A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Kings BBQ Team ahead in 75% of their meetings
Kings BBQ Team has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
HOOKED ON QUE
HOOKED ON QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 15 at the Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #194 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Mar 14, 2025 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 44%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.82 · weakest Pork (156.82)
Road miles
11
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
648.41 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
329.93 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
655.35 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 159.9656 | 163.53 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 162.2400 | 166.82 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 150.7888 | 156.82 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166.8344 | 155.3944 | 160.69 | 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) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 40% | Mar 14, 2025 |
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 47% | Jan 26, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
178
finished ahead 145 times, behind 117
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- First overall podium Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First Reserve Championship Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Peak power rating (1513) Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- Most recent contest Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
20242 milestones
- First call Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
- First overall top-10 Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3484 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score655.3484 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | Mar 14, 2025 |
| +6.6 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds | Mar 16, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 51% | 91.7% | 90.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 2 / 15 (329.6228) | 5 (163.3828) | 2 (166.2400) | 7 (150.7888) | 2 (166.8344) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 10 / 15 (648.4116) | 9 (166.2400) | 10 (162.2400) | 10 (161.6800) | 11 (158.2516) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 22 / 61 (330.2404) | 21 (164.5488) | 29 (165.6916) | 49 (154.8116) | 35 (155.3944) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 30 / 51 (655.3484) | 41 (159.9656) | 12 (173.1200) | 37 (160) | 26 (162.2628) |