High-water mark
665.6572
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6572 at Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-06-03
Q PDX
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-03
latest 2018-05-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.91
last 3 Master vs avg 647.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.83
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.34 · weakest Pork (156.53)
Road miles
41
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
647.91 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Q PDX has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 115 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1482
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Q PDX)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Q PDX has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Q PDX did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Q PDX on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 149.7028 | 158.83 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8688 | 156.5256 | 163.21 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 150.8112 | 156.53 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 161.1200 | 169.34 | top 35% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 73% | 2018-05-26 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2018-05-26
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OR
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 169.34 · weakest Pork (156.53)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
647.91
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
21–60 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
41
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
- First call Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.6572 Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score665.6572 Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1493) Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
- 2018
- First category win (Brisket) *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.9 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) | 2017-05-27 |
| -6.7 | Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition | 2016-06-03 |
| -3.4 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-05-26 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 66% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-26 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 23 / 35 (646.1368) | 23 (162.2400) | 27 (156.5256) | 31 (150.8112) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2017-05-27 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 30 / 37 (631.9316) | 34 (149.7028) | 17 (166.8688) | 29 (154.2400) | 24 (161.1200) |
| 2016-06-03 | Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition Florence, OR | 10 / 13 (665.6572) | 11 (164.5600) | 9 (166.2400) | 10 (164.5256) | 5 (170.3316) |