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DEAD ON Q

DEAD ON Q is a competition barbecue team with 46 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 6th of 43 at the Que by the Sea (2017). They are ranked #4374 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,374
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1475
peak 1529 · rated over 46 contests

Contests

46
in the data

First seen

Jun 3, 2016
latest Oct 19, 2024 · 8.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#367
Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
7 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
4% of 46 contests

Avg finish

top 59%
overall standings

Best overall

672.5028 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

659.75 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 646.05 (+13.71)

Walk rate

59%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4288
Pork Ribs · Que for the Troops

Consistency

±16.41
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 163.61 · weakest Pork (159.36)

Road miles

3,462
across 46 mapped stops · furthest 125 mi

Schedule strength

52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)

Purse competed for

$150K
listed at 23 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 25 state-championship entries

Master avg

646.05 / 720
46 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Que for the Troops is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 7th
  • average top 18%

High-water mark

672.5028 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.5028 at New Holland Summer Fest — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 23, 2019

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

BEER TIME BBQ has finished one call ahead of DEAD ON Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 42%.

  • 6 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 42%

A tough matchup

39–1 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 98% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 39 of their 40 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.25 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 9% of the time against 17%.

  • Pork avg 159.36
  • Chicken avg 163.61
  • 4 calls in 46 entries

A strong matchup

14–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 74% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE in 14 of their 19 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

30 of 40 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 30 of 40 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Big D's BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 32% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 32% across 3 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

  • 3 June contests
  • top 59% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,462 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,462 miles across 46 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 125 miles to Boo-B-Que.

  • 46 mapped stops
  • furthest 125 mi

The metronome

±2.28% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.28% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 89.7% of a perfect score
  • 46 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship every year from 2021 to 2024 — the contest they never miss.

  • 7 visits in all
  • best finish 14th

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2024 ↗ Master #644 (249 pts) #586 (329 pts) #718 (254 pts) #632 (284 pts) #609 (299 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #945 (135 pts) #924 (160 pts) #670 (320 pts) #839 (185 pts) #1021 (120 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #367 (519 pts) #374 (539 pts) #323 (634 pts) #382 (519 pts) #262 (754 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #528 (627 pts) #545 (637 pts) #250 (1,122 pts) #526 (657 pts) #389 (847 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #571 (620 pts) #390 (910 pts) #453 (820 pts) #675 (545 pts) #524 (705 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #665 (577 pts) #678 (597 pts) #582 (692 pts) #550 (717 pts) #891 (422 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1067 (298 pts) #903 (408 pts) #729 (553 pts) #966 (388 pts) #1111 (298 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DEAD ON Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BROKEBACK BBQ
#4,380 of the rated field
1475 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1475
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to DEAD ON Q)

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

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Jun 2, 2017
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DESIGNATED SMOKIN' AREA
#4,381 of the rated field
1475 power rating
Contests
36
GCs
0
Top-10s
8%
Peak
1523

They've been 1523 at their best, 48 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 36 contests
  • last seen Oct 6, 2017
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THIS BUTT'S FOR YOU - OLATHE, KS
#4,350 of the rated field
1476 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
3%
Peak
1516

Careers of much the same size, 33 contests to 46, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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YOU GONNA LIKE IT
#4,367 of the rated field
1476 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
6%
Peak
1512

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before DEAD ON Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 33 contests
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RIVERSIDE SMOKE
#4,344 of the rated field
1476 power rating
Contests
29
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1528

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

  • rated over 29 contests
  • last seen Jul 11, 2024
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BANGIN' BBQ
#4,395 of the rated field
1475 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1532

Level with DEAD ON Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 27 contests
  • last seen Apr 7, 2023
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit 40 1 39 3% ⚔ compare
POPPA Q-BBQ 28 8 20 29% ⚔ compare
DANTE'S INFERNO 26 6 20 23% ⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue 24 1 23 4% ⚔ compare
DIG'N N PIG'N 23 6 17 26% ⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS 22 4 18 18% ⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING 22 3 19 14% ⚔ compare
BOGGS HOG BBQ 21 5 16 24% ⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE 19 14 5 74% ⚔ compare
TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ 19 14 5 74% ⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ 18 7 11 39% ⚔ compare
Piggin' Whiskey 18 4 14 22% ⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ 18 3 15 17% ⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ 18 1 17 6% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ 17 7 10 41% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 46 8 0 1 173.1200 147.8972 163.61 top 55%
Pork Ribs 46 13 1 5 175.4288 141.6344 163.29 top 45%
Pork 46 4 0 1 171.9772 139.9884 159.36 top 62%
Brisket 46 8 0 0 174.2628 129.0284 159.79 top 53%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)170top 69%
Large (40+)290top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
PA260top 56%
NJ180top 62%
DE20top 72%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 7 14 0 top 65% Oct 4, 2024
New Holland Summer Fest 5 12 0 top 39% Aug 26, 2022
The Ironman 4 14 0 top 49% Apr 7, 2023
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 4 26 0 top 65% May 14, 2021
Que by the Sea 3 6 0 top 53% Sep 22, 2018
Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 2 19 0 top 76% Oct 19, 2024
Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 2 17 0 top 66% Oct 22, 2022
Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 2 15 0 top 62% Oct 21, 2022
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 2 22 0 top 54% Apr 23, 2022
New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 2 17 0 top 49% Apr 22, 2022
Pit at the Park 2 21 0 top 86% Aug 3, 2018
Que for the Troops 2 7 0 top 18% Jun 1, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 9 contests
Contests a season 5.8 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in PA 26 of 46 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 21 12 of them more than once
Opponents faced 612 finished ahead 914 times, behind 1,264
Longest layoff 1.5 yrs Oct 18, 2019 → Apr 23, 2021

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

20241 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20192 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score672.5028 New Holland Summer Fest
  2. 25th tracked contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship
20181 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1529) New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL)
20173 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.2912 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
  2. First overall top-10 Que for the Troops
  3. 10th tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
20164 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Que for the Troops
  2. First call Que for the Troops
  3. First category win (Pork Ribs) Que for the Troops
  4. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4288 Que for the Troops

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.1Que for the TroopsJun 2, 2017
+14.1Que by the SeaSep 22, 2017
+12.4New Holland Summer FestAug 23, 2019
+10.4Que for the TroopsJun 1, 2018
+10.2The IronmanApr 6, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-9.2Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)Oct 19, 2024
-9Pit at the ParkAug 4, 2017
-7.5Pit at the ParkAug 3, 2018
-6.8Boo-B-QueOct 19, 2018
-6.7Twin Valley Fire And SmokeMay 18, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20243000 100% top 71% 92.5% 91.8%
20232000 100% top 48% 91.7% 91.3%
20226000 83% top 56% 93.1% 91.7%
20217000 43% top 63% 92.1% 90.1%
20199000 56% top 63% 93.4% 89.1%
20188000 63% top 55% 93% 88.9%
20176020 33% top 42% 93.2% 90.5%
20165001 40% top 70% 87.6% 86.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 19, 2024 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ 22 / 26 (659.8864) 17 (170.8344) 24 (159.3944) 10 (170.2744) 21 (159.3832)
Oct 18, 2024 Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ 19 / 28 (657.6116) 10 (171.9772) 25 (156.5028) 18 (163.9772) 17 (165.1544)
Oct 4, 2024 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 15 / 25 (666.1256) 13 (168.5256) 8 (167.9772) 21 (161.6572) 9 (167.9656)
Oct 6, 2023 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 14 / 28 (654.6972) 10 (168.5372) 18 (160.5256) 21 (158.2400) 6 (167.3944)
Apr 7, 2023 The Ironman 🏅 Greencastle, PA 14 / 30 (660.4344) 22 (161.6456) 5 (170.8688) 28 (154.2172) 5 (173.7028)
Oct 22, 2022 Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ 17 / 27 (657.0744) 21 (159.9888) 13 (165.7028) 14 (165.7144) 15 (165.6684)
Oct 21, 2022 Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ 15 / 29 (667.3144) 25 (161.6572) 3 (172.5716) 15 (168) 14 (165.0856)
Oct 7, 2022 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 20 / 26 (640.9712) 24 (150.7656) 9 (167.9772) 16 (164.5372) 17 (157.6912)
Aug 26, 2022 New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA 18 / 49 (670.2400) 28 (165.7372) 29 (165.1200) 21 (165.1200) 6 (174.2628)
Apr 23, 2022 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 22 / 41 (665.6572) 17 (173.1200) 5 (173.1544) 12 (170.8684) 41 (148.5144)
Apr 22, 2022 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 27 / 48 (659.3144) 25 (168.5600) 10 (170.8228) 33 (163.9428) 37 (155.9888)
Oct 23, 2021 Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ 26 / 31 (653.0172) 24 (163.9888) 17 (164.5600) 26 (158.8000) 18 (165.6684)
Oct 22, 2021 Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES Jackson, NJ 20 / 31 (650.1720) 11 (168.5716) 22 (159.3716) 21 (163.9544) 22 (158.2744)
Oct 8, 2021 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 18 / 27 (644.4344) 19 (162.2628) 14 (161.0972) 8 (169.1544) 21 (151.9200)
Aug 27, 2021 New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA 30 / 44 (630.2056) 29 (159.4172) 21 (158.2628) 33 (157.1200) 32 (155.4056)
May 14, 2021 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA 29 / 46 (638.0800) 44 (147.9200) 19 (163.3944) 26 (160.5256) 7 (166.2400)
Apr 24, 2021 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 2-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 22 / 40 (662.8120) 25 (166.8344) 20 (166.2744) 30 (162.2972) 13 (167.4060)
Apr 23, 2021 New Jersey KnoQ-out: Day 1-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 17 / 40 (662.8004) 19 (168.0116) 16 (166.8572) 28 (157.0972) 6 (170.8344)
Oct 18, 2019 Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE 42 / 63 (630.0916) 55 (151.9200) 42 (156.5144) 40 (157.7144) 23 (163.9428)
Oct 12, 2019 Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ 21 / 30 (646.7316) 20 (159.9428) 6 (166.8688) 26 (153.6800) 12 (166.2400)
Oct 11, 2019 Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ 23 / 32 (635.8968) 25 (159.9656) 6 (168.5828) 30 (145.6800) 20 (161.6684)
Oct 4, 2019 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 26 / 36 (646.1600) 28 (157.6572) 5 (171.4172) 32 (147.9428) 6 (169.1428)
Aug 23, 2019 New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA 12 / 65 (672.5028) 24 (166.2512) 23 (167.4400) 5 (171.9772) 20 (166.8344)
May 17, 2019 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA 30 / 44 (635.3252) 24 (162.7884) 20 (163.4400) 39 (147.9312) 24 (161.1656)
Apr 27, 2019 New Jersey KnoQ-out CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Blairstown, NJ 31 / 43 (629.5084) 17 (166.8344) 43 (142.8000) 34 (151.3600) 11 (168.5140)
Apr 5, 2019 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 30 / 42 (635.2688) 19 (165.0972) 2 (170.8572) 39 (150.2056) 36 (149.1088)
Mar 8, 2019 Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ 36 / 66 (642.8000) 40 (159.4056) 37 (158.8572) 35 (161.6456) 33 (162.8916)
Oct 19, 2018 Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE 57 / 73 (614.6056) 53 (157.0972) 70 (141.6344) 68 (146.7312) 17 (169.1428)
Oct 5, 2018 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 21 / 42 (645.6228) 9 (169.1200) 30 (156) 30 (156.5372) 13 (163.9656)
Sep 22, 2018 Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ 30 / 43 (629.5540) 18 (163.3828) 3 (170.8800) 35 (154.8228) 40 (140.4684)
Aug 24, 2018 New Holland Summer Fest (JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA 22 / 71 (648.5028) 3 (172.5716) 24 (163.9656) 43 (155.9656) 39 (156)
Aug 3, 2018 Pit at the Park Macungie, PA 21 / 25 (627.2456) 8 (166.2400) 16 (159.9656) 14 (159.3944) 24 (141.6456)
Jun 1, 2018 Que for the Troops Levittown, PA 15 / 61 (655.8856) 25 (165.1200) 12 (164.5372) 34 (157.6684) 8 (168.5600)
May 18, 2018 Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA 37 / 47 (628.4228) 37 (159.9312) 36 (157.6572) 44 (148.5600) 25 (162.2744)
Apr 6, 2018 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 16 / 60 (669.6456) 15 (169.6800) 13 (166.8228) 21 (165.1656) 18 (167.9772)
Sep 22, 2017 Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ 6 / 43 (670.8116) 6 (172.0116) 2 (172) 20 (160.5372) 12 (166.2628)
Aug 25, 2017 New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA 28 / 69 (650.7312) 37 (162.2400) 27 (162.8112) 18 (164) 32 (161.6800)
Aug 4, 2017 Pit at the Park Macungie, PA 28 / 32 (634.8004) 23 (162.2972) 13 (166.2744) 28 (152.5484) 27 (153.6804)
Jun 2, 2017 Que for the Troops Levittown, PA 7 / 63 (669.1656) 6 (172) 12 (165.7256) 3 (171.4400) 30 (160)
May 19, 2017 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA 26 / 53 (651.2912) 40 (162.2628) 38 (158.8344) 13 (169.1200) 28 (161.0740)
Mar 31, 2017 The Ironman Greencastle, PA 31 / 59 (633.5084) 53 (147.8972) 23 (162.2628) 12 (166.8228) 36 (156.5256)
Oct 7, 2016 Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA 37 / 47 (629.6684) 27 (165.1428) 41 (154.2972) 17 (166.2856) 41 (143.9428)
Sep 17, 2016 Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ 33 / 44 (611.3028) 24 (160.5600) 20 (160) 16 (161.7144) 42 (129.0284)
Sep 10, 2016 Philadelphia's Inaugural Fire Up HOPE Devon, PA 26 / 33 (626.2516) 7 (171.4400) 24 (159.4172) 24 (156.5600) 33 (138.8344)
Jul 8, 2016 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ 37 / 65 (615.2112) 28 (157.0628) 35 (155.3944) 37 (153.1084) 37 (149.6456)
Jun 3, 2016 Que for the Troops Levittown, PA 40 / 67 (630.7544) 35 (161.6800) 1 (175.4288) 66 (139.9884) 41 (153.6572)

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