QUEOLOGY

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

Power ranking

#2160

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1532

peak 1567 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2018-05-25

Best ToY finish

#448

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

678.7776 / 720

Master · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.37 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 658.94 (-0.57)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · Low Country Hog Fest

Consistency

±12.28

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.52)

Road miles

3,453

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 188 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Master avg

658.94 / 720

28 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 18 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.7776 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.7776 at Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-08

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 35%

A tough matchup

13–2 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 87% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 15 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.25 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 54%.

Pork Ribs avg 162.52
Brisket avg 166.77
3 calls in 28 entries

A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of E.T.'S BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

12 of 13 shared brisket entries lost

WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared brisket entries.

A September team

Top 35% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,453 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,453 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 188 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour.

28 mapped stops
furthest 188 mi

The metronome

±1.70% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.70% 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
28 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 4th

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.

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

Prime BBQ

#2175 of the rated field

1531 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1621

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to QUEOLOGY)

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

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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LONGBONE BBQ

#2156 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 27 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2017-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN

#2148 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1545

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

WOOD N PIG SMOKERS

#2167 of the rated field

1532 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-05-17

⚔ Head-to-head

CANYON RIDERS BBQ

#2153 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ

#2155 of the rated field

1532 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 46 contests
last seen 2026-07-17

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MIDNIGHT BURN	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Backwoods BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Smokin Gringos BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
ULTIMATE TAILGATERS BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	12	7	5	58%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
YES, DEAR BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
MR.GOODTIME'S BBQ CLUB	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	7	0	2	174.8572	146.2288	164.19	top 55%
Pork Ribs	28	3	0	1	171.9772	152.5144	162.52	top 57%
Pork	28	8	1	4	176.0000	154.2858	165.46	top 47%
Brisket	28	15	2	3	176.5600	157.0744	166.77	top 37%

“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
SC	18	top 46%
GA	7	top 58%
NC	3	top 49%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 18%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 49%
Large (40+)	11	top 53%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)	5	4	top 39%	2017-11-10
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	15	top 66%	2017-08-11
*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	3	31	top 70%	2018-05-25
Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig	2	9	top 31%	2015-09-11
Low Country Hog Fest	2	3	top 30%	2015-09-04
SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2	28	top 52%	2015-07-09
Squealin' on the Square	2	6	top 29%	2014-10-03

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2018-05-25

Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 4.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in SC 18 of 28 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 28 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 166.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.52)

Walk rate 64% a top-10 call in 18 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 25% 7 of 28 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 658.94 out of 720 · 28 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 490 600–575 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,453 28 mapped stops · furthest 188 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Power rating 1532 peak 1567 · #2160 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2850 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
May 31 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Oct 4 First overall top-10 Squealin' on the Square
2014
May 23 First category win (Brisket) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Aug 29 First overall podium Low Country Hog Fest
Aug 29 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Low Country Hog Fest
Sep 19 10th tracked contest Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
2015
May 8 Career-best overall score678.7776 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
May 8 Peak power rating (1567) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
2017
Jul 28 25th tracked contest Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
2018
May 25 Most recent contest *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	2014-05-23
+13.3	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown	2013-11-15
+10.8	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	2015-05-08
+10.6	Low Country Hog Fest	2014-08-29
+10.5	Squealin' on the Square	2013-10-04

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.9	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)	2017-07-28
-7.4	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2016-05-27
-6.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-06
-6.4	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	2015-07-09
-6.3	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2018-05-25

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 86%	89.1%	89.1%
2017	4	1	0	25%	top 61%	94.1%	92%
2016	4	0	0	75%	top 68%	91.4%	89.9%
2015	7	1	1	71%	top 47%	94.3%	91.7%
2014	6	3	2	100%	top 35%	93.9%	92.3%
2013	6	2	0	50%	top 41%	94.2%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-25	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	62 / 72 (641.5196)	69 (155.3828)	62 (159.9428)	35 (166.8228)	57 (159.3712)
2017-11-10	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Mt. Pleasant, SC	9 / 25 (662.6856)	16 (159.3484)	12 (165.0972)	11 (165.6800)	3 (172.5600)
2017-08-11	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	21 / 27 (649.5656)	23 (161.6572)	21 (160.5372)	18 (165.6800)	17 (161.6912)
2017-07-28	Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Summerville, SC	21 / 25 (660.4688)	15 (166.8344)	25 (155.3944)	11 (169.6684)	13 (168.5716)
2017-05-26	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	31 / 67 (677.6000)	36 (170.2744)	30 (169.6800)	45 (166.2400)	19 (171.4056)
2016-11-11	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown Mt. Pleasant, SC	15 / 25 (637.5544)	21 (146.2288)	7 (165.6916)	8 (166.2856)	13 (159.3484)
2016-06-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	21 / 27 (658.1832)	22 (163.4288)	24 (161.6688)	21 (162.8000)	8 (170.2856)
2016-05-27	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	52 / 66 (639.8056)	43 (165.0856)	62 (152.5144)	61 (155.9656)	31 (166.2400)
2016-05-06	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	41 / 76 (654.7428)	70 (150.8116)	35 (165.1200)	36 (165.6684)	8 (173.1428)
2015-11-13	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Mount Pleasant, SC	14 / 28 (648.9600)	14 (163.9428)	16 (160.5144)	21 (155.9428)	6 (168.5600)
2015-09-11	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	9 / 29 (672.4568)	4 (173.7028)	17 (163.4056)	21 (163.9312)	8 (171.4172)
2015-09-04	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	11 / 26 (673.0400)	13 (169.6800)	20 (157.0972)	1 (176.0000)	8 (170.2628)
2015-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	61 / 90 (640.3656)	64 (160.5256)	67 (155.9544)	59 (159.9428)	38 (163.9428)
2015-06-12	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	17 / 29 (647.8396)	21 (161.0972)	26 (154.2284)	14 (163.4056)	8 (169.1084)
2015-05-22	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	41 / 65 (659.2572)	25 (170.2628)	25 (168.5372)	39 (163.3828)	54 (157.0744)
2015-05-08	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	11 / 74 (678.7776)	51 (164.5372)	15 (170.8460)	15 (170.8228)	8 (172.5716)
2014-11-14	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN ON 6/15/2014) Charleston, SC	12 / 30 (653.0056)	5 (172.5600)	24 (154.8116)	7 (168.5256)	17 (157.1084)
2014-10-03	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	9 / 25 (670.7312)	16 (163.3828)	4 (170.8228)	8 (166.8228)	5 (169.7028)
2014-09-19	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	11 / 35 (666.7660)	9 (168.5372)	28 (156.5488)	3 (173.1200)	9 (168.5600)
2014-08-29	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	3 / 17 (667.3372)	10 (150.8228)	3 (171.9772)	4 (167.9772)	1 (176.5600)
2014-06-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	20 / 28 (654.6856)	3 (174.8572)	24 (158.2400)	23 (158.7884)	16 (162.8000)
2014-05-23	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	7 / 65 (675.9204)	8 (172.5600)	20 (166.8460)	35 (161.0972)	1 (175.4172)
2013-11-15	Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC	4 / 35 (678.1712)	3 (173.7028)	11 (165.0856)	3 (170.8228)	7 (168.5600)
2013-10-04	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	6 / 28 (668.9944)	13 (163.9428)	11 (163.9544)	2 (174.2628)	6 (166.8344)
2013-07-11	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	28 / 78 (653.0172)	46 (159.4172)	19 (166.8344)	18 (166.8228)	38 (159.9428)
2013-05-31	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	15 / 27 (649.7144)	15 (164.5716)	14 (166.2858)	26 (154.2858)	8 (164.5712)
2013-05-24	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	30 / 47 (658.8570)	31 (165.1428)	16 (167.4288)	23 (165.7142)	32 (160.5712)
2013-05-10	Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) Waynesboro, GA	24 / 41 (650.2850)	25 (165.1428)	29 (155.4284)	12 (166.2856)	21 (163.4282)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1713 (132 pts)	#1841 (127 pts)	#2030 (117 pts)	#1813 (132 pts)	#1098 (302 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#448 (860 pts)	#400 (935 pts)	#559 (695 pts)	#435 (870 pts)	#332 (1080 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#583 (530 pts)	#592 (550 pts)	#636 (525 pts)	#542 (610 pts)	#588 (545 pts)