Q-JITSU MI
Rating
1623
peak 1644
Contests
61
in the data
First seen
2019-06-21
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#192
Master 2023
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
5
14 podiums
Overall top-10s
16
of 61 contests
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
675.01 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 666.71 (+8.30)
Walk rate
66%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±75.88
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.13)
Road miles
13225
mi across 61 mapped stops · furthest 1025 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has finished one call ahead of Q-JITSU 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
FIREHOUSE SMOKE has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 26 of their 31 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PapaDads BBQ in 15 of their 18 shared contests.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 28% across 5 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (2023-08-25) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, iBQ'n.
Teams like this (closest power rating, MI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 48 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 159.3944 | 169.79 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 57 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 178.2972 | 20.0000 | 167.13 | top 40% |
| Pork | 45 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5028 | 169.41 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 46 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 177.7144 | 157.0856 | 168.55 | top 46% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MI | 21 | 0 | top 40% |
| IN | 8 | 1 | top 47% |
| OH | 7 | 0 | top 36% |
| IL | 3 | 0 | top 46% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 26% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
| WI | 1 | 0 | top 14% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 22% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 1 | top 41% |
| Large (40+) | 21 | 0 | top 43% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (12 contests)
- Cooks mostly in MI (29 of 61 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (57 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (2023-08-25)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 666.71
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 681.6228 | 672.06 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 699.9772 | 684.87 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 691.3828 | 683.74 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 706.2860 | 686.33 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 697.6572 | 685.14 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 672.0004 | 665.50 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 662.8000 | 559.34 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 669.0968 | 663.81 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH | 16 / 39 (681.6228) | 31 (162.2400) | 12 (171.9772) | 10 (173.7028) | 9 (173.7028) |
| 2026-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana Warsaw, IN | 26 / 35 (669.6112) | 10 (174.8572) | 18 (169.6800) | 21 (167.9884) | 34 (157.0856) |
| 2026-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN | — | 21 (160.5372) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana (ONE MEAT RIBS) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 27 (166.8572) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI | 25 / 34 (661.6452) | 21 (167.9656) | 27 (162.8456) | 18 (166.8456) | 22 (163.9884) |
| 2026-05-01 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 20 (162.8344) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Marietta River City BBQ (OPEN FORMAT) Marietta, OH | 4 / 15 (675.3716) | 15 (165.0972) | 7 (170.8344) | 2 (177.1772) | 10 (162.2628) |
| 2026-04-24 | Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Marietta, OH | — | 9 (163.9544) | — | — | — |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 34 / 158 (694.2400) | 78 (172.5600) | 89 (171.4172) | 19 (176.5600) | 38 (173.7028) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 120 / 401 (686.8000) | 206 (170.2628) | 66 (174.8688) | 238 (167.9656) | 82 (173.7028) |
| 2025-09-19 | September Fest Coldwater, MI | 9 / 26 (680.4796) | 13 (169.6684) | 5 (172.5828) | 11 (169.6684) | 12 (168.5600) |
| 2025-09-19 | September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Coldwater, MI | — | — | 2 (175.4288) | — | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH | 29 / 42 (669.0056) | 35 (165.6800) | 16 (170.8228) | 15 (172.0000) | 36 (160.5028) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 17 / 43 (683.3372) | 23 (169.6800) | 6 (175.4172) | 17 (171.4172) | 25 (166.8228) |
| 2025-08-01 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 9 (172.5944) | — | — |
| 2025-07-18 | Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH | 15 / 40 (683.3832) | 21 (169.1316) | 1 (178.2972) | 20 (167.4172) | 23 (168.5372) |
| 2025-05-09 | Smoke in the Mitten Westland, MI | 14 / 26 (676.4340) | 21 (162.8000) | 1 (177.7028) | 16 (167.4056) | 17 (168.5256) |
| 2025-05-09 | Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 14 (168.5716) | — | — |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI | 6 / 56 (699.9772) | 39 (168.5372) | 3 (176.0344) | 1 (180.0000) | 8 (175.4056) |
| 2025-03-21 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) Waycross, GA | 10 / 26 (690.1596) | 11 (174.2628) | 4 (177.7144) | 11 (173.1084) | 23 (165.0740) |
| 2024-09-13 | September Fest Coldwater, MI | 3 / 18 (683.9200) | 8 (171.4172) | 1 (176.5600) | 11 (167.4172) | 9 (168.5256) |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 8 / 40 (688.5256) | 26 (167.4284) | 4 (174.2744) | 5 (176.5600) | 13 (170.2628) |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 12 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH | 4 / 33 (691.3828) | 8 (173.7028) | 3 (173.7144) | 15 (169.7028) | 8 (174.2628) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 72 / 81 (678.1828) | 56 (171.9772) | 81 (158.8228) | 32 (174.2628) | 39 (173.1200) |
| 2024-05-03 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition Westland, MI | 9 / 26 (675.9088) | 20 (169.6800) | 9 (169.6800) | 6 (171.9772) | 17 (164.5716) |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI | 22 / 62 (684.5372) | 10 (177.1428) | 24 (170.8572) | 45 (165.1200) | 21 (171.4172) |
| 2023-10-13 | BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport Wadsworth, OH | 8 / 20 (682.8572) | 4 (174.8456) | 4 (172.6172) | 14 (165.6800) | 14 (169.7144) |
| 2023-09-21 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL | 17 / 50 (685.0860) | 12 (173.7028) | 27 (169.1316) | 4 (176.5600) | 33 (165.6916) |
| 2023-08-25 | Rockin' BBQ Take 2 Warsaw, IN | 1 / 23 (706.2860) | 4 (178.2972) | 5 (176.5716) | 5 (173.7028) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2023-08-25 | Rockin' BBQ Take 2 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Warsaw, IN | — | 10 (173.1200) | — | — | — |
| 2023-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 17 / 44 (673.6572) | 8 (174.8456) | 30 (165.7144) | 19 (167.9772) | 23 (165.1200) |
| 2023-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 7 (173.1544) | — | — |
| 2023-07-21 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH | 9 / 32 (680.5032) | 2 (176.5716) | 4 (173.1660) | 19 (167.3828) | 20 (163.3828) |
| 2023-05-05 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition Westland, MI | 4 / 25 (689.0856) | 19 (167.9772) | 8 (172.5600) | 1 (175.4400) | 8 (173.1084) |
| 2023-01-27 | Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL | 19 / 51 (686.8000) | 22 (174.2628) | 24 (170.8572) | 18 (172.0000) | 23 (169.6800) |
| 2022-10-14 | Best of the Midwest BBQ Union Grove, WI | 5 / 36 (690.7540) | 12 (171.9656) | 8 (173.1200) | 11 (171.4056) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2022-09-23 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL | 21 / 46 (685.1084) | 17 (174.2628) | 13 (173.1428) | 29 (167.4172) | 17 (170.2856) |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 16 / 50 (679.9544) | 10 (174.2628) | 38 (159.9544) | 11 (172.5828) | 7 (173.1544) |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | 13 (169.1428) | — | — |
| 2022-07-15 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI | 3 / 30 (697.6572) | 13 (171.9772) | 4 (174.8572) | 3 (176.5600) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2022-07-15 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI | — | — | 9 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 Franklin, IN | 26 / 42 (670.7196) | 32 (167.3944) | 27 (164.5484) | 10 (174.2628) | 31 (164.5140) |
| 2022-06-17 | Hoosier BBQ Classic (One Meat Ribs) Franklin, IN | — | — | 4 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (Day 1) Warsaw, IN | 13 / 36 (682.1828) | 24 (167.9656) | 16 (166.8344) | 2 (176.5600) | 16 (170.8228) |
| 2022-05-13 | 8th Annual Rockin' BBQ (One Meat Ribs) Warsaw, IN | — | — | 17 (166.8344) | — | — |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST Indianapolis, IN | 9 / 42 (689.6340) | 9 (175.4056) | 5 (174.2628) | 30 (165.6800) | 5 (174.2856) |
| 2021-09-24 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI | 17 / 28 (663.8740) | 27 (159.9540) | 4 (171.4172) | 11 (168.5256) | 16 (163.9772) |
| 2021-08-06 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 15 / 32 (664.5256) | 11 (171.9884) | 27 (155.3944) | 5 (172.5600) | 17 (164.5828) |
| 2021-07-09 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery Marshall, IL | 22 / 38 (661.5996) | 16 (170.2628) | 28 (163.3940) | 11 (170.8572) | 32 (157.0856) |
| 2021-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 Warsaw, IN | 17 / 39 (672.0004) | 30 (164.0116) | 4 (172.0000) | 31 (162.8688) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2020-09-25 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI | 20 / 28 (662.6852) | 3 (174.2972) | 27 (160.4796) | 26 (156.5028) | 5 (171.4056) |
| 2020-09-11 | Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ - One Meat Companion Contest Warsaw, IN | — | — | 33 (20.0000) | — | — |
| 2020-08-07 | All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 22 / 42 (662.8000) | 36 (159.3944) | 14 (166.8344) | 15 (166.8456) | 12 (169.7256) |
| 2020-06-19 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) Franklin, IN | 46 / 69 (660.4572) | 42 (165.6684) | 21 (167.9888) | 58 (158.2400) | 26 (168.5600) |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ Warsaw, IN | 47 / 66 (646.1716) | 19 (167.4172) | 56 (155.9544) | 55 (156.5256) | 30 (166.2744) |
| 2020-04-06 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO | 48 / 109 (164.6056) | — | — | — | 48 (164.6056) |
| 2019-09-20 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI | 17 / 28 (668.4800) | 18 (166.8456) | 16 (166.2744) | 16 (166.2400) | 17 (169.1200) |
| 2019-09-13 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 18 / 35 (658.2400) | 4 (172.5828) | 23 (163.3944) | 23 (162.2628) | 22 (160.0000) |
| 2019-08-02 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI | 19 / 40 (659.4056) | 23 (165.6800) | 19 (165.1656) | 32 (157.1544) | 9 (171.4056) |
| 2019-06-21 | 11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off Auburn Hills, MI | 9 / 30 (669.0968) | 13 (166.2856) | 5 (170.2628) | 12 (165.1428) | 11 (167.4056) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #290 (394 pts) | #218 (560 pts) | #245 (562 pts) | #194 (554 pts) | #296 (398 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #235 (933 pts) | #331 (693 pts) | #55 (1932 pts) | #211 (1068 pts) | #323 (733 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #336 (644 pts) | #455 (469 pts) | #288 (855 pts) | #374 (584 pts) | #457 (479 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #192 (1045 pts) | #151 (1206 pts) | #210 (1070 pts) | #194 (1030 pts) | #286 (775 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #241 (925 pts) | #324 (745 pts) | #127 (1383 pts) | #215 (1005 pts) | #233 (970 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #477 (375 pts) | #536 (345 pts) | #389 (530 pts) | #390 (495 pts) | #492 (390 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #403 (273 pts) | #281 (438 pts) | #345 (366 pts) | #404 (283 pts) | #285 (423 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #735 (418 pts) | #712 (483 pts) | #761 (438 pts) | #888 (348 pts) | #753 (438 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #983 (285 pts) | #926 (350 pts) | #1091 (270 pts) | #1208 (225 pts) | #1425 (165 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1276 (211 pts) | #1418 (201 pts) | #1273 (246 pts) | #1407 (201 pts) | #1372 (211 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2260 (63 pts) | #2957 (53 pts) | #2123 (103 pts) | #2963 (53 pts) | #1548 (178 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2048 (77 pts) | #2111 (77 pts) | #2164 (67 pts) | #2109 (82 pts) | #1892 (117 pts) |