High-water mark
677.0860
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.0860 at Lakeland Pig Festival — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 26, 2024
Cousins Que
Cousins Que is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 18th of 25 at the Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff (2022). They are ranked #4446 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jun 25, 2022
latest Aug 15, 2026 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.49 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 656.89 (+2.60)
Walk rate
11%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.91
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.92 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.91)
Road miles
2,849
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,274 mi
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$62K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.89 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #1342 (56 pts) | #854 (146 pts) | #972 (124 pts) | #988 (101 pts) | #1344 (56 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Cousins Que, each with one reason worth a look.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1474
Fewer contests behind them than Cousins Que has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,432 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1474
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Cousins Que's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Cousins Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,441 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with Cousins Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,425 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Cousins Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,472 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ELJEFE SMOKE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Mullen It Over BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| PADDY MCQ'S | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 160 | 166.92 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 151.9544 | 161.91 | top 71% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 154.7656 | 164.64 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 156.5488 | 162.38 | top 66% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 69% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kora Kares for Kids | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 75% | Aug 15, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ME
5 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
230
finished ahead 90 times, behind 215
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
Aug 17, 2024 → May 16, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids
20242 milestones
- Career-best overall score677.0860 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 Lakeland Pig Festival
20232 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9432 Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1497) Kora Shriners BBQ Competition
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff
- First call Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | Kora Shriners BBQ Competition | Aug 19, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Mass in May (Day 2) | May 16, 2026 |
| -7.9 | Kora Kares for Kids | Aug 15, 2026 |
| -4.3 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff | Jun 25, 2022 |
| -3.7 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -2 | Kora Kares for Kids | Aug 17, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 90.8% | 89.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 94% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 72% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2026 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 44 / 51 (653.6228) | 35 (169.1200) | 44 (161.6800) | 48 (159.4056) | 40 (163.4172) |
| May 16, 2026 | Mass in May (Day 2) 🏅 Wrentham, MA | 27 / 31 (639.9544) | 26 (160) | 28 (154.2400) | 16 (168.5944) | 26 (157.1200) |
| May 16, 2026 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Wrentham, MA | — | 17 (166.8344) | — | — | — |
| May 16, 2026 | Mass in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) Wrentham, MA | — | — | 21 (151.9544) | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME | 25 / 39 (658.8228) | 31 (161.6800) | 21 (166.8800) | 25 (162.8228) | 13 (167.4400) |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME | — | — | 21 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 42 / 61 (677.0860) | 29 (174.2628) | 28 (172.5600) | 17 (173.7144) | 56 (156.5488) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Kora Shriners BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME | 24 / 46 (667.9432) | 18 (170.2628) | 21 (169.1200) | 22 (168.5488) | 36 (160.0116) |
| Jun 25, 2022 | Second Annual Central Maine BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Skowhegan, ME | 18 / 25 (643.8972) | 15 (166.2744) | 23 (153.1428) | 21 (154.7656) | 7 (169.7144) |