C4-Que

C4-Que is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Downtown BBQ Showdown (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #738 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#738

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1636

peak 1637 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 27, 2015

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 11.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#830

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

61% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9428 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.24 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 682.17 (-1.93)

Walk rate

94%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±7.29

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.41 · weakest Brisket (168.55)

Road miles

2,817

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 423 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$22K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

682.17 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Happy hunting ground

Top 13% average finish here

Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 13%

They almost always walk

94% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 17 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 94% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.9428 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9428 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 24, 2016

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 18%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 18%

A tough matchup

6–2 behind in the head-to-head

CAJUN BLAZE ahead in 75% of their meetings

CAJUN BLAZE has come out ahead in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

6.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 6.2 years, then back at VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition (Oct 25, 2024).

last seen Aug 17, 2018
back Oct 25, 2024

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Pork nemesis

6 of 9 shared pork entries lost

PLUMB CRAZY Q ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PLUMB CRAZY Q has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

KOKOMO Q has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 19% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 29% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.01% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.01% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.7% of a perfect score
18 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#830 (126 pts)	#976 (116 pts)	#1050 (116 pts)	#1005 (96 pts)	#633 (241 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to C4-Que, each with one reason worth a look.

ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ

#735 of the rated field

1636 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1645

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to C4-Que)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team C4-Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Oct 30, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

BAD BONES BBQ

#736 of the rated field

1636 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1636

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 17, 2019

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VICIOUS SMOKE

#740 of the rated field

1636 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1636

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before C4-Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 35 contests

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Cowboy Q

#734 of the rated field

1636 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 41%
Peak: 1650

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 39 contests to 18.

rated over 38 contests
last seen Jun 6, 2025

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Swine 'N' Roses BBQ

#737 of the rated field

1636 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1716

Their rating is built on 5 Grand Championships in 46 contests, alongside a 59% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 45 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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BILLY RAY BBQ

#739 of the rated field

1636 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1681

Level with C4-Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Mar 20, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
COCHON 225	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
KOKOMO Q	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
PLUMB CRAZY Q	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
LIBERTY BBQ	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
CAJUN BLAZE	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Good Times	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PORK CHOPITOULAS BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Sweet Bayou BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
GRILL DOCTOR'S	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	8	0	2	177.7028	162.8000	171.28	top 37%
Pork Ribs	18	12	0	1	176.5600	160.5372	170.93	top 33%
Pork	18	9	3	5	178.2972	162.7884	171.41	top 33%
Brisket	18	7	0	1	177.7028	159.3828	168.55	top 44%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	12	top 26%
Large (40+)	5	top 32%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
LA	6	top 31%
MS	6	top 16%
AL	4	top 42%
GA	2	top 37%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	3	2	top 13%	Apr 28, 2017
Downtown BBQ Showdown	2	2	top 21%	Aug 17, 2018
Hammond BBQ	2	17	top 37%	Mar 23, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	3	top 25%	Jun 23, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	8	top 37%	May 19, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in LA 6 of 18 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 12 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 352 finished ahead 446 times, behind 172

Longest layoff 6.2 yrs Aug 17, 2018 → Oct 25, 2024

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

20261 milestone

Sep 18 Most recent contest Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff

20241 milestone

Oct 25 Peak power rating (1637) VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition

20171 milestone

Feb 24 10th tracked contest Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL)

20162 milestones

Jun 24 Career-best overall score691.9428 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 24 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20157 milestones

Mar 27 First tracked contest Smokin Blues & BBQ
Mar 27 First call Smokin Blues & BBQ
Mar 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.2800 Smokin Blues & BBQ
May 29 First category win (Pork) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
May 29 First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
May 29 First overall podium Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
May 29 First Reserve Championship Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	May 29, 2015
+15.2	Downtown BBQ Showdown	Oct 9, 2015
+14.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 24, 2016
+12.5	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	Sep 25, 2015
+10.6	Hamond BBQ	Mar 25, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Feb 26, 2016
-1.1	Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff	Sep 18, 2026

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	1	0	100%	top 56%	95%	95%
2024	1	1	0	100%	top 26%	95.9%	95.9%
2018	2	1	1	100%	top 34%	93.7%	93.4%
2017	5	3	0	80%	top 28%	95.4%	94.9%
2016	5	2	1	100%	top 33%	96.1%	94.8%
2015	4	3	1	100%	top 18%	95.6%	94.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbiana, AL	9 / 16 (683.8740)	10 (171.9772)	10 (171.4056)	14 (162.7884)	2 (177.7028)
Oct 25, 2024	VPD Back the Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Vidalia, LA	8 / 31 (690.1940)	3 (177.1428)	13 (173.1200)	12 (171.9656)	16 (167.9656)
Aug 17, 2018	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	10 / 30 (669.6344)	16 (165.1200)	14 (165.0856)	1 (176.0344)	18 (163.3944)
Mar 23, 2018	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	17 / 48 (674.7772)	17 (169.7028)	7 (173.7144)	36 (163.9428)	22 (167.4172)
Jun 23, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Birmingham, AL	11 / 28 (682.7424)	19 (170.8112)	22 (165.6800)	2 (175.4056)	10 (170.8456)
May 19, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	8 / 26 (686.7540)	2 (177.7028)	10 (171.9656)	2 (176)	21 (161.0856)
Apr 28, 2017	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	3 / 27 (685.0396)	11 (169.6684)	5 (173.1428)	11 (169.6800)	5 (172.5484)
Mar 24, 2017	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	21 / 55 (674.7316)	13 (174.2628)	30 (165.6916)	20 (169.6800)	30 (165.0972)
Feb 24, 2017	Bud & BBQ (JUDGING IS FULL) Meridian, MS	4 / 22 (686.7540)	7 (173.1084)	7 (170.8228)	9 (170.2744)	5 (172.5484)
Jul 1, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Marietta, GA	13 / 30 (687.3600)	10 (173.1200)	4 (176.5600)	13 (170.8456)	23 (166.8344)
Jun 24, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Birmingham, AL	3 / 30 (691.9428)	12 (173.7028)	7 (171.9772)	1 (178.2972)	20 (167.9656)
May 27, 2016	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	5 / 25 (683.9656)	4 (171.9884)	3 (174.2628)	13 (166.2972)	5 (171.4172)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	15 / 58 (680.4800)	15 (172)	15 (170.8344)	9 (172.5600)	40 (165.0856)
Feb 26, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	19 / 30 (670.7196)	4 (174.8456)	6 (172.5600)	24 (163.9312)	25 (159.3828)
Oct 9, 2015	Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	2 / 26 (686.8344)	4 (172.0344)	8 (170.8228)	8 (171.9772)	4 (172)
Sep 25, 2015	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	6 / 45 (687.9312)	27 (165.6912)	5 (173.1200)	11 (171.9772)	4 (177.1428)
May 29, 2015	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	2 / 31 (688.0456)	15 (167.4400)	4 (175.4400)	1 (177.1428)	12 (168.0228)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	26 / 56 (667.2800)	43 (162.8000)	37 (160.5372)	5 (176.5600)	22 (167.3828)

C4-Que

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The metronome

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

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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