SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST OR
Rating
1608
peak 1609
Contests
16
in the data
First seen
2019-05-25
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#334
Master 2023
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
2
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
13
of 16 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
687.93 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 685.46 (+2.47)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
12
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.29
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 173.16 · weakest Pork (170.08)
Road miles
2786
mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 248 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SON OF SMOKE has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
RJs Smokehouse has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
CROOKED PIGS has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Old Dirty Basters in 10 of their 11 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.7256 points of the Grand Championship at 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff (2019-08-17).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition.
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 15% across 6 contests, versus top 25% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, OR first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5372 | 170.59 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 178.8572 | 161.6684 | 173.16 | top 29% |
| Pork | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 155.9200 | 170.08 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 16 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 178.2972 | 162.2400 | 171.62 | top 30% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 10 | 0 | top 31% |
| WA | 6 | 1 | top 15% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in OR (10 of 16 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (16 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition (2023-08-19)
- Wins it all in 6% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 685.46
- 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 678.7656 | 678.77 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 697.6800 | 690.23 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 694.8116 | 690.60 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 693.6572 | 690.80 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 689.0396 | 682.18 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 690.2284 | 690.23 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 684.5028 | 668.45 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 15 / 33 (678.7656) | 23 (163.9428) | 6 (176.0000) | 27 (162.8228) | 4 (176.0000) |
| 2025-08-16 | 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition DuPont, WA | 3 / 30 (697.6800) | 1 (180.0000) | 16 (171.4172) | 19 (169.1200) | 3 (177.1428) |
| 2025-07-19 | Sutherlin Throwdown Sutherlin, OR | 12 / 35 (687.3600) | 7 (177.7144) | 24 (169.1200) | 10 (173.7028) | 15 (166.8228) |
| 2025-05-24 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 6 / 26 (685.6456) | 4 (173.7028) | 14 (170.2628) | 3 (174.2856) | 17 (167.3944) |
| 2024-08-24 | 7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition DuPont, WA | 7 / 27 (690.1944) | 16 (170.8228) | 3 (176.5600) | 5 (177.7144) | 18 (165.0972) |
| 2024-07-20 | The Sutherlin Throwdown Sutherlin, OR | 8 / 30 (694.8116) | 10 (173.7144) | 8 (176.0000) | 19 (167.3944) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2024-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 8 / 27 (686.7884) | 14 (171.4400) | 6 (173.7028) | 13 (171.9656) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2023-08-19 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition DuPont, WA | 1 / 30 (693.6572) | 3 (177.1544) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (175.4056) | 17 (162.2400) |
| 2023-07-01 | Icebox Cookoff Sweet Home, OR | 5 / 38 (693.6456) | 4 (177.1428) | 12 (170.8228) | 7 (174.8572) | 14 (170.8228) |
| 2023-05-27 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 6 / 25 (685.1084) | 11 (168.5828) | 3 (176.0000) | 11 (169.7028) | 6 (170.8228) |
| 2022-08-20 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff DuPont, WA | 10 / 29 (689.0396) | 18 (168.5256) | 4 (177.7028) | 12 (173.1084) | 13 (169.7028) |
| 2022-07-02 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 Sweet Home, OR | 10 / 34 (682.7884) | 29 (160.5372) | 6 (176.5600) | 10 (171.4056) | 4 (174.2856) |
| 2022-05-28 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 9 / 27 (674.7196) | 16 (166.2628) | 9 (171.9656) | 22 (162.2284) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2021-08-21 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff DuPont, WA | 3 / 27 (690.2284) | 14 (168.0000) | 1 (178.8572) | 10 (170.2628) | 4 (173.1084) |
| 2019-08-17 | 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff DuPont, WA | 2 / 27 (684.5028) | 6 (169.7144) | 12 (165.0740) | 4 (171.4172) | 2 (178.2972) |
| 2019-05-25 | BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR | 19 / 34 (652.4000) | 20 (162.2516) | 15 (161.6684) | 24 (155.9200) | 6 (172.5600) |
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 | #683 (108 pts) | #851 (68 pts) | #625 (173 pts) | #1006 (58 pts) | #486 (208 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #401 (521 pts) | #356 (646 pts) | #685 (271 pts) | #455 (446 pts) | #476 (431 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #442 (454 pts) | #576 (334 pts) | #441 (544 pts) | #532 (374 pts) | #482 (439 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #334 (630 pts) | #405 (560 pts) | #409 (605 pts) | #413 (515 pts) | #513 (375 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #513 (400 pts) | #734 (245 pts) | #482 (515 pts) | #616 (320 pts) | #420 (550 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #664 (227 pts) | #1098 (107 pts) | #629 (277 pts) | #935 (127 pts) | #752 (202 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #566 (693 pts) | #809 (488 pts) | #651 (623 pts) | #745 (548 pts) | #646 (613 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #575 (688 pts) | #801 (488 pts) | #688 (588 pts) | #809 (483 pts) | #520 (783 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2000 (85 pts) | #1180 (260 pts) | #1954 (105 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1947 (100 pts) | #2064 (95 pts) | #2785 (55 pts) | #2015 (105 pts) | #1573 (170 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1675 (129 pts) | #2044 (79 pts) | #1803 (124 pts) | #1472 (169 pts) | #1846 (109 pts) |