West Coast BBQ Shop

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#804

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1627

peak 1630 · rated over 30 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2022-02-18

latest 2026-04-17

Best ToY finish

#86

Master 2022

Grand champs

4 reserve

Category wins

15 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

700.5716 / 720

Master · Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

688.16 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 684.04 (+4.11)

Walk rate

91%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival

Consistency

±10.38

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 173.63 · weakest Brisket (169.35)

Road miles

6,275

mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi

Schedule strength

75%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1595)

Purse competed for

$271K

listed at 29 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 32 state-championship entries

Master avg

684.04 / 720

30 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (18 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

The heartbreaker

1.1200 points from the title

Came within 1.1200 points of the Grand Championship at 2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival (2022-11-04).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival (2022-09-30) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Bad Boyz BBQ.

They almost always walk

91% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 29 of 32 contests

A top-10 category call in 91% of their 32 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

700.5716 career-best overall

97.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 700.5716 at Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship — 97.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-04-28

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 32 entries at contests carrying the title.

32 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

7 SINS BBQ has finished one call ahead of West Coast BBQ Shop 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

20–6 behind in the head-to-head

Meat Candy Q ahead in 77% of their meetings

Meat Candy Q has come out ahead in 20 of their 26 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.27 points below their pork, and turns into a call 43% of the time against 67%.

Brisket avg 169.35
Pork avg 173.63
13 calls in 30 entries

The drought

20 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival on 2022-09-30 — 20 contests and 3.9 years ago.

last GC 2022-09-30
3.9 years ago

A strong matchup

9–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WILD WILLY'S SMOKIN HOT BBQ in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

16 of 26 shared pork entries lost

Meat Candy Q ahead 62% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Meat Candy Q has out-cooked them in 16 of 26 shared pork entries.

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
32 contests

Built for the big stage

Top 23% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 23% finish in large fields against top 51% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 23% (4)
Small (<20 teams): top 51% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BULL MARKET BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A November team

Top 14% average finish in November

Something about November: average finish in the top 14% across 3 contests, versus top 39% the rest of the year.

3 November contests
top 39% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,275 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,275 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 410 miles to 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival.

32 mapped stops
furthest 410 mi

The metronome

±1.44% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.44% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 95.0% of a perfect score
32 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

29 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PIGGIN' OUT

#797 of the rated field

1627 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1647

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before West Coast BBQ Shop's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Thin Blue Swine

#808 of the rated field

1627 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1632

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 27 contests to 32, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BARREL BOYS BBQ

#800 of the rated field

1627 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1662

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1662 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

BLACK HART BBQ

#809 of the rated field

1627 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1627

No shared contest yet.

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 65% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2019-08-16
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que

#798 of the rated field

1627 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1628

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2022.

rated over 41 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

The Smokin Goat

#805 of the rated field

1627 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1627

No shared contest yet.

4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
B' Mackin BBQ	26	7	19	27%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	26	6	20	23%	⚔ compare
LADY OF Q	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	20	11	9	55%	⚔ compare
7 SINS BBQ	20	10	10	50%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	18	10	8	56%	⚔ compare
BIG RED BBQ	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Bliss BBQ	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
BULL MARKET BBQ	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
5TH GEAR BBQ	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Weekend Warrior BBQ	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	12	2	4	177.7144	153.6684	171.01	top 45%
Pork Ribs	30	12	1	3	178.8572	159.3828	170.06	top 44%
Pork	30	20	2	5	180.0000 🔥	166.8228	173.63	top 32%
Brisket	30	13	0	3	178.3200	152.5260	169.35	top 44%

“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
CA	23	0	top 37%
AZ	5	1	top 49%
NV	2	0	top 31%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	0	top 51%
Medium (20–39)	21	1	top 39%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 23%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Boots & Brew	2	10	top 42%	2025-04-11
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	2	9	top 24%	2023-06-02
Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 2)	2	10	top 42%	2022-05-28

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2022-02-18 → 2026-04-17

Busiest season 2022 13 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 6.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 24 of 32 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 27 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 30 entries · 2 wins · 12 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 173.63 · weakest Brisket (169.35)

Walk rate 91% a top-10 call in 29 of 32 contests

Overall top-10 rate 44% 14 of 32 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 4 reserve

First title 2022-09-30 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 684.04 out of 720 · 30 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 292 590–325 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,275 32 mapped stops · furthest 410 mi

Schedule strength 1595 average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests

Purse competed for $271,300 listed at 29 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 32 state-championship entries

Power rating 1627 peak 1630 · #804 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2022
Feb 18 First tracked contest BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival
Feb 18 First call BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival
Feb 18 First category win (Pork) BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival
Feb 18 First perfect 180 (Pork) BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival
Feb 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.4804 BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival
Apr 1 First overall top-10 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship
Apr 29 First overall podium 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
Sep 16 10th tracked contest BBQ on the Bay Day 1
Sep 17 First Reserve Championship BBQ on the Bay Day 2
Sep 30 First Grand Championship 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival
Sep 30 First state championship 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival
2023
Apr 28 Career-best overall score700.5716 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
2024
Mar 15 25th tracked contest Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest
2026
Jan 30 Peak power rating (1630) The Golden State Battle VIII
Apr 17 Most recent contest The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	BBQ on the Bay Day 2	2022-09-17
+16.7	2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival	2022-09-30
+15.3	2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival	2022-11-04
+14.8	3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship	2022-04-29
+14.7	9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship	2022-04-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.7	BBQ on the Bay Day 1	2022-09-16
-7.2	The Golden State Battle VI	2024-03-01
-6	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off	2023-05-26
-5.9	BBQ & Brew Festival	2026-02-27
-5.2	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest	2023-08-04

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	0	0	0	67%	top 48%	96.1%	95%
2025	4	0	1	1	100%	top 43%	96.4%	95.1%
2024	2	0	0	0	50%	top 70%	93.2%	93.2%
2023	10	0	5	0	90%	top 36%	97.3%	95.1%
2022	13	1	8	4	100%	top 35%	97.3%	95%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-04-17	The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	13 / 29 (683.9424)	22 (166.2856)	14 (171.4056)	6 (174.8456)	12 (171.4056)
2026-02-27	BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ	17 / 25 (677.0288)	20 (163.9544)	17 (167.3828)	11 (172.5600)	5 (173.1316)
2026-01-30	The Golden State Battle VIII 🏅 Riverside, CA	13 / 41 (691.9316)	13 (176.5600)	22 (170.2628)	11 (174.2744)	15 (170.8344)
2025-11-21	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	16 / 90 (693.6344)	53 (169.6684)	28 (171.9888)	10 (176.5600)	12 (175.4172)
2025-09-12	21st Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest 🏅 Riverside, CA	16 / 35 (694.2400)	8 (177.7144)	4 (177.7028)	18 (173.1200)	26 (165.7028)
2025-04-11	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	10 / 26 (678.7660)	1 (177.7028)	17 (162.8460)	9 (171.9656)	13 (166.2516)
2025-02-21	Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	20 / 29 (672.4344)	5 (175.4172)	18 (166.8344)	15 (169.6800)	26 (160.5028)
2024-03-15	Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	—	—	—	—	—
2024-03-01	The Golden State Battle VI 🏅 Hollister, CA	23 / 33 (670.7428)	11 (172.5600)	28 (159.3828)	10 (171.9772)	23 (166.8228)
2023-11-17	Golden State Battle of Indio 🏅 Indio, CA	7 / 40 (698.2288)	13 (174.2628)	27 (169.6916)	5 (177.7144)	5 (176.5600)
2023-10-06	Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest 🏅 San Juan Capistrano, CA	11 / 17 (681.0284)	12 (170.8228)	3 (177.1544)	14 (167.3828)	13 (165.6684)
2023-09-29	Field, Fire Fork! 🏅 Los Banos, CA	6 / 19 (685.1200)	5 (172.5600)	10 (163.9772)	3 (177.7372)	5 (170.8456)
2023-08-04	Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Dinuba, CA	19 / 29 (669.0056)	19 (166.8456)	10 (169.6800)	9 (170.8228)	21 (161.6572)
2023-06-02	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	10 / 43 (690.2056)	21 (170.2628)	19 (168.5372)	6 (177.7028)	10 (173.7028)
2023-05-26	Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Felton, CA	12 / 19 (666.1944)	18 (154.7772)	10 (166.8572)	8 (170.8572)	4 (173.7028)
2023-04-28	Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	2 / 27 (700.5716)	3 (175.4172)	4 (173.1544)	5 (174.8572)	2 (177.1428)
2023-03-10	BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ	14 / 32 (681.6344)	6 (176.0000)	20 (167.3944)	9 (173.1316)	25 (165.1084)
2023-03-03	The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA	2 / 28 (691.9888)	13 (171.9656)	5 (173.1316)	4 (176.0228)	8 (170.8688)
2023-01-13	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	—	—	—	—	—
2022-11-04	2022 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA	2 / 35 (693.1316)	6 (176.5600)	11 (170.8344)	5 (176.0000)	13 (169.7372)
2022-09-30	2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival 🏅 Payson, AZ	1 / 21 (699.4744)	10 (170.8572)	1 (178.8572)	2 (178.8800)	10 (170.8800)
2022-09-17	BBQ on the Bay Day 2 🏅 San Diego, CA	2 / 16 (700.5600)	7 (173.7028)	2 (177.7144)	12 (170.8228)	3 (178.3200)
2022-09-16	BBQ on the Bay Day 1 🏅 San Diego, CA	14 / 17 (658.2284)	17 (153.6684)	12 (165.1428)	3 (173.7372)	12 (165.6800)
2022-08-12	Reata Round Up BBQ Contest 🏅 San Juan Capistrano, CA	10 / 25 (678.7772)	1 (176.5944)	13 (169.6800)	7 (173.1200)	20 (159.3828)
2022-06-03	Horse Town Brew N Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	9 / 37 (689.6228)	8 (174.2628)	29 (165.0972)	1 (178.8572)	12 (171.4056)
2022-05-28	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 2) 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	11 / 25 (685.0512)	12 (174.2628)	8 (173.7028)	16 (166.8228)	8 (170.2628)
2022-05-27	Big Bear Grill & Chill BBQ Championships (Day 1) 🏅 Big Bear Lake, CA	10 / 25 (680.4684)	13 (168.5256)	18 (165.0856)	14 (169.1200)	2 (177.7372)
2022-04-29	3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA	3 / 29 (685.6800)	3 (175.4056)	9 (172.5944)	9 (171.4172)	15 (166.2628)
2022-04-08	BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA	13 / 29 (677.0284)	22 (166.2400)	15 (167.4056)	13 (170.8228)	9 (172.5600)
2022-04-02	9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 🏅 Arcadia, CA	19 / 27 (683.3256)	20 (168.5256)	4 (175.4172)	15 (172.5600)	18 (166.8228)
2022-04-01	9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship 🏅 Arcadia, CA	7 / 37 (686.8000)	22 (167.9772)	14 (169.6800)	6 (175.4400)	6 (173.7028)
2022-02-18	BBQ & Brew 'Best in the Southwest' Festival 🏅 Yuma, AZ	21 / 34 (676.4804)	18 (170.8344)	11 (173.1200)	1 (180.0000)	29 (152.5260)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#1082 (79 pts)	#815 (179 pts)	#1211 (89 pts)	#1048 (104 pts)	#1469 (54 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#668 (233 pts)	#699 (248 pts)	#1091 (118 pts)	#590 (318 pts)	#679 (253 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#102 (1476 pts)	#151 (1206 pts)	#160 (1266 pts)	#96 (1476 pts)	#138 (1251 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#86 (1632 pts)	#113 (1404 pts)	#92 (1563 pts)	#44 (1826 pts)	#101 (1469 pts)