Low Eye Que IA
Rating
1592
peak 1615
Contests
42
in the data
First seen
2023-09-02
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#64
Master 2025
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
6
17 podiums
Overall top-10s
15
of 42 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
683.61
last 5 vs career avg 683.85 (-0.24)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.98
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.48 · weakest Brisket (169.25)
Road miles
14175
mi across 42 mapped stops · furthest 1301 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
WHEN PIGS DIE has finished one call ahead of Low Eye Que 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smoke N Poke BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 20 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 15 of their 19 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5948 points of the Grand Championship at Iowa State BBQ Championship (2025-04-04).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at Shenandoah ShenDig.
📅 A January team
Something about January: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Shenandoah ShenDig (2025-07-18) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HOT DADDY'S BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 38 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 180.0000 🔥 | 163.9656 | 172.48 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 40 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6456 | 170.87 | top 44% |
| Pork | 38 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 178.8800 | 159.9772 | 171.05 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 178.2972 | 157.1200 | 169.25 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IA | 17 | 1 | top 40% |
| FL | 7 | 0 | top 35% |
| KS | 4 | 0 | top 46% |
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 45% |
| NE | 2 | 0 | top 47% |
| WI | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| MN | 1 | 0 | top 70% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 33% |
| Medium (20–39) | 21 | 1 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 13 | 0 | top 39% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (18 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IA (17 of 42 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (40 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Shenandoah ShenDig (2025-07-18)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 683.85
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 699.9772 | 684.19 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 707.3944 | 686.64 |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 695.9544 | 682.73 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 667.9544 | 665.66 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA | 15 / 20 (678.2060) | 9 (176.0000) | 16 (166.8344) | 7 (174.8572) | 17 (160.5144) |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 54 / 77 (674.1944) | 3 (178.2972) | 59 (165.6800) | 60 (166.2744) | 64 (163.9428) |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN | — | — | 33 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | 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) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown Lake City, FL | 6 / 41 (699.9772) | 10 (175.4400) | 2 (178.8572) | 16 (173.7028) | 16 (171.9772) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lake City, FL | — | — | 17 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2026-04-03 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 31 / 42 (673.1316) | 27 (170.8228) | 7 (174.8572) | 19 (170.3316) | 38 (157.1200) |
| 2026-02-20 | Ribs on the Ridge Haines City, FL | 24 / 32 (673.6112) | 23 (168.0000) | 27 (165.0856) | 12 (172.5600) | 19 (167.9656) |
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 12 / 63 (697.6688) | 6 (177.7144) | 31 (171.9772) | 22 (172.5600) | 10 (175.4172) |
| 2025-11-14 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic Cumming, GA | 32 / 56 (684.4800) | 45 (167.3828) | 6 (176.5716) | 30 (170.8456) | 31 (169.6800) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | 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) |
| 2025-09-19 | Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 13 / 26 (682.7312) | 8 (175.4056) | 22 (164.5372) | 12 (171.9656) | 13 (170.8228) |
| 2025-09-05 | Buds Blues and BBQ Columbia, MO | 3 / 9 (695.9200) | 1 (178.8572) | 7 (169.6916) | 2 (175.4056) | 4 (171.9656) |
| 2025-08-22 | Cruisin' and BBQin' Hampton, IA | 4 / 18 (694.8116) | 7 (173.7028) | 2 (174.8688) | 6 (175.4056) | 8 (170.8344) |
| 2025-07-25 | 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 23 / 31 (667.9200) | 27 (163.9656) | 10 (170.2744) | 23 (164.5716) | 12 (169.1084) |
| 2025-07-18 | Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA | 1 / 30 (707.3944) | 2 (178.8572) | 1 (180.0000) | 13 (173.1084) | 5 (175.4288) |
| 2025-07-11 | Goose's 1st Annual Pitmaster Showdown Papillion, NE | 3 / 24 (688.4568) | 12 (169.6684) | 1 (176.0000) | 6 (174.2628) | 11 (168.5256) |
| 2025-06-27 | 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) |
| 2025-06-20 | 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) |
| 2025-06-14 | 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) |
| 2025-06-13 | 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) |
| 2025-05-16 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 7 / 33 (690.7656) | 14 (174.2628) | 6 (173.1200) | 20 (167.9772) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 24 / 92 (689.6456) | 56 (169.1200) | 21 (174.8456) | 28 (173.7028) | 29 (171.9772) |
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA | 2 / 49 (693.0512) | 19 (171.9656) | 7 (174.2628) | 9 (173.7028) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2025-03-21 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 10 / 26 (679.8972) | 5 (175.4056) | 1 (180.0000) | 15 (162.8228) | 16 (161.6688) |
| 2025-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 8 / 40 (702.2396) | 21 (172.5484) | 6 (177.1428) | 7 (177.7028) | 12 (174.8456) |
| 2024-10-30 | 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) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-10-26 | 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) |
| 2024-10-25 | 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) |
| 2024-10-04 | Meat Inferno Edgerton, KS | 21 / 38 (680.4684) | 26 (171.9656) | 25 (170.8228) | 10 (176.0000) | 29 (161.6800) |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 6 / 30 (687.9084) | 6 (175.4056) | 27 (157.6456) | 2 (177.1428) | 1 (177.7144) |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 5 / 39 (695.9544) | 1 (180.0000) | 11 (175.4516) | 21 (169.6684) | 14 (170.8344) |
| 2024-07-26 | 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA | 13 / 28 (676.4916) | 14 (169.7028) | 4 (175.4400) | 13 (169.6800) | 20 (161.6688) |
| 2024-07-19 | Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA | 8 / 36 (690.7772) | 3 (178.8572) | 16 (171.9772) | 21 (168.5372) | 12 (171.4056) |
| 2024-07-05 | Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ Council Bluffs, IA | 9 / 26 (675.9312) | 12 (167.9656) | 18 (161.6800) | 2 (178.8800) | 10 (167.4056) |
| 2024-05-17 | King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA | 17 / 36 (678.8456) | 3 (178.8572) | 30 (163.4172) | 20 (168.5828) | 17 (167.9884) |
| 2024-03-01 | Torry Island BBQ Showdown Belle Glade, FL | 12 / 21 (685.0284) | 4 (177.7028) | 15 (167.9772) | 9 (173.1200) | 13 (166.2284) |
| 2024-01-26 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 13 / 61 (694.8228) | 41 (170.2628) | 27 (172.5716) | 14 (174.2856) | 5 (177.7028) |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 21 / 32 (667.9544) | 26 (164.0000) | 11 (171.4172) | 19 (166.2400) | 16 (166.2972) |
| 2023-09-02 | 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) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #111 (843 pts) | #87 (938 pts) | #66 (1219 pts) | #103 (833 pts) | #122 (763 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #64 (1865 pts) | #110 (1516 pts) | #38 (2035 pts) | #118 (1438 pts) | #88 (1611 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #144 (1250 pts) | #74 (1635 pts) | #212 (1070 pts) | #127 (1305 pts) | #142 (1250 pts) |