A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
LA PASADITA ahead in 100% of their meetings
LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Que Balls
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-04-04
latest 2016-04-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.38
last 3 Master vs avg 645.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.21
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.79 · weakest Chicken (152.70)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Master avg
645.38 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smokin Bros in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Que Balls 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 92 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.
#2344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Que Balls's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with Que Balls on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Que Balls did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 141.0972 | 152.70 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 172.5828 | 163.4172 | 167.79 | top 20% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 157.1316 | 159.96 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 158.2172 | 164.93 | top 25% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fest BBQ | 2 | 17 | 0 | top 31% | 2016-04-01 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-04-04 → 2016-04-01
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 167.79 · weakest Chicken (152.70)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
645.38
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
123–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1521
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2014-04-04 → 2015-04-10
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1716 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- Career-best overall score650.1716 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.5828 Cedar Fest BBQ
- Peak power rating (1524) Cedar Fest BBQ
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) | 2014-04-04 |
| +7.3 | Cedar Fest BBQ | 2016-04-01 |
| +6.7 | Cedar Fest BBQ | 2015-04-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 30% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 20 / 67 (639.9200) | 59 (141.0972) | 3 (172.5828) | 29 (159.3600) | 13 (166.8800) |
| 2015-04-10 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX | 17 / 53 (646.0340) | 35 (157.0512) | 12 (167.3828) | 11 (163.3828) | 21 (158.2172) |
| 2014-04-04 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX | 10 / 50 (650.1716) | 17 (159.9428) | 16 (163.4172) | 30 (157.1316) | 8 (169.6800) |