THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1363

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1573

peak 1573 · rated over 26 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-04-01

latest 2025-03-28

Best ToY finish

#297

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 29 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

690.8112 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

674.75 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.35 (+16.40)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2

Consistency

±35.49

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.99 · weakest Chicken (165.39)

Road miles

6,248

mi across 29 mapped stops · furthest 593 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$400K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

658.35 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 11% average finish here

Humble BBQ Cook Off is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 12th
average top 11%

High-water mark

690.8112 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.8112 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-10-30

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 35%

A tough matchup

19–5 behind in the head-to-head

LA PASADITA ahead in 79% of their meetings

LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 19 of their 24 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAPPO'S BBQ in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

16 of 24 shared pork entries lost

LA PASADITA ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LA PASADITA has out-cooked them in 16 of 24 shared pork entries.

An April team

Top 30% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 30% across 5 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

5 April contests
top 46% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,248 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,248 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 593 miles to American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides.

29 mapped stops
furthest 593 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

38 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

WELL SAUCED BBQ

#1367 of the rated field

1572 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1587

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 56 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

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SMOKIN DAN

#1366 of the rated field

1572 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 79
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1632

4–3 in 7 shared contests (57% to THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE)

They've been 1632 at their best, 60 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 79 contests
last seen 2023-05-20

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THE BBQ SHERPAS

#1365 of the rated field

1572 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1579

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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THE SMOKING SECTION - NY

#1359 of the rated field

1573 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1573

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE has cooked, 17 to 29, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-04-06

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Smokin Through The Night

#1360 of the rated field

1573 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1621

No shared contest yet.

44 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 39% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 44 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

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Nuts & Butts

#1364 of the rated field

1573 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1583

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-04-25

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	24	5	19	21%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
TEXAS WARPIG BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
XTREME TEXAS COOKERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	4	0	1	180.0000 🔥	154.2284	165.39	top 49%
Pork Ribs	27	2	0	0	175.4056	155.3828	165.63	top 50%
Pork	27	5	0	1	177.1772	138.2628	167.99	top 36%
Brisket	27	4	1	3	176.5600	146.7888	165.48	top 41%

“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	Avg finish
TX	19	top 41%
KS	4	top 45%
OK	4	top 70%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	26	0	top 45%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	4	10	top 29%	2022-04-01
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	3	11	top 33%	2025-03-28
Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	9	top 51%	2019-08-30
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2	42	top 65%	2024-09-13
Humble BBQ Cook Off	2	12	top 11%	2021-01-29
Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2	28	top 55%	2019-02-01
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	116	top 54%	2018-09-15

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9 yrs 2016-04-01 → 2025-03-28

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 10 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 19 of 29 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 27 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.99 · weakest Chicken (165.39)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 11 of 29 contests

Overall top-10 rate 7% 2 of 29 contests

Master average 658.35 out of 720 · 27 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,828 1,840–1,393 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,248 29 mapped stops · furthest 593 mi

Schedule strength 1562 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests

Purse competed for $399,750 listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 17 state-championship entries

Power rating 1573 peak 1573 · #1363 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2016
Apr 1 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ
Apr 1 First call Cedar Fest BBQ
2017
Sep 2 First category win (Brisket) *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 2 First overall top-10 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Sep 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.5372 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
2019
Feb 1 10th tracked contest Humble Rodeo and BBQ
2020
Oct 24 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2
2024
Apr 5 25th tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Oct 30 Career-best overall score690.8112 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
2025
Mar 28 Peak power rating (1573) Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Mar 28 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.3	Humble BBQ Cook off	2020-01-31
+12	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2024-10-30
+11.7	Humble BBQ Cook Off	2021-01-29
+10	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2017-09-02
+9.8	*Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2018-04-06

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.8	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2018-02-02
-7.7	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2023-09-08
-6.8	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1	2020-09-18
-5.6	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2024-09-13
-4.3	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2018-08-31

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	100%	top 38%	93.9%	93.9%
2024	4	0	0	25%	top 35%	95.9%	94%
2023	4	0	0	0%	top 54%	93.8%	92.2%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 38%	93.9%	93.9%
2021	2	1	0	100%	top 17%	94.3%	93.2%
2020	5	0	0	60%	top 58%	95%	93.2%
2019	3	0	0	0%	top 41%	91.4%	91.3%
2018	6	0	0	33%	top 58%	93.7%	87.8%
2017	2	1	1	50%	top 34%	92.3%	90.3%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 28%	88.9%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-03-28	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	18 / 48 (675.8512)	4 (175.4056)	18 (169.6800)	8 (174.2628)	31 (156.5028)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	72 / 444 (690.8112)	156 (172.0000)	70 (175.4056)	140 (171.4400)	104 (171.9656)
2024-09-13	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	42 / 67 (661.5996)	39 (166.8456)	56 (161.0856)	37 (166.8456)	27 (166.8228)
2024-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	11 / 40 (678.1484)	5 (171.9656)	9 (174.2628)	18 (167.3828)	19 (164.5372)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	283 / 487 (667.3368)	398 (159.9656)	209 (170.2628)	106 (173.1316)	311 (163.9768)
2023-09-08	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	67 / 99 (649.1084)	75 (158.2856)	56 (165.7144)	43 (168.5600)	69 (156.5484)
2023-03-31	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	20 / 57 (675.2912)	19 (169.1200)	18 (171.9656)	26 (166.2400)	19 (167.9656)
2022-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	21 / 56 (675.8512)	11 (173.1200)	29 (165.0856)	23 (166.8228)	11 (170.8228)
2021-06-04	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	10 / 48 (679.3028)	14 (169.6800)	14 (169.6800)	12 (170.8344)	6 (169.1084)
2021-01-29	Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX	14 / 113 (663.3828)	27 (163.9428)	9 (171.4628)	14 (169.7028)	40 (158.2744)
2020-10-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	43 / 58 (673.0512)	2 (180.0000)	50 (164.5256)	50 (163.4056)	43 (165.1200)
2020-10-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	49 / 64 (667.9428)	56 (165.1428)	34 (168.5372)	28 (173.1428)	51 (161.1200)
2020-09-19	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	22 / 56 (683.9084)	33 (171.9772)	40 (166.8228)	3 (176.0000)	31 (169.1084)
2020-09-18	The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	50 / 56 (661.0396)	41 (165.7028)	55 (157.6684)	36 (168.5600)	32 (169.1084)
2020-01-31	Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX	12 / 117 (669.6456)	9 (172.0000)	14 (169.7256)	7 (173.1200)	55 (154.8000)
2019-08-30	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	38 / 58 (656.5484)	46 (160.0000)	39 (164.5600)	33 (166.8228)	31 (165.1656)
2019-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	22 / 61 (657.0628)	28 (163.4284)	31 (162.8228)	24 (165.6800)	21 (165.1316)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	28 / 126 (658.2168)	57 (159.9312)	75 (155.9884)	19 (169.7372)	11 (172.5600)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	172 / 467 (669.7260)	234 (166.2972)	338 (160.5372)	19 (177.1772)	191 (165.7144)
2018-09-14	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	116 / 164 (674.8112)	152 (161.6684)	136 (163.4400)	33 (174.8456)	41 (174.8572)
2018-08-31	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	51 / 74 (648.4800)	28 (166.8572)	44 (161.1200)	8 (172.5828)	68 (147.9200)
2018-04-06	*Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	15 / 69 (670.7656)	45 (157.6800)	17 (169.7028)	23 (166.8228)	2 (176.5600)
2018-02-16	*Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	25 / 38 (635.8512)	35 (154.2284)	17 (169.6684)	20 (165.1656)	34 (146.7888)
2018-02-02	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	126 / 145 (491.3368)	—	86 (155.3828)	50 (164.5368)	12 (171.4172)
2017-09-02	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	9 / 46 (664.5372)	29 (157.6800)	27 (161.1316)	6 (169.7028)	1 (176.0228)
2017-02-03	*Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX	65 / 136 (635.8968)	81 (154.8228)	65 (162.2628)	83 (154.8456)	46 (163.9656)
2016-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	19 / 67 (640.0460)	16 (162.3200)	20 (163.4288)	64 (138.2628)	3 (176.0344)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#642 (250 pts)	#614 (305 pts)	#695 (265 pts)	#738 (215 pts)	#747 (210 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#1011 (120 pts)	#1118 (120 pts)	#989 (120 pts)	#989 (120 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1227 (80 pts)	#1017 (130 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1312 (70 pts)	#986 (130 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#621 (250 pts)	#824 (175 pts)	#658 (260 pts)	#666 (240 pts)	#692 (235 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#297 (380 pts)	#211 (585 pts)	#355 (355 pts)	#216 (580 pts)	#394 (300 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1182 (195 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1285 (180 pts)	#1196 (215 pts)	#1044 (270 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#796 (410 pts)	#1013 (300 pts)	#807 (440 pts)	#703 (520 pts)	#583 (625 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1292 (205 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1296 (235 pts)	#1016 (345 pts)