BOAR-N-Q

BOAR-N-Q is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 10th of 28 at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (2013). They are ranked #6366 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,366

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1396

peak 1396 · rated over 28 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 1, 2013

latest Sep 2, 2022 · 9.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#518

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

646.8572 / 720

Master · Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

593.28 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 611.72 (-18.44)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0344

Pork Ribs · Hudson Valley Ribfest

Consistency

±20.93

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 155.63 · weakest Brisket (147.34)

Road miles

3,486

across 28 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi

Schedule strength

37%

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

Purse competed for

$26K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

611.72 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CHUCK & DAD'S BARBECUE has finished one call ahead of BOAR-N-Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 58%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 58%

A tough matchup

24–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.29 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 147.34
Chicken avg 155.63
2 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of STRUGGLETOWN BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Sep 3, 2021).

last seen Oct 4, 2019
back Sep 3, 2021

Chicken nemesis

20 of 24 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 20 of 24 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 52% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 52% across 3 contests, versus top 74% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 74% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,486 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,486 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 202 miles to Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships.

28 mapped stops
furthest 202 mi

A standing appointment

7 years running at one contest

They've cooked I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) every year from 2013 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

9 visits in all
best finish 10th

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1303 (62 pts)	#1244 (87 pts)	#987 (162 pts)	#1341 (62 pts)	#1303 (67 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#834 (151 pts)	#837 (171 pts)	#901 (156 pts)	#848 (156 pts)	#870 (151 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1672 (108 pts)	#1752 (108 pts)	#1314 (178 pts)	#1715 (113 pts)	#1707 (108 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1521 (121 pts)	#1736 (116 pts)	#1552 (131 pts)	#1746 (116 pts)	#1420 (166 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1365 (185 pts)	#1209 (265 pts)	#1460 (190 pts)	#1536 (175 pts)	#1409 (200 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1129 (276 pts)	#1225 (266 pts)	#1084 (316 pts)	#1083 (326 pts)	#1281 (241 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#977 (316 pts)	#745 (496 pts)	#696 (546 pts)	#673 (561 pts)	#1243 (236 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1094 (277 pts)	#1446 (202 pts)	#770 (477 pts)	#1256 (252 pts)	#1108 (287 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#518 (598 pts)	#390 (793 pts)	#588 (563 pts)	#488 (673 pts)	#476 (673 pts)

Overall rank by season

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GCs: 0
Top-10s: 3%
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1397 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
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1396 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1396

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OLD HENRY'S BBQ

#6,369 of the rated field

1396 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1396

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bulldogs	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SHORTSVILLE SMOKERS	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
GOOD SMOKE BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	3	0	1	168.6060	135.4516	155.63	top 65%
Pork Ribs	28	8	0	2	172.0344	133.7142	155.50	top 63%
Pork	28	3	1	1	167.4400	134.8000	153.25	top 70%
Brisket	28	2	0	0	169.1428	121.6344	147.34	top 72%

“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)	1	top 87%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 75%
Large (40+)	8	top 71%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NY	13	top 68%
MA	8	top 80%
NH	3	top 77%
CT	2	top 76%
RI	1	top 98%
ME	1	top 68%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL)	9	10	top 77%	Sep 2, 2022
Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	4	22	top 84%	Oct 5, 2018
Hudson Valley Ribfest	2	15	top 40%	Aug 14, 2015
Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival	2	13	top 55%	Oct 10, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NY 13 of 28 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 15 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 385 finished ahead 263 times, behind 669

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Oct 4, 2019 → Sep 3, 2021

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

20221 milestone

Sep 2 Most recent contest I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL)

20191 milestone

Oct 4 25th tracked contest Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ

20152 milestones

Jul 3 First category win (Pork) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
Aug 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0344 Hudson Valley Ribfest

20142 milestones

Oct 10 10th tracked contest Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival
Oct 10 Career-best overall score646.8572 Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival

20134 milestones

Jun 1 First tracked contest Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest
Jun 21 First call Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival
Jul 4 First overall top-10 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival
Jul 4 Peak power rating (1489) I Love Barbecue & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.4	Hudson Valley Ribfest	Aug 14, 2015
+7.5	Salt City BBQ Festival	May 20, 2016
+6.5	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 4, 2013
+5	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival	Oct 10, 2014
+3.3	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest	May 29, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.8	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships	Jul 20, 2013
-13.4	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest	Jun 1, 2013
-11	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	Oct 9, 2015
-10.2	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest	May 31, 2014
-9	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival	Jul 5, 2019

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 100%	83.2%	83.2%
2021	2	0	0	0%	top 91%	85.1%	82.2%
2019	2	0	0	0%	top 98%	82.9%	82.1%
2018	2	0	0	0%	top 85%	87%	84.6%
2017	3	0	0	0%	top 83%	87.3%	85%
2016	4	0	0	75%	top 66%	86.7%	85.4%
2015	4	0	1	75%	top 58%	89.6%	87.6%
2014	3	0	0	67%	top 67%	89.8%	86.1%
2013	7	1	0	43%	top 68%	89.2%	84.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 2, 2022	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) Lake Placid, NY	22 / 22 (599.3604)	17 (161.1772)	6 (168)	22 (134.8000)	21 (135.3832)
Sep 25, 2021	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown 🏅 Southwick, MA	25 / 26 (571.3252)	20 (154.2628)	23 (141.6452)	24 (148.5944)	26 (126.8228)
Sep 3, 2021	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	13 / 15 (613.0056)	14 (158.2972)	14 (154.8344)	13 (154.8228)	13 (145.0512)
Oct 4, 2019	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Greenfield, MA	25 / 26 (597.0516)	26 (138.2400)	11 (165.7372)	24 (149.1200)	26 (143.9544)
Jul 5, 2019	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival 🏅 Lake Placid, NY	32 / 32 (585.6340)	25 (158.8572)	28 (153.6912)	32 (138.8572)	32 (134.2284)
Oct 5, 2018	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	24 / 31 (626.2512)	31 (145.6800)	22 (157.1428)	25 (159.3828)	15 (164.0456)
Jul 6, 2018	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	36 / 39 (591.8740)	35 (147.4172)	32 (148.5256)	30 (152.5600)	34 (143.3712)
Oct 6, 2017	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	22 / 25 (628.6404)	14 (164.0460)	21 (157.1428)	24 (150.2744)	19 (157.1772)
Jul 7, 2017	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	34 / 40 (595.8404)	17 (158.2972)	28 (152.5716)	28 (152.5144)	40 (132.4572)
Jun 3, 2017	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	55 / 73 (612.4232)	50 (157.6572)	60 (146.2744)	50 (156.5256)	55 (151.9660)
Oct 7, 2016	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	26 / 33 (615.8852)	32 (141.1084)	8 (169.1084)	27 (149.1312)	17 (156.5372)
Aug 19, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Windsor, CT	20 / 26 (623.8972)	23 (150.2628)	8 (168.0228)	18 (161.0972)	23 (144.5144)
Jul 2, 2016	I love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	20 / 28 (603.9656)	26 (140.5372)	17 (153.7028)	16 (151.9656)	11 (157.7600)
May 20, 2016	Salt City BBQ Festival Syracuse, NY	12 / 32 (616.0688)	8 (165.7716)	21 (151.4056)	9 (160.5828)	26 (138.3088)
Oct 9, 2015	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	23 / 25 (614.7776)	11 (168.0460)	17 (161.1316)	13 (163.9656)	25 (121.6344)
Aug 14, 2015	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	15 / 57 (642.2516)	9 (166.8456)	3 (172.0344)	15 (158.2744)	44 (145.0972)
Jul 3, 2015	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	19 / 31 (619.3832)	13 (158.8572)	26 (147.4060)	1 (167.4400)	27 (145.6800)
May 29, 2015	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	25 / 49 (645.1660)	14 (168.6060)	7 (168.5484)	48 (146.2744)	23 (161.7372)
Oct 10, 2014	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	13 / 27 (646.8572)	21 (150.8228)	5 (169.1772)	14 (160.5828)	9 (166.2744)
Jul 4, 2014	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	17 / 27 (611.3944)	24 (150.8572)	3 (166.3088)	21 (147.4284)	20 (146.8000)
May 31, 2014	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	43 / 48 (602.1716)	37 (153.6916)	41 (148.5028)	45 (146.2856)	27 (153.6916)
Oct 11, 2013	Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	13 / 21 (629.7028)	3 (168.5600)	18 (148.5828)	17 (158.2628)	17 (154.2972)
Aug 16, 2013	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	27 / 51 (626.7888)	11 (166.8800)	46 (142.2288)	24 (159.9772)	16 (157.7028)
Jul 20, 2013	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	45 / 46 (558.8808)	45 (135.4516)	34 (153.8172)	43 (139.3832)	43 (130.2288)
Jul 13, 2013	Troy Pig Out Troy, NY	23 / 32 (595.2800)	23 (150.2400)	31 (141.6456)	15 (157.1428)	20 (146.2516)
Jul 4, 2013	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid, NY	10 / 28 (614.2852)	24 (144.5716)	8 (158.8568)	4 (165.1428)	16 (145.7140)
Jun 21, 2013	Smokin @ the Ballpark BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	19 / 28 (642.2854)	12 (165.7144)	23 (154.2856)	24 (153.1426)	8 (169.1428)
Jun 1, 2013	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	39 / 43 (597.7142)	16 (166.8572)	42 (133.7142)	37 (147.4284)	29 (149.7144)

BOAR-N-Q

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An August team

The long haul

A standing appointment

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)