CBF Que

CBF Que is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Jiggy With The Piggy (2022). They are ranked #2146 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,146

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1533

peak 1538 · rated over 35 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 12, 2021

latest Jul 9, 2026 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#233

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

22% of 36 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

705.6800 / 720

Master · Jiggy With The Piggy

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

681.50 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 677.05 (+4.45)

Walk rate

47%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±11.72

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.64 · weakest Brisket (168.55)

Road miles

6,326

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 801 mi

Schedule strength

78%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)

Purse competed for

$290K

listed at 25 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 35 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.05 / 720

36 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×2

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Jiggy With The Piggy (May 13, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, CHECKERED PIG.

Giant slayer

46 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 46-team field at Jiggy With The Piggy.

May 13, 2022

High-water mark

705.6800 career-best overall

98.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.6800 at Jiggy With The Piggy — 98.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 13, 2022

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 35 entries at contests carrying the title.

35 state-championship entries

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

PIG ON FIRE has finished one call ahead of CBF Que 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

23–2 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead in 92% of their meetings

SMOKIN SKULLIES has come out ahead in 23 of their 25 shared contests.

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The drought

26 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Jiggy With The Piggy on May 13, 2022 — 26 contests and 4.4 years ago.

last GC May 13, 2022
4.4 years ago

A strong matchup

11–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

20 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN SKULLIES ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN SKULLIES has out-cooked them in 20 of 25 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MAYA JANE BBQ CO. has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

6,326 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,326 miles across 36 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 801 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST.

36 mapped stops
furthest 801 mi

The metronome

±1.63% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.63% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.0% of a perfect score
36 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#485 (341 pts)	#554 (326 pts)	#504 (411 pts)	#498 (361 pts)	#657 (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 (1,096 pts)	#238 (871 pts)	#263 (766 pts)	#231 (866 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CBF Que, each with one reason worth a look.

84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BIG BOB GIBSON BBQ

#2,145 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1533

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CBF Que)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CBF Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

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HURRICANE COOKERS

#2,147 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1533

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CBF Que)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before CBF Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ

#2,148 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1580

They've been 1580 at their best, 47 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 33 contests
last seen May 31, 2024

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HOLY SMOKERS MI

#2,139 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1557

Careers of much the same size, 40 contests to 36, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2018

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REDNECK BBQ

#2,135 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1541

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Dec 27, 2019

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LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY

#2,151 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1587

Level with CBF Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	25	7	18	28%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	25	2	23	8%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	24	4	20	17%	⚔ compare
HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
Smoke Central BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
JL Smokers	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
BAD ROOSTER BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKE SHOW MAFIA	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
MAYA JANE BBQ CO.	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	10	2	4	180 🔥	161.6572	170.64	top 51%
Pork Ribs	36	10	0	2	177.7144	159.3716	169.00	top 57%
Pork	36	7	0	0	177.7028	159.9312	168.85	top 56%
Brisket	36	7	1	2	177.7028	159.3600	168.55	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 69%
Medium (20–39)	22	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	12	1	top 46%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	16	1	top 68%
SC	9	0	top 49%
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%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
South Carolina Festival of Discovery	4	28	top 46%	Jul 9, 2026
Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1	2	22	top 66%	May 3, 2024
Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off	2	7	top 29%	Oct 13, 2023
Mission Farm's King of the Farm	2	19	top 74%	Feb 24, 2023
Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2)	2	29	top 88%	Oct 29, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 6 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 16 of 36 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 29 5 of them more than once

First title May 13, 2022 Jiggy With The Piggy

Opponents faced 975 finished ahead 978 times, behind 1,195

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

Jul 9 Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery

20241 milestone

May 10 25th tracked contest 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off

20229 milestones

May 13 First overall podium Jiggy With The Piggy
May 13 First Grand Championship Jiggy With The Piggy
May 13 First state championship Jiggy With The Piggy
May 13 10th tracked contest Jiggy With The Piggy
May 13 Biggest field won (46 teams) Jiggy With The Piggy
May 13 Career-best overall score705.6800 Jiggy With The Piggy
Aug 5 First category win (Chicken) Swine At the Shrine
Aug 5 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Swine At the Shrine
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1538) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

20214 milestones

Mar 12 First tracked contest Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland
Mar 12 First call Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland
Mar 12 First overall top-10 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland
Mar 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.0284 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.5	Jiggy With The Piggy	May 13, 2022
+13.1	10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam	Jan 9, 2026
+11.7	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland	Mar 12, 2021
+10.4	Smoketember Fest	Sep 15, 2023
+9.8	Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off	Oct 13, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.5	Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1)	Oct 28, 2022
-9.1	Mission Farm's King of the Farm	Mar 18, 2022
-8.6	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2	May 6, 2023
-7.6	Mission Farms - King of the Farm	Feb 28, 2025
-7	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1	Oct 29, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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)
2026	4	0	1	0	50%	top 45%	97%	95.1%
2025	4	0	1	0	75%	top 71%	95.7%	94%
2024	5	0	0	1	20%	top 54%	96%	94.6%
2023	7	0	2	1	43%	top 56%	96.5%	94.2%
2022	8	1	1	1	38%	top 58%	98%	93.6%
2021	8	0	3	0	63%	top 58%	95.7%	93.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 9, 2026	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	36 / 75 (682.2060)	55 (167.9772)	25 (171.9772)	42 (168.5372)	25 (173.7144)
May 15, 2026	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)
Mar 6, 2026	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA	19 / 44 (687.3140)	34 (168.5256)	4 (177.7144)	15 (172.5600)	30 (168.5140)
Jan 9, 2026	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)
Sep 26, 2025	Fire in the Foothills 🏅 King, NC	19 / 25 (669.0288)	11 (170.8344)	22 (159.3944)	12 (169.1084)	8 (169.6916)
Jul 25, 2025	Fire on the Mountain BBQ 🏅 Leburn, KY	7 / 10 (677.6232)	8 (166.8344)	6 (171.4172)	6 (173.1200)	7 (166.2516)
Mar 21, 2025	Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) 🏅 Waycross, GA	14 / 26 (689.0168)	7 (175.4056)	17 (169.6684)	6 (174.2628)	15 (169.6800)
Feb 28, 2025	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)
Nov 15, 2024	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA	36 / 58 (680.4456)	40 (168.5256)	13 (175.4172)	37 (166.8228)	25 (169.6800)
Jul 11, 2024	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	44 / 76 (680.5032)	19 (174.2744)	53 (167.3944)	47 (169.1200)	43 (169.7144)
Jun 21, 2024	Big BBQ Bash 🏅 Maryville, TN	18 / 33 (678.7084)	19 (167.3712)	16 (170.8344)	23 (168.5256)	14 (171.9772)
May 10, 2024	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)
May 3, 2024	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	31 / 45 (675.2684)	38 (163.9428)	32 (166.2400)	20 (171.9656)	11 (173.1200)
Oct 13, 2023	Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC	7 / 25 (691.3372)	1 (180)	9 (173.1200)	16 (167.3828)	12 (170.8344)
Sep 22, 2023	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	26 / 33 (663.8172)	29 (165.0856)	21 (168.5256)	16 (168.5372)	28 (161.6688)
Sep 15, 2023	Smoketember Fest 🏅 Baxley, GA	6 / 25 (694.8000)	7 (178.8572)	3 (176.0116)	10 (170.8228)	10 (169.1084)
Jul 6, 2023	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	37 / 76 (674.1256)	32 (170.8228)	19 (173.1200)	52 (163.9428)	44 (166.2400)
May 6, 2023	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	21 / 23 (669.0172)	22 (163.3944)	20 (168.5256)	16 (169.1200)	16 (167.9772)
May 5, 2023	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	22 / 35 (675.2916)	12 (174.2744)	32 (162.8000)	12 (174.2628)	26 (163.9544)
Feb 24, 2023	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)
Oct 29, 2022	Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) 🏅 Shelby, NC	29 / 34 (665.5544)	26 (166.2516)	24 (167.3944)	29 (163.3828)	15 (168.5256)
Oct 28, 2022	Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) 🏅 Shelby, NC	32 / 35 (647.2000)	32 (161.6572)	33 (162.2400)	30 (163.9428)	31 (159.3600)
Sep 29, 2022	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)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	205 / 249 (667.8400)	238 (162.8116)	152 (169.6800)	187 (167.3712)	149 (167.9772)
Aug 5, 2022	Swine At the Shrine 🏅 Savannah, GA	22 / 49 (685.5884)	1 (180)	41 (167.3828)	31 (167.3828)	22 (170.8228)
Jul 7, 2022	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	28 / 92 (682.7424)	20 (173.1084)	56 (165.6800)	8 (174.2856)	36 (169.6684)
May 13, 2022	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	1 / 46 (705.6800)	4 (178.2972)	8 (173.1200)	5 (177.7028)	2 (176.5600)
Mar 18, 2022	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)
Oct 30, 2021	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 🏅 Shelby, NC	24 / 27 (667.8864)	11 (173.1316)	25 (161.1204)	27 (161.6688)	14 (171.9656)
Oct 29, 2021	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 🏅 Shelby, NC	29 / 33 (656.9488)	18 (169.6800)	31 (159.3716)	26 (161.6572)	21 (166.2400)
Oct 8, 2021	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)
Aug 27, 2021	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)
Aug 20, 2021	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)
Jul 16, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland 🏅 Asheboro, NC	13 / 19 (665.5424)	17 (166.2400)	19 (159.9312)	14 (165.6684)	6 (173.7028)
Jun 11, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC	15 / 28 (678.7428)	16 (171.9772)	22 (165.6800)	13 (170.8112)	16 (170.2744)
Mar 12, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC	10 / 39 (689.0284)	2 (178.8572)	3 (177.7028)	33 (162.8000)	16 (169.6684)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

CBF Que

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)