Q HAVEN BBQ

Q HAVEN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 59 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 4 Grand Championships, most recently at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #543 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#543

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1669

peak 1728 · rated over 58 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Jul 27, 2019 · 6.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#151

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve · wins it all 7% of the time

Category wins

33 podiums

Overall top-10s

58% of 59 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 31%

overall standings

Best overall

689.1088 / 720

Master · The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.55 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 655.02 (+0.53)

Walk rate

88%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships

Consistency

±15.20

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.66 · weakest Brisket (161.61)

Road miles

10,130

across 59 mapped stops · furthest 852 mi

Schedule strength

45%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)

Purse competed for

$52K

listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

655.02 / 720

59 Master contests · 4 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5144 points from the title

Came within 0.5144 points of the Grand Championship at NYC BBQ Cookoff (Apr 8, 2016).

Among the elite

#543 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 8% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1669 puts them #543 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 8% of the field.

rating 1669
peak 1728
58 rated contests

Against the odds

35-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 65 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Lehigh Valley QueFest (Sep 26, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 35-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, 4:20 Q.

Giant slayer

33 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 33-team field at New York City BBQ Cookoff.

Apr 10, 2015

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

I Love Barbecue & Music Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 7%

They almost always walk

88% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 52 of 59 contests

A top-10 category call in 88% of their 59 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.1088 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.1088 at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 23, 2016

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The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has finished one call ahead of Q HAVEN BBQ 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 20%.

11 contests
8 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 20%

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.05 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 47% of the time against 59%.

Brisket avg 161.61
Chicken avg 166.66
28 calls in 59 entries

The drought

23 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival on Jul 23, 2016 — 23 contests and 10.2 years ago.

last GC Jul 23, 2016
10.2 years ago

A strong matchup

16–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOON RIVER BARBEQUE in 16 of their 20 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 33 at their very first tracked contest, New York City BBQ Cookoff (Apr 19, 2013).

Apr 19, 2013
33-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BEERBEQUE has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

10,130 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,130 miles across 59 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 852 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

59 mapped stops
furthest 852 mi

The metronome

±2.16% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.16% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
59 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sun BBQ Fest every year from 2014 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 13th

In the record book (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

#6 🥶 Lowest winning score 646.8570 Master Series, out of 720 · and still beat 27 other teams · Jul 4, 2013

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#1276 (185 pts)	#1967 (70 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1266 (180 pts)	#1026 (295 pts)	#1354 (180 pts)	#1071 (275 pts)	#945 (335 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#536 (726 pts)	#465 (831 pts)	#560 (716 pts)	#449 (861 pts)	#582 (676 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#172 (1,631 pts)	#122 (1,716 pts)	#325 (1,121 pts)	#240 (1,321 pts)	#210 (1,446 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#151 (1,726 pts)	#189 (1,471 pts)	#211 (1,376 pts)	#111 (1,751 pts)	#242 (1,331 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1001 (312 pts)	#730 (517 pts)	#877 (417 pts)	#1235 (257 pts)	#1122 (282 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#276 (1,090 pts)	#333 (915 pts)	#328 (920 pts)	#364 (850 pts)	#291 (1,035 pts)

Overall rank by season

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ACK-QUE

#547 of the rated field

1669 power rating

Contests: 89
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1730

16–8 in 24 shared contests (67% to Q HAVEN BBQ)

These two have cooked 24 of the same contests — Q HAVEN BBQ ahead 16–8 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 87 contests
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PAVONE BROTHERS BBQ

#544 of the rated field

1669 power rating

Contests: 100
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1744

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Q HAVEN BBQ)

They've been 1744 at their best, 75 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 99 contests
last seen Nov 4, 2022

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Velvet Smoke

#545 of the rated field

1669 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1691

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Q HAVEN BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than Q HAVEN BBQ has cooked, 28 to 59, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 27 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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Westside BBQ

#549 of the rated field

1669 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 77%
Peak: 1675

53 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 77% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 52 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2025
on a 33-contest top-10 run

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Dog Bite Barbecue

#546 of the rated field

1669 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1685

They turned up 8 years after Q HAVEN BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 48 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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TWISTED PAIR BBQ

#541 of the rated field

1670 power rating

Contests: 94
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1673

Level with Q HAVEN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 91 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rogue Hog BBQ	40	12	28	30%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	38	8	30	21%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	34	12	22	35%	⚔ compare
Chicken Chokers	32	21	11	66%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	28	16	12	57%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	28	1	27	4%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	27	12	15	44%	⚔ compare
BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT	26	18	8	69%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	24	16	8	67%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
MOON RIVER BARBEQUE	20	16	4	80%	⚔ compare
Handsome Devil	20	13	7	65%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	19	12	7	63%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	18	12	6	67%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	59	35	3	13	179.4400	150.7884	166.66	top 32%
Pork Ribs	59	24	2	5	177.7144	145.1200	162.27	top 42%
Pork	59	25	1	9	177.1428	146.7884	164.48	top 36%
Brisket	59	28	2	6	174.2744	143.3256	161.61	top 38%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 30%
Medium (20–39)	35	4	top 29%
Large (40+)	22	0	top 33%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
CT	17	0	top 45%
NY	13	2	top 21%
NJ	9	0	top 25%
VT	8	1	top 22%
PA	4	1	top 18%
TN	2	0	top 53%
NH	2	0	top 11%
MD	1	0	top 62%
VA	1	0	top 67%
MA	1	0	top 30%
RI	1	0	top 12%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sun BBQ Fest	5	13	0	top 41%	Jun 2, 2018
The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival	4	1	1	top 22%	Jul 27, 2019
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	4	9	0	top 48%	May 4, 2019
NYC BBQ Cookoff	3	4	0	top 45%	Apr 5, 2019
Red, White and Que	3	6	0	top 23%	Sep 30, 2017
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	2	1	1	top 7%	Jul 3, 2015
New York City BBQ Cookoff	2	1	1	top 10%	Apr 10, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	7	0	top 48%	Aug 4, 2017
Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ	2	4	0	top 23%	Jul 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 12 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 8.4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CT 17 of 59 contests · 11 states in all

Contests visited 41 9 of them more than once

First title Jul 4, 2013 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival

Opponents faced 878 finished ahead 1,606 times, behind 697

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

20191 milestone

Jul 27 Most recent contest The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival

20171 milestone

Sep 30 50th tracked contest Red, White and Que

20162 milestones

Jul 23 Career-best overall score689.1088 The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival
Oct 8 Peak power rating (1728) Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship

20153 milestones

Apr 10 Biggest field won (33 teams) New York City BBQ Cookoff
Jul 25 25th tracked contest Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ
Aug 1 First Reserve Championship 8th Annual Smokin at the Maples

20142 milestones

Apr 11 10th tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
Jul 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships

20137 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First call New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First category win (Brisket) New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall top-10 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7140 New York City BBQ Cookoff
Jun 1 First overall podium Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
Jul 4 First Grand Championship I Love Barbecue & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.1	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 4, 2013
+14.1	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest	Jun 1, 2013
+13.6	Lehigh Valley QueFest	Sep 26, 2014
+11.9	New York City BBQ Cookoff	Apr 19, 2013
+11.7	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships	Jul 18, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.3	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 21, 2016
-13.3	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	May 5, 2018
-11.2	NYC BBQ Cookoff	Apr 6, 2018
-11	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton	Aug 13, 2016
-10.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Aug 4, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2019	5	0	1	1	80%	top 37%	95.1%	91.7%
2018	4	0	0	0	100%	top 61%	91%	88.6%
2017	8	0	3	1	75%	top 43%	92.7%	90%
2016	12	1	8	0	75%	top 27%	95.7%	92.4%
2015	11	1	8	1	100%	top 20%	94.1%	91.6%
2014	10	1	7	3	100%	top 29%	94.3%	90.9%
2013	9	1	7	2	89%	top 22%	93.3%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 27, 2019	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival 🏅 Windsor, VT	2 / 33 (684.4912)	11 (170.8228)	16 (164.5600)	6 (169.7144)	26 (156.5372)
Jun 1, 2019	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	29 / 61 (654.7428)	5 (174.2972)	23 (167.4400)	50 (154.8000)	42 (158.2056)
May 4, 2019	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 🏅 Ridgefield, CT	17 / 29 (648.9824)	20 (161.6568)	12 (163.9884)	13 (165.1200)	18 (158.2172)
Apr 5, 2019	NYC BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Staten Island, NY	15 / 26 (646.7428)	10 (164.5716)	1 (170.2628)	21 (156.5256)	19 (155.3828)
Mar 8, 2019	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	11 / 66 (665.6456)	9 (170.8572)	20 (164.5600)	15 (168.5600)	36 (161.6684)
Jul 28, 2018	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	15 / 34 (650.1828)	5 (170.8800)	14 (165.0856)	17 (162.8228)	28 (151.3944)
Jun 2, 2018	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	29 / 59 (655.3256)	6 (171.9656)	26 (163.9772)	46 (155.4172)	19 (163.9656)
May 5, 2018	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	32 / 40 (622.1028)	37 (150.7884)	28 (153.7028)	8 (170.2628)	36 (147.3488)
Apr 6, 2018	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	25 / 36 (623.2804)	27 (158.2744)	30 (153.6688)	34 (146.7884)	5 (164.5488)
Sep 30, 2017	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	10 / 31 (658.2056)	9 (167.4628)	7 (165.6800)	12 (163.4056)	17 (161.6572)
Sep 15, 2017	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	24 / 42 (643.8284)	23 (162.8456)	27 (157.6800)	23 (162.8000)	21 (160.5028)
Aug 4, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	21 / 30 (641.0856)	27 (153.1428)	25 (158.2284)	11 (166.8456)	10 (162.8688)
Jul 29, 2017	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	10 / 30 (651.4172)	3 (172.0572)	20 (156.5600)	15 (161.0856)	9 (161.7144)
Jun 3, 2017	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	36 / 73 (646.2284)	35 (162.8456)	47 (158.2628)	22 (166.8456)	43 (158.2744)
May 6, 2017	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	12 / 38 (634.2288)	8 (163.4400)	25 (153.0972)	21 (156)	5 (161.6916)
Apr 7, 2017	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	4 / 43 (667.4400)	1 (173.7372)	2 (172.5828)	8 (165.1084)	24 (156.0116)
Mar 3, 2017	The Great Brunswick BBQ Throwdown Brunswick, MD	31 / 50 (638.8000)	24 (164.5600)	32 (154.8916)	3 (176.0228)	46 (143.3256)
Oct 21, 2016	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	80 / 96 (653.5544)	53 (168.5372)	70 (163.9428)	17 (173.1200)	95 (147.9544)
Oct 8, 2016	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	5 / 48 (677.0972)	2 (176.5944)	12 (166.2744)	19 (165.6800)	13 (168.5484)
Sep 24, 2016	Red White and Que Cresskill, NJ	3 / 41 (669.6112)	22 (161.6456)	7 (166.8456)	4 (172.5828)	7 (168.5372)
Aug 26, 2016	The Great Catskill Mountain BBQ Fest Fleischmanns, NY	4 / 15 (674.8232)	2 (170.8572)	8 (164.5372)	2 (177.1428)	5 (162.2860)
Aug 19, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	7 / 26 (667.4288)	7 (170.2972)	16 (158.8572)	11 (165.7144)	3 (172.5600)
Aug 13, 2016	New London's Best BBQ Chef Competiton New London, CT	17 / 25 (637.1776)	11 (166.3088)	19 (156.5944)	15 (164.0228)	19 (150.2516)
Jul 23, 2016	The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival Windsor, VT	1 / 26 (689.1088)	5 (171.4172)	10 (169.1200)	3 (174.2972)	2 (174.2744)
Jun 25, 2016	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	7 / 40 (671.9316)	7 (170.8572)	15 (164.5716)	11 (167.3828)	7 (169.1200)
Jun 11, 2016	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	21 / 69 (659.3372)	20 (167.4172)	25 (165.1316)	43 (159.9656)	22 (166.8228)
May 6, 2016	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	12 / 47 (662.1716)	13 (167.9656)	10 (164.5600)	22 (161.6688)	10 (167.9772)
Apr 30, 2016	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	9 / 39 (651.9088)	3 (172.5944)	33 (150.8000)	11 (165.1316)	11 (163.3828)
Apr 8, 2016	NYC BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	2 / 35 (671.9656)	2 (172.0228)	8 (164.5372)	7 (167.4400)	5 (167.9656)
Oct 9, 2015	Smokin Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship $15,000 Atlantic City, NJ	9 / 46 (662.2744)	6 (170.2744)	20 (157.7028)	12 (167.4628)	8 (166.8344)
Sep 26, 2015	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	6 / 35 (647.9088)	19 (160)	8 (166.2284)	6 (166.8916)	15 (154.7888)
Sep 4, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	20 / 30 (662.7660)	24 (164.5600)	10 (169.7028)	2 (173.1316)	25 (155.3716)
Aug 21, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Harrisburg, PA	5 / 30 (657.6000)	10 (169.6684)	13 (159.3828)	1 (172.5828)	15 (155.9660)
Aug 1, 2015	8th Annual Smokin at the Maples Manorville, NY	2 / 32 (654.8232)	8 (159.9544)	6 (162.2972)	2 (168.5944)	2 (163.9772)
Jul 25, 2015	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	4 / 35 (677.1888)	7 (170.3316)	10 (168.0116)	6 (170.8456)	11 (168)
Jul 3, 2015	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	3 / 31 (646.7544)	2 (173.1428)	7 (159.3944)	17 (154.2628)	11 (159.9544)
Jun 13, 2015	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	13 / 52 (666.7888)	10 (171.4400)	23 (164.5600)	15 (167.9772)	21 (162.8116)
May 23, 2015	Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY	9 / 57 (666.2172)	38 (161.1200)	22 (163.4172)	10 (170.2628)	4 (171.4172)
May 8, 2015	Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition & Festival Green Lane, PA	15 / 57 (649.0284)	2 (174.8456)	8 (169.1200)	35 (153.6800)	37 (151.3828)
Apr 10, 2015	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	1 / 33 (662.7772)	8 (157.7028)	2 (169.7028)	2 (176.5600)	6 (158.8116)
Oct 10, 2014	Indigenous Peoples Day BBQ Cook Off Middletown, CT	5 / 15 (663.3372)	2 (168)	5 (163.4172)	5 (165.6800)	4 (166.2400)
Oct 10, 2014	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	8 / 27 (659.3372)	1 (172)	2 (171.4172)	17 (159.3944)	17 (156.5256)
Sep 26, 2014	Lehigh Valley QueFest Allentown, PA	1 / 32 (676.6056)	3 (173.1656)	6 (169.1428)	10 (163.4172)	1 (170.8800)
Sep 6, 2014	Red, White and Que Cresskill, NJ	6 / 31 (645.7028)	12 (163.4056)	20 (150.8572)	4 (166.3200)	5 (165.1200)
Jul 25, 2014	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	12 / 34 (650.2512)	9 (165.1544)	14 (161.7028)	23 (155.9540)	5 (167.4400)
Jul 18, 2014	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	4 / 33 (678.9028)	1 (179.4400)	19 (161.1200)	10 (166.3200)	4 (172.0228)
Jul 12, 2014	Pork in the Park Stamford, CT	15 / 20 (626.1832)	12 (156.5372)	16 (153.1088)	16 (152.5372)	6 (164)
Jun 20, 2014	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	16 / 32 (645.6920)	20 (162.8572)	23 (153.1316)	5 (170.2744)	19 (159.4288)
May 31, 2014	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	7 / 48 (659.4400)	17 (167.4056)	19 (162.8568)	10 (168.0228)	13 (161.1548)
Apr 11, 2014	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	6 / 37 (642.2172)	7 (165.6800)	6 (164.5716)	15 (154.2856)	10 (157.6800)
Oct 25, 2013	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	22 / 97 (670.2516)	11 (172)	78 (158.8344)	6 (173.1428)	41 (166.2744)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	40 / 85 (621.1656)	60 (152.5484)	68 (145.1200)	21 (160.6172)	12 (162.8800)
Sep 28, 2013	The Best BBQ Chef Competition New London, CT	5 / 26 (665.1548)	3 (171.4172)	6 (167.4172)	12 (158.8916)	6 (167.4288)
Aug 9, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Medford, NY	8 / 27 (620.5376)	8 (157.7144)	17 (149.1544)	19 (148.5372)	3 (165.1316)
Jul 26, 2013	The Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	8 / 31 (658.2404)	10 (168)	5 (167.9772)	10 (166.3088)	22 (155.9544)
Jul 13, 2013	Pork In The Park BBQ Stamford, CT	5 / 21 (644.5028)	11 (161.7256)	11 (157.0744)	3 (169.1428)	6 (156.5600)
Jul 4, 2013	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	1 / 28 (646.8570)	6 (163.4284)	5 (161.1430)	3 (166.2856)	6 (156)
Jun 1, 2013	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	3 / 43 (672.0002)	6 (169.7144)	1 (177.7144)	17 (159.9998)	7 (164.5716)
Apr 19, 2013	New York City BBQ Cookoff Staten Island, NY	5 / 33 (649.7140)	17 (158.8568)	4 (168.5714)	19 (154.8572)	1 (167.4286)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Q HAVEN BBQ

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 (17 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

In the record book (on 1 all-time board)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)