A tough matchup
7–0
behind in the head-to-head
Que's Your Daddy? ahead in 100% of their meetings
Que's Your Daddy? has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
De La 'Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1480
peak 1480 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2022-08-20
latest 2026-08-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
305.42 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 307.70 (-2.28)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.90
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.75)
Road miles
2
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
307.70 / 360
7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−6.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.20 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 43%.
- Pork Ribs avg 150.75
- Chicken avg 156.95
- 0 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of P-Ridge Smoke in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
A standing appointment
5
years running at one contest
They've cooked Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
- 7 visits in all
- best finish 13th
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.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with De La 'Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4113 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4119 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before De La 'Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4114 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before De La 'Que's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4083 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before De La 'Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouth 2 Mouth | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| I'd Smoke That | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Que's Your Daddy? | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pork Dorks | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKLANDIA | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| P-Ridge Smoke | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Brass Monkey BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Floyd | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BoriBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BAD WOLVES | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Stone Cold Grillers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 136.5372 | 156.95 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 146.2400 | 150.75 | top 71% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 | 13 | 0 | top 63% | 2026-08-15 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2026-08-15
Busiest season
—
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.75)
Walk rate
43%
a top-10 call in 3 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 7 contests
Backyard average
307.70
out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
94–156 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,080
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2023-09-16
Power rating
1480
peak 1480 · #4098 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1499) Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Career-best overall score321.1316 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2026-08-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-05 |
| -7.8 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-08-24 |
| -4.7 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-09-16 |
| -1.1 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-08-20 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 57% | 87.6% | 83.7% |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 15 / 30 (321.1316) | 22 (157.1316) | 14 (164.0000) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 31 / 38 (302.7656) | 27 (155.3828) | 33 (147.3828) | — | — |
| 2024-08-24 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 28 / 36 (300.4344) | 28 (150.1944) | 29 (150.2400) | — | — |
| 2023-09-16 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 23 / 35 (317.7028) | 4 (171.4172) | 32 (146.2856) | — | — |
| 2022-08-20 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 22 / 41 (309.0972) | 9 (162.8572) | 33 (146.2400) | — | — |
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 13 / 38 (315.3828) | 5 (165.1312) | 22 (150.2516) | — | — | |
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 31 / 39 (287.3716) | 37 (136.5372) | 22 (150.8344) | — | — |