Electro-Que-ted AL
Rating
1776
peak 1776
Contests
65
in the data
First seen
2024-03-15
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#1
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
12
6 reserve
Category wins
21
55 podiums
Overall top-10s
41
of 65 contests
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
8 🔥
Current form
625.65 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 439.67 (+185.99)
Walk rate
78%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
19
best run (overall)
Consistency
±149.34
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.46 · weakest Brisket (170.97)
Road miles
9801
mi across 65 mapped stops · furthest 556 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS has finished one call ahead of Electro-Que-ted 5 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of LEE LA Q in 23 of their 31 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Sip & Swine BBQ Festival is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.0228 points of the Grand Championship at The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-05-17).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 70-team field at 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025).
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 10% across 3 contests, versus top 22% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Sip & Swine BBQ Festival (2026-03-06) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 60 | 43 | 8 | 19 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.8000 | 174.46 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 58 | 37 | 11 | 25 | 180.0000 🔥 | 163.9312 | 174.10 | top 24% |
| Pork | 31 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 163.3828 | 172.61 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 175.4288 | 161.6572 | 170.97 | top 40% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 23 | 1 | top 27% |
| TN | 14 | 2 | top 26% |
| GA | 7 | 4 | top 11% |
| MO | 4 | 2 | top 22% |
| MS | 2 | 1 | top 6% |
| IL | 2 | 1 | top 13% |
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 10% |
| KY | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| FL | 1 | 1 | top 3% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 7 | 2 | top 29% |
| Medium (20–39) | 28 | 4 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 20 | 6 | top 21% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (34 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (30 of 65 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (60 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Roast N Boast (2024-10-18)
- Wins it all in 18% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 439.67
- 8 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 707.3944 | 662.29 |
| 2025 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 692.4684 | 397.61 |
| 2024 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 667.8516 | 377.98 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | BBQ for Bravery Alcoa, TN | 1 / 19 (707.3944) | 8 (174.2628) | 1 (178.8572) | 3 (178.8572) | 2 (175.4172) |
| 2026-05-29 | Honeybee BBQ Competition Lafayette, GA | 5 / 19 (695.3716) | 4 (175.4172) | 1 (177.7144) | 18 (167.9772) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 4 / 82 (353.7144) | 10 (176.5600) | 3 (177.1544) | — | — |
| 2026-05-23 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 79 / 117 (681.0172) | 86 (169.6800) | 50 (173.1200) | 23 (176.5600) | 110 (161.6572) |
| 2026-05-15 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 7 / 33 (690.7772) | 3 (176.5600) | 8 (173.7144) | 20 (166.2400) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2026-05-08 | 44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 18 / 25 (690.1712) | 18 (169.6684) | 2 (177.7144) | 13 (173.1200) | 19 (169.6684) |
| 2026-04-24 | Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS | 2 / 33 (706.2748) | 3 (178.8572) | 4 (177.7144) | 9 (175.4288) | 6 (174.2744) |
| 2026-04-17 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Coldwater, MI | 5 / 48 (701.1204) | 1 (177.7028) | 13 (174.8688) | 9 (173.1200) | 9 (175.4288) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 33 / 125 (691.3600) | 63 (171.9656) | 44 (172.5716) | 35 (174.8456) | 44 (171.9772) |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN | — | 50 (167.3828) | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 2 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 1 / 44 (705.6916) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (177.7144) | 10 (174.8572) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2025-12-05 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) Demopolis, AL | 11 / 21 (690.1828) | 2 (177.7028) | 14 (169.6916) | 9 (173.1084) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA | 18 / 56 (692.4684) | 25 (171.9772) | 25 (174.2628) | 38 (170.8228) | 11 (175.4056) |
| 2025-10-31 | "Spooky Q" 1792 Monticello, KY | 9 / 23 (681.0400) | 13 (170.2744) | 10 (170.8228) | 9 (173.7028) | 15 (166.2400) |
| 2025-10-25 | Last Chance Points Dance (BACKYARD) Cleveland, AL | 7 / 16 (346.2284) | 4 (177.7028) | 13 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL | — | 20 (167.3944) | — | — | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL | — | — | — | 12 (169.6800) | — |
| 2025-10-24 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL | — | — | 19 (163.9312) | — | — |
| 2025-10-17 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 3 / 39 (351.9888) | 1 (178.8572) | 11 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-10-10 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 9 / 30 (342.7884) | 9 (170.8228) | 7 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2025-10-03 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 1 / 23 (358.8572) | 3 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Friday Night Chicken Fight" (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Clanton, AL | — | 10 (165.0856) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 6 / 15 (347.3712) | 9 (171.9656) | 2 (175.4056) | — | — |
| 2025-09-19 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 2 / 30 (351.4288) | 7 (174.8572) | 2 (176.5716) | 16 (171.9656) | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 17 / 28 (338.8000) | 26 (158.8000) | 2 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-off Qualifier "Lakeside Pork Fest" (ONE MEAT PORK) Guntersville, AL | — | — | — | 12 (163.3828) | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 2 (179.4400) | — | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 11 / 29 (343.9428) | 14 (174.2628) | 13 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 1 / 31 (357.7144) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Smoke N for the Kids Troy, IL | 7 / 32 (339.3484) | 4 (174.2628) | 13 (165.0856) | — | — |
| 2025-08-01 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 1 / 23 (353.1200) | 5 (175.4056) | 1 (177.7144) | 1 (178.8572) | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 14 / 42 (342.8116) | 14 (174.2628) | 20 (168.5488) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 14 / 35 (341.6916) | 5 (177.1428) | 24 (164.5488) | — | — |
| 2025-05-30 | Honeybee BBQ Competition Lafayette, GA | 1 / 26 (353.1200) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (173.1200) | 3 (174.8572) | — |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) Lebanon, TN | 1 / 70 (357.7144) | 3 (178.8572) | 2 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) Lebanon, TN | 57 / 106 (685.0516) | 23 (176.5600) | 54 (171.9772) | 72 (169.1316) | 76 (167.3828) |
| 2025-05-16 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 15 / 32 (342.7884) | 25 (167.3712) | 4 (175.4172) | 8 (173.1200) | — |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Oneonta, AL | 3 / 23 (357.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 6 (177.7028) | 16 (167.3828) | — |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Oneonta, AL | 7 / 28 (345.0740) | 6 (173.1084) | 10 (171.9656) | 4 (175.4056) | — |
| 2025-04-25 | BBQ & Boogie Calhoun, GA | 2 / 32 (355.4172) | 5 (176.5600) | 3 (178.8572) | 3 (172.5600) | 2 (169.7032) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition Gadsden, AL | 4 / 31 (351.9772) | 10 (174.2628) | 1 (177.7144) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 9 / 43 (345.0972) | 13 (171.9656) | 7 (173.1316) | — | — |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 7 / 100 (349.6800) | 10 (176.5600) | 14 (173.1200) | 33 (166.2400) | — |
| 2025-03-07 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 1 / 45 (356.5600) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (176.5600) | 3 (175.4172) | — |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 1 / 40 (353.1084) | 5 (175.4056) | 1 (177.7028) | 16 (170.8344) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2024-12-06 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL | 7 / 11 (346.2400) | 6 (176.5600) | 9 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cuming, GA | 1 / 58 (353.7260) | 4 (177.1544) | 2 (176.5716) | 2 (178.8572) | — |
| 2024-10-26 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 6 / 56 (345.0972) | 5 (173.1200) | 5 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2024-10-25 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 1 / 53 (357.7028) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2024-10-18 | Roast N Boast Columbus, MS | 1 / 15 (350.2628) | 1 (177.1428) | 1 (173.1200) | 1 (180.0000) | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL | 4 / 38 (353.1200) | 4 (176.5600) | 4 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 5 / 59 (354.2628) | 2 (180.0000) | 13 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) Guntersville, AL | 8 / 33 (343.9312) | 9 (173.1084) | 12 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL | — | 2 (174.2628) | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL | 6 / 27 (347.9656) | 10 (171.9656) | 3 (176.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-07-12 | The Art of the 'Cue (BACKYARD ONLY) Shelbyville, TN | 3 / 17 (349.6800) | 9 (173.1200) | 3 (176.5600) | 3 (173.1200) | — |
| 2024-06-07 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 2 / 35 (349.6800) | 14 (170.8228) | 1 (178.8572) | — | — |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | 99 / 118 (667.8516) | 94 (168.5256) | 53 (171.4288) | 97 (166.2400) | 101 (161.6572) |
| 2024-05-17 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN | 2 / 39 (351.9772) | 7 (176.5600) | 1 (175.4172) | 9 (169.6800) | — |
| 2024-04-26 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 17 / 40 (342.2284) | 19 (170.2628) | 16 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2024-04-19 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) Murfreesboro, TN | 4 / 37 (522.8228) | 2 (176.5600) | 16 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL | 2 / 38 (350.8228) | 2 (177.7028) | 9 (173.1200) | — | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN | 12 / 93 (338.2400) | 16 (168.5600) | 12 (169.6800) | 3 (175.4172) | — |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 34 (169.1200) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #139 (210 pts) | #186 (135 pts) | #139 (235 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #17 (1691 pts) | #11 (1801 pts) | #5 (1931 pts) | #44 (1181 pts) | #27 (1436 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #1 🏆 (1414 pts) | #1 🏆 (1378 pts) | #1 🏆 (1397 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #701 (193 pts) | #378 (610 pts) | #693 (266 pts) | #487 (410 pts) | #825 (158 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #3 (1308 pts) | #7 (1289 pts) | #5 (1325 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #619 (301 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |