High-water mark
682.7544
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.7544 at 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show — 94.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jan 4, 2024
SMOKED QUE
SMOKED QUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 26 at the Downtown BBQ Throwdown (2017). They finished #1014 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “SmokedQue”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1507
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 10, 2016
latest Jan 4, 2024 · 7.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.88
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.70 · weakest Chicken (162.80)
Road miles
2,288
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 936 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
668.23 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 154.7772 | 162.80 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 163.9772 | 168.54 | top 42% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 160.4912 | 167.19 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 162.8344 | 169.70 | top 32% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
216
finished ahead 92 times, behind 131
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
Apr 6, 2020 → Jan 4, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- Career-best overall score682.7544 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5716 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Peak power rating (1507) 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
- Most recent contest 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show
20173 milestones
- First call Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- First overall top-10 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1600 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Fitzgerald Pig Pickin
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.9 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | Feb 17, 2017 |
| +1.9 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.5 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin | Jun 10, 2016 |
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 40% | 94.8% | 94.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 88.9% | 88.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 17 / 43 (682.7544) | 30 (166.2400) | 18 (171.9772) | 26 (167.9656) | 5 (176.5716) |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 76 / 109 (159.9540) | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 17, 2017 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL | 8 / 26 (674.1600) | 9 (167.3828) | 11 (163.9772) | 4 (173.1200) | 6 (169.6800) |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin Fitzgerald, GA | 18 / 26 (647.7828) | 23 (154.7772) | 11 (169.6800) | 20 (160.4912) | 16 (162.8344) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.