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HalaQyah BBQ NC

Power ranking

#474
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1599
peak 1599

Contests

37
in the data

First seen

2024-04-12
latest 2026-06-19

Best ToY finish

#78
Master 2025

Grand champs

1
0 reserve

Category wins

6
16 podiums

Overall top-10s

15
of 37 contests

Avg finish

top 52%
overall standings

Best overall

700.5144

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

693.28 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 678.64 (+14.64)

Walk rate

76%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

4
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±14.28
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 170.75 · weakest Brisket (168.57)

Road miles

6058
mi across 37 mapped stops · furthest 388 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Bowmans Butt & BBQ has finished one call ahead of HalaQyah BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 20 of their 26 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival.

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 30% across 3 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival (2025-05-16) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN.

Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 36 13 1 4 180.0000 🔥 155.3716 169.94 top 53%
Pork Ribs 36 11 1 3 177.1544 159.3828 169.44 top 52%
Pork 35 19 3 7 178.8572 157.0512 170.75 top 46%
Brisket 35 13 1 2 177.7028 152.4800 168.57 top 55%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NC160top 58%
VA90top 62%
TN51top 17%
GA40top 45%
WV10top 55%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)70top 64%
Medium (20–39)211top 49%
Large (40+)70top 46%

The story so far

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

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026901 700.5144 686.83
20251614 698.2400 685.89
20241201 678.7084 664.19

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-19 BBQ for Bravery Alcoa, TN 4 / 19 (700.5144) 4 (177.7144) 12 (171.9772) 10 (173.1200) 1 (177.7028)
2026-05-15 Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN 10 / 33 (687.8740) 16 (171.9656) 5 (175.4172) 25 (165.0856) 4 (175.4056)
2026-05-08 20th Annual Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 11 / 42 (693.6112) 11 (175.4056) 17 (170.8344) 23 (170.8112) 7 (176.5600)
2026-05-01 Bear-B-Q New Bern, NC 10 / 26 (686.7196) 14 (170.8112) 17 (167.3828) 14 (170.8228) 3 (177.7028)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 20 / 125 (697.6568) 43 (174.2628) 31 (174.2628) 34 (174.8456) 30 (174.2856)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN 27 (174.2744)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 52 (167.3828)
2026-03-06 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA 34 / 44 (665.5312) 29 (169.6684) 38 (165.0972) 37 (161.6572) 26 (169.1084)
2026-02-27 Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC 22 / 33 (675.9204) 26 (168.5488) 16 (170.8688) 20 (169.1200) 28 (167.3828)
2025-11-14 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA 29 / 56 (686.7312) 42 (168.5256) 33 (171.9772) 33 (170.8228) 9 (175.4056)
2025-10-24 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown Rocky Mount, NC 18 / 45 (681.6344) 13 (173.1200) 30 (163.9544) 1 (178.2972) 27 (166.2628)
2025-09-26 Fire in the Foothills King, NC 9 / 25 (683.8972) 4 (174.2744) 3 (175.4172) 9 (170.8228) 18 (163.3828)
2025-09-19 Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC 5 / 36 (691.3600) 9 (172.0000) 7 (173.1200) 6 (174.2744) 15 (171.9656)
2025-08-09 Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) Doswell, VA 4 / 25 (690.2400) 2 (179.4400) 24 (161.0972) 8 (175.4056) 4 (174.2972)
2025-08-08 Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) Doswell, VA 15 / 25 (681.6804) 19 (168.5716) 14 (168.0116) 2 (177.7144) 16 (167.3828)
2025-07-25 Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA 6 / 37 (688.4684) 5 (174.8572) 20 (167.3828) 2 (175.4056) 21 (170.8228)
2025-07-18 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA 25 / 34 (673.0744) 32 (155.3716) 18 (169.1428) 1 (177.7028) 16 (170.8572)
2025-06-20 Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 4 / 26 (698.2400) 4 (175.4172) 8 (175.4400) 1 (178.8572) 13 (168.5256)
2025-06-06 WV Coalfields Cookoff WV KCBS State Championship Welch, WV 6 / 11 (679.9204) 7 (166.2516) 4 (171.9888) 6 (173.7028) 7 (167.9772)
2025-05-16 Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN 1 / 33 (694.7656) 3 (176.5600) 9 (171.9772) 9 (173.1084) 9 (173.1200)
2025-05-09 Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off Waynesboro, GA 11 / 42 (686.7312) 5 (177.7028) 3 (176.5600) 18 (169.6800) 29 (162.7884)
2025-04-26 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) Williamsburg, VA 8 / 16 (693.6804) 8 (174.8572) 11 (173.1200) 6 (172.5716) 5 (173.1316)
2025-04-25 Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) Williamsburg, VA 12 / 20 (675.9540) 11 (171.4284) 11 (168.5600) 2 (176.5600) 19 (159.4056)
2025-03-28 Smokin' in the Pines Carthage, NC 6 / 22 (685.6344) 1 (180.0000) 8 (173.7144) 14 (166.2516) 15 (165.6684)
2025-02-28 Mission Farms - King of the Farm Iron Station, NC 10 / 26 (682.1832) 3 (174.2744) 18 (167.3944) 2 (177.7144) 24 (162.8000)
2024-11-08 Currituck Bulls and BBQ Powells Point, NC 10 / 16 (675.3028) 11 (169.6800) 12 (163.9772) 9 (169.6800) 9 (171.9656)
2024-10-26 Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Roseland, VA 10 / 11 (674.2292) 11 (166.2516) 1 (177.1544) 8 (169.7144) 10 (161.1088)
2024-10-25 Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Roseland, VA 13 / 13 (647.7944) 13 (157.0744) 13 (159.3828) 11 (162.8000) 10 (168.5372)
2024-10-11 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC 14 / 26 (675.3028) 15 (167.9656) 11 (169.6916) 8 (173.1200) 17 (164.5256)
2024-09-20 Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC 28 / 33 (664.3884) 28 (166.2400) 14 (168.5372) 32 (157.0512) 17 (172.5600)
2024-09-13 Clayton BBQ Challenge Clayton, NC 21 / 27 (668.4800) 20 (166.2628) 12 (171.4288) 19 (169.1200) 25 (161.6684)
2024-08-30 Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC 15 / 28 (678.7084) 22 (165.0856) 4 (173.1316) 5 (174.2628) 20 (166.2284)
2024-07-19 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA 27 / 31 (654.7316) 29 (158.8228) 9 (172.5716) 28 (160.5256) 27 (162.8116)
2024-05-17 Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival Ayden, NC 12 / 18 (666.1372) 7 (171.9772) 15 (161.6572) 5 (170.8228) 14 (161.6800)
2024-05-04 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC 31 / 35 (669.6232) 35 (158.2400) 33 (166.2744) 24 (169.6916) 8 (175.4172)
2024-05-03 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC 39 / 45 (657.5772) 39 (162.8228) 36 (163.3944) 40 (162.2284) 28 (169.1316)
2024-04-12 Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC 23 / 25 (638.0456) 22 (162.2628) 23 (160.5144) 21 (162.7884) 23 (152.4800)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #109 (861 pts) #120 (831 pts) #142 (826 pts) #169 (616 pts) #44 (1191 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #78 (1758 pts) #32 (2038 pts) #113 (1574 pts) #10 (2333 pts) #144 (1293 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #263 (836 pts) #279 (841 pts) #147 (1267 pts) #184 (1066 pts) #238 (920 pts)

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