High-water mark
667.9432
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.9432 at 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 15, 2024
Haven't Got A Q
Haven't Got A Q is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 36th of 58 at the 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship (2024). They finished #878 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 7, 2023
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 1.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.43
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.64 · weakest Pork (157.09)
Road miles
77
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$108K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.35 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 158.2628 | 165.33 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 158.2284 | 166.64 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 150.7656 | 157.09 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 147.9544 | 161.29 | top 59% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
521
finished ahead 164 times, behind 438
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20245 milestones
- First call 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9432 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score667.9432 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Spring
- Peak power rating (1492) Smoke in the Spring
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Smoke in the Spring | Apr 7, 2023 |
| -2.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
| -0.1 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship | Mar 15, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 66% | 92.8% | 92.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 314 / 444 (659.8284) | 177 (171.4172) | 108 (173.7028) | 422 (150.7656) | 292 (163.9428) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 36 / 58 (667.9432) | 40 (166.3088) | 34 (167.9772) | 50 (161.6800) | 9 (171.9772) |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS | 91 / 103 (623.2800) | 89 (158.2628) | 89 (158.2284) | 90 (158.8344) | 99 (147.9544) |