A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue ahead in 100% of their meetings
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Que N Cue BBQ
Que N Cue BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 15 at the WV Coalfields Cookoff (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 10, 2022
latest Aug 21, 2026 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.60 · weakest Pork (154.22)
Road miles
411
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 241 mi
Schedule strength
82%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1607)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
321.37 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
490.19 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1428 | 170.8228 | 171.60 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 149.0972 | 154.64 | top 66% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 154.2172 | 154.2172 | 154.22 | top 53% |
“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 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
VA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 40 times, behind 106
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
Jun 10, 2022 → Mar 21, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1428 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
- Peak power rating (1502) BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest WV Coalfields Cookoff
- First call WV Coalfields Cookoff
- First overall top-10 WV Coalfields Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score490.1944 WV Coalfields Cookoff
- Career-best overall score490.1944 WV Coalfields Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | Mar 21, 2025 |
| +0.4 | WV Coalfields Cookoff | Jun 10, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff | Aug 21, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Edinburg, VA | 26 / 26 (319.9316) | 14 (170.8344) | 26 (149.0972) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 22 / 45 (322.8000) | 5 (173.1428) | 26 (149.6572) | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | WV Coalfields Cookoff 🏅 Welch, WV | 8 / 15 (490.1944) | 2 (170.8228) | 6 (165.1544) | 8 (154.2172) | — |