High-water mark
671.3940
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3940 at The War of Barbeque — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 15, 2024
Q-King
Q-King is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 10th of 17 at The War of Barbeque (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 15, 2024
latest Mar 29, 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.32)
Road miles
51
across 6 mapped stops
Master avg
655.62 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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The teams rated closest to Q-King, each with one reason worth a look.
Q-King has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 167 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,668 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Q-King's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
They were already cooking in 2018, 6 years before Q-King's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Level with Q-King on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Q-King's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Q-King's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4284 | 163.9772 | 167.80 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 147.3944 | 160.32 | top 68% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 158.2400 | 165.11 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 148.5144 | 161.96 | top 49% |
“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 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
37
finished ahead 11 times, behind 34
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2
- First call The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
- First overall top-10 The War of Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3940 The War of Barbeque
- Career-best overall score671.3940 The War of Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4056 The War of Barbeque
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 | 0% | top 87% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40% | top 59% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2025 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Brescia | 26 / 30 (639.8516) | 26 (163.9772) | 28 (155.3828) | 12 (171.9772) | 26 (148.5144) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda | 10 / 17 (671.3940) | 10 (171.4284) | 12 (166.3200) | 16 (158.2400) | 2 (175.4056) |
| Jun 15, 2024 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 9 (167.9884) | — | — | — |
| Jun 15, 2024 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 27 (147.3944) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #1 Brescia | — | — | 11 (166.8112) | — | — |
| Apr 6, 2024 | "Smokin' Ribs Showdown" (ONE MEAT RIBS) #2 Brescia | — | — | 11 (165.7028) | — | — |