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 Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST) (Apr 17, 2015).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
Wright On Q
Wright On Q is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 7th of 15 at the West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1486
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Apr 21, 2017
latest Nov 1, 2019 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
18% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
27%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.05 · weakest Brisket (159.98)
Road miles
1,219
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 180 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
646.11 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
332.53 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Wright On Q, each with one reason worth a look.
Wright On Q has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 144 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,875 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Fewer contests behind them than Wright On Q has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
They turned up 6 years after Wright On Q did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#3,874 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
Level with Wright On Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,845 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Fewer contests behind them than Wright On Q has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,880 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
Fewer contests behind them than Wright On Q has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,873 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Wright On Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 171.9656 | 160.5140 | 167.05 | top 48% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 157.6804 | 166.14 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0856 | 158.7884 | 161.66 | top 78% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 156.5372 | 159.98 | top 76% |
“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 53% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
9 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
83
finished ahead 23 times, behind 74
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Sep 25, 2015 → Apr 21, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 10th tracked contest Smokin' Bike Fest
- Most recent contest West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
20173 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6004 Barnesville BBQ & Blues
- Career-best overall score657.6004 Barnesville BBQ & Blues
- Peak power rating (1495) Barnesville BBQ & Blues
20154 milestones
- First call Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
- First category win (Chicken) Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
- First multi-meat day Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.3 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | Nov 1, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Smokin' Bike Fest | May 31, 2019 |
| -4.9 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues | Apr 21, 2017 |
| -1.4 | Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) | Mar 22, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67% | top 67% | 93.6% | 91% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2019 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Northport, AL | 7 / 15 (337.1088) | 9 (166.2744) | 4 (170.8344) | — | — |
| May 31, 2019 | Smokin' Bike Fest 🏅 Peachtree City, GA | 30 / 31 (634.6280) | 25 (160.5140) | 30 (158.7884) | 27 (158.7884) | 27 (156.5372) |
| Mar 22, 2019 | Smoke On the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL | 10 / 17 (327.9432) | 7 (170.2628) | 14 (157.6804) | 12 (165.0856) | — |
| May 18, 2018 | Smoke on the Diamond (BACKYARD ONLY) Brookwood, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnsville, GA | 22 / 29 (657.6004) | 14 (166.2400) | 17 (166.8460) | 22 (161.0972) | 19 (163.4172) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 17, 2015 | Fire at the Foothills BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (BACKYARD CONTEST) Chelsea, AL | — | 1 (171.9656) | 1 (176.5600) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2014 | Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2014 | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |