Anonymous Q

Anonymous Q is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 37 at the Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (2023). They are ranked #1715 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,715

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1551

peak 1553 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 24, 2020

latest Jun 22, 2024 · 3.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#486

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

38% of 8 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3712 / 720

Master · Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

Perfect 180s

Current form

685.41 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 684.79 (+0.62)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

Consistency

±11.46

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 172.80 · weakest Brisket (169.41)

Road miles

403

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi

Schedule strength

82%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1608)

Purse competed for

$78K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

684.79 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.3712 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3712 at Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 25, 2022

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BLUE EYED BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (Jun 25, 2022).

last seen Jul 24, 2020
back Jun 25, 2022

They cook the hard rooms

1608 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 82% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1608 power rating — a tougher draw than 82% of every rated contest in the data.

6 rated contests

The metronome

±1.59% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.59% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 95.1% of a perfect score
8 contests

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	#978 (110 pts)	#677 (260 pts)	#1317 (60 pts)	#895 (135 pts)	#1082 (90 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#486 (394 pts)	#461 (475 pts)	#463 (521 pts)	#550 (349 pts)	#556 (334 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#804 (182 pts)	#772 (232 pts)	#757 (257 pts)	#1213 (97 pts)	#997 (127 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#590 (155 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#533 (210 pts)	#652 (135 pts)	#670 (125 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Anonymous Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Sugar Hounds

#1,721 of the rated field

1551 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1551

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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Ztop BBQ

#1,722 of the rated field

1551 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1551

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2025

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Wicked Pig

#1,717 of the rated field

1551 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1551

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before Anonymous Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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RODSTARR BBQ

#1,725 of the rated field

1551 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1551

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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Bethlehem Smoke

#1,714 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1552

3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 7, 2019

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PIEDMONT PIT BBQ

#1,724 of the rated field

1551 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1551

They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Anonymous Q's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 9, 2014

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	2	178.8572	164.5484	172.80	top 32%
Pork Ribs	7	3	2	177.7028	166.8688	171.09	top 37%
Pork	6	3	0	175.4172	166.2400	171.31	top 36%
Brisket	6	1	0	172.5600	159.9656	169.41	top 41%

“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)	4	0	top 27%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
DC	3	0	top 32%
PA	3	0	top 31%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle	3	5	0	top 32%	Jun 22, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 5 contests

Contests a season 2 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in DC 5 of 8 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 186 finished ahead 202 times, behind 115

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Jul 24, 2020 → Jun 25, 2022

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

20242 milestones

Jun 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle
Jun 22 Most recent contest Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

20231 milestone

Jun 24 Peak power rating (1553) Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

20221 milestone

Jun 25 Career-best overall score699.3712 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

20204 milestones

Jul 24 First tracked contest Smoke in the Grove
Jul 24 First call Smoke in the Grove
Jul 24 First overall top-10 Smoke in the Grove
Jul 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.6800 Smoke in the Grove

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.7	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle	Jun 25, 2022
+13.6	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	May 19, 2023
+12.4	Smoke in the Grove	Jul 24, 2020
+10	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle	Jun 24, 2023
+7.5	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle	Jun 22, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1)	Jul 28, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	0	100%	top 42%	96%	96%
2023	5	1	60%	top 39%	95.5%	94.3%
2022	1	1	100%	top 16%	97.1%	97.1%
2020	1	1	100%	top 14%	94.7%	94.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 22, 2024	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC	15 / 36 (691.3716)	2 (178.8572)	25 (167.3944)	10 (175.4172)	19 (169.7028)
Jul 28, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	35 / 51 (662.1944)	30 (169.1200)	32 (166.8688)	31 (166.2400)	40 (159.9656)
Jun 24, 2023	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC	11 / 29 (687.9084)	14 (171.9772)	16 (167.9656)	6 (175.4056)	12 (172.5600)
Jun 24, 2023	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Washington, DC	—	5 (174.8572)	—	—	—
Jun 24, 2023	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (ONE MEAT RIBS) Washington, DC	—	—	15 (167.9772)	—	—
May 19, 2023	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	4 / 37 (686.2288)	11 (171.4172)	2 (176.5600)	13 (167.3828)	8 (170.8688)
Jun 25, 2022	Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle 🏅 Washington, DC	5 / 32 (699.3712)	3 (178.8572)	2 (177.7028)	17 (171.4056)	11 (171.4056)
Jul 24, 2020	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	8 / 59 (681.6800)	30 (164.5484)	4 (173.1544)	10 (172)	12 (171.9772)

Anonymous Q

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (7 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

They cook the hard rooms

The metronome

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)