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Low Eye Que

Low Eye Que is a competition barbecue team with 49 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Shenandoah ShenDig (2025), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #780 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#780
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1630
peak 1633 · rated over 43 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

49
in the data

First seen

Sep 2, 2023
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 3.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#64
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

1
1 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

8
21 podiums

Overall top-10s

18
37% of 49 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 42%
overall standings

Best overall

707.3944 / 720

Perfect 180s

4 🔥

Current form

689.18 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 684.60 (+4.58)

Walk rate

73%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Chicken · Meat Inferno

Consistency

±10.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 172.82 · weakest Brisket (169.56)

Road miles

15,349
across 49 mapped stops · furthest 1,301 mi

Schedule strength

76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)

Purse competed for

$602K
listed at 48 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 43 state-championship entries

Master avg

684.60 / 720
44 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5948 points from the title

Came within 0.5948 points of the Grand Championship at Iowa State BBQ Championship (Apr 4, 2025).

Perfect scores on the board

4 perfect 180s

4 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Chicken ×2
  • Pork Ribs ×2

Against the odds

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Shenandoah ShenDig (Jul 18, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HOT DADDY'S BBQ.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Shenandoah ShenDig.

  • Jul 18, 2025

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 36 of 49 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 49 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

707.3944 career-best overall

98.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 707.3944 at Shenandoah ShenDig — 98.2% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 18, 2025

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 43 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 43 state-championship entries
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The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of Low Eye Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A strong matchup

18–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT DADDY'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 24 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WHEN PIGS DIE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 14% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 14% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.

  • 3 August contests
  • top 42% the rest of the year

The long haul

15,349 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 15,349 miles across 49 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,301 miles to Torry Island BBQ Showdown.

  • 49 mapped stops
  • furthest 1,301 mi

The metronome

±1.50% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.50% 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
  • 49 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Tri City BBQ Fest every year from 2023 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

  • 4 visits in all
  • best finish 6th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #98 (1,369 pts) #47 (1,758 pts) #76 (1,563 pts) #148 (1,074 pts) #118 (1,239 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #64 (1,865 pts) #110 (1,516 pts) #38 (2,035 pts) #118 (1,438 pts) #88 (1,611 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #144 (1,250 pts) #74 (1,635 pts) #212 (1,070 pts) #127 (1,305 pts) #142 (1,250 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Low Eye Que, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Cotton BBQ
#777 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
43
GCs
0
Top-10s
30%
Peak
1630
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to Low Eye Que)

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Cotton BBQ ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

  • rated over 42 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2026
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LAZY BACON BBQ
#776 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
39
GCs
0
Top-10s
31%
Peak
1652
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Low Eye Que)

Careers of much the same size, 39 contests to 49, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 39 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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DOUBLE BARREL BBQ - OK
#785 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
100
GCs
3
Top-10s
37%
Peak
1688
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Low Eye Que)

They've been 1688 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 95 contests
  • last seen Jun 5, 2026
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EPIC BBQ CRU
#783 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
42
GCs
1
Top-10s
43%
Peak
1631

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Low Eye Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 42 contests
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WICHITA SWINEMEN
#781 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
1
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1665

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 46 contests, alongside a 39% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES
#786 of the rated field
1630 power rating
Contests
40
GCs
0
Top-10s
35%
Peak
1636

They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Low Eye Que's first contest.

  • rated over 39 contests
  • last seen Nov 9, 2018
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
TEAM CRAWFORD 30 12 18 40% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 23 2 21 9% ⚔ compare
Bucknutz BBQ 22 18 4 82% ⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE 22 7 15 32% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 20 3 17 15% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 19 4 15 21% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 19 3 16 16% ⚔ compare
SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES 18 8 10 44% ⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX 17 15 2 88% ⚔ compare
BBQ Pit Bros 17 8 9 47% ⚔ compare
HOME FARM BBQ 15 7 8 47% ⚔ compare
Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 14 8 6 57% ⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ 14 8 6 57% ⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72 13 9 4 69% ⚔ compare
Son of a Boar BBQ 13 3 10 23% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 45 23 3 8 180 🔥 163.9656 172.82 top 42%
Pork Ribs 46 19 4 6 180 🔥 157.6456 171.15 top 44%
Pork 44 13 0 3 178.8800 159.9772 170.81 top 49%
Brisket 44 13 1 4 179.4400 157.1200 169.56 top 46%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)50top 31%
Medium (20–39)241top 47%
Large (40+)150top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA191top 42%
FL70top 35%
KS60top 47%
MO40top 35%
NE30top 39%
WI20top 67%
MN10top 70%
GA10top 57%
MT10top 13%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Tri City BBQ Fest 4 6 0 top 54% Sep 18, 2026
Lakeland Pig Festival 3 8 0 top 20% Jan 22, 2026
Shenandoah ShenDig 2 1 1 top 21% Jul 17, 2026
Meat Inferno 2 10 0 top 43% Sep 11, 2026
Iowa State BBQ Championship 2 2 0 top 39% Apr 3, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 135 0 top 51% Nov 5, 2025
Torry Island BBQ Showdown 2 10 0 top 48% Mar 21, 2025
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 2 21 0 top 51% Oct 26, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 18 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 12.3 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IA 20 of 49 contests · 9 states in all
Contests visited 33 8 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 46 entries · 4 wins · 19 calls
First title Jul 18, 2025 Shenandoah ShenDig
Opponents faced 1,253 finished ahead 1,595 times, behind 1,391

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

20262 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1633) Meat Inferno
  2. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20257 milestones
  1. First overall podium Iowa State BBQ Championship
  2. First Reserve Championship Iowa State BBQ Championship
  3. 25th tracked contest Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown
  4. First Grand Championship Shenandoah ShenDig
  5. First state championship Shenandoah ShenDig
  6. Biggest field won (30 teams) Shenandoah ShenDig
  7. Career-best overall score707.3944 Shenandoah ShenDig
20244 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ
  2. First category win (Chicken) Montana Pitmaster Classic
  3. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Montana Pitmaster Classic
  4. 10th tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
20233 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge
  2. First call Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3604 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.8Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipApr 4, 2025
+15.2Shenandoah ShenDigJul 18, 2025
+14.6BBQ & Fly-In on the RiverAug 14, 2026
+13.1Montana Pitmaster ClassicAug 23, 2024
+12.2Lakeland Pig FestivalJan 26, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.5Tri City BBQ FestSep 18, 2026
-11.9Ribs on the RidgeFeb 20, 2026
-10.3Minnesota in MayMay 8, 2026
-9.6Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipApr 3, 2026
-8Atlanta BBQ Store ClassicNov 14, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
202616052 75% top 46% 97.2% 95.4%
202518194 72% top 37% 98.2% 95.4%
202413042 77% top 41% 96.7% 94.8%
20232000 50% top 74% 92.8% 92.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 30, 2026 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 104 / 158 (679.9084) 108 (169.1200) 37 (175.4172) 138 (164.5484) 90 (170.8228)
Sep 25, 2026 Sandhills Smoke Show BBQ 🏅 North Platte, NE 4 / 19 (698.2512) 8 (174.8456) 1 (177.7028) 15 (166.2628) 3 (179.4400)
Sep 18, 2026 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 21 / 26 (678.7084) 8 (174.2628) 20 (168.5256) 18 (170.8228) 19 (165.0972)
Sep 11, 2026 Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS 10 / 33 (689.6112) 1 (180) 8 (173.1084) 16 (170.8228) 22 (165.6800)
Aug 14, 2026 BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO 5 / 83 (699.4172) 2 (179.4400) 32 (173.7144) 31 (172.5600) 14 (173.7028)
Jul 17, 2026 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 11 / 28 (690.1944) 9 (175.4172) 19 (169.6916) 20 (170.8228) 6 (174.2628)
Jul 17, 2026 Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Shenandoah, IA — 10 (169.6912) — — —
Jun 19, 2026 Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 15 / 20 (678.2060) 9 (176) 16 (166.8344) 7 (174.8572) 17 (160.5144)
May 8, 2026 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 54 / 77 (674.1944) 3 (178.2972) 59 (165.6800) 60 (166.2744) 64 (163.9428)
May 8, 2026 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN — — 33 (165.6800) — —
May 1, 2026 SmokeHouse Barbeque Showdown (OPEN FORMAT) (REGISTRATION FULL) 🏅 Cambridge, IA 4 / 17 (692.5372) 21 (166.2628) 4 (175.4172) 6 (175.4400) 6 (175.4172)
Apr 17, 2026 The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL 6 / 41 (699.9772) 10 (175.4400) 2 (178.8572) 16 (173.7028) 16 (171.9772)
Apr 17, 2026 The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL — — 17 (168.5372) — —
Apr 3, 2026 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 31 / 42 (673.1316) 27 (170.8228) 7 (174.8572) 19 (170.3316) 38 (157.1200)
Feb 20, 2026 Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL 24 / 32 (673.6112) 23 (168) 27 (165.0856) 12 (172.5600) 19 (167.9656)
Jan 22, 2026 Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL 12 / 63 (697.6688) 6 (177.7144) 31 (171.9772) 22 (172.5600) 10 (175.4172)
Nov 14, 2025 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA 32 / 56 (684.4800) 45 (167.3828) 6 (176.5716) 30 (170.8456) 31 (169.6800)
Nov 5, 2025 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Nov 5, 2025 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 135 / 401 (684.5140) 201 (170.8112) 239 (167.4172) 164 (171.4400) 60 (174.8456)
Sep 19, 2025 Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 13 / 26 (682.7312) 8 (175.4056) 22 (164.5372) 12 (171.9656) 13 (170.8228)
Sep 5, 2025 Buds Blues and BBQ 🏅 Columbia, MO 3 / 9 (695.9200) 1 (178.8572) 7 (169.6916) 2 (175.4056) 4 (171.9656)
Aug 22, 2025 Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA 4 / 18 (694.8116) 7 (173.7028) 2 (174.8688) 6 (175.4056) 8 (170.8344)
Jul 25, 2025 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 23 / 31 (667.9200) 27 (163.9656) 10 (170.2744) 23 (164.5716) 12 (169.1084)
Jul 18, 2025 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 1 / 30 (707.3944) 2 (178.8572) 1 (180) 13 (173.1084) 5 (175.4288)
Jul 11, 2025 Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown 🏅 Papillion, NE 3 / 24 (688.4568) 12 (169.6684) 1 (176) 6 (174.2628) 11 (168.5256)
Jun 27, 2025 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA 8 / 15 (686.2288) 10 (168.5372) 8 (168.5716) 10 (170.8228) 2 (178.2972)
Jun 20, 2025 Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 11 / 25 (682.7540) 15 (169.6684) 5 (173.1428) 10 (173.1200) 17 (166.8228)
Jun 14, 2025 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 20 / 36 (678.1828) 19 (171.4056) 11 (171.4172) 20 (167.9656) 20 (167.3944)
Jun 13, 2025 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 28 / 36 (663.8516) 24 (165.0972) 16 (168.5488) 24 (167.4056) 31 (162.8000)
May 16, 2025 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 7 / 33 (690.7656) 14 (174.2628) 6 (173.1200) 20 (167.9772) 2 (175.4056)
Apr 11, 2025 Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS 24 / 92 (689.6456) 56 (169.1200) 21 (174.8456) 28 (173.7028) 29 (171.9772)
Apr 4, 2025 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 2 / 49 (693.0512) 19 (171.9656) 7 (174.2628) 9 (173.7028) 10 (173.1200)
Mar 21, 2025 Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL 10 / 26 (679.8972) 5 (175.4056) 1 (180) 15 (162.8228) 16 (161.6688)
Jan 24, 2025 Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL 8 / 40 (702.2396) 21 (172.5484) 6 (177.1428) 7 (177.7028) 12 (174.8456)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 303 / 444 (662.1480) 309 (165.0740) 256 (167.9884) 256 (167.3828) 329 (161.7028)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 26, 2024 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 21 / 56 (685.0400) 7 (176.5600) 4 (175.4172) 54 (162.8000) 22 (170.2628)
Oct 25, 2024 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 34 / 53 (679.3028) 24 (173.1200) 39 (169.1200) 34 (169.6800) 36 (167.3828)
Oct 4, 2024 Meat Inferno 🏅 Edgerton, KS 21 / 38 (680.4684) 26 (171.9656) 25 (170.8228) 10 (176) 29 (161.6800)
Sep 20, 2024 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 6 / 30 (687.9084) 6 (175.4056) 27 (157.6456) 2 (177.1428) 1 (177.7144)
Aug 23, 2024 Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT 5 / 39 (695.9544) 1 (180) 11 (175.4516) 21 (169.6684) 14 (170.8344)
Jul 26, 2024 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 13 / 28 (676.4916) 14 (169.7028) 4 (175.4400) 13 (169.6800) 20 (161.6688)
Jul 19, 2024 Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 8 / 36 (690.7772) 3 (178.8572) 16 (171.9772) 21 (168.5372) 12 (171.4056)
Jul 5, 2024 Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA 9 / 26 (675.9312) 12 (167.9656) 18 (161.6800) 2 (178.8800) 10 (167.4056)
May 17, 2024 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 17 / 36 (678.8456) 3 (178.8572) 30 (163.4172) 20 (168.5828) 17 (167.9884)
Mar 1, 2024 Torry Island BBQ Showdown 🏅 Belle Glade, FL 12 / 21 (685.0284) 4 (177.7028) 15 (167.9772) 9 (173.1200) 13 (166.2284)
Jan 26, 2024 Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL 13 / 61 (694.8228) 41 (170.2628) 27 (172.5716) 14 (174.2856) 5 (177.7028)
Sep 15, 2023 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 21 / 32 (667.9544) 26 (164) 11 (171.4172) 19 (166.2400) 16 (166.2972)
Sep 2, 2023 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE 28 / 34 (663.3604) 4 (175.4172) 33 (160.5488) 33 (159.9772) 18 (167.4172)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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