High-water mark
675.9088
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9088 at Smoke on the Mountain — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 25, 2025
Big D's Q
Big D's Q is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 19 at the Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #2083 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1535
peak 1547 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 19, 2023
latest Jul 25, 2025 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
340.17 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 338.71 (+1.47)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.41
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.60 · weakest Brisket (167.98)
Road miles
1,010
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 384 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$110K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.91 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.71 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big D's Q, each with one reason worth a look.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,079 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1535
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Big D's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,085 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1539
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
Level with Big D's Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Big D's Q's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,088 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1535
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Big D's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Big D's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NORALA BBQ TEAM | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Deviant Smoke | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Say My Name BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| The Real Squeal BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Bentley Que | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 161.0972 | 169.20 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 162.2400 | 169.60 | top 38% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 168.5600 | 168.56 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 167.9772 | 167.98 | top 68% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 16% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 26% | Oct 4, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
267
finished ahead 257 times, behind 157
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score675.9088 Smoke on the Mountain
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Mountain
20241 milestone
- Peak power rating (1547) Poosa Q
20237 milestones
- First tracked contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.3716 The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.4 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 8, 2023 |
| +13.2 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 7, 2024 |
| +10.2 | Poosa Q | Oct 4, 2024 |
| +9.5 | Poosa Q | Oct 5, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 16, 2025 |
| -3.7 | Smoke on the Mountain | Jul 25, 2025 |
| -2.9 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 19, 2023 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 93.9% | 93% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 21% | 95.9% | 95.5% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 38% | 94.7% | 93.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2025 | Smoke on the Mountain 🏅 Galax, VA | 23 / 37 (675.9088) | 22 (169.6800) | 17 (169.6916) | 20 (168.5600) | 25 (167.9772) |
| May 16, 2025 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 25 / 32 (331.3256) | 29 (165.0856) | 21 (166.2400) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 15 / 59 (345.1200) | 25 (170.8572) | 11 (174.2628) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 6 / 35 (342.8344) | 17 (167.9772) | 5 (174.8572) | — | — |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 20 / 73 (340.4912) | 21 (170.8228) | 22 (169.6684) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 3 / 19 (341.0972) | 1 (178.8572) | 11 (162.2400) | — | — |
| May 19, 2023 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 24 / 34 (331.3716) | 32 (161.0972) | 12 (170.2744) | — | — |