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QUEOLOGY

QUEOLOGY is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 17 at the Low Country Hog Fest (2014). They are ranked #2196 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,196
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1532
peak 1567 · rated over 28 contests

Contests

28
in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013
latest May 25, 2018 · 5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#448
Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

3
10 podiums

Overall top-10s

7
25% of 28 contests

Best top-10 run

3
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 49%
overall standings

Best overall

678.7776 / 720
Master · Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

658.37 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 658.94 (-0.57)

Walk rate

64%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600
Brisket · Low Country Hog Fest

Consistency

±12.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 166.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.52)

Road miles

3,453
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

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

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
  • May 8, 2015

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.

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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

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
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 (1,080 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #583 (530 pts) #592 (550 pts) #636 (525 pts) #542 (610 pts) #588 (545 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

80 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
#2,192 of the rated field
1532 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 Jun 26, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head
GEN QUE
#2,203 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1541

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen Sep 15, 2018
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SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN
#2,184 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1544

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

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Aug 22, 2026
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Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ
#2,182 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1546

They turned up 6 years after QUEOLOGY did, first appearing in 2019.

  • rated over 46 contests
  • last seen Jul 17, 2026
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ONE PIT WONDER
#2,180 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1549

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

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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TAILGATERS BBQ
#2,198 of the rated field
1531 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
0
Top-10s
6%
Peak
1531

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Aug 30, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin 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

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg 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 4 176 154.2858 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 18%
Medium (20–39)160top 49%
Large (40+)110top 53%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
SC180top 46%
GA70top 58%
NC30top 49%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smoke on the Harbor BBQ throwdown (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) 5 4 0 top 39% Nov 10, 2017
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 4 15 0 top 66% Aug 11, 2017
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 3 31 0 top 70% May 25, 2018
Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig 2 9 0 top 31% Sep 11, 2015
Low Country Hog Fest 2 3 0 top 30% Sep 4, 2015
SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 2 28 0 top 52% Jul 9, 2015
Squealin' on the Square 2 6 0 top 29% Oct 3, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 7 contests
Contests a season 4.7 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in SC 18 of 28 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 15 7 of them more than once
Opponents faced 483 finished ahead 600 times, behind 575

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival
20171 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
20152 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score678.7776 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
  2. Peak power rating (1567) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
20144 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
  2. First overall podium Low Country Hog Fest
  3. Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Low Country Hog Fest
  4. 10th tracked contest Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig
20134 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2850 Boss Hog Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier)
  3. First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  4. First overall top-10 Squealin' on the Square

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14.8Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)May 23, 2014
+13.3Smoke on the Harbor BBQ ThrowdownNov 15, 2013
+10.8Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ ChallengeMay 8, 2015
+10.6Low Country Hog FestAug 29, 2014
+10.5Squealin' on the SquareOct 4, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-7.9Smoke on the Shrine Lake & Bluegrass Festival (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)Jul 28, 2017
-7.4Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)May 27, 2016
-6.6Sam's Club National BBQ TourJun 6, 2014
-6.4Sam's Club National BBQ TourJun 3, 2016
-6.4SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)Jul 9, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 0% top 86% 89.1% 89.1%
20174010 25% top 61% 94.1% 92%
20164000 75% top 68% 91.4% 89.9%
20157011 71% top 47% 94.3% 91.7%
20146032 100% top 35% 93.9% 92.3%
20136020 50% top 41% 94.2% 91.6%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
May 25, 2018 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)
Nov 10, 2017 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)
Aug 11, 2017 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)
Jul 28, 2017 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)
May 26, 2017 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)
Nov 11, 2016 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)
Jun 3, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC 21 / 27 (658.1832) 22 (163.4288) 24 (161.6688) 21 (162.8000) 8 (170.2856)
May 27, 2016 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)
May 6, 2016 Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC 41 / 76 (654.7428) 70 (150.8116) 35 (165.1200) 36 (165.6684) 8 (173.1428)
Nov 13, 2015 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)
Sep 11, 2015 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC 9 / 29 (672.4568) 4 (173.7028) 17 (163.4056) 21 (163.9312) 8 (171.4172)
Sep 4, 2015 Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC 11 / 26 (673.0400) 13 (169.6800) 20 (157.0972) 1 (176) 8 (170.2628)
Jul 9, 2015 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)
Jun 12, 2015 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)
May 22, 2015 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)
May 8, 2015 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC 11 / 74 (678.7776) 51 (164.5372) 15 (170.8460) 15 (170.8228) 8 (172.5716)
Nov 14, 2014 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)
Oct 3, 2014 Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC 9 / 25 (670.7312) 16 (163.3828) 4 (170.8228) 8 (166.8228) 5 (169.7028)
Sep 19, 2014 Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC 11 / 35 (666.7660) 9 (168.5372) 28 (156.5488) 3 (173.1200) 9 (168.5600)
Aug 29, 2014 Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC 3 / 17 (667.3372) 10 (150.8228) 3 (171.9772) 4 (167.9772) 1 (176.5600)
Jun 6, 2014 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)
May 23, 2014 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)
Nov 15, 2013 Smoke on the Harbor BBQ Throwdown Charleston, SC 4 / 35 (678.1712) 3 (173.7028) 11 (165.0856) 3 (170.8228) 7 (168.5600)
Oct 4, 2013 Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC 6 / 28 (668.9944) 13 (163.9428) 11 (163.9544) 2 (174.2628) 6 (166.8344)
Jul 11, 2013 SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 28 / 78 (653.0172) 46 (159.4172) 19 (166.8344) 18 (166.8228) 38 (159.9428)
May 31, 2013 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)
May 24, 2013 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)
May 10, 2013 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)

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