A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
LADY OF Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
CHICKS WITH PITS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1417
peak 1417 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2024-05-31
Best ToY finish
#1182
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.48 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 606.14 (-2.66)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.70 · weakest Chicken (148.58)
Road miles
164
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
606.14 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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 weak link
−8.1
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.12 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 148.58
- Pork Ribs avg 156.70
- 1 calls in 8 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Little Big Smoke in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5 years, then back at Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival (2024-05-31).
- last seen 2019-05-31
- back 2024-05-31
Pork Ribs nemesis
8 of 8
shared pork ribs entries lost
LADY OF Q ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, LADY OF Q has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.
The metronome
±2.39%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 84.2% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
26 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 18
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to CHICKS WITH PITS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CHICKS WITH PITS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#6187 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6195 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6190 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1417
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#6191 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
No shared contest yet.
Level with CHICKS WITH PITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6193 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1417
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before CHICKS WITH PITS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LADY OF Q | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE HOUND BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin it Up BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Sharpe's Woodshed | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG RED BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| J&C BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Porterhouse BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ZZYZX BAR.B.Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DG FIREHOUSE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4628 | 97.9772 | 148.58 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1432 | 149.7028 | 156.70 | top 84% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 133.0972 | 151.82 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7144 | 136.5260 | 149.04 | top 85% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 93% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 3 | 48 | 0 | top 96% | 2019-05-31 |
| Horse Town Brew B Que Festival | 2 | 52 | 0 | top 92% | 2018-06-01 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2024-05-31
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
5
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.70 · weakest Chicken (148.58)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 1 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
606.14
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
243
30–433 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
164
8 mapped stops · furthest 39 mi
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$18,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5 yrs
2019-05-31 → 2024-05-31
Power rating
1417
peak 1417 · #6189 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1487) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- 2016
- First call Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Career-best overall score621.1316 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4628 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- 2024
- Most recent contest Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2015-05-29 |
| -11.2 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2019-05-31 |
| -10.3 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| -9.8 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2016-06-03 |
| -9.8 | *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) | 2017-06-02 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 78.8% | 78.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85% | 84.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 91% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.7% | 84.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-31 | Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 37 / 39 (620.5488) | 27 (161.7372) | 38 (149.7028) | 36 (156.5716) | 35 (152.5372) |
| 2019-05-31 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA | 48 / 49 (567.0284) | 49 (97.9772) | 44 (153.6800) | 42 (154.2284) | 24 (161.1428) |
| 2018-07-13 | 9th Annual Vista BBQ Classic(JUDGES FULL) Vista, CA | 35 / 37 (602.7544) | 37 (143.3944) | 32 (155.9772) | 37 (151.9428) | 34 (151.4400) |
| 2018-06-01 | Horse Town Brew B Que Festival Norco, CA | 53 / 57 (611.8288) | 55 (149.0744) | 49 (158.8456) | 36 (167.3828) | 57 (136.5260) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Horse Town Brew B Que Festival( Judges Full) Norco, CA | 52 / 57 (615.2348) | 53 (152.4916) | 36 (165.1432) | 51 (155.9656) | 54 (141.6344) |
| 2016-06-03 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 53 / 58 (621.1316) | 7 (175.4628) | 53 (150.8572) | 57 (133.0972) | 38 (161.7144) |
| 2015-10-02 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 66 / 75 (617.0056) | 62 (158.2856) | 65 (156.5372) | 62 (155.9428) | 69 (146.2400) |
| 2015-05-29 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 73 / 75 (593.6004) | 72 (150.2400) | 53 (162.8572) | 75 (139.3944) | 73 (141.1088) |
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 | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #1649 (165 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |