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KCBS in Washington WA

22 tracked contests over 13.5 years, 189 teams on the scoresheets — the 54th busiest of 94 regions on file.

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At a glance

Contests

22
18 scored

This season

3
contests in 2026 · 35 teams competing

Teams competed

189
distinct teams on record

Typical field

26
teams · biggest 30

Avg winning score

690.08
Master · of 720 · best 705.18

Avg category score

163.85
across 1,846 meat entries

Perfect 180s

15 🔥
8.1 per 1,000 entries

Grand champions

18
titles handed out here

State championships

9 🏅
on the calendar

Towns

7
9 venues · 18 recurring contests

Seasons on record

13
2013 – 2026

Published purses

$127,700
across 9 contests that listed one

How Washington stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)

The bar is Washington'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.

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.

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.

SeasonContestsTeamsAvg fieldBiggest Avg winBest180sState titles
2026 3 35 22 27 699.66 700.53 1 2 events →
2025 1 30 30 30 701.10 701.10 3 1 events →
2024 2 27 27 27 703.47 703.47 2 1 events →
2023 1 30 30 30 693.66 693.66 1 1 events →
2022 2 45 26 29 700.27 703.43 4 2 events →
2021 1 27 27 27 701.10 701.10 1 1 events →
2019 1 27 27 27 686.23 686.23 1 1 events →
2018 1 27 27 27 705.18 705.18 1 — events →
2017 2 40 24 30 684.87 688.57 1 — events →
2016 1 30 30 30 680.54 680.54 — — events →
2015 1 28 28 28 680.63 680.63 — — events →
2014 3 45 26 30 671.37 676.55 — — events →
2013 3 35 21 29 678.57 690.29 — — events →

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)

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. Washington marks brisket hardest — 0.42 points below the rest of the sport.

MeatAvg herevs sportEntries180s180s /1k
Chicken 165.12 -0.04 462 4 8.7
Pork Ribs 164.18 +0.56 461 2 4.3
Pork 164.32 +0.02 461 3 6.5
Brisket 161.80 -0.42 462 6 13

Top teams who cook here (by power rating)

Power rankTeamRating
#99Colorado Bulldawg BBQ1808
#141PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ1780
#212BULL MARKET BBQ1753
#338CANCERSUCKSCHICAGO.COM1715
#363CROOKED PIGS1709
#364Small Axe BBQ1709
#371MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ1708
#436J & B'S BBQ1691
#487Smoke3241679
#501The Yellow Rose Texas BBQ Company1676
#535OM BBQ COMPANY1671
#619SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST1656
#657THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES1648
#659Rusty's BBQ1648
#670BOOTIES BBQ1646

The regulars (most contests cooked in Washington)

TeamContestsGCsLast
SLOW PORKIN161Aug 22, 2026
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ121Aug 16, 2025
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST121Aug 22, 2026
LAKE HOUSE BBQ11—Aug 22, 2026
FAHRENHEIT 25010—Feb 5, 2022
Wine Country Q91Aug 16, 2025
JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ9—Aug 21, 2021
RJs Smokehouse8—Sep 25, 2026
MADDDOG'S BBQ8—Aug 21, 2021
Rusty's BBQ72Aug 22, 2026
Small Axe BBQ7—Sep 25, 2026
Daddy & Me BBQ7—Sep 25, 2026

Highest scores in Washington (Master · /720)

ScoreTeamWhere
705.1772Rusty's BBQ 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off Aug 18, 2018
703.4748J&C BBQ 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 24, 2024
703.4288Rusty's BBQ 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 20, 2022
701.6684RJs Smokehouse 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 24, 2024
701.6684Small Axe BBQ 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 20, 2022
701.0972Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 16, 2025
701.0972Smoke324 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 21, 2021
701.0972J&C BBQ 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 20, 2022
700.5716SLOW PORKIN 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 24, 2024
700.5256Colorado Bulldawg BBQ Smoke on the Sound Sep 25, 2026

Most GCs in Washington

TeamGCs
BAD BONES BBQ2
MOVIN' THE CHAINS2
Rusty's BBQ2
Smoke3242
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ2
SMOKEY'S BARBQUE WA1
WARPIG BBQ & SAUSAGE CO.1
Wine Country Q1
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ1
SLOW PORKIN1

Contests that come back (recurring)

ContestEditionsBiggestLast held
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour530Mar 31, 2017

Where it happens (towns in Washington)

TownContestsSeasonsAvg fieldLast
DuPont10927Aug 22, 2026
Renton5529Mar 31, 2017
Redmond2117Sep 25, 2026
Monroe2122Apr 26, 2014
Puyallup1122Feb 5, 2022
Snohomish1113Jul 20, 2013
Sumner11—Apr 14, 2013

Reps who work Washington

RepContestsLast
Ian Schmidt9Sep 25, 2026
Julie Poe9Sep 25, 2026
Jennifer Shiflett1Aug 17, 2019

State championships 🏅

ContestTeamsGrand champion
Smoke on the Sound Sep 25, 2026 17 Colorado Bulldawg BBQ
9th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 22, 2026 27 Colorado BullDawg BBQ
8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 16, 2025 30 Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ
7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition Aug 24, 2024 27 J&C BBQ
DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition Aug 19, 2023 30 Smokin' Timbers Northwest
5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 20, 2022 29 Rusty's BBQ
Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship Feb 5, 2022 22 Warpig Smokehouse
4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 21, 2021 27 SMOKE324
3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff Aug 17, 2019 27 Smoke 324

Where else these teams cook

Of the 189 teams with a recorded finish in Washington, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.

RegionShared teamsShare of the field hereContests they cooked there
Oregon OR 85 45% 28 compare →
Nevada NV 43 23% 35 compare →
Kansas KS 29 15% 46 compare →
Tennessee TN 28 15% 38 compare →
Idaho ID 25 13% 10 compare →
Missouri MO 24 13% 32 compare →
California CA 20 11% 134 compare →
Arizona AZ 19 10% 21 compare →

On the map (every mapped contest in Washington — tap a pin)

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