High-water mark
337.1084
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 337.1084 at Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.6% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Oct 10, 2026
Kingdom Que BBQ
Kingdom Que BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 10 at the Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026). They are ranked #4817 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2024
latest Oct 10, 2026 · 2.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
321.44 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 320.43 (+1.01)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.42
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.54 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.50)
Road miles
510
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 200 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
320.43 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Kingdom Que BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1467
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,790 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Kingdom Que BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,811 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
They were already cooking in 2016, 8 years before Kingdom Que BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Level with Kingdom Que BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,812 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before Kingdom Que BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Reds Backyard BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SadieQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 156.5600 | 164.65 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 143.3828 | 154.50 | top 82% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 168.5372 | 168.54 | top 50% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 90% | Mar 20, 2026 |
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 65% | Jul 11, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
6 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
135
finished ahead 54 times, behind 125
Longest layoff
1.3 yrs
Mar 22, 2024 → Jul 11, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.0744 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score337.1084 Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172 Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20253 milestones
- First call Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2)
- First overall top-10 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2)
- Peak power rating (1498) Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off
20241 milestone
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 11, 2025 |
| +1.4 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 12, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 20, 2026 |
| -11.2 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) | Jul 11, 2025 |
| -8.5 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 10, 2026 |
| -7.6 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 22, 2024 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 79% | 93.6% | 91% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 65% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2026 | Stover Rock Island Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Stover, MO | 9 / 10 (337.1084) | 8 (172) | 10 (165.1084) | 5 (168.5372) | — |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 17 / 36 (329.0744) | 14 (168.5372) | 17 (160.5372) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 33 / 33 (317.0860) | 30 (163.4172) | 33 (153.6688) | — | — |
| Oct 3, 2025 | Gladstone Smokefest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Gladstone, MO | — | — | 17 (146.7884) | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 11 / 36 (311.9888) | 9 (168.6060) | 12 (143.3828) | — | — |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (Backyard 2) Cameron, MO | 10 / 10 (311.9660) | 10 (156.5600) | 10 (155.4060) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 25 / 31 (315.3712) | 25 (158.7768) | 28 (156.5944) | — | — |