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CLAUDE'S Q GA

Power ranking

#2931
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1403
peak 1504

Contests

51
in the data

First seen

2019-03-01
latest 2026-05-08

Best ToY finish

#355
Master 2020

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

3
of 51 contests

Avg finish

top 69%
overall standings

Best overall

689.0516

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

673.51 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 660.98 (+12.53)

Walk rate

39%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572
Pork Ribs · BBQ Boogie & Blues

Consistency

±33.90
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.73 · weakest Pork (165.82)

Road miles

8792
mi across 51 mapped stops · furthest 716 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Peckerwood Country Club has finished one call ahead of CLAUDE'S Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Stewbabys BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ has come out ahead in 32 of their 35 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Wiggle Butts BBQ in 14 of their 20 shared contests.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 60% across 5 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, GA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 50 9 0 1 178.8572 147.2800 168.73 top 56%
Pork Ribs 48 6 0 1 178.8572 149.6460 166.04 top 62%
Pork 49 4 0 0 175.4172 151.3256 165.82 top 63%
Brisket 48 9 0 0 176.5600 152.5028 166.98 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
GA380top 66%
AL40top 81%
TN20top 79%
KS10top 72%
MO10top 82%
SC10top 65%
AR10top 71%
NC10top 94%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 94%
Medium (20–39)210top 72%
Large (40+)270top 66%

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
2026300 678.8000 673.82
2025700 684.4684 676.92
2024400 681.0400 669.44
2023500 689.0516 639.76
20221100 687.8972 664.70
2021800 675.3488 642.29
2020500 688.4916 662.84
2019800 673.6228 666.09

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-05-08 20th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 24 / 42 (678.7540) 25 (170.2628) 12 (173.1200) 9 (174.8456) 31 (160.5256)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 106 / 125 (663.9200) 96 (166.8228) 111 (161.6572) 80 (169.1772) 87 (166.2628)
2026-03-06 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 30 / 44 (678.8000) 32 (168.5600) 28 (169.1200) 17 (172.0000) 24 (169.1200)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 289 / 401 (661.6000) 335 (161.6684) 323 (162.2516) 197 (169.7028) 202 (167.9772)
2025-10-03 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival Lyons, GA 19 / 32 (684.4684) 9 (174.2628) 23 (169.1200) 6 (175.4056) 21 (165.6800)
2025-08-15 Pigs & Peaches Kennesaw, GA 18 / 27 (676.4112) 14 (170.8228) 19 (167.3828) 12 (173.1200) 19 (165.0856)
2025-05-09 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 14 / 42 (682.7544) 19 (171.9656) 19 (168.5488) 23 (165.6800) 4 (176.5600)
2025-04-25 BBQ & Boogie Calhoun, GA 22 / 32 (672.4224) 18 (170.8456) 15 (170.2628) 21 (168.5256) 25 (162.7884)
2025-03-07 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 25 / 45 (683.8740) 28 (170.2628) 22 (170.8228) 32 (168.5256) 7 (174.2628)
2024-11-15 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cuming, GA 35 / 58 (681.0400) 15 (175.4056) 12 (175.4288) 36 (166.8228) 48 (163.3828)
2024-05-10 18th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 28 / 42 (671.3372) 24 (169.6684) 18 (170.8344) 22 (166.8572) 30 (163.9772)
2024-04-26 BBQ, Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA 28 / 34 (664.4340) 32 (161.6456) 24 (165.1200) 29 (165.6684) 11 (172.0000)
2024-03-01 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 43 / 59 (660.9600) 37 (169.6684) 44 (164.5488) 30 (168.5372) 55 (158.2056)
2023-11-17 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA 31 / 60 (682.7660) 7 (176.5600) 48 (163.9544) 31 (169.1200) 16 (173.1316)
2023-09-08 Primo BBQ Bash Poplar Bluff, MO 23 / 28 (661.0404) 11 (171.9656) 25 (158.2632) 25 (157.6572) 5 (173.1544)
2023-05-12 17th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 29 / 40 (664.9712) 34 (162.2284) 23 (168.5372) 21 (167.3828) 24 (166.8228)
2023-04-28 BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA 8 / 32 (689.0516) 7 (175.4056) 3 (178.8572) 6 (175.4172) 29 (159.3716)
2023-04-07 Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL 38 / 39 (500.9940) 26 (165.0856) 12 (170.8228) 25 (165.0856)
2022-11-18 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA 26 / 57 (669.5656) 34 (167.3828) 10 (171.9772) 19 (169.6800) 47 (160.5256)
2022-10-21 Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA 19 / 35 (687.8972) 33 (163.9428) 18 (171.9772) 9 (175.4172) 6 (176.5600)
2022-10-14 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival Grovetown, GA 45 / 51 (658.6512) 38 (167.3828) 39 (163.9544) 50 (157.0512) 22 (170.2628)
2022-10-14 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Music Festival - One Meat Chicken Grovetown, GA 34 (158.8000)
2022-09-08 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL 22 / 35 (655.7940) 21 (165.6800) 10 (170.8228) 33 (157.0628) 22 (162.2284)
2022-07-07 South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 60 / 92 (656.9368) 45 (167.3712) 66 (160.5144) 27 (170.2628) 65 (158.7884)
2022-06-24 Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 21 / 29 (647.7600) 27 (147.2800) 16 (166.2628) 16 (167.9888) 16 (166.2284)
2022-06-03 Honeybee BBQ Competition Lafayette, GA 10 / 25 (686.7884) 10 (172.5484) 6 (173.7028) 14 (167.4172) 4 (173.1200)
2022-05-27 Bombers & BBQ Hot Springs, AR 20 / 28 (666.1712) 14 (172.5600) 13 (171.9772) 20 (165.1084) 22 (156.5256)
2022-05-13 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 27 / 42 (671.8628) 2 (178.8572) 10 (170.8344) 38 (159.3712) 30 (162.8000)
2022-05-05 Poosa Q Montgomery, AL 68 / 72 (645.5540) 21 (171.9656) 69 (158.8344) 71 (153.0512) 57 (161.7028)
2021-11-19 GBC Throwdown Cumming, GA 25 / 28 (654.6396) 26 (163.3712) 26 (160.5144) 22 (163.9312) 23 (166.8228)
2021-10-15 Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA 34 / 34 (515.3716) 18 (173.7144) 19 (171.9772) 20 (169.6800)
2021-09-24 BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA 17 / 27 (675.3488) 12 (171.9772) 13 (172.0116) 20 (165.0972) 14 (166.2628)
2021-09-04 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 Augusta, GA 40 / 43 (667.3144) 42 (162.2400) 21 (173.1200) 39 (163.4172) 30 (168.5372)
2021-09-03 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 Augusta, GA 34 / 37 (654.1372) 33 (164.5372) 35 (154.7772) 27 (168.5600) 22 (166.2628)
2021-07-30 GBC Summer Showdown Cumming, GA 36 / 39 (649.4968) 30 (166.8228) 37 (159.3600) 36 (158.7884) 23 (164.5256)
2021-05-07 Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Franklin Franklin, NC 16 / 17 (658.6972) 8 (171.9656) 16 (159.9544) 16 (161.6800) 15 (165.0972)
2021-03-05 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 46 / 81 (663.3028) 16 (172.5484) 59 (161.1088) 68 (158.8000) 23 (170.8456)
2020-11-20 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown Cumming, GA 26 / 40 (677.6344) 19 (172.5600) 36 (163.3944) 33 (165.6800) 8 (176.0000)
2020-09-05 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Augusta, GA 31 / 54 (688.4916) 24 (174.8572) 42 (167.3828) 13 (174.2744) 25 (171.9772)
2020-09-04 Practice for Cash Augusta, GA 44 / 46 (630.6172) 40 (160.5140) 44 (149.6460) 41 (157.6456) 37 (162.8116)
2020-07-31 Hawgin On Lanier Cumming, GA 44 / 55 (651.2916) 42 (165.6800) 52 (151.9316) 29 (168.0000) 34 (165.6800)
2020-06-19 The June Contest Cumming, GA 21 / 25 (666.1828) 8 (173.7028) 24 (158.2516) 19 (165.6684) 14 (168.5600)
2019-11-15 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown Cedartown, GA 31 / 35 (658.1140) 15 (171.4056) 32 (158.2284) 31 (160.5028) 20 (167.9772)
2019-10-11 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival Lyons, GA 24 / 27 (657.0400) 9 (171.4056) 24 (161.7144) 24 (161.0972) 23 (162.8228)
2019-08-02 Hawgin On Lanier Gainesville, GA 26 / 45 (669.6112) 35 (165.6684) 38 (162.2400) 18 (169.7028) 12 (172.0000)
2019-06-14 Poosa-Q Montgomery, AL 33 / 48 (667.8740) 6 (176.0000) 14 (170.8572) 48 (151.3256) 24 (169.6912)
2019-05-24 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA 34 / 72 (672.9940) 41 (166.2400) 46 (166.2284) 41 (165.1084) 8 (175.4172)
2019-05-10 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF Waynesboro, GA 18 / 42 (670.1256) 16 (167.3828) 12 (170.2628) 32 (159.3600) 9 (173.1200)
2019-04-26 BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun, GA 9 / 33 (673.6228) 27 (164.5600) 9 (171.4172) 13 (166.2284) 8 (171.4172)
2019-03-01 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 38 / 62 (659.3028) 17 (172.5484) 30 (167.9772) 28 (166.2744) 55 (152.5028)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #483 (185 pts) #586 (180 pts) #504 (245 pts) #378 (305 pts) #520 (185 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #388 (541 pts) #348 (661 pts) #406 (606 pts) #366 (616 pts) #332 (711 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #660 (239 pts) #558 (349 pts) #678 (279 pts) #667 (254 pts) #547 (354 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #485 (395 pts) #468 (465 pts) #402 (615 pts) #460 (455 pts) #529 (360 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #529 (382 pts) #498 (447 pts) #520 (467 pts) #528 (407 pts) #509 (432 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #399 (479 pts) #319 (629 pts) #396 (519 pts) #407 (464 pts) #320 (629 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #355 (310 pts) #280 (440 pts) #408 (295 pts) #326 (380 pts) #327 (370 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #558 (595 pts) #414 (805 pts) #512 (680 pts) #602 (570 pts) #388 (850 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1245 (187 pts) #1274 (197 pts) #1348 (182 pts) #1490 (147 pts) #1439 (162 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #934 (373 pts) #483 (808 pts) #937 (408 pts) #1032 (348 pts) #745 (528 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #930 (360 pts) #811 (475 pts) #927 (405 pts) #915 (420 pts) #936 (375 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1676 (120 pts) #1567 (165 pts) #1693 (140 pts) #1790 (120 pts) #1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #2084 (75 pts) #2167 (75 pts) #2161 (75 pts) #2172 (75 pts) #2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1970 (75 pts) #1859 (110 pts) #1713 (135 pts) #2080 (75 pts) #2034 (75 pts)

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