The heartbreaker
3.4512
points from the title
Came within 3.4512 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest (Jun 13, 2025).
Blues Q's
Blues Q's is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 36 at the Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #157 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1519
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 13, 2025
latest Oct 3, 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.28
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.73 · weakest Chicken (164.33)
Road miles
473
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
333.06 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #157 (341 pts) | #214 (206 pts) | #174 (316 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 159.3600 | 164.33 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 173.7144 | 165.0856 | 168.73 | top 32% |
“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.
More numbers
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
91
finished ahead 76 times, behind 27
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202510 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall podium Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First Reserve Championship Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score342.2516 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score342.2516 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1523) Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 16 / 23 (332.4800) | 17 (165.0856) | 16 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 6 / 18 (324.4456) | 6 (159.3600) | 3 (165.0856) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 2 / 36 (342.2516) | 11 (168.5372) | 3 (173.7144) | — | — |