High-water mark
687.9888
career-best overall
95.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.9888 at 2024 Icebox Cookoff — 95.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 6, 2024
Mr. Green's Q
Mr. Green's Q is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 26 at the BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay (2025). They are ranked #2399 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1523
peak 1523 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 25, 2024
latest Aug 22, 2026 · 2.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
43% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.87 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 678.38 (-0.51)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.01
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.43 · weakest Chicken (169.04)
Road miles
914
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 247 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Purse competed for
$114K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
678.38 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #647 (205 pts) | #707 (205 pts) | #623 (290 pts) | #729 (170 pts) | #660 (215 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #636 (236 pts) | #503 (436 pts) | #911 (156 pts) | #679 (236 pts) | #788 (176 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #522 (354 pts) | #665 (269 pts) | #531 (434 pts) | #595 (309 pts) | #471 (459 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Mr. Green's Q, each with one reason worth a look.
95 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 47%
- Peak
- 1536
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Mr. Green's Q)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Mr. Green's Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Mr. Green's Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,405 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,408 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1523
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Mr. Green's Q's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1523
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,392 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1545
Level with Mr. Green's Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJs Smokehouse | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| J&C BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Axe BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Old Dirty Basters | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Pomeroy Family BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| T&D's Smoking Meats | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| LAKE HOUSE BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Vitamin Q | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-CUDA BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 179.4400 | 151.8968 | 169.04 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 165.1316 | 170.43 | top 47% |
| Pork | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 164.5256 | 169.78 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.7372 | 161.0856 | 169.13 | top 45% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 51% | May 23, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
5 of 7 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
103
finished ahead 116 times, behind 89
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1523) 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Sutherlin Throwdown
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.2908 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
- First overall top-10 2024 Icebox Cookoff
- Career-best overall score687.9888 2024 Icebox Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff | Jul 6, 2024 |
| +8.5 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 24, 2025 |
| +6 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 22, 2026 |
| +2.3 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition | Aug 24, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.4 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 23, 2026 |
| -1.3 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay | May 25, 2024 |
| -0.6 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 19, 2025 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 94.8% | 94% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 94.8% | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 95.6% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | 9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 10 / 27 (682.2060) | 13 (167.9772) | 10 (170.8460) | 13 (170.8228) | 8 (172.5600) |
| May 23, 2026 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 21 / 33 (670.7884) | 18 (167.4056) | 7 (175.4400) | 26 (164.5256) | 23 (163.4172) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 19 / 35 (674.1828) | 2 (179.4400) | 28 (165.6800) | 21 (167.9772) | 22 (161.0856) |
| May 24, 2025 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 8 / 26 (682.8228) | 5 (173.1544) | 16 (167.9656) | 7 (172.5484) | 15 (169.1544) |
| Aug 24, 2024 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 13 / 27 (679.3600) | 18 (169.1200) | 11 (170.2628) | 16 (168) | 8 (171.9772) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 9 / 37 (687.9888) | 11 (174.2972) | 31 (165.1316) | 19 (170.8228) | 4 (177.7372) |
| May 25, 2024 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR | 16 / 27 (671.2908) | 27 (151.8968) | 2 (177.7028) | 11 (173.7372) | 15 (167.9540) |