High-water mark
675.3488
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.3488 at 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-08-20
Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-08-20
latest 2024-07-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.06
last 3 Master vs avg 669.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.03 · weakest Brisket (161.50)
Road miles
185
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
669.06 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
J&C BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
J&C BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DND BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Blue's Q's BBQ and Catering's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0116 | 167.3828 | 171.03 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 166.2400 | 169.30 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 165.6800 | 167.23 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 150.8116 | 161.50 | top 69% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2024-07-06
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.03 · weakest Brisket (161.50)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
669.06
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
31–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
185
3 mapped stops · furthest 185 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$60,400
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- First call 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3488 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score675.3488 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0116 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1498) 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- 2024
- Most recent contest 2024 Icebox Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff | 2024-07-06 |
| -1.7 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | 2022-08-20 |
| -1.7 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition | 2023-08-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-06 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 30 / 37 (670.7656) | 27 (167.3828) | 23 (168.5372) | 30 (165.6800) | 18 (169.1656) |
| 2023-08-19 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 18 / 30 (661.0744) | 14 (169.7028) | 6 (173.1200) | 20 (167.4400) | 27 (150.8116) |
| 2022-08-20 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 17 / 29 (675.3488) | 7 (176.0116) | 20 (166.2400) | 17 (168.5600) | 20 (164.5372) |