High-water mark
667.4288
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.4288 at Boots & BBQ Festival — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-05-09
Q Believers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1500 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-05-09
latest 2014-10-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.52
last 4 Master vs avg 640.52 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.82
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.99 · weakest Brisket (158.41)
Road miles
461
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Master avg
640.52 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE OUTLAWS ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE OUTLAWS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Q Believers has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 132 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Q Believers did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Q Believers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3483 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 153.6800 | 161.99 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 150.8344 | 160.71 | top 53% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3200 | 151.4056 | 159.41 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2856 | 150.8228 | 158.41 | top 60% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 64% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2014-05-09 → 2014-10-24
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Cooks most in
OK
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.99 · weakest Brisket (158.41)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
640.52
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
95
46–80 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
461
4 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Power rating
1493
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Boots & BBQ Festival
- First call Boots & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.4288 Boots & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score667.4288 Boots & BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4516 Boots & BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1500) Boots & BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.3 | Boots & BBQ Festival | 2014-05-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.9 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2014-10-24 |
| -2.7 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff | 2014-09-19 |
| -0.8 | CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition | 2014-08-08 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 64% | 92.7% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-24 | Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK | 24 / 34 (633.0284) | 21 (163.9772) | 25 (150.8344) | 25 (155.9312) | 15 (162.2856) |
| 2014-09-19 | 28th Annual Cherokee Strip Cookoff Ponca City, OK | 27 / 41 (626.8000) | 35 (153.6800) | 19 (163.4400) | 35 (151.4056) | 19 (158.2744) |
| 2014-08-08 | CASA's Grab Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK | 16 / 26 (634.8112) | 15 (160.5484) | 18 (157.1200) | 12 (166.3200) | 21 (150.8228) |
| 2014-05-09 | Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK | 17 / 29 (667.4288) | 17 (169.7372) | 7 (171.4516) | 20 (163.9772) | 20 (162.2628) |