RT QUE KUSINE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5939

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1435

peak 1508 · rated over 46 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2018-09-07

Best ToY finish

#520

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 46 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9656 / 720

Master · Smokin' At The Market

Perfect 180s

Current form

652.99 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 658.95 (-5.96)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Chicken · Cookeville Cookoff

Consistency

±13.93

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.52 · weakest Brisket (161.98)

Road miles

5,710

mi across 46 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Master avg

658.95 / 720

46 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

691.9656 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9656 at Smokin' At The Market — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-10-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BIG ORANGE SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of RT QUE KUSINE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 51%.

7 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 51%

A tough matchup

27–2 behind in the head-to-head

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead in 93% of their meetings

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has come out ahead in 27 of their 29 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 161.98
Chicken avg 166.52
5 calls in 46 entries

A strong matchup

11–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 79% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS in 11 of their 14 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

23 of 29 shared chicken entries lost

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN has out-cooked them in 23 of 29 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

CRITTER COOKER'S has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

5,710 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,710 miles across 46 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 249 miles to *Piggin In The Park(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES).

46 mapped stops
furthest 249 mi

The metronome

±1.94% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.94% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.5% of a perfect score
46 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

52 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

ALMOST FLAMOUS BARBEQUE

#5934 of the rated field

1435 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands

#5933 of the rated field

1436 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1436

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than RT QUE KUSINE has cooked, 23 to 46, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2024-06-22

⚔ Head-to-head

F n G BBQ

#5944 of the rated field

1435 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2024-01-04

⚔ Head-to-head

Rollin Smoke Barbeque

#5941 of the rated field

1435 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

Disco Balls

#5945 of the rated field

1435 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2022-04-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Vegan Tears BBQ

#5942 of the rated field

1435 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1435

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	29	2	27	7%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	25	1	24	4%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HAWG	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	22	0	22	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	21	0	21	0%	⚔ compare
BIG G BBQ	20	8	12	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'M IF U GOT'M	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
HOT COLE'S BBQ	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
Big B BBQ Company	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
WARREN COUNTY PORK CHOPPERS	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
THE OPRY BACKSTAGE GRILLERS	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT MALONE'S PIG SHACK	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	46	5	1	2	177.7144	155.9312	166.52	top 61%
Pork Ribs	46	11	0	0	175.4628	147.9200	165.34	top 56%
Pork	46	7	0	1	176.0116	151.3940	165.10	top 62%
Brisket	46	5	0	1	177.7028	145.6228	161.98	top 65%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TN	28	top 68%
KY	6	top 70%
GA	3	top 78%
IN	2	top 60%
MS	2	top 74%
OH	1	top 47%
SC	1	top 86%
MO	1	top 33%
IL	1	top 72%
AL	1	top 32%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 69%
Medium (20–39)	26	top 71%
Large (40+)	19	top 62%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
High on the Hog Festival	4	21	top 62%	2018-04-20
Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff	3	20	top 66%	2016-05-27
Smokin in McMinnville	2	15	top 47%	2018-08-10
Smoke on the Shores	2	48	top 90%	2018-03-09
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	15	top 66%	2017-05-12
BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier)	2	23	top 80%	2016-04-29

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.3 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2018-09-07

Busiest season 2016 11 contests

Contests a season 7.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 28 of 46 contests · 10 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 37 6 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 46 entries · 1 win · 5 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.52 · weakest Brisket (161.98)

Walk rate 43% a top-10 call in 20 of 46 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 46 contests

Master average 658.95 out of 720 · 46 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 820 672–1,165 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,710 46 mapped stops · furthest 249 mi

Schedule strength 1563 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Power rating 1435 peak 1508 · #5939 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 26 First call Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4684 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Sep 6 First category win (Chicken) Cookeville Cookoff
Sep 6 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 Cookeville Cookoff
2014
May 24 10th tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff
Oct 3 Career-best overall score691.9656 Smokin' At The Market
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1508) Smokin' At The Market
2016
May 27 25th tracked contest Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff
2018
Sep 7 Most recent contest *Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.8	TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest	2018-04-13
+7.6	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2015-08-21
+7.2	High on the Hog Festival	2014-04-18
+6.1	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition	2017-08-04
+5.8	Smokin in McMinnville	2018-08-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-05-10
-11	Smoke on the Shores	2016-03-11
-9.4	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff	2016-09-09
-9	Smoke in the Valley	2015-08-28
-7.5	Nebo Fall Festival and BBQ Competition	2016-09-16

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	6	0	33%	top 69%	93.6%	90.4%
2017	8	0	38%	top 73%	92.8%	91%
2016	11	0	55%	top 76%	93.7%	91.8%
2015	8	0	50%	top 67%	93.6%	90.9%
2014	7	0	14%	top 51%	96.1%	92.9%
2013	6	1	67%	top 58%	93.6%	92.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-09-07	*Smoke On The Ohio(JUDGES FULL) Mt.Vernon, IN	21 / 28 (642.7428)	24 (155.9312)	14 (164.5488)	17 (164.5484)	22 (157.7144)
2018-08-10	Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	15 / 28 (663.8740)	15 (169.1312)	9 (167.9772)	20 (163.3828)	16 (163.3828)
2018-04-20	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	31 / 42 (660.4116)	32 (166.2400)	31 (163.9888)	20 (168.5256)	34 (161.6572)
2018-04-13	TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest Savannah, TN	13 / 28 (674.1828)	9 (171.4172)	6 (173.1200)	27 (158.2056)	7 (171.4400)
2018-03-16	*Hog Wild BBQ Contest Corinth, MS	30 / 36 (623.7488)	30 (155.9428)	31 (147.9200)	27 (163.9544)	32 (155.9316)
2018-03-09	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	72 / 87 (642.0800)	79 (159.3828)	65 (161.0856)	54 (166.2400)	72 (155.3716)
2017-09-08	Tony Stone-Cookeville Cook-off Cookeville, TN	29 / 34 (644.4000)	20 (168.5372)	33 (150.7772)	31 (161.1200)	23 (163.9656)
2017-08-25	Great American BBQ Festival Franklin, TN	32 / 40 (657.0284)	33 (161.1084)	30 (163.9772)	14 (170.2744)	32 (161.6684)
2017-08-04	*Our Lady of Victory Holy Smokes BBQ Competition Cincinnati, OH	15 / 32 (663.3372)	15 (167.4172)	10 (170.8344)	10 (171.4056)	25 (153.6800)
2017-06-02	*Piggin In The Park(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Woodruff, SC	38 / 44 (630.1028)	32 (161.7028)	36 (158.2284)	28 (164.5488)	44 (145.6228)
2017-05-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	23 / 29 (663.9428)	9 (174.8456)	6 (175.4628)	27 (162.7884)	29 (150.8460)
2017-04-21	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	34 / 41 (649.0512)	18 (170.8572)	27 (165.1200)	39 (158.8228)	37 (154.2512)
2017-04-07	First Annual Operation Stand Down KY BBQ Smoke Off(TEAMS FULL) Bowling Green, KY	24 / 40 (668.5144)	22 (165.7372)	26 (167.9656)	7 (176.0116)	33 (158.8000)
2017-03-10	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	41 / 62 (663.3144)	12 (174.2628)	34 (166.2516)	49 (161.0972)	44 (161.7028)
2016-11-11	2nd Annual Brew B-Q Nashville, TN	20 / 25 (665.0400)	25 (161.6572)	14 (167.9772)	14 (168.5828)	17 (166.8228)
2016-10-28	Dickson County Smoke Fest Dickson, TN	27 / 40 (667.8512)	36 (162.2284)	28 (165.0972)	24 (167.9656)	11 (172.5600)
2016-10-14	Mid-South BBQ Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	18 / 27 (674.7428)	21 (168.5372)	8 (174.2628)	23 (165.0856)	16 (166.8572)
2016-09-16	Nebo Fall Festival and BBQ Competition Nebo, KY	18 / 20 (654.7772)	16 (158.2400)	10 (169.7260)	9 (169.1084)	19 (157.7028)
2016-09-09	The Tony Stone Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	28 / 30 (655.2916)	29 (160.5144)	8 (173.1544)	29 (160.5028)	25 (161.1200)
2016-08-26	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	24 / 31 (642.7660)	18 (163.4060)	12 (169.7372)	21 (161.6800)	29 (147.9428)
2016-07-08	Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-off and Cruise In Jamestown, TN	13 / 22 (673.0404)	15 (167.9772)	4 (175.4288)	18 (163.3944)	9 (166.2400)
2016-05-27	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN	23 / 31 (664.4340)	28 (162.8228)	25 (164.5372)	29 (159.3712)	3 (177.7028)
2016-05-13	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Bowling Green, KY	15 / 29 (671.3716)	24 (162.2516)	6 (173.1544)	15 (166.2512)	10 (169.7144)
2016-04-29	BBQ Boogie & Blues (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	28 / 35 (658.1600)	17 (168.5600)	33 (158.2172)	27 (163.3828)	16 (168.0000)
2016-03-11	Smoke on the Shores Nashville, TN	48 / 49 (643.8400)	43 (165.1200)	18 (169.1084)	46 (154.8000)	46 (154.8116)
2015-10-16	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	24 / 34 (656.4804)	12 (170.8344)	26 (161.1200)	8 (171.9772)	30 (152.5488)
2015-08-28	Smoke in the Valley Pikeville, TN	23 / 26 (649.5312)	11 (173.7028)	23 (158.2400)	18 (162.8000)	23 (154.7884)
2015-08-21	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	19 / 58 (650.8344)	2 (175.4400)	11 (166.8916)	43 (152.0000)	29 (156.5028)
2015-05-22	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	21 / 28 (664.5028)	13 (173.1084)	19 (166.8572)	24 (164.5600)	25 (159.9772)
2015-04-24	Wabash Ribber Fest Mt. Carmel, IL	33 / 46 (634.1708)	21 (166.8456)	36 (150.7884)	42 (151.3940)	22 (165.1428)
2015-04-17	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	34 / 59 (673.5884)	37 (169.1200)	51 (158.8000)	5 (175.4056)	20 (170.2628)
2015-03-27	Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	28 / 38 (657.0284)	28 (166.2400)	36 (155.3484)	3 (174.8800)	31 (160.5600)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	60 / 94 (647.2112)	45 (166.2628)	59 (160.5028)	80 (155.9200)	43 (164.5256)
2014-10-17	Mid-South Barbecue Festival Mount Pleasant, TN	26 / 35 (659.3028)	30 (161.1200)	21 (166.8344)	18 (169.1084)	25 (162.2400)
2014-10-03	Smokin' At The Market Gallatin, TN	13 / 29 (691.9656)	17 (171.4172)	15 (172.5600)	16 (172.5484)	6 (175.4400)
2014-09-19	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	24 / 75 (669.7028)	35 (165.1544)	25 (168.6172)	29 (167.4056)	27 (168.5256)
2014-05-24	Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ CookOff Lewisburg, TN	20 / 41 (673.6456)	15 (171.4172)	19 (169.7144)	26 (167.3940)	24 (165.1200)
2014-04-25	BBQ Boogie & Blues (SBBQA) Calhoun, GA	23 / 29 (656.4916)	27 (163.3944)	17 (167.3828)	14 (166.8800)	23 (158.8344)
2014-04-18	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	21 / 62 (677.0396)	39 (166.8112)	19 (169.6800)	18 (169.7372)	22 (170.8112)
2014-04-03	2nd Annual Parkinson's Smoke Out Evansville, IN	29 / 64 (653.1084)	43 (160.5600)	47 (158.2628)	21 (167.4400)	14 (166.8456)
2013-10-04	City of Earlington OctoberFest Earlington, KY	11 / 16 (673.6340)	6 (172.5484)	11 (165.1200)	9 (169.7028)	11 (166.2628)
2013-09-27	Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN	15 / 24 (667.8628)	19 (162.7884)	13 (167.9772)	17 (168.5372)	11 (168.5600)
2013-09-06	Cookeville Cookoff Cookeville, TN	17 / 42 (671.9312)	1 (177.7144)	25 (165.6800)	13 (172.5828)	34 (155.9540)
2013-08-09	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	15 / 37 (669.6456)	21 (166.8228)	9 (168.5716)	14 (169.1084)	21 (165.1428)
2013-07-26	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	26 / 54 (664.4684)	12 (170.8228)	8 (173.7372)	50 (156.4912)	33 (163.4172)
2013-05-10	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Knoxville, TN	26 / 29 (631.4276)	19 (164.0000)	21 (155.4284)	23 (157.7138)	23 (154.2854)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#714 (469 pts)	#733 (479 pts)	#619 (594 pts)	#804 (429 pts)	#711 (504 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#704 (535 pts)	#534 (745 pts)	#610 (660 pts)	#566 (705 pts)	#805 (480 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#520 (760 pts)	#546 (740 pts)	#283 (1224 pts)	#506 (800 pts)	#336 (1105 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#688 (528 pts)	#445 (878 pts)	#668 (573 pts)	#418 (898 pts)	#718 (513 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#637 (579 pts)	#690 (549 pts)	#610 (629 pts)	#600 (649 pts)	#562 (659 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#560 (558 pts)	#370 (833 pts)	#484 (678 pts)	#551 (598 pts)	#630 (518 pts)