 22 (167.9656) | 17 (170.8344) | 14 (170.8112) | 21 (166.2400) |
| 2022-10-28 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 1 / 8 (701.6688) | 1 (175.4172) | 1 (177.7144) | 1 (177.7144) | 3 (170.8228) |
| 2022-04-22 | Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS | 21 / 36 (669.5540) | 20 (171.4056) | 23 (164.5372) | 21 (166.2400) | 16 (167.3712) |
| 2021-08-27 | Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS | 10 / 19 (678.1480) | 7 (171.9656) | 10 (170.2628) | 8 (170.2860) | 7 (173.1084) |
| 2020-10-09 | Roast-N-Boast Columbus, MS | 25 / 36 (665.6572) | 10 (173.7372) | 21 (167.4172) | 31 (161.1088) | 26 (163.3940) |
| 2020-06-26 | Swinging Bridge BBQ Festival Byram, MS | 22 / 31 (643.2568) | 20 (162.2400) | 21 (161.0972) | 23 (161.7028) | 25 (158.2168) |
| 2020-06-19 | Desoto Shrine Club 12th Annual BBQ Cook-Off Hernando, MS | 15 / 47 (689.0856) | 13 (173.7144) | 38 (165.6800) | 11 (175.4056) | 9 (174.2856) |
| 2019-12-06 | COTR BBQ Demopolis, AL | 6 / 25 (677.0632) | 7 (169.1544) | 14 (166.2516) | 4 (173.1200) | 13 (168.5372) |
| 2019-10-04 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 11 / 25 (678.1828) | 2 (176.0000) | 15 (167.3828) | 11 (168.5600) | 13 (166.2400) |
| 2019-08-23 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) Brandon, MS | 3 / 29 (677.6000) | 5 (173.1200) | 2 (172.0000) | 14 (165.0972) | 11 (167.3828) |
| 2019-07-19 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 4 / 28 (683.8972) | 16 (167.3828) | 4 (173.1316) | 6 (170.8228) | 7 (172.5600) |
| 2019-06-14 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off Hernado, MS | 1 / 49 (704.5944) | 16 (173.7028) | 9 (174.3088) | 3 (177.7028) | 2 (178.8800) |
| 2019-04-26 | Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS | 14 / 31 (673.6000) | 11 (169.1200) | 20 (164.5372) | 20 (163.3828) | 2 (176.5600) |
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 | #810 (143 pts) | #1046 (108 pts) | #1011 (123 pts) | #676 (238 pts) | #843 (153 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #825 (145 pts) | #934 (135 pts) | #1126 (110 pts) | #656 (265 pts) | #861 (145 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1177 (78 pts) | #1291 (68 pts) | #1310 (93 pts) | #1111 (108 pts) | #1237 (73 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #575 (338 pts) | #595 (343 pts) | #659 (328 pts) | #593 (338 pts) | #626 (313 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #984 (119 pts) | #890 (149 pts) | #1076 (119 pts) | #1158 (89 pts) | #874 (149 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #335 (335 pts) | #304 (410 pts) | #472 (245 pts) | #319 (390 pts) | #380 (315 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #257 (1113 pts) | #346 (913 pts) | #370 (888 pts) | #365 (913 pts) | #310 (1018 pts) |