CBF Que NC
Rating
1508
peak 1522
Contests
35
in the data
First seen
2021-03-12
latest 2026-05-15
Best ToY finish
#233
Master 2021
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 35 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
680.58 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 676.90 (+3.68)
Walk rate
49%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.86
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.71 · weakest Brisket (168.41)
Road miles
6197
mi across 35 mapped stops · furthest 801 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
PIG ON FIRE has finished one call ahead of CBF Que 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SMOKING STUDS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMOKIN SKULLIES has come out ahead in 22 of their 24 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ in 10 of their 12 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 46-team field at Jiggy With The Piggy.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Jiggy With The Piggy (2022-05-13) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 20-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6572 | 170.71 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 35 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 159.3716 | 168.92 | top 57% |
| Pork | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 177.7028 | 159.9312 | 168.86 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 35 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 177.7028 | 159.3600 | 168.41 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NC | 16 | 1 | top 68% |
| SC | 8 | 0 | top 50% |
| GA | 6 | 0 | top 42% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 69% |
| Medium (20–39) | 22 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 1 | top 46% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NC (16 of 35 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (35 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Jiggy With The Piggy (2022-05-13)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 676.90
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 698.2172 | 685.42 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 689.0168 | 676.73 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 691.3140 | 681.25 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 694.8000 | 678.24 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 705.6800 | 673.78 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 689.0284 | 673.01 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Speed & Feed BBQ Festival at Darlington Raceway Darlington, SC | 18 / 26 (670.7200) | 19 (162.2400) | 16 (171.9772) | 12 (171.4056) | 18 (165.0972) |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 19 / 44 (687.3140) | 34 (168.5256) | 4 (177.7144) | 15 (172.5600) | 30 (168.5140) |
| 2026-01-09 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam St. Augustine, FL | 7 / 38 (698.2172) | 5 (178.8572) | 16 (174.2744) | 10 (175.4172) | 23 (169.6684) |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills King, NC | 19 / 25 (669.0288) | 11 (170.8344) | 22 (159.3944) | 12 (169.1084) | 8 (169.6916) |
| 2025-07-25 | Fire on the Mountain BBQ Leburn, KY | 7 / 10 (677.6232) | 8 (166.8344) | 6 (171.4172) | 6 (173.1200) | 7 (166.2516) |
| 2025-03-21 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) Waycross, GA | 14 / 26 (689.0168) | 7 (175.4056) | 17 (169.6684) | 6 (174.2628) | 15 (169.6800) |
| 2025-02-28 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 22 / 26 (671.2684) | 15 (170.8228) | 15 (168.5372) | 23 (163.9428) | 16 (167.9656) |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cuming, GA | 36 / 58 (680.4456) | 40 (168.5256) | 13 (175.4172) | 37 (166.8228) | 25 (169.6800) |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 44 / 76 (680.5032) | 19 (174.2744) | 53 (167.3944) | 47 (169.1200) | 43 (169.7144) |
| 2024-06-21 | Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 18 / 33 (678.7084) | 19 (167.3712) | 16 (170.8344) | 23 (168.5256) | 14 (171.9772) |
| 2024-05-10 | 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA | 11 / 42 (691.3140) | 16 (171.9656) | 10 (171.9772) | 18 (169.6684) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 31 / 45 (675.2684) | 38 (163.9428) | 32 (166.2400) | 20 (171.9656) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2023-10-13 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off Waxhaw, NC | 7 / 25 (691.3372) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (173.1200) | 16 (167.3828) | 12 (170.8344) |
| 2023-09-22 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC | 26 / 33 (663.8172) | 29 (165.0856) | 21 (168.5256) | 16 (168.5372) | 28 (161.6688) |
| 2023-09-15 | Smoketember Fest Baxley, GA | 6 / 25 (694.8000) | 7 (178.8572) | 3 (176.0116) | 10 (170.8228) | 10 (169.1084) |
| 2023-07-06 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 37 / 76 (674.1256) | 32 (170.8228) | 19 (173.1200) | 52 (163.9428) | 44 (166.2400) |
| 2023-05-06 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 21 / 23 (669.0172) | 22 (163.3944) | 20 (168.5256) | 16 (169.1200) | 16 (167.9772) |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 22 / 35 (675.2916) | 12 (174.2744) | 32 (162.8000) | 12 (174.2628) | 26 (163.9544) |
| 2023-02-24 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 19 / 33 (679.2912) | 8 (174.2628) | 12 (174.2628) | 18 (169.1200) | 28 (161.6456) |
| 2022-10-29 | Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) Shelby, NC | 29 / 34 (665.5544) | 26 (166.2516) | 24 (167.3944) | 29 (163.3828) | 15 (168.5256) |
| 2022-10-28 | Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) Shelby, NC | 32 / 35 (647.2000) | 32 (161.6572) | 33 (162.2400) | 30 (163.9428) | 31 (159.3600) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 205 / 249 (667.8400) | 238 (162.8116) | 152 (169.6800) | 187 (167.3712) | 149 (167.9772) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 199 / 505 (674.7428) | 235 (167.9772) | 371 (162.7884) | 36 (176.5600) | 199 (167.4172) |
| 2022-08-05 | Swine At the Shrine Savannah, GA | 22 / 49 (685.5884) | 1 (180.0000) | 41 (167.3828) | 31 (167.3828) | 22 (170.8228) |
| 2022-07-07 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 28 / 92 (682.7424) | 20 (173.1084) | 56 (165.6800) | 8 (174.2856) | 36 (169.6684) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 1 / 46 (705.6800) | 4 (178.2972) | 8 (173.1200) | 5 (177.7028) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2022-03-18 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC | 30 / 33 (660.9252) | 24 (167.3828) | 29 (166.2284) | 32 (159.9312) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2021-10-30 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 Shelby, NC | 24 / 27 (667.8864) | 11 (173.1316) | 25 (161.1204) | 27 (161.6688) | 14 (171.9656) |
| 2021-10-29 | Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 Shelby, NC | 29 / 33 (656.9488) | 18 (169.6800) | 31 (159.3716) | 26 (161.6572) | 21 (166.2400) |
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 8 / 26 (676.4228) | 17 (165.0972) | 10 (169.6800) | 4 (174.2628) | 8 (167.3828) |
| 2021-08-27 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Myrtle Beach Travel Park Myrtle Beach, SC | 10 / 22 (674.1716) | 2 (175.4172) | 9 (169.6800) | 11 (167.4056) | 16 (161.6688) |
| 2021-08-20 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - BARRGH-B-Q on the Beach Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC | 17 / 26 (675.3372) | 15 (170.8228) | 10 (173.1772) | 22 (166.2400) | 19 (165.0972) |
| 2021-07-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland Asheboro, NC | 13 / 19 (665.5424) | 17 (166.2400) | 19 (159.9312) | 14 (165.6684) | 6 (173.7028) |
| 2021-06-11 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC | 15 / 28 (678.7428) | 16 (171.9772) | 22 (165.6800) | 13 (170.8112) | 16 (170.2744) |
| 2021-03-12 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland Myrtle Beach, SC | 10 / 39 (689.0284) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (177.7028) | 33 (162.8000) | 16 (169.6684) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #337 (341 pts) | #388 (326 pts) | #335 (411 pts) | #328 (361 pts) | #472 (216 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #435 (452 pts) | #403 (567 pts) | #448 (527 pts) | #400 (552 pts) | #404 (542 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #817 (153 pts) | #823 (178 pts) | #895 (163 pts) | #911 (128 pts) | #814 (173 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #322 (717 pts) | #261 (882 pts) | #440 (577 pts) | #345 (697 pts) | #290 (792 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #233 (816 pts) | #166 (1096 pts) | #238 (871 pts) | #263 (766 pts) | #231 (866 pts) |