OKIEQ

OKIEQ is a competition barbecue team with 39 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Firelake BBQ Cook Off (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #161 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Okie Q”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#161

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1774

peak 1774 · rated over 38 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 24, 2014

latest Oct 27, 2017 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#36

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

35 podiums

Overall top-10s

69% of 39 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 22%

overall standings

Best overall

704.5600 / 720

Master · Chillin & Grillin

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

682.42

last 5 Master vs avg 682.15 (+0.27)

Walk rate

95%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±12.65

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.63 · weakest Pork (169.00)

Road miles

4,820

across 39 mapped stops · furthest 278 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)

Master avg

682.15 / 720

39 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.0344 points from the title

Came within 0.0344 points of the Grand Championship at Boots and BBQ Festival (May 13, 2016).

Among the elite

#161 of 6,476 rated teams

In the top 2% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1774 puts them #161 of 6,476 rated teams — the top 2% of the field.

rating 1774
peak 1774
38 rated contests

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 pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival (May 1, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BUTCHER BBQ.

Giant slayer

81 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 81-team field at Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival.

May 1, 2015

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Firelake BBQ Cook Off is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 7%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff (Jul 24, 2015).

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

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They almost always walk

95% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 37 of 39 contests

A top-10 category call in 95% of their 39 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

704.5600 career-best overall

97.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 704.5600 at Chillin & Grillin — 97.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 8, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Three Hog Night Smokers has finished one call ahead of OKIEQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 2 Grand Championships

2015 was the year it came together: 18 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 28%.

18 contests
10 overall top-10s
5 category wins
average top 28%

A tough matchup

15–6 behind in the head-to-head

CLARK CREW BBQ ahead in 71% of their meetings

CLARK CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 21 shared contests.

The drought

18 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Firelake BBQ Cook Off on Mar 25, 2016 — 18 contests and 10.5 years ago.

last GC Mar 25, 2016
10.5 years ago

A strong matchup

21–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOOCHEWSOOEY in 21 of their 23 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 3 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

3 Grand Championships
39 contests

Looking over their shoulder

5× one call behind them

BUFFALO'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 5 times.

A March team

Top 11% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 11% across 4 contests, versus top 22% the rest of the year.

4 March contests
top 22% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,820 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,820 miles across 39 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 278 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

39 mapped stops
furthest 278 mi

The metronome

±1.76% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.76% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 94.7% of a perfect score
39 contests

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1024 (321 pts)	#851 (461 pts)	#973 (386 pts)	#1106 (316 pts)	#1403 (201 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#36 (2,426 pts)	#50 (2,124 pts)	#93 (1,842 pts)	#87 (1,835 pts)	#27 (2,354 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#134 (1,870 pts)	#224 (1,359 pts)	#31 (2,296 pts)	#146 (1,583 pts)	#18 (2,409 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to OKIEQ, each with one reason worth a look.

THUNDER HOG BBQ

#160 of the rated field

1774 power rating

Contests: 140
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1832

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to OKIEQ)

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

rated over 137 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Bad Boyz BBQ

#157 of the rated field

1775 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 76
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1783

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 76 contests to 39.

rated over 76 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026

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Hickory Hangover

#158 of the rated field

1775 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 89
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 66%
Peak: 1784

Their rating is built on 9 Grand Championships in 89 contests, alongside a 66% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 79 contests
last seen Apr 3, 2026

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KILLER HOGS

#159 of the rated field

1775 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 96
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1792

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

rated over 94 contests
last seen Oct 15, 2021

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iBQ'n

#162 of the rated field

1773 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 213
GCs: 25
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1937

They've been 1937 at their best, 165 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 202 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

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SMOKE RINGERS

#167 of the rated field

1772 ▼ 2 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 51%
Peak: 1782

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to OKIEQ)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 62 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Three Hog Night Smokers	33	23	10	70%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	32	14	18	44%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	30	14	16	47%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	27	19	8	70%	⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY	23	21	2	91%	⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	23	16	7	70%	⚔ compare
LITTLE PIG TOWN BBQ	21	8	13	38%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
Rise N Swine	18	14	4	78%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	18	14	4	78%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	16	15	1	94%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
TNK BBQ	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
HABITUAL SMOKERS	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	39	16	2	7	178.8572	151.3372	170.43	top 36%
Pork Ribs	39	27	4	8	180 🔥	160.5144	171.63	top 22%
Pork	39	18	0	5	177.7028	152.4912	169.00	top 39%
Brisket	39	27	3	15	179.4400	153.6800	171.09	top 25%

“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)	1	0	top 41%
Medium (20–39)	23	1	top 23%
Large (40+)	15	2	top 20%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
OK	30	3	top 21%
AR	3	0	top 26%
LA	2	0	top 15%
MO	2	0	top 46%
TX	1	0	top 23%
KS	1	0	top 29%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	3	9	0	top 39%	Oct 21, 2016
Firelake BBQ Cook Off	2	1	1	top 7%	Mar 25, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	3	0	top 15%	Mar 3, 2017
Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition	2	8	0	top 35%	Apr 22, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 18 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 9.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 30 of 39 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 34 4 of them more than once

First title May 1, 2015 Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival

Opponents faced 1,116 finished ahead 1,638 times, behind 591

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

20172 milestones

Oct 27 Peak power rating (1774) Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival
Oct 27 Most recent contest Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival

20163 milestones

Apr 8 First Reserve Championship Chillin & Grillin
Apr 8 Career-best overall score704.5600 Chillin & Grillin
May 6 25th tracked contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival

20158 milestones

Mar 27 First overall top-10 Firelake BBQ Cook Off
May 1 First overall podium Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
May 1 First Grand Championship Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
May 1 Biggest field won (81 teams) Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
May 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Boots & BBQ Festival
Jun 26 10th tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest
Jul 24 First multi-meat day Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff
Jul 24 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff

20143 milestones

Oct 24 First tracked contest Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Oct 24 First call Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Oct 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0516 Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff	Jul 24, 2015
+15.5	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	May 1, 2015
+14.8	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	Mar 27, 2015
+13.1	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	Mar 25, 2016
+12.2	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival	May 20, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-2.8	Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	Oct 21, 2016
-2.1	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off	Sep 16, 2016
-0.9	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015

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)
2017	2	0	2	0	100%	top 23%	95%	94.5%
2016	18	1	15	4	100%	top 16%	97.9%	95.6%
2015	18	2	10	5	89%	top 28%	97.2%	94.1%
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 38%	92.4%	92.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 27, 2017	Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	8 / 32 (677.0512)	2 (175.4056)	4 (171.9772)	14 (167.9772)	16 (161.6912)
Mar 3, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	6 / 29 (683.8624)	4 (175.4056)	5 (171.4056)	4 (173.1200)	16 (163.9312)
Oct 21, 2016	Smokin' The Fort-BBQ & Bluegrass Festival FortGibson, OK	12 / 28 (671.9088)	15 (167.4172)	9 (167.9888)	3 (177.1428)	19 (159.3600)
Sep 30, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	16 / 50 (694.7656)	32 (174.2628)	12 (175.4056)	44 (168.5372)	10 (176.5600)
Sep 23, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	8 / 30 (684.4916)	19 (167.9772)	8 (172.5600)	4 (175.4172)	19 (168.5372)
Sep 16, 2016	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	16 / 43 (671.3484)	8 (173.7028)	7 (171.4628)	22 (164.5372)	26 (161.6456)
Aug 12, 2016	CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Woodward, OK	7 / 29 (682.2632)	5 (173.1544)	7 (172.5600)	22 (160.5372)	3 (176.0116)
Jul 8, 2016	15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	3 / 39 (687.9656)	23 (168)	5 (172.5600)	7 (173.7028)	2 (173.7028)
Jul 2, 2016	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	4 / 27 (676.5028)	11 (168.5256)	11 (166.2744)	8 (168.5828)	2 (173.1200)
Jun 24, 2016	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Chandler, OK	4 / 26 (688.5488)	7 (173.7028)	7 (172.0116)	6 (174.2744)	7 (168.5600)
Jun 17, 2016	Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK	2 / 31 (690.8228)	1 (178.3200)	7 (172.0116)	6 (173.1084)	10 (167.3828)
Jun 10, 2016	Mocklahoma Ribs & Roll BBQ Championship Okmulgee, OK	5 / 41 (686.2056)	12 (171.9656)	16 (167.4056)	5 (173.1316)	5 (173.7028)
May 20, 2016	Grand Lake BBQ & Festival Langley, OK	3 / 46 (702.7884)	6 (177.7144)	8 (176.5600)	7 (177.7028)	20 (170.8112)
May 13, 2016	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	2 / 28 (700.5028)	2 (178.8572)	16 (165.0856)	3 (177.7028)	1 (178.8572)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	4 / 83 (686.8344)	7 (174.2628)	1 (177.7372)	37 (163.4172)	7 (171.4172)
Apr 22, 2016	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK	8 / 31 (682.2288)	15 (169.6800)	4 (174.2744)	19 (167.4516)	9 (170.8228)
Apr 15, 2016	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	2 / 63 (695.4288)	2 (177.7144)	16 (166.8800)	9 (173.1200)	2 (177.7144)
Apr 8, 2016	Chillin & Grillin Sand Springs, OK	2 / 43 (704.5600)	2 (177.7372)	7 (175.4172)	6 (174.2628)	5 (177.1428)
Mar 25, 2016	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	1 / 66 (702.8688)	3 (176.5944)	10 (175.4172)	22 (171.4172)	2 (179.4400)
Mar 4, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	3 / 30 (676.4340)	7 (170.8228)	4 (171.9656)	21 (159.3484)	1 (174.2972)
Oct 23, 2015	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	9 / 26 (683.3372)	12 (170.8228)	1 (176.5716)	14 (164.5372)	9 (171.4056)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	257 / 606 (657.5884)	382 (161.0972)	102 (170.8572)	377 (161.6456)	262 (163.9884)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	91 / 187 (674.7884)	124 (167.3828)	45 (173.7144)	147 (163.9656)	87 (169.7256)
Sep 18, 2015	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK	3 / 32 (686.8116)	1 (178.8572)	7 (169.1544)	19 (162.8000)	2 (176)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	16 / 70 (663.2796)	23 (166.8228)	24 (166.8228)	65 (152.4912)	2 (177.1428)
Jul 31, 2015	Smokin on Route 66 Miami, OK	7 / 17 (670.7316)	9 (168.5372)	3 (170.2744)	14 (156.5144)	2 (175.4056)
Jul 24, 2015	Hot Pursuit BBQ Cookoff Shawnee, OK	1 / 32 (700.0116)	23 (166.8572)	1 (180)	4 (173.7144)	1 (179.4400)
Jul 10, 2015	14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	17 / 44 (665.6116)	40 (151.3372)	2 (177.1544)	5 (174.2744)	25 (162.8456)
Jul 3, 2015	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off Hutchinson, KS	9 / 31 (672.5368)	11 (169.7256)	2 (173.7028)	26 (159.9656)	7 (169.1428)
Jun 26, 2015	Hog Wild BBQ & Chrome Fest Chandler, OK	6 / 28 (681.6344)	11 (167.3828)	9 (170.3088)	12 (168.5256)	2 (175.4172)
Jun 5, 2015	Okfuskee Firefighters Wildfire Cookoff Okemah, OK	14 / 30 (674.1828)	15 (168.5600)	15 (166.2400)	2 (176.5716)	17 (162.8112)
May 15, 2015	Grand Lake BBQ Festival Langley, OK	9 / 35 (687.9660)	16 (170.2744)	8 (172.5944)	3 (175.4288)	15 (169.6684)
May 8, 2015	Boots & BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	7 / 29 (689.1088)	18 (169.6800)	1 (177.1544)	18 (169.1200)	4 (173.1544)
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	1 / 81 (697.0856)	13 (171.4172)	6 (176)	6 (175.4056)	3 (174.2628)
Apr 24, 2015	Morris Twister Days BBQ Competition Morris, OK	14 / 31 (672.5256)	9 (171.9772)	19 (163.4172)	18 (165.7028)	5 (171.4284)
Apr 17, 2015	10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	23 / 75 (674.2288)	46 (163.9544)	27 (167.9772)	47 (165.1200)	3 (177.1772)
Apr 3, 2015	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	11 / 34 (650.7772)	14 (160.5600)	3 (170.8572)	14 (165.6800)	21 (153.6800)
Mar 27, 2015	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	6 / 52 (689.1660)	18 (170.2856)	9 (173.1544)	21 (168.5716)	2 (177.1544)
Oct 24, 2014	Smokin' the Fort - BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	13 / 34 (665.0516)	24 (159.9772)	17 (160.5144)	2 (176.5600)	10 (168)

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

OKIEQ

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

Master avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The long haul

The metronome

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)