On the rise
+30
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 30 points across 4 contests since 2024-07-27 — from 1507 up to 1537.
- 4 contests since 2024-07-27
- now 1537
Q MOON
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1537
peak 1537 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2024-07-27
latest 2025-07-26
Best ToY finish
#572
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
691.35
last 4 Master vs avg 691.35 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 176.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.11)
Road miles
302
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
691.35 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
High-water mark
698.7884
career-best overall
97.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 698.7884 at Trekking for CDH — 97.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-09-14
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of JANKY LEG BBQ in 3 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 MOON 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 72 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.
#2038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1538
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#2036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Q MOON's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2039 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2032 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Q MOON's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Level with Q MOON on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 163.9772 | 172.27 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 168.5256 | 171.11 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 173.1084 | 176.42 | top 18% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 167.3944 | 171.55 | top 48% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 27% | 2025-07-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2024-07-27 → 2025-07-26
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 176.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (171.11)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
691.35
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
134
153–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
302
4 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$31,300
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1537
peak 1537 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First category win (Pork) Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.0744 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall top-10 Trekking for CDH
- Career-best overall score698.7884 Trekking for CDH
- 2025
- Peak power rating (1537) Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Most recent contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Trekking for CDH | 2024-09-14 |
| +13.6 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2025-07-26 |
| +7 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2024-07-27 |
| +2.1 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2025-06-27 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 97% | 95.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 28% | 97.1% | 96.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-26 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 5 / 32 (698.2172) | 16 (173.1200) | 7 (175.4172) | 5 (176.5600) | 12 (173.1200) |
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 14 / 26 (683.3028) | 8 (174.2744) | 20 (168.5256) | 9 (173.1084) | 20 (167.3944) |
| 2024-09-14 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 6 / 35 (698.7884) | 4 (177.7144) | 21 (170.8228) | 6 (177.1428) | 17 (173.1084) |
| 2024-07-27 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 13 / 34 (685.0744) | 29 (163.9772) | 19 (169.6800) | 1 (178.8572) | 10 (172.5600) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #572 (288 pts) | #691 (248 pts) | #740 (238 pts) | #567 (318 pts) | #732 (198 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #773 (175 pts) | #755 (210 pts) | #1236 (80 pts) | #817 (175 pts) | #1046 (100 pts) |