High-water mark
670.1944
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1944 at *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL) — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-06-16
IlliDueQue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1470 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-06-17
latest 2025-06-27
Best ToY finish
#1933
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.47
last 5 Master vs avg 641.47 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.06 · weakest Brisket (155.98)
Road miles
128
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.47 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.08 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 40%.
- Brisket avg 155.98
- Pork avg 167.06
- 1 calls in 5 entries
The comeback
7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7 years, then back at Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (2025-06-27).
- last seen 2018-06-15
- back 2025-06-27
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
SAUCED N SMOKED has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4612 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1501 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before IlliDueQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with IlliDueQue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before IlliDueQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before IlliDueQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 147.3484 | 158.12 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 154.8000 | 160.31 | top 73% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 163.9312 | 167.06 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 140.5144 | 155.98 | top 69% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Hog Capital Challenge | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 73% | 2018-06-15 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2016-06-17 → 2025-06-27
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.06 · weakest Brisket (155.98)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
641.47
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
30–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
128
5 mapped stops · furthest 33 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7 yrs
2018-06-15 → 2025-06-27
Power rating
1470
peak 1470 · #4616 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest *Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL
- Peak power rating (1493) *Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL
- 2017
- First call *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.1944 *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score670.1944 *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL)
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-06-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | *Hog Capital Challenge | 2018-06-15 |
| -8.5 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2025-06-27 |
| -6.9 | *Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL | 2016-06-17 |
| -6.2 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) | 2016-07-22 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 96% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.6% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 23 / 26 (658.7776) | 25 (159.4060) | 24 (160.5488) | 24 (165.1200) | 6 (173.7028) |
| 2018-06-15 | *Hog Capital Challenge Kewanee, IL | 24 / 25 (613.4740) | 25 (147.3484) | 19 (158.2172) | 7 (167.3940) | 25 (140.5144) |
| 2017-06-16 | *Hog Capital Challenge(JUDGES FULL) Kewanee, IL | 13 / 26 (670.1944) | 16 (166.8228) | 15 (166.8344) | 7 (171.4172) | 14 (165.1200) |
| 2016-07-22 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown (Formerly Morton BBQ Throwdown) Peoria, IL | 28 / 37 (637.6112) | 31 (158.2172) | 28 (154.8000) | 13 (167.4400) | 26 (157.1540) |
| 2016-06-17 | *Hog Capital Challenge - JUDGES FULL Kewanee, IL | 19 / 23 (627.3024) | 19 (158.8228) | 14 (161.1428) | 12 (163.9312) | 22 (143.4056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #2533 (55 pts) | #2579 (50 pts) | #1913 (80 pts) | #1454 (155 pts) | #2575 (50 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1933 (111 pts) | #2062 (96 pts) | #2057 (101 pts) | #1621 (156 pts) | #2003 (106 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #1872 (120 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |