High-water mark
681.6576
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.6576 at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 16, 2025
Blues Q BBQ and Catering
Blues Q BBQ and Catering is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 16th of 27 at the 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 18, 2018
latest Aug 16, 2025 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.35
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.42 · weakest Chicken (161.55)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Purse competed for
$48K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.07 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 154.8000 | 161.55 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 155.4172 | 166.27 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7372 | 160.0116 | 168.42 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 155.9316 | 164.83 | top 46% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
71
finished ahead 44 times, behind 63
Longest layoff
5 yrs
Aug 17, 2019 → Aug 24, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score681.6576 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5264 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
20191 milestone
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1498) 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.8 | 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | Aug 17, 2019 |
| -1.8 | 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off | Aug 18, 2018 |
| -1.2 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 16, 2025 |
| -0.7 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 24, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2025 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 18 / 30 (681.6576) | 16 (171.4172) | 4 (176.5716) | 3 (177.7372) | 28 (155.9316) |
| Aug 24, 2024 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 16 / 27 (672.5264) | 27 (158.2632) | 19 (166.8344) | 13 (171.4172) | 4 (176.0116) |
| Aug 17, 2019 | 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 17 / 27 (644.4456) | 24 (154.8000) | 23 (155.4172) | 13 (164.5256) | 4 (169.7028) |
| Aug 18, 2018 | 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA | 16 / 27 (645.6460) | 21 (161.7028) | 11 (166.2628) | 23 (160.0116) | 17 (157.6688) |