Tom Tom Bob A Que

Tom Tom Bob A Que is a competition barbecue team with 40 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 7th of 53 at the Hudson Valley Ribfest (2019). They are ranked #4445 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,445

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 39 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 11, 2014

latest Jul 13, 2024 · 10 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1168

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

8% of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

674.7200 / 720

Master · Smokin in McMinnville

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 625.68 (+16.67)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Chicken · New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

Consistency

±22.60

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.98 · weakest Pork (154.58)

Road miles

6,920

across 40 mapped stops · furthest 674 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$66K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

625.68 / 720

39 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

674.7200 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.7200 at Smokin in McMinnville — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 11, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Hot Rod's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Tom Tom Bob A Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2019 their best year

2019 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 40%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 40%

A tough matchup

23–0 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 23 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.4 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.40 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 8%.

Pork avg 154.58
Chicken avg 160.98
5 calls in 39 entries

A strong matchup

10–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BIG BAD WOLVES in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at New Jersey State BBQ Championship (Jul 9, 2021).

last seen Oct 18, 2019
back Jul 9, 2021

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Chicken nemesis

15 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 15 of 23 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Rub Me Tender BBQ Team has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 52% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 52% across 5 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 63% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,920 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,920 miles across 40 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 674 miles to Smokin in McMinnville.

40 mapped stops
furthest 674 mi

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.

9 visits in all
best finish 16th

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)	#1242 (60 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1145 (105 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1168 (95 pts)	#1034 (125 pts)	#960 (170 pts)	#1312 (70 pts)	#1238 (84 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1314 (165 pts)	#1459 (145 pts)	#1420 (150 pts)	#1453 (145 pts)	#1465 (135 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2017 (95 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2181 (65 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1657 (148 pts)	#1465 (198 pts)	#1711 (148 pts)	#1728 (148 pts)	#1716 (148 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Tom Tom Bob A Que, each with one reason worth a look.

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

HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM

#4,444 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1503

4–8 in 12 shared contests (33% to Tom Tom Bob A Que)

These two have cooked 12 of the same contests — HONEY BEARS BBQ TEAM ahead 8–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jul 13, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

Rub Me Tender BBQ Team

#4,472 of the rated field

1473 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1473

4–0 in 4 shared contests (100% to Tom Tom Bob A Que)

Fewer contests behind them than Tom Tom Bob A Que has cooked, 6 to 40, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

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Smoke Wurx BBQ

#4,447 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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HEY GOOD BUDDY BARBECUE TEAM

#4,429 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Tom Tom Bob A Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 23 contests

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RICH AND STU'S VOODOO BBQ

#4,443 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1502

22 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Apr 29, 2022

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BLUE MIST BBQ

#4,466 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1474

They turned up 7 years after Tom Tom Bob A Que did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2026
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	21	5	16	24%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
SMOKOPOLIS BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
SIR-PORK'S-ALOT BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
FINN'S FINEST BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
Hot Rod's BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ GURU	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
RIBS WITHIN	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
DANTE'S INFERNO	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
POPPA Q-BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	39	3	1	1	176.5600	143.4056	160.98	top 54%
Pork Ribs	40	3	0	1	172.5600	135.3488	155.30	top 63%
Pork	39	5	0	2	170.8572	137.0856	154.58	top 67%
Brisket	39	2	0	0	173.1084	130.2856	154.77	top 57%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 74%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 72%
Large (40+)	30	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	19	top 60%
DE	6	top 71%
NY	4	top 49%
PA	3	top 72%
TN	2	top 67%
VA	2	top 63%
MD	2	top 74%
SC	1	top 63%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	9	16	top 56%	Jul 13, 2024
Que by the Sea	5	10	top 55%	Sep 22, 2018
Hudson Valley Ribfest	3	7	top 46%	Aug 16, 2019
Boo-B-Que	2	41	top 71%	Oct 19, 2018
BBQ Jamboree	2	30	top 63%	May 13, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 10 contests

Contests a season 4 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 20 of 40 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 23 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 40 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Opponents faced 802 finished ahead 759 times, behind 1,289

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Oct 18, 2019 → Jul 9, 2021

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

20241 milestone

Jul 13 Most recent contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20182 milestones

Jul 14 First category win (Chicken) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 14 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 New Jersey State Barbecue Championship

20173 milestones

Aug 11 25th tracked contest Smokin in McMinnville
Aug 11 Career-best overall score674.7200 Smokin in McMinnville
Aug 25 First overall top-10 The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest

20161 milestone

May 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5028 Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition

20151 milestone

Aug 14 10th tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

20143 milestones

Jul 11 First tracked contest New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Jul 11 Peak power rating (1497) New Jersey State Barbecue Championship
Oct 10 First call 4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14	Que by the Sea	Sep 22, 2018
+12.1	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 16, 2019
+10.7	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 12, 2019
+9.2	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition	May 6, 2016
+8.7	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 9, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Jul 10, 2015
-9.7	Boo-B-Que	Oct 18, 2019
-9.1	Que for the Troops	Jun 3, 2016
-7.7	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Oct 21, 2022
-7.7	Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park	Jun 27, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	0	0%	top 65%	89%	89%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	86.4%	86.4%
2022	3	0	0	0%	top 54%	92.8%	91.8%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 56%	87%	87%
2019	3	1	0	0%	top 40%	92.1%	89.3%
2018	3	1	1	67%	top 48%	90.8%	88.6%
2017	5	1	0	40%	top 59%	93.7%	89%
2016	9	0	0	33%	top 68%	92.4%	86.6%
2015	10	0	0	40%	top 71%	88.8%	84.8%
2014	4	0	0	25%	top 66%	86.6%	85%

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	40 / 62 (641.0056)	40 (162.2284)	49 (153.6916)	28 (163.9656)	32 (161.1200)
Jul 14, 2023	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	48 / 64 (622.0688)	16 (169.7028)	60 (143.8972)	63 (146.7888)	28 (161.6800)
Oct 22, 2022	Red White & Que - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night Jackson, NJ	—	—	11 (153.1084)	—	—
Oct 21, 2022	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	23 / 29 (654.1488)	13 (170.2628)	23 (160.5488)	24 (162.2400)	19 (161.0972)
Jul 9, 2022	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	18 / 61 (667.8628)	12 (171.9772)	13 (169.6800)	23 (165.6800)	31 (160.5256)
Jul 9, 2021	New Jersey State BBQ Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	33 / 59 (626.6972)	13 (168)	43 (149.6228)	40 (155.3944)	32 (153.6800)
Oct 18, 2019	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	52 / 63 (610.0576)	24 (166.2400)	58 (148.5028)	49 (154.2288)	57 (141.0860)
Aug 16, 2019	Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY	7 / 53 (662.8576)	32 (161.7028)	12 (167.9772)	34 (158.2628)	37 (154.2860)
Jul 12, 2019	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 🏅 North Wildwood, NJ	16 / 64 (656.4568)	21 (166.2284)	19 (162.2628)	20 (166.8228)	22 (161.1428)
Oct 19, 2018	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	41 / 73 (645.5200)	13 (169.6800)	39 (161.0856)	67 (146.7772)	23 (167.9772)
Sep 22, 2018	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	10 / 43 (653.5888)	29 (159.3600)	16 (161.6800)	4 (170.8572)	13 (161.6916)
Jul 14, 2018	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	42 / 64 (614.0916)	1 (176.5600)	57 (144.4916)	60 (137.0856)	26 (155.9544)
Oct 20, 2017	Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE	59 / 69 (615.1888)	20 (169.1200)	58 (150.2172)	57 (151.9544)	60 (143.8972)
Sep 22, 2017	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	21 / 43 (647.3144)	31 (159.9544)	11 (166.8344)	30 (155.9428)	14 (164.5828)
Aug 25, 2017	The Great Catskill MTN BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY	10 / 17 (631.3144)	15 (159.3944)	13 (144.5028)	3 (169.7600)	9 (157.6572)
Aug 11, 2017	Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	23 / 35 (674.7200)	27 (165.6800)	15 (171.9888)	28 (163.9428)	11 (173.1084)
Jul 7, 2017	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	24 / 67 (634.6976)	9 (168.5372)	56 (146.2288)	37 (155.3944)	16 (164.5372)
Sep 24, 2016	Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ	25 / 41 (628.5144)	28 (157.7028)	34 (147.9544)	8 (166.8800)	22 (155.9772)
Sep 17, 2016	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	32 / 44 (613.5316)	21 (162.8000)	27 (153.6916)	41 (138.2400)	19 (158.8000)
Aug 19, 2016	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	31 / 52 (628.4796)	20 (166.8800)	37 (151.9312)	36 (151.4284)	28 (158.2400)
Jul 8, 2016	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	38 / 65 (614.6856)	37 (154.8228)	5 (169.6684)	50 (148.5944)	48 (141.6000)
Jun 24, 2016	Big BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	21 / 31 (665.5540)	27 (160.5256)	11 (172.5600)	26 (162.7884)	12 (169.6800)
Jun 3, 2016	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	60 / 67 (610.2056)	66 (144.5828)	36 (160.5372)	62 (147.4400)	33 (157.6456)
May 13, 2016	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	57 / 72 (607.2572)	46 (157.7028)	46 (158.2172)	65 (148.5484)	66 (142.7888)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	18 / 47 (652.5028)	16 (166.8344)	30 (157.7028)	5 (170.2856)	31 (157.6800)
Apr 8, 2016	Triple Threat BBQ, Beer and Music Festval Harrington, DE	66 / 75 (589.5428)	41 (158.8344)	62 (146.8116)	75 (139.9768)	62 (143.9200)
Oct 30, 2015	Boo B Que By the Sea Rehobeth Beach, DE	25 / 59 (639.2684)	41 (155.3828)	3 (170.2856)	19 (161.6572)	38 (151.9428)
Oct 9, 2015	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ	38 / 46 (591.7372)	42 (143.9200)	44 (135.3488)	23 (162.8000)	26 (149.6684)
Sep 26, 2015	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	28 / 35 (596.3656)	7 (166.2628)	34 (137.0628)	31 (145.0856)	21 (147.9544)
Sep 19, 2015	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	23 / 41 (623.8972)	16 (160.6172)	25 (155.3828)	39 (145.6572)	12 (162.2400)
Aug 14, 2015	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	37 / 57 (605.6000)	51 (143.4056)	37 (154.2400)	51 (142.2628)	5 (165.6916)
Jul 10, 2015	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	60 / 65 (576.5256)	52 (154.2512)	55 (147.3944)	58 (144.5944)	60 (130.2856)
Jun 27, 2015	Ribs & Rides BBQ Festival at Dorney Park Allentown, PA	15 / 17 (604.4572)	17 (153.6456)	11 (155.3944)	15 (156.5600)	17 (138.8572)
May 29, 2015	Pig & A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD	27 / 32 (619.2456)	32 (148.4684)	27 (150.7772)	3 (168.0228)	23 (151.9772)
May 8, 2015	BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA	30 / 65 (634.7656)	18 (166.2856)	55 (149.0972)	26 (159.9884)	24 (159.3944)
Apr 10, 2015	Triple Threat BBQ Beer and Music Festival Harrington, DE	71 / 99 (615.3260)	54 (160)	54 (157.6572)	93 (138.8344)	49 (158.8344)
Nov 14, 2014	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC	19 / 30 (623.7712)	23 (153.6456)	18 (159.3828)	20 (155.9428)	19 (154.8000)
Oct 10, 2014	4th Annual High Point BBQ Battle Clarksburg, MD	16 / 25 (614.1140)	17 (157.1200)	8 (163.9656)	20 (147.9656)	21 (145.0628)
Sep 20, 2014	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	36 / 48 (607.1768)	15 (164.5256)	28 (154.8228)	46 (146.7656)	41 (141.0628)
Jul 11, 2014	New Jersey State Barbecue Championship North Wildwood, NJ	40 / 65 (602.1256)	31 (155.4056)	52 (145.6228)	34 (153.1544)	40 (147.9428)

Tom Tom Bob A Que

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 (12 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)