High-water mark
699.9544
career-best overall
97.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 699.9544 at Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) — 97.2% of a perfect 720.
- Competitor Series
- Oct 15, 2026
JDQ
JDQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 38 at the Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1512
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 17, 2018
latest Oct 15, 2026 · 8.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Best overall
699.9544 / 720
Competitor Series · Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
178.8572
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.71 · weakest Brisket (160.92)
Road miles
1,882
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 829 mi
Purse competed for
$120K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
668.22 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to JDQ, each with one reason worth a look.
JDQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,793 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before JDQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,775 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with JDQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,778 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.
⚔ Compare careers#2,770 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before JDQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,761 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before JDQ'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 | 1 | 176.5600 | 170.8228 | 173.71 | top 21% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 171.4400 | 173.14 | top 25% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 163.4056 | 171.03 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 139.9660 | 160.92 | top 54% |
“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 43% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 17% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
529
finished ahead 442 times, behind 109
Longest layoff
5.1 yrs
Aug 17, 2018 → Sep 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall top-10 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- Career-best overall score699.9544 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
- Most recent contest Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)
20182 milestones
- First call Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.5488 Downtown BBQ Showdown
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 97.2% | 97.2% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 17% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA | 6 / 38 (699.9544) | 6 (176.5600) | 12 (176) | 3 (178.8572) | 22 (168.5372) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 85 / 487 (687.8856) | 178 (170.8228) | 143 (171.9772) | 174 (170.8228) | 58 (174.2628) |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 21 / 30 (648.5488) | 3 (173.7372) | 4 (171.4400) | 21 (163.4056) | 28 (139.9660) |
| Nov 11, 2016 | Town of Mt. Pleasant Fall Festival & First Annual Polar Pig Cook-Off Mt. Pleasant, NC | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.