High-water mark
334.9028
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 334.9028 at Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.0% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Aug 17, 2024
Rocket Que
Rocket Que is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 10th of 20 at the Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022). They finished #325 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “RocketQue”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2022
latest Aug 17, 2024 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.59
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.28)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
314.99 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 151.4400 | 161.71 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 145.1544 | 153.28 | top 70% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 10 | 0 | top 62% | Aug 17, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
55
finished ahead 36 times, behind 59
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.9028 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score334.9028 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5828 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1502) Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.8 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 20, 2022 |
| +0.3 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 17, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.7 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 19, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 93% | 93% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 87% | 87% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 15 / 26 (334.9028) | 6 (172.5828) | 18 (162.3200) | — | — |
| Aug 19, 2023 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 22 / 32 (313.1428) | 19 (162.2856) | 25 (150.8572) | — | — |
| Aug 20, 2022 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 10 / 20 (315.3140) | 10 (160.5368) | 10 (154.7772) | — | — |
| — | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) Fairbury, IL | 12 / 17 (296.5944) | 10 (151.4400) | 14 (145.1544) | — | — |