High-water mark
344.5372
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 344.5372 at Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 95.7% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Apr 26, 2024
362 Que
362 Que is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 40 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Apr 26, 2024 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.00
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.40 · weakest Pork (161.65)
Road miles
65
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
334.61 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 362 Que, each with one reason worth a look.
362 Que has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 106 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
They turned up 6 years after 362 Que did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with 362 Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before 362 Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before 362 Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,170 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before 362 Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 154.2172 | 167.40 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 162.2516 | 167.21 | top 52% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 161.6456 | 161.65 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
85
finished ahead 47 times, behind 53
Longest layoff
3.4 yrs
Apr 26, 2019 → Sep 16, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score344.5372 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1501) Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20223 milestones
- First call Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score336.5260 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Apr 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) | Apr 26, 2019 |
| -4 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | Sep 16, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 28% | 95.7% | 95.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 78% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2024 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Florence, AL | 11 / 40 (344.5372) | 8 (173.7028) | 17 (170.8344) | — | — |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 14 / 18 (336.5260) | 7 (174.2744) | 15 (162.2516) | — | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 31 / 45 (322.7544) | 42 (154.2172) | 14 (168.5372) | 25 (161.6456) | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2018 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-off Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |