SLO.MO.QUE

SLO.MO.QUE is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 30 at the 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2459 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Slo-Mo-Que”, “Slo_Mo_Que” and “SLO-MO QUE”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,459

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1522

peak 1522 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 26, 2018

latest May 23, 2026 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#500

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

36% of 14 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3944 / 720

Master · 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

681.00 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.80 (+20.19)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±30.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.32 · weakest Brisket (160.79)

Road miles

4,186

across 14 mapped stops · furthest 1,455 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)

Purse competed for

$174K

listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.80 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

3.3484 points from the title

Came within 3.3484 points of the Grand Championship at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (Aug 16, 2025).

They almost always walk

71% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 10 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 71% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

699.3944 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3944 at 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 20, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PNR BBQ has finished one call ahead of SLO.MO.QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 40%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 40%

A tough matchup

9–1 behind in the head-to-head

RJs Smokehouse ahead in 90% of their meetings

RJs Smokehouse has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.53 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 43%.

Brisket avg 160.79
Pork Ribs avg 168.32
4 calls in 14 entries

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A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 503BACKYARDBBQ in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (Aug 16, 2025).

last seen Aug 19, 2023
back Aug 16, 2025

Pork Ribs nemesis

8 of 10 shared pork ribs entries lost

SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared pork ribs entries.

The long haul

4,186 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,186 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,455 miles to Smoke in the Spring.

14 mapped stops
furthest 1,455 mi

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
2023 ↗	Master	#517 (360 pts)	#415 (540 pts)	#499 (470 pts)	#369 (575 pts)	#561 (330 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#500 (412 pts)	#490 (457 pts)	#572 (407 pts)	#411 (557 pts)	#646 (302 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#746 (106 pts)	#820 (91 pts)	#556 (191 pts)	#821 (91 pts)	#666 (126 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#2579 (52 pts)	#2578 (52 pts)	#1837 (92 pts)	#2572 (52 pts)	#2573 (52 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SLO.MO.QUE, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smokin' O's

#2,472 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1537

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SLO.MO.QUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SLO.MO.QUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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BBQ TEAM WEST COAST

#2,471 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1537

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before SLO.MO.QUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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Kanned Heat

#2,462 of the rated field

1521 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1530

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Hank's BBQ

#2,456 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1542

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 17 contests, alongside a 24% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 5, 2023

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Q-WE-DO BBQ

#2,452 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1525

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 18, 2018

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MACBBQ

#2,454 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1538

Level with SLO.MO.QUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
J&C BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
RJs Smokehouse	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Smoke324	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Old Dirty Basters	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
LAKE HOUSE BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
HOGGERQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SLOW PORKIN	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Alderfire BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
DND BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Daddy & Me BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	5	0	3	179.4400	146.2400	165.87	top 55%
Pork Ribs	14	6	1	1	177.7372	153.6456	168.32	top 45%
Pork	14	6	1	2	178.8572	142.2168	165.82	top 45%
Brisket	14	4	0	0	174.8800	140.5256	160.79	top 61%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 50%
Large (40+)	1	top 56%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OR	9	top 57%
WA	4	top 45%
KS	1	top 56%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	4	8	0	top 56%	May 23, 2026

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 4 contests

Contests a season 2 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OR 9 of 14 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 11 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 260 finished ahead 217 times, behind 236

Longest layoff 2 yrs Aug 19, 2023 → Aug 16, 2025

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

20262 milestones

May 23 Peak power rating (1522) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 23 Most recent contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

20252 milestones

Aug 16 First overall podium 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 First Reserve Championship 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

20231 milestone

May 27 10th tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

20225 milestones

Jan 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022
Jan 8 First overall top-10 Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022
Jan 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0856 Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022
Aug 20 Career-best overall score699.3944 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
Aug 20 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

20201 milestone

Feb 15 First call Albany Bacon Championship

20181 milestone

May 26 First tracked contest BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition	Aug 16, 2025
+13	5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff	Aug 20, 2022
+11	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 23, 2026
+8.9	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022	Jul 2, 2022
+8.4	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 27, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff	Aug 17, 2019
-9.8	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL)	May 26, 2018
-8.2	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 25, 2019
-4.6	Albany Bacon Championship	Feb 15, 2020
-4.1	Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More	Oct 7, 2022

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	1	0	100%	top 24%	96.2%	96.2%
2025	1	1	1	100%	top 7%	96.9%	96.9%
2023	4	1	0	75%	top 53%	94.9%	93.4%
2022	4	2	1	100%	top 40%	97.1%	93.7%
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 75%	87%	87%
2019	2	0	0	0%	top 91%	87.1%	85.2%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 86%	85.9%	85.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 23, 2026	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	8 / 33 (692.5140)	3 (176.5828)	20 (169.1200)	12 (172.5484)	8 (174.2628)
Aug 16, 2025	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	2 / 30 (697.7488)	20 (169.1200)	7 (174.8916)	1 (178.8572)	6 (174.8800)
Aug 19, 2023	DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	17 / 30 (663.3372)	2 (177.1772)	17 (165.0856)	14 (169.7144)	26 (151.3600)
Jul 1, 2023	Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	25 / 38 (667.9772)	30 (165.7372)	38 (154.8000)	4 (176.5828)	12 (170.8572)
May 27, 2023	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	8 / 25 (683.4060)	6 (173.7488)	4 (175.4288)	10 (170.2628)	17 (163.9656)
Apr 7, 2023	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	58 / 103 (676.5260)	82 (163.3828)	14 (175.4516)	11 (175.4400)	78 (162.2516)
Oct 7, 2022	Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More 🏅 Hermiston, OR	13 / 19 (655.3828)	5 (172)	10 (169.1544)	4 (173.7028)	19 (140.5256)
Aug 20, 2022	5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	5 / 29 (699.3944)	3 (179.4400)	11 (174.2744)	2 (177.7028)	15 (167.9772)
Jul 2, 2022	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	11 / 34 (677.7144)	27 (163.4172)	7 (175.4400)	15 (169.1200)	12 (169.7372)
Jan 8, 2022	Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 🏅 Albany, OR	7 / 16 (665.0856)	12 (160.5256)	1 (177.7372)	8 (167.4400)	10 (159.3828)
Feb 15, 2020	Albany Bacon Championship 🏅 Albany, OR	12 / 16 (626.7320)	15 (146.2400)	4 (172.0344)	15 (150.7772)	9 (157.6804)
Aug 17, 2019	3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	27 / 27 (599.2796)	25 (153.6800)	17 (161.1428)	27 (142.2168)	27 (142.2400)
May 25, 2019	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	28 / 34 (627.3368)	28 (155.9656)	31 (153.6456)	26 (154.8572)	19 (162.8684)
May 26, 2018	BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay (JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	30 / 35 (618.8004)	17 (165.0972)	24 (158.2860)	34 (142.2856)	29 (153.1316)

SLO.MO.QUE

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

The long haul

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)