High-water mark
678.2516
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.2516 at The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 13, 2018
THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S
THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 19 at The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival (2018). They are ranked #3172 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1509 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 31, 2017
latest Aug 20, 2022 · 5.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.68 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 661.84 (+4.84)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.84 · weakest Chicken (163.41)
Road miles
565
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 269 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
661.84 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #805 (181 pts) | #930 (156 pts) | #1046 (141 pts) | #810 (201 pts) | #573 (356 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #988 (117 pts) | #1045 (117 pts) | #995 (127 pts) | #736 (202 pts) | #1504 (57 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1035 (266 pts) | #1370 (176 pts) | #1314 (191 pts) | #1322 (186 pts) | #722 (496 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2057 (85 pts) | #2856 (55 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #2170 (75 pts) | #2055 (95 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S, each with one reason worth a look.
105 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,192 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,175 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,177 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before THE WASHINGTON STATE PORK DADDY'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTIES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5828 | 157.6456 | 163.41 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 158.8344 | 163.79 | top 63% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 156.0344 | 165.80 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 178.8800 | 157.0856 | 168.84 | 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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 58% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
101
finished ahead 69 times, behind 79
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Aug 18, 2018 → Aug 21, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
20211 milestone
- Peak power rating (1509) 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
20185 milestones
- First call The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival
- First overall top-10 The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.2516 The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival
- Career-best overall score678.2516 The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8800 The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival | Jul 13, 2018 |
| +3.2 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | Aug 21, 2021 |
| +0.4 | 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off | Aug 18, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | Aug 20, 2022 |
| -2.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 31, 2017 |
| -0.5 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship | Feb 5, 2022 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 94.2% | 92.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2022 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 22 / 29 (663.8856) | 25 (165.6800) | 26 (158.8344) | 15 (169.6800) | 14 (169.6912) |
| Feb 5, 2022 | Outdoor Cooking BBQ Championship 🏅 Puyallup, WA | 12 / 22 (663.4284) | 14 (163.4744) | 17 (159.9656) | 15 (165.7028) | 2 (174.2856) |
| Aug 21, 2021 | 4th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 12 / 27 (667.9428) | 12 (168.5828) | 10 (168.5716) | 4 (173.7028) | 24 (157.0856) |
| Aug 18, 2018 | 2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA | 14 / 27 (659.8744) | 22 (161.6800) | 19 (160.5372) | 22 (161.6572) | 2 (176) |
| Jul 13, 2018 | The Great Northwest Barbecue & Beer Festival Coeur d' Alene, ID | 6 / 19 (678.2516) | 12 (163.3944) | 12 (167.9772) | 10 (168) | 2 (178.8800) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA | 19 / 30 (637.6460) | 26 (157.6456) | 12 (166.8572) | 21 (156.0344) | 17 (157.1088) |