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DIGGIN QUE-GA

DIGGIN QUE-GA is a competition barbecue team with 40 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) (2014). They are ranked #686 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Diggin Que GA”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#686
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1644
peak 1645 · rated over 40 contests

Contests

40
in the data

First seen

Feb 8, 2013
latest Oct 3, 2015 · 2.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#99
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

2
0 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

6
20 podiums

Overall top-10s

15
38% of 40 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%
overall standings

Best overall

697.0628 / 720
Master · Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

676.47 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 673.02 (+3.45)

Walk rate

70%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Chicken · Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±13.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.55 · weakest Pork (166.43)

Road miles

2,806
across 40 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi

Schedule strength

37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

673.02 / 720
40 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

  • Chicken ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at WNC BBQ Festival (Jul 25, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Killer B's BBQ.

Giant slayer

46 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 46-team field at WNC BBQ Festival.

  • Jul 25, 2014

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 40 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 40 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

OLD PLANTATION BBQ has finished one call ahead of DIGGIN QUE-GA 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2014 2 Grand Championships

2014 was the year it came together: 18 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

  • 18 contests
  • 11 overall top-10s
  • 3 category wins
  • average top 30%

The weak link

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.12 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 28% of the time against 48%.

  • Pork avg 166.43
  • Chicken avg 170.55
  • 11 calls in 40 entries

A strong matchup

25–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 96% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 25 of their 26 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 26 shared chicken entries lost

MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM has out-cooked them in 18 of 26 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ASH KICKERS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 29% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 29% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

  • 3 September contests
  • top 38% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.84% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.84% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.5% of a perfect score
  • 40 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2015 ↗ Master #438 (869 pts) #340 (1,064 pts) #602 (644 pts) #630 (614 pts) #268 (1,244 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #99 (2,014 pts) #66 (2,004 pts) #64 (1,974 pts) #140 (1,632 pts) #130 (1,749 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #284 (1,071 pts) #124 (1,593 pts) #236 (1,210 pts) #255 (1,105 pts) #376 (841 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DIGGIN QUE-GA, each with one reason worth a look.

BEAN BANDITS
#691 of the rated field
1644 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
1
Top-10s
30%
Peak
1652
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to DIGGIN QUE-GA)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DIGGIN QUE-GA has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 46 contests
  • last seen May 3, 2019
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BUTLER'S BACKDRAFT BBQ
#684 of the rated field
1645 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
1
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1680

They've been 1680 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 43 contests
  • last seen May 15, 2021
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JET COATINGS - MONKEY STYLE
#690 of the rated field
1644 power rating
Contests
47
GCs
2
Top-10s
26%
Peak
1658

Careers of much the same size, 47 contests to 40, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Feb 21, 2020
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Take It Easy BBQ
#687 of the rated field
1644 power rating
Contests
51
GCs
2
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1662

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 51 contests, alongside a 24% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 46 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
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GREAT PLAINS BBQ
#689 of the rated field
1644 power rating
Contests
52
GCs
0
Top-10s
37%
Peak
1658

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 52 contests
  • last seen Oct 19, 2018
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HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW
#688 of the rated field
1644 power rating
Contests
54
GCs
2
Top-10s
30%
Peak
1656

Level with DIGGIN QUE-GA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 53 contests
  • last seen Jun 14, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
OLD PLANTATION BBQ 32 8 24 25% ⚔ compare
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ 26 25 1 96% ⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 26 5 21 19% ⚔ compare
MOYERS COMPETITION BAR-B-Q TEAM 26 3 23 12% ⚔ compare
TENACIOUS Q 22 11 11 50% ⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS 22 10 12 45% ⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q 19 18 1 95% ⚔ compare
Bubba Q 19 8 11 42% ⚔ compare
JACK'S OLD SOUTH 18 9 9 50% ⚔ compare
DEEP SOUTH BBQ 17 14 3 82% ⚔ compare
GEORGIA BOYS BBQ TEAM 17 7 10 41% ⚔ compare
CURLY TAILS BBQ 17 2 15 12% ⚔ compare
FOGGY BOTTOM BBQ 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS 15 14 1 93% ⚔ compare
UNCLE BUD'S BBQ 15 12 3 80% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 40 19 5 7 180 🔥 155.4284 170.55 top 36%
Pork Ribs 40 12 0 5 178.8572 154.8570 167.72 top 43%
Pork 40 11 0 3 174.2972 157.7142 166.43 top 48%
Brisket 40 13 1 5 178.8572 147.9998 168.32 top 40%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)211top 39%
Large (40+)191top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
GA331top 38%
NC31top 36%
TN30top 41%
AL10top 35%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Roman Roast on the River 3 3 0 top 25% May 8, 2015
WNC BBQ Festival 2 1 1 top 31% Jul 24, 2015
BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) 2 4 0 top 25% Apr 24, 2015
Calhoun KOA's 2 15 0 top 42% Dec 5, 2014
The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) 2 34 0 top 50% Nov 21, 2014
Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) 2 7 0 top 51% Oct 18, 2014
Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) 2 12 0 top 34% Sep 12, 2014
Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) 2 5 0 top 36% Aug 30, 2014
Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) 2 5 0 top 15% Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 18 contests · 2 GCs
Contests a season 13.3 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in GA 33 of 40 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited 30 9 of them more than once
First title Jul 25, 2014 WNC BBQ Festival
Opponents faced 599 finished ahead 1,043 times, behind 609

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

20152 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1645) Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)
  2. Most recent contest Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier)
20146 milestones
  1. First overall podium WNC BBQ Festival
  2. First Grand Championship WNC BBQ Festival
  3. Biggest field won (46 teams) WNC BBQ Festival
  4. 25th tracked contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
  5. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
  6. Career-best overall score697.0628 Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  2. First call Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  3. First category win (Chicken) Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4282 Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
  5. First overall top-10 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)
  6. 10th tracked contest Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.2WNC BBQ FestivalJul 25, 2014
+14.9Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier)Aug 23, 2013
+14.1BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA)Apr 25, 2014
+13.2Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA)May 9, 2014
+13.1Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier)Oct 3, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7.2Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier)Jun 7, 2013
-6.3WNC BBQ FestivalJul 24, 2015
-6Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier)Feb 8, 2013
-5.4Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ ClassicOct 12, 2013
-4The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA)Nov 21, 2014

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20158031 88% top 35% 96.2% 94.2%
2014182113 78% top 30% 96.8% 94.3%
201314012 50% top 50% 95% 92%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 3, 2015 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 2 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA 20 / 41 (677.0744) 12 (173.1084) 28 (166.2744) 24 (166.2744) 13 (171.4172)
Oct 2, 2015 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic Day 1 (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA 21 / 52 (677.0400) 10 (174.8456) 48 (158.2172) 25 (166.2628) 3 (177.7144)
Jul 31, 2015 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA 15 / 55 (684.5028) 18 (173.1200) 35 (166.8228) 10 (173.1200) 12 (171.4400)
Jul 24, 2015 WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC 29 / 49 (659.8516) 44 (157.6572) 12 (169.6800) 42 (160.5372) 8 (171.9772)
Jun 5, 2015 Euharlee Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA 10 / 42 (683.8856) 9 (175.4056) 26 (166.2400) 10 (170.8344) 12 (171.4056)
May 22, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA 10 / 29 (678.7428) 1 (176.5600) 8 (171.9888) 22 (160.5256) 14 (169.6684)
May 8, 2015 Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA 3 / 41 (692.5028) 2 (177.7028) 24 (167.9772) 18 (171.4172) 2 (175.4056)
Apr 24, 2015 BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA 13 / 35 (671.8744) 19 (166.2400) 12 (167.3944) 25 (162.2400) 3 (176)
Dec 5, 2014 Calhoun KOA's Calhoun, GA 23 / 38 (676.4568) 15 (172.5600) 22 (168.5372) 30 (164.5484) 16 (170.8112)
Nov 21, 2014 The National BBQ Cup (SBBQA) Cumming, GA 49 / 86 (669.6000) 37 (170.2744) 22 (170.8228) 72 (159.9772) 44 (168.5256)
Nov 14, 2014 Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (SBBQA) Chatsworth, GA 21 / 34 (673.5888) 29 (166.2516) 20 (168.5372) 14 (169.6800) 20 (169.1200)
Oct 24, 2014 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 54 / 92 (663.3140) 68 (163.3828) 67 (162.2284) 63 (162.2856) 10 (175.4172)
Oct 18, 2014 Smoke-N-Thunder BBQ Classic (SBBQA) Rome, GA 7 / 27 (685.0860) 5 (174.2744) 24 (159.3944) 4 (173.1200) 1 (178.2972)
Oct 3, 2014 Great Miller Lite Chili and BBQ Cookoff (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA 1 / 22 (697.0628) 1 (180) 3 (176.5600) 6 (170.8228) 10 (169.6800)
Sep 27, 2014 Whole Hawg Happenin' (SBBQA) Marietta, GA 6 / 34 (674.1484) 5 (174.8456) 5 (170.2628) 25 (160.5028) 8 (168.5372)
Sep 12, 2014 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA 12 / 42 (682.1716) 9 (175.4172) 8 (173.1316) 3 (174.2628) 31 (159.3600)
Aug 30, 2014 Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA 5 / 39 (684.4912) 4 (174.2628) 2 (178.8572) 29 (161.0968) 12 (170.2744)
Aug 22, 2014 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA 9 / 45 (679.9084) 16 (169.1200) 2 (174.2628) 19 (167.3712) 14 (169.1544)
Aug 14, 2014 Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA 7 / 35 (673.5308) 6 (171.4056) 14 (166.2284) 20 (162.7884) 7 (173.1084)
Aug 8, 2014 Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN 20 / 40 (672.4684) 15 (170.2972) 19 (167.4056) 22 (168.5256) 24 (166.2400)
Jul 25, 2014 WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC 1 / 46 (689.1084) 1 (177.1428) 27 (161.7028) 8 (171.4056) 2 (178.8572)
Jun 27, 2014 Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN 5 / 39 (687.4284) 3 (174.8456) 2 (176.5828) 12 (169.7372) 17 (166.2628)
May 16, 2014 Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL 9 / 26 (672.3996) 8 (170.8228) 9 (169.6800) 19 (161.0740) 7 (170.8228)
May 9, 2014 Roman Roast on the River (SBBQA) Rome, GA 4 / 38 (693.6112) 13 (171.9656) 3 (176.5600) 9 (173.1200) 11 (171.9656)
Apr 25, 2014 BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA) Calhoun, GA 4 / 29 (690.2628) 8 (174.2628) 12 (171.4172) 9 (171.4172) 7 (173.1656)
Apr 3, 2014 Smokin on the River (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Summerville, GA 12 / 30 (660.4916) 24 (157.1316) 19 (158.8000) 3 (171.9884) 5 (172.5716)
Dec 6, 2013 Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA 15 / 65 (683.9200) 15 (173.7028) 8 (173.1316) 26 (168.5600) 29 (168.5256)
Nov 15, 2013 The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA 34 / 79 (673.6344) 49 (167.9656) 28 (169.7260) 23 (170.2744) 45 (165.6684)
Oct 25, 2013 Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown & Fall Leaf Festival (GBC Qualifier) Cleveland, GA 18 / 41 (661.0288) 6 (173.1200) 11 (168.5372) 28 (161.6800) 29 (157.6916)
Oct 12, 2013 Smoke-n-Thunder BBQ Classic Rome, GA 19 / 25 (665.5656) 20 (165.0856) 19 (165.0856) 3 (174.2972) 21 (161.0972)
Sep 13, 2013 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC Qualifier) Winder, GA 17 / 43 (666.7084) 1 (177.7028) 9 (169.6800) 25 (163.9428) 37 (155.3828)
Aug 23, 2013 Pigs and Peaches BBQ Festival (GBC Qualifier) Kennesaw, GA 5 / 54 (678.1484) 9 (170.8228) 6 (170.2628) 5 (171.9656) 22 (165.0972)
Aug 16, 2013 Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA 21 / 34 (650.6400) 20 (165.0856) 22 (162.8000) 17 (165.0856) 23 (157.6688)
Jul 26, 2013 WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC 22 / 48 (658.1368) 10 (170.8344) 20 (164.5712) 39 (158.2172) 23 (164.5140)
Jun 7, 2013 Covered Bridge 'Que (GBC Qualifier) Euharlee, GA 30 / 39 (644.5712) 32 (159.4284) 19 (164.5714) 30 (157.7142) 24 (162.8572)
May 17, 2013 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA 22 / 37 (658.8566) 32 (155.4284) 19 (165.7142) 16 (166.8570) 12 (170.8570)
May 10, 2013 Roman Roast on the River (GBC Qualifier) Rome, GA 19 / 33 (658.8564) 14 (169.1428) 17 (162.8570) 22 (162.8568) 16 (163.9998)
Apr 19, 2013 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festivals (GBC Qualifier) Cornelia, GA 14 / 36 (671.9998) 11 (169.7142) 14 (168.5716) 18 (167.4284) 20 (166.2856)
Apr 5, 2013 Smokin on the River Chattooga's BBQ Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Summerville, GA 21 / 41 (659.4282) 27 (163.9998) 25 (162.8570) 18 (164.5714) 14 (168)
Feb 8, 2013 Georgia BBQ Championship Throwdown (GBC Qualifier) Young Harris, GA 23 / 33 (638.8568) 1 (177.1428) 26 (154.8570) 21 (158.8572) 29 (147.9998)

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