CARVER'S Q

CARVER'S Q is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 9th of 65 at the New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (2014). They are ranked #2964 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,964

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1507

peak 1521 · rated over 19 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 4, 2013

latest Jul 13, 2024 · 10.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#867

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

16% of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0632 / 720

Master · Que for the Troops

Perfect 180s

Current form

647.05 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 631.59 (+15.46)

Walk rate

32%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Chicken · Que for the Troops

Consistency

±18.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.02 · weakest Brisket (154.51)

Road miles

1,251

across 19 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Purse competed for

$45K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

631.59 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

665.0632 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0632 at Que for the Troops — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 2, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SWINE AND CHEESE has finished one call ahead of CARVER'S Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.50 points below their pork, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 154.51
Pork avg 163.02
2 calls in 19 entries

A strong matchup

11–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Fire Ants BBQ in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

3.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.1 years, then back at New Holland Summer Fest (Aug 26, 2022).

last seen Jul 12, 2019
back Aug 26, 2022

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Nice Racks has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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A July team

Top 40% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 40% across 8 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

8 July contests
top 54% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 9th

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#1168 (80 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#922 (120 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#1011 (120 pts)	#1118 (120 pts)	#989 (120 pts)	#887 (160 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1291 (65 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1220 (95 pts)	#936 (145 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1223 (195 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1159 (240 pts)	#1265 (205 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1323 (195 pts)	#1201 (270 pts)	#1032 (350 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1690 (135 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1614 (155 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#867 (385 pts)	#1034 (330 pts)	#995 (345 pts)	#604 (640 pts)	#1043 (310 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1970 (75 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#2043 (75 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CARVER'S Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Jarheadbbq

#2,946 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CARVER'S Q)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CARVER'S Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN TIME

#2,971 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

4–1 in 5 shared contests (80% to CARVER'S Q)

Fewer contests behind them than CARVER'S Q has cooked, 9 to 19, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

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ELI'S PIT CREW

#2,959 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1509

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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SMOKE ON THE PRAIRIE

#2,962 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1510

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2022
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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A GUY, A GIRL, AND HIS MEAT

#2,974 of the rated field

1506 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1516

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before CARVER'S Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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BIG DOG BBQ CANADA

#2,949 of the rated field

1507 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1513

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Palm tree smokehouse	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
Fire Ants BBQ	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
B'S QUE	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
Nice Racks	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
SWINE AND CHEESE	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Smoke or be Smoked	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
Tom Tom Bob A Que	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	1	0	173.1200	142.8568	157.75	top 62%
Pork Ribs	19	2	0	169.1772	139.3944	156.31	top 56%
Pork	19	2	1	169.7028	153.6572	163.02	top 34%
Brisket	19	2	0	172.5716	137.6800	154.51	top 55%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 86%
Large (40+)	18	0	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
PA	11	0	top 63%
NJ	8	0	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	8	9	top 40%	Jul 13, 2024
Que for the Troops	3	10	top 45%	Jun 1, 2018
Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition	2	37	top 75%	May 6, 2016
Keystone Classic Barbeque	2	39	top 73%	Oct 3, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 11 of 19 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 8 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 415 finished ahead 539 times, behind 586

Longest layoff 3.1 yrs Jul 12, 2019 → Aug 26, 2022

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

20241 milestone

Jul 13 Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20221 milestone

Aug 26 Peak power rating (1521) New Holland Summer Fest

20173 milestones

Jun 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0632 Que for the Troops
Jun 2 Career-best overall score665.0632 Que for the Troops
Jun 2 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 Que for the Troops

20161 milestone

Jul 8 10th tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20142 milestones

Jun 6 First call Que for the Troops
Jul 11 First overall top-10 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20131 milestone

Oct 4 First tracked contest Keystone Classic Barbeque

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	Que for the Troops	Jun 2, 2017
+13.1	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 11, 2014
+12.3	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 14, 2018
+5.6	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 12, 2019
+4.4	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 7, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 19, 2023
-7.1	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 3, 2014
-6.2	Keystone Classic Barbeque	Oct 4, 2013
-5.9	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition	May 6, 2016
-4.8	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition	May 9, 2014

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0%	top 55%	90.1%	90.1%
2023	2	0	0%	top 72%	89.2%	88.5%
2022	1	0	100%	top 49%	91.7%	91.7%
2019	1	0	0%	top 34%	90.4%	90.4%
2018	2	1	50%	top 37%	90.3%	89.4%
2017	2	1	100%	top 28%	92.4%	90%
2016	3	0	0%	top 67%	86.4%	86.1%
2015	2	0	0%	top 58%	87.2%	87.2%
2014	4	1	50%	top 55%	88.8%	85.8%
2013	1	0	0%	top 71%	82.7%	82.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 13, 2024	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	34 / 62 (649.0056)	21 (168)	56 (151.3484)	38 (160.5372)	13 (169.1200)
Jul 14, 2023	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	37 / 64 (642.1256)	37 (162.2628)	49 (153.0972)	28 (164.5256)	26 (162.2400)
May 19, 2023	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	32 / 37 (632.9256)	31 (157.0856)	29 (156.5144)	34 (153.6572)	17 (165.6684)
Aug 26, 2022	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	24 / 49 (660.4572)	40 (161.0856)	36 (159.4172)	18 (167.3828)	9 (172.5716)
Jul 12, 2019	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	22 / 64 (650.7428)	17 (167.4056)	27 (159.4060)	14 (168.5256)	41 (155.4056)
Jul 14, 2018	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	10 / 64 (650.1256)	31 (157.6456)	25 (159.9656)	14 (165.6800)	9 (166.8344)
Jun 1, 2018	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	35 / 61 (637.5884)	49 (153.6684)	45 (153.6916)	12 (166.8228)	26 (163.4056)
Jul 7, 2017	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	27 / 67 (630.2400)	31 (160.5600)	6 (164.0116)	11 (164.6172)	54 (141.0512)
Jun 2, 2017	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	10 / 63 (665.0632)	4 (173.1200)	6 (169.1772)	15 (166.2516)	35 (156.5144)
Jul 8, 2016	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	33 / 65 (616.9600)	45 (152)	43 (150.8000)	25 (157.6572)	27 (156.5028)
Jun 3, 2016	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	47 / 67 (622.1716)	56 (153.1200)	53 (153.1200)	14 (163.3944)	42 (152.5372)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	37 / 47 (621.0400)	37 (157.1200)	47 (139.3944)	18 (163.4056)	24 (161.1200)
Jul 10, 2015	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	36 / 65 (627.3140)	51 (154.2628)	26 (163.4056)	18 (161.6800)	41 (147.9656)
May 8, 2015	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	35 / 57 (627.9316)	22 (164.0116)	34 (154.2400)	26 (157.7372)	36 (151.9428)
Oct 3, 2014	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	40 / 53 (612.9828)	40 (152.5256)	17 (163.9772)	27 (158.8000)	48 (137.6800)
Jul 11, 2014	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	9 / 65 (639.4288)	19 (160.0344)	28 (155.4400)	5 (168.5716)	23 (155.3828)
Jun 6, 2014	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	40 / 65 (617.6568)	51 (151.4056)	24 (156.6056)	3 (169.7028)	57 (139.9428)
May 9, 2014	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA	38 / 54 (601.0516)	44 (149.0744)	29 (150.8344)	17 (160.0228)	46 (141.1200)
Oct 4, 2013	Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA	39 / 55 (595.3940)	51 (142.8568)	30 (155.4172)	25 (158.3428)	45 (138.7772)

CARVER'S Q

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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