High-water mark
667.8624
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.8624 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
HevyQue
HevyQue is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 16 at the West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026). They finished #225 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Hevy Que”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 21, 2025
latest May 15, 2026 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
33% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.70 · weakest Pork (161.97)
Road miles
43
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
667.86 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
341.65 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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)
The teams rated closest to HevyQue, each with one reason worth a look.
HevyQue has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 110 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,917 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
They were already cooking in 2017, 8 years before HevyQue's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,895 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before HevyQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,896 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with HevyQue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,898 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before HevyQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,899 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before HevyQue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 160 | 167.40 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 164.5372 | 169.11 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 159.9772 | 161.97 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 169.7028 | 169.70 | top 38% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
More numbers
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
444
finished ahead 172 times, behind 288
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First call West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS Contest #2)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1508) West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY)
20254 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score337.6340 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall top-10 Carnivore Carnival (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score667.8624 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.9 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 15, 2026 |
| +2.7 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 21, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 96% | 96% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 93.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (BACKYARD ONLY) Kansas City, MO | 6 / 16 (345.6684) | 3 (175.4056) | 10 (170.2628) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Kansas City, MO | — | — | 10 (164.5372) | — | — |
| May 15, 2026 | West Bottoms Backyard Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS Contest #2) Kansas City, MO | — | — | 4 (173.1200) | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 260 / 401 (667.8624) | 287 (166.2284) | 235 (167.9656) | 310 (163.9656) | 151 (169.7028) |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Carnivore Carnival (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Platte City, MO | 10 / 14 (662.2628) | 12 (160) | — | 11 (159.9772) | — |
| Mar 21, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 16 / 33 (337.6340) | 20 (167.9540) | 16 (169.6800) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.