O' Town Que

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1517

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1563

peak 1571 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-10-01

latest 2024-07-26

Best ToY finish

#333

Master 2023

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 42%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8456 / 720

Master · Lake Views & BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

686.10 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 685.33 (+0.77)

Walk rate

84%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Lake Views & BBQ

Consistency

±8.31

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.50 · weakest Brisket (168.97)

Road miles

2,096

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 206 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$179K

listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

685.33 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

408.83 / 360

7 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.

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Storylines (12 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 heartbreaker

0.5484 points from the title

Came within 0.5484 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin on the Route (2022-07-29).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

84% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 84% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.8456 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8456 at Lake Views & BBQ — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-04-05

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Too Sauced BBQ has finished one call ahead of O' Town Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 32%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 32%

A tough matchup

8–3 behind in the head-to-head

WOOD HOOK BBQ ahead in 73% of their meetings

WOOD HOOK BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CEO BBQ in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

12 of 13 shared pork ribs entries lost

BULL IN THE RING ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BULL IN THE RING has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SUPER SWINE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Boom or bust

±16.09% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±16.09% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 102.0% of a perfect score
best 143.2%

A May team

Top 29% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 29% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 42% the rest of the year

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.

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

QUE'S YER DADDY

#1516 of the rated field

1563 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1572

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

DR. ALAN'S BBQ

#1510 of the rated field

1563 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1582

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before O' Town Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Meat Machine BBQ

#1508 of the rated field

1563 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2023-08-25

⚔ Head-to-head

HEAVENLY HAWGS GA

#1512 of the rated field

1563 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1570

No shared contest yet.

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 26% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2017-04-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Tame the Flame BBQ

#1511 of the rated field

1563 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1563

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

LIL WILL'S LONE STAR QUE

#1521 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before O' Town Que's first contest.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2019-04-05

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BULL IN THE RING	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
CEO BBQ	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
HOLLOW Q	11	5	5	45%	⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
The Smokin Goat	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SUPER SWINE	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Fine As* Swine BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
MUNNY'S STOVE	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Petie's Smokin Pits BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BURNIN' SANDS BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Smoked & Furious	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Compete BBQ Team	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	10	2	3	180.0000 🔥	162.2628	171.01	top 43%
Pork Ribs	19	11	1	4	178.8572	158.8000	171.50	top 37%
Pork	15	5	0	1	177.7028	151.9544	170.03	top 49%
Brisket	12	5	0	1	174.2628	162.8344	168.97	top 51%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OK	13	top 42%
KS	4	top 38%
MO	2	top 54%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 31%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 46%
Large (40+)	1	top 33%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin on the Route	3	2	top 46%	2024-07-26
Lake Views & BBQ	2	3	top 26%	2024-04-05
Smoke on the River	2	2	top 54%	2023-09-01
Que' For a Cause	2	13	top 69%	2023-08-04
City of Springs BBQ Championship	2	4	top 31%	2023-05-12

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.8 yrs 2021-10-01 → 2024-07-26

Busiest season 2022 9 contests

Contests a season 4.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OK 13 of 19 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 19 entries · 2 wins · 10 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 171.50 · weakest Brisket (168.97)

Walk rate 84% a top-10 call in 16 of 19 contests

Overall top-10 rate 47% 9 of 19 contests

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests

Master average 685.33 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Backyard average 408.83 out of 360 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 266 324–260 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,096 19 mapped stops · furthest 206 mi

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests

Purse competed for $179,105 listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 13 state-championship entries

Power rating 1563 peak 1571 · #1517 of 6,413 rated

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

2021
Oct 1 First tracked contest Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD)
Oct 1 First call Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD)
Oct 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score485.0284 Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD)
2022
May 6 First overall top-10 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
Jun 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jun 10 First overall podium Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
Jul 29 First Reserve Championship Smokin on the Route
Oct 8 10th tracked contest Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2
2023
May 12 Peak power rating (1571) City of Springs BBQ Championship
2024
Apr 5 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Lake Views & BBQ
Apr 5 Career-best overall score702.8456 Lake Views & BBQ
Jul 26 Most recent contest Smokin on the Route

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Smokin on the Route	2022-07-29
+13	Lake Views & BBQ	2024-04-05
+12.7	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest	2022-06-10
+10.7	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	2022-05-06
+9.8	City of Springs BBQ Championship	2022-05-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.4	Que' For a Cause	2023-08-04
-7.9	Smokin on the Route	2023-07-28
-5.8	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1	2022-10-07
-4.4	Smoke on the River	2023-09-01
-3.9	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD)	2021-10-01

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	3	1	1	100%	top 32%	97.6%	96.5%
2023	6	1	0	67%	top 57%	95.7%	94.5%
2022	9	7	2	89%	top 33%	143.2%	105.1%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 65%	134.7%	134.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-07-26	Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK	13 / 27 (690.7772)	11 (174.8456)	13 (173.1316)	8 (177.7028)	20 (165.0972)
2024-06-07	Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	14 / 43 (690.7768)	17 (173.1084)	28 (166.2628)	10 (177.1428)	7 (174.2628)
2024-04-05	Lake Views & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	3 / 21 (702.8456)	1 (180.0000)	2 (178.8572)	3 (176.5944)	16 (167.3940)
2023-09-01	Smoke on the River 🏅 Burlington, KS	15 / 20 (670.2056)	18 (164.5256)	6 (174.8572)	18 (160.0000)	9 (170.8228)
2023-08-04	Que' For a Cause Tahlequah, OK	26 / 36 (675.8972)	21 (170.2744)	19 (169.6800)	30 (164.5256)	21 (171.4172)
2023-07-28	Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK	23 / 29 (676.4112)	7 (173.1200)	12 (171.9772)	25 (166.2400)	24 (165.0740)
2023-06-09	Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO	16 / 30 (679.8624)	15 (170.2628)	13 (171.9656)	14 (170.8228)	20 (166.8112)
2023-05-12	City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	4 / 16 (689.0284)	5 (173.1200)	3 (176.5600)	15 (166.2284)	3 (173.1200)
2023-03-31	Lake Views & BBQ (formerly Beats, Brew & BBQ) 🏅 Wagoner, OK	11 / 29 (689.0400)	25 (166.2400)	11 (174.2744)	6 (174.2628)	6 (174.2628)
2022-10-08	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 Tahlequah, OK	9 / 32 (515.3484)	6 (176.5600)	16 (169.1200)	13 (169.6684)	—
2022-10-07	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 Tahlequah, OK	20 / 32 (499.8740)	16 (166.8112)	30 (158.8000)	11 (174.2628)	—
2022-09-16	Smoke on the River (BACKYARD ONLY) Burlington, KS	2 / 6 (342.2400)	3 (171.4172)	2 (170.8228)	—	—
2022-09-09	Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO	7 / 13 (336.5256)	12 (162.2628)	4 (174.2628)	—	—
2022-07-29	Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK	2 / 19 (337.6688)	1 (171.4172)	4 (166.2516)	—	—
2022-06-10	Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS	3 / 29 (345.1084)	7 (169.1084)	1 (176.0000)	—	—
2022-05-20	City of Springs BBQ Championship 🏅 Sulphur, OK	9 / 25 (686.1828)	9 (171.9772)	8 (170.8228)	11 (173.1200)	10 (170.2628)
2022-05-06	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK	10 / 38 (687.9200)	16 (170.8228)	4 (177.7028)	5 (176.5600)	22 (162.8344)
2022-04-01	Beats, Brews, & BBQ 🏅 Wagoner, OK	11 / 30 (685.0168)	6 (175.4172)	8 (171.9656)	11 (171.4056)	18 (166.2284)
2021-10-01	Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Tahlequah, OK	13 / 20 (485.0284)	9 (167.9656)	9 (165.1084)	17 (151.9544)	—

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#446 (448 pts)	#445 (493 pts)	#546 (418 pts)	#424 (503 pts)	#571 (333 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#333 (634 pts)	#351 (644 pts)	#305 (824 pts)	#378 (564 pts)	#307 (734 pts)
2022 ↗	Backyard	—	#41 (885 pts)	#34 (970 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#516 (395 pts)	#531 (410 pts)	#488 (505 pts)	#507 (430 pts)	#659 (290 pts)
2021 ↗	Backyard	—	#179 (130 pts)	#182 (130 pts)	—	—