CONTAGIOUS Q AL
Rating
1676
peak 1676
Contests
50
in the data
First seen
2019-02-08
latest 2024-12-06
Best ToY finish
#14
Master 2016
Grand champs
1
3 reserve
Category wins
5
32 podiums
Overall top-10s
27
of 50 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
690.33 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 680.43 (+9.90)
Walk rate
94%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.78
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.82 · weakest Brisket (168.66)
Road miles
12105
mi across 50 mapped stops · furthest 582 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
FIREHOUSE SMOKERS TN has finished one call ahead of CONTAGIOUS Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Poppa Pig has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Under the Radar has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS in 14 of their 16 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Finished level on points with the champion at Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (2023-12-01) — the Grand Championship went to the KCBS tiebreaker.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Smoke on the Falls.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AL first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 50 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 180.0000 🔥 | 159.9544 | 170.80 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 50 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 178.8572 | 159.3600 | 170.15 | top 36% |
| Pork | 50 | 32 | 1 | 10 | 178.2972 | 157.6800 | 170.82 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 50 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 177.7028 | 154.7656 | 168.66 | top 43% |
“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 | 17 | 1 | top 23% |
| NC | 10 | 0 | top 36% |
| VA | 7 | 0 | top 53% |
| TN | 6 | 0 | top 26% |
| KY | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| GA | 2 | 0 | top 30% |
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 28% |
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| WV | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 6 | 0 | top 30% |
| Medium (20–39) | 28 | 1 | top 34% |
| Large (40+) | 16 | 0 | top 27% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (25 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AL (17 of 50 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (50 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke on the Falls (2019-04-12)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 680.43
- 1 perfect 180 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 699.3600 | 690.33 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 698.1940 | 685.90 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 691.8968 | 687.89 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 685.6000 | 674.48 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 687.3712 | 678.89 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 699.9656 | 678.52 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-06 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL | 4 / 11 (694.7768) | 1 (176.5828) | 6 (171.9656) | 7 (170.8228) | 4 (175.4056) |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 15 / 59 (688.5144) | 3 (177.7144) | 23 (170.2744) | 17 (174.2628) | 41 (166.2628) |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA | 13 / 31 (682.7656) | 20 (169.1084) | 11 (171.9772) | 10 (171.4172) | 17 (170.2628) |
| 2024-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 14 / 31 (686.2400) | 12 (171.9772) | 25 (164.0000) | 4 (178.2972) | 17 (171.9656) |
| 2024-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 3 / 31 (699.3600) | 2 (178.8572) | 6 (174.2744) | 19 (168.5256) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2023-12-01 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL | 2 / 17 (698.1940) | 3 (177.7028) | 4 (176.5600) | 7 (169.6684) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2023-10-13 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off Waxhaw, NC | 8 / 25 (691.3140) | 4 (177.7028) | 2 (178.8572) | 14 (168.5256) | 17 (166.2284) |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q Montgomery, AL | 11 / 73 (690.8000) | 10 (175.4172) | 24 (171.4288) | 20 (171.9656) | 24 (171.9884) |
| 2023-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 25 / 38 (670.7544) | 13 (174.8572) | 23 (166.2400) | 34 (157.6800) | 13 (171.9772) |
| 2023-07-14 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA | 28 / 36 (670.7204) | 25 (167.3944) | 28 (165.1088) | 10 (173.1200) | 24 (165.0972) |
| 2023-05-19 | Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN | 7 / 32 (693.6228) | 2 (177.7144) | 7 (173.1200) | 20 (167.3828) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2022-12-01 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL | 2 / 13 (691.8968) | 3 (173.1084) | 2 (174.2628) | 7 (169.1200) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 12 / 34 (683.8740) | 5 (173.1200) | 14 (169.6800) | 15 (169.6684) | 13 (171.4056) |
| 2021-12-02 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship Demopolis, AL | 9 / 19 (685.6000) | 9 (171.9772) | 15 (165.0972) | 6 (173.1084) | 5 (175.4172) |
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 5 / 26 (685.0400) | 8 (171.9772) | 8 (170.8344) | 7 (170.8228) | 5 (171.4056) |
| 2021-09-24 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC | 22 / 27 (648.3656) | 21 (163.9428) | 24 (159.3600) | 9 (169.6800) | 24 (155.3828) |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 16 / 49 (680.4800) | 20 (170.2744) | 24 (167.3828) | 16 (170.8572) | 13 (171.9656) |
| 2021-07-23 | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship Galax, VA | 7 / 17 (672.9712) | 6 (170.8228) | 6 (169.6916) | 1 (175.4172) | 15 (157.0396) |
| 2021-07-16 | Chillin & Grillin In the Glades Wise, VA | 10 / 25 (680.4800) | 14 (168.5372) | 21 (162.2400) | 4 (177.1544) | 7 (172.5484) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 18 / 38 (668.4456) | 2 (177.7028) | 25 (163.9772) | 8 (172.0000) | 36 (154.7656) |
| 2020-10-23 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax Galax, VA | 16 / 25 (673.5888) | 12 (169.6916) | 11 (169.1316) | 21 (163.9428) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 7 / 28 (682.1824) | 23 (161.0740) | 1 (176.0000) | 2 (176.0000) | 12 (169.1084) |
| 2020-07-24 | Fire on the Mountain Leburn, KY | 11 / 30 (675.3712) | 6 (173.1200) | 25 (162.2628) | 2 (178.2972) | 24 (161.6912) |
| 2020-06-19 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN | 19 / 69 (675.9312) | 36 (167.3828) | 36 (165.1200) | 5 (174.2856) | 22 (169.1428) |
| 2020-02-21 | Capital City Cook Off Montgomery, AL | 2 / 25 (687.3712) | 15 (166.8228) | 2 (176.5828) | 3 (173.1544) | 7 (170.8112) |
| 2019-12-06 | COTR BBQ Demopolis, AL | 8 / 25 (675.2796) | 10 (167.3712) | 17 (164.5140) | 2 (174.2744) | 11 (169.1200) |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) Concord, NC | 20 / 47 (671.8168) | 40 (161.6456) | 11 (171.9772) | 3 (175.4056) | 32 (162.7884) |
| 2019-10-25 | 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN | 25 / 97 (685.1312) | 36 (172.0000) | 5 (178.8572) | 18 (173.7028) | 77 (160.5712) |
| 2019-10-18 | Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) Roswell, GA | 10 / 32 (682.1600) | 19 (168.5372) | 14 (170.8228) | 3 (175.4172) | 19 (167.3828) |
| 2019-10-11 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off Waxhaw, NC | 5 / 27 (679.3484) | 11 (169.6800) | 6 (170.8228) | 2 (172.5828) | 9 (166.2628) |
| 2019-10-04 | Squealin on the Square Laurens, SC | 5 / 19 (679.2680) | 3 (173.1084) | 4 (173.7028) | 9 (166.2284) | 7 (166.2284) |
| 2019-09-27 | Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC | 14 / 37 (672.4228) | 4 (173.1200) | 20 (166.2400) | 10 (170.8228) | 29 (162.2400) |
| 2019-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 21 / 56 (668.4800) | 42 (161.0972) | 38 (162.8572) | 11 (171.4056) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2019-09-13 | RiverFest Decatur, AL | 9 / 37 (680.5028) | 21 (164.5600) | 6 (173.7144) | 3 (173.1200) | 11 (169.1084) |
| 2019-08-09 | Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC | 15 / 29 (673.5884) | 20 (166.2400) | 3 (177.1544) | 20 (165.6684) | 19 (164.5256) |
| 2019-08-02 | Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 5 / 40 (681.6000) | 18 (167.3828) | 13 (167.9772) | 6 (171.9772) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2019-07-26 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL | 3 / 27 (686.1824) | 4 (174.8456) | 4 (170.2628) | 6 (170.2628) | 8 (170.8112) |
| 2019-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA | 11 / 27 (674.7428) | 25 (159.9544) | 4 (172.5600) | 7 (170.2628) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2019-06-21 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 3 / 27 (687.3372) | 1 (177.7144) | 8 (168.5372) | 9 (170.2628) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2019-06-14 | Barbourville BBQ Cookoff & Festival Barbourville, KY | 8 / 30 (685.6000) | 23 (167.3828) | 8 (173.1200) | 6 (174.2628) | 10 (170.8344) |
| 2019-06-07 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Roanoke, WV | 8 / 31 (667.9200) | 2 (174.2628) | 16 (159.9544) | 7 (167.4400) | 9 (166.2628) |
| 2019-05-25 | Red, White, and BBQ- Day 2 Westmont, IL | 4 / 48 (679.3372) | 26 (165.0972) | 6 (172.5600) | 9 (167.9772) | 4 (173.7028) |
| 2019-05-24 | Red, White, and BBQ Day 1 Westmont, IL | 16 / 40 (660.4684) | 15 (166.8228) | 6 (168.5372) | 14 (166.8456) | 24 (158.2628) |
| 2019-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 16 / 43 (672.9596) | 3 (174.2628) | 13 (169.6800) | 18 (166.2284) | 24 (162.7884) |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 9 / 54 (682.2288) | 7 (174.2744) | 3 (178.8572) | 45 (159.4172) | 18 (169.6800) |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC | 10 / 43 (674.1484) | 14 (169.6800) | 9 (169.1316) | 20 (165.6568) | 13 (169.6800) |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | 1 / 30 (699.9656) | 1 (180.0000) | 7 (171.4056) | 2 (175.4172) | 5 (173.1428) |
| 2019-03-08 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | 9 / 67 (688.4912) | 25 (170.8228) | 24 (169.7028) | 16 (173.1200) | 10 (174.8456) |
| 2019-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 18 / 62 (677.0284) | 46 (164.5372) | 14 (171.9656) | 6 (171.4056) | 22 (169.1200) |
| 2019-02-08 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship Little Rock, AR | 39 / 92 (677.0628) | 46 (170.8228) | 5 (177.1544) | 53 (166.8572) | 81 (162.2284) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #715 (186 pts) | #670 (261 pts) | #925 (151 pts) | #877 (141 pts) | #761 (186 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #272 (810 pts) | #254 (910 pts) | #393 (615 pts) | #337 (670 pts) | #338 (675 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #272 (795 pts) | #211 (985 pts) | #289 (845 pts) | #345 (610 pts) | #271 (810 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #690 (253 pts) | #628 (313 pts) | #848 (208 pts) | #693 (268 pts) | #660 (288 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #402 (472 pts) | #339 (607 pts) | #557 (352 pts) | #282 (727 pts) | #460 (427 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #110 (948 pts) | #176 (693 pts) | #106 (983 pts) | #38 (1473 pts) | #164 (703 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #86 (1931 pts) | #40 (2091 pts) | #63 (1914 pts) | #41 (2075 pts) | #119 (1616 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #28 (2478 pts) | #12 (2451 pts) | #20 (2269 pts) | #24 (2303 pts) | #7 (2449 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #45 (2311 pts) | #44 (2143 pts) | #10 (2398 pts) | #13 (2432 pts) | #40 (2212 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #14 (2654 pts) | #3 (2667 pts) | #11 (2487 pts) | #35 (2193 pts) | #74 (2021 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #112 (1953 pts) | #43 (2099 pts) | #85 (1895 pts) | #78 (1899 pts) | #172 (1628 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #270 (1261 pts) | #371 (1009 pts) | #290 (1211 pts) | #134 (1651 pts) | #124 (1797 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #563 (555 pts) | #724 (455 pts) | #552 (600 pts) | #579 (575 pts) | #450 (710 pts) |