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KCBS in Oregon OR
41 tracked contests over 13.1 years,
286 teams on the scoresheets — the 43th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
This season 2
contests in 2026 · 54 teams competing
Teams competed 286
distinct teams on record
Typical field 28
teams · biggest 43
Avg winning score 697.53
Master · of 720 · best 707.97
Avg category score 165.43
across 3,100 meat entries
Perfect 180s 39 🔥
12.6 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 28
titles handed out here
State championships 19 🏅
on the calendar
Towns 9
15 venues · 21 recurring contests
Seasons on record 13
2013 – 2026
Published purses $238,400
across 17 contests that listed one
Cancelled 2
not counted as contests held
How Oregon stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Oregon's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.
Contests held
41
#43 of 94
▲ median 37
Teams competing
286
#45 of 88
▲ median 249.5
Contests this season
2
#50 of 75
▼ median 2.5
Field depth
28 teams
#42 of 61
▼ median 31 teams
Winning score
697.53
#10 of 52
▲ median 694.24
Judging severity (lowest average category score = toughest room)
165.43
#41 of 45
▲ median 163.95
Perfect-180 rate
12.6 /1k
#3 of 45
▲ median 5.7 /1k
State championships
19
#33 of 51
▲ median 5
Regions like this one
Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.
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Season by season
Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.
Contests per season (up to 2026)
When they cook (month of year)
Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)
What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)
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How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)
A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored.
Meat Avg here vs sport Entries 180s 180s /1k
Chicken
166.60
+1.44
775
10
12.9
Pork Ribs
165.54
+1.92
775
9
11.6
Pork
165.68
+1.38
775
11
14.2
Brisket
163.89
+1.67
775
9
11.6
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
The regulars (most contests cooked in Oregon)
Team Contests GCs Last
J&C BBQ 18 — Jul 18, 2026
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 17 1 Jul 18, 2026
RJs Smokehouse 16 — Jul 18, 2026
Small Axe BBQ 15 2 Jul 18, 2026
Old Dirty Basters 15 — Jul 18, 2026
503BACKYARDBBQ 15 — Jul 1, 2023
CROOKED PIGS 12 3 May 23, 2026
BOOTIES BBQ 12 1 Jul 6, 2024
BIG BITE BBQ 10 2 May 27, 2023
LAKE HOUSE BBQ 10 1 May 23, 2026
SON OF SMOKE 10 1 May 23, 2026
Smoke324 10 — May 23, 2026
Highest scores in Oregon (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
707.9656 Cynical BBQ
The Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 20, 2024
707.4172 Bad Bears BBQ
The Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 20, 2024
707.3944 BAR-B-CUDA BBQ
Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 19, 2025
707.3828 SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) May 31, 2025
706.8800 Small Axe BBQ
The Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 20, 2024
706.2512 Big Boys BBQ
Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 19, 2025
706.2512 Rio Good BBQ
The Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 20, 2024
705.7144 Smokin' Bliss BBQ
Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 19, 2025
705.1200 Rio Good BBQ
Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 18, 2026
704.5712 Small Axe BBQ
Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 Jul 2, 2022
Contests that come back (recurring)
Where it happens (towns in Oregon)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
North Bend 19 12 32 May 23, 2026
Sweet Home 7 4 33 May 31, 2025
Sutherlin 4 3 31 Jul 18, 2026
Central Point 3 2 20 Jun 26, 2015
Hermiston 2 1 19 Oct 7, 2022
Albany 2 2 16 Jan 8, 2022
Dallas 2 2 16 Jun 26, 2020
Florence 1 1 13 Jun 3, 2016
Coquille 1 1 8 Aug 30, 2014
State championships 🏅
Contest Teams Grand champion
Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 18, 2026
29
Rio Good BBQ
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay May 23, 2026
33
Bone Rubbin BBQ
Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 19, 2025
35
Bar-B-Cuda BBQ
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) May 31, 2025
28
Smokin' Volts BBQ
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) May 30, 2025
30
Bad Bears BBQ
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay May 24, 2025
26
Crooked Pigs
The Sutherlin Throwdown Jul 20, 2024
30
Cynical BBQ
2024 Icebox Cookoff Jul 6, 2024
37
Small Axe BBQ
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay May 25, 2024
27
Crooked Pigs
Icebox Cookoff Jul 1, 2023
38
Knuckle Draggers
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 278 teams with a recorded finish in Oregon, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
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