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Chester's Twisted Que IA

Power ranking

#572
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1581
peak 1588

Contests

15
in the data

First seen

2024-03-29
latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#34
Backyard 2025

Grand champs

3
0 reserve

Category wins

1
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

9
of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 40%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

410.36 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 384.19 (+26.17)

Walk rate

87%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

5
best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8572

Consistency

±112.17
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 171.11 · weakest Brisket (163.97)

Road miles

2426
mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 208 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Rudes BBQ has finished one call ahead of Chester's Twisted Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SmoQued On Main St has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

DAWGS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) (2025-07-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 25-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Rudes BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 15 10 1 3 178.8572 164.5256 171.11 top 44%
Pork Ribs 15 10 0 2 178.8572 156.5372 169.02 top 42%
Pork 4 2 0 1 175.4056 159.3944 166.97 top 65%
Brisket 2 1 0 1 176.5600 151.3828 163.97 top 56%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA113top 41%
MO30top 35%
MN10top 36%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)62top 42%
Medium (20–39)51top 34%
Large (40+)40top 42%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026410 689.6228 428.09
2025821 350.8572 343.62
2024300 647.8740 433.83

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-26 Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA 12 / 19 (327.9312) 9 (165.6800) 13 (162.2512)
2026-05-01 SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) Cambridge, IA 1 / 17 (689.6228) 18 (170.8228) 13 (170.2628) 13 (171.9772) 2 (176.5600)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 3 / 42 (351.9772) 9 (173.1200) 2 (178.8572)
2026-03-20 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 11 / 33 (342.8456) 17 (170.2628) 8 (172.5828)
2025-09-19 Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 1 / 26 (339.4400) 1 (175.4400) 7 (164.0000)
2025-09-05 Buds Blues and BBQ Columbia, MO 5 / 9 (341.6916) 5 (171.4172) 3 (170.2744)
2025-07-12 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 2) Miles, IA 8 / 16 (342.8000) 8 (171.9656) 4 (170.8344)
2025-07-11 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1) Miles, IA 1 / 18 (349.7028) 3 (176.5828) 4 (173.1200) 3 (175.4056)
2025-06-20 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA 4 / 20 (346.2856) 4 (173.7256) 4 (172.5600)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 21 / 58 (335.4172) 28 (164.5256) 10 (170.8916)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 13 / 49 (342.8000) 10 (173.1200) 17 (169.6800)
2025-03-21 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO 5 / 33 (350.8572) 3 (178.8572) 10 (172.0000)
2024-07-12 Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Miles, IA 8 / 11 (332.4800) 9 (165.0856) 8 (167.3944) 9 (159.3944)
2024-05-17 King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA 36 / 36 (647.8740) 19 (171.4056) 29 (164.0000) 30 (161.0856) 36 (151.3828)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 41 / 42 (321.1316) 33 (164.5944) 40 (156.5372)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Backyard #48 (653 pts) #75 (463 pts) #55 (633 pts)
2025 ↗ Backyard #34 (1064 pts) #39 (1064 pts) #50 (927 pts)
2024 ↗ Backyard #227 (191 pts) #240 (181 pts) #239 (191 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1182 (60 pts) #1135 (90 pts) #1317 (60 pts) #1231 (60 pts) #1204 (60 pts)

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