Riding a hot streak
5
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 5
West Cooper BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1528 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Best runs
5
straight top-10s
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2024-11-02
latest 2025-11-01
Best ToY finish
#293
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
3
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
668.74
last 5 Master vs avg 668.74 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
and counting
Consistency
±8.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.14 · weakest Brisket (164.21)
Road miles
488
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 243 mi
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1508)
Master avg
668.74 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (11 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
1.7256
points from the title
Came within 1.7256 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin in the Valley (2025-11-01).
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 ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Signature meat
40%
pork entries won
2 wins from 5 entries
When pork is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 40% of their entries (2 of 5).
- best 177.2000
- average 173.14
- 5 calls
High-water mark
681.0516
career-best overall
94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.0516 at Smokin in the Valley — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-11-01
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
The King and His Q has finished one call ahead of West Cooper BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Ribs n Pigs BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
Ribs n Pigs BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.93 points below their pork, and turns into a call 100% of the time against 100%.
- Brisket avg 164.21
- Pork avg 173.14
- 5 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smokin Genius in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 14 at their very first tracked contest, Smokin' in the Valley (2024-11-02).
- 2024-11-02
- 14-team field
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
CUMBIA BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 3 times.
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.
73 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before West Cooper BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Level with West Cooper BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 11 years before West Cooper BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2252 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before West Cooper BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin Genius | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Pit Bull Smokers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Aussie TongMasters | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs n Pigs BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 159.3828 | 165.35 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 156.5716 | 166.04 | top 55% |
| Pork | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 177.2000 | 166.2284 | 173.14 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 158.8228 | 164.21 | top 61% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in the Valley | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 39% | 2025-11-01 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2024-11-02 → 2025-11-01
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
WA
1 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 173.14 · weakest Brisket (164.21)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
5 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
5
straight contests — and still running
Master average
668.74
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
21
37–19 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
488
5 mapped stops · furthest 243 mi
Schedule strength
1508
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Power rating
1528
peak 1528 · #2264 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Smokin' in the Valley
- First call Smokin' in the Valley
- First category win (Pork) Smokin' in the Valley
- First overall top-10 Smokin' in the Valley
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2516 Smokin' in the Valley
- 2025
- First overall podium Smokin Barrel Fest
- First Reserve Championship Smokin in the Valley
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Smokin in the Valley
- Career-best overall score681.0516 Smokin in the Valley
- Peak power rating (1528) Smokin in the Valley
- Most recent contest Smokin in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Smokin in the Valley | 2025-11-01 |
| +6.5 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2024-11-02 |
| +6 | Smokin Barrel Fest | 2025-06-14 |
| +3 | Smokin' in the Valley | 2025-04-26 |
| +0.9 | Smokin in the Valley | 2025-08-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 100% | top 37% | 94.6% | 93.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 36% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-01 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 2 / 9 (681.0516) | 5 (167.3944) | 1 (180.0000) | 4 (170.2628) | 8 (163.3944) |
| 2025-08-02 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 6 / 12 (670.2856) | 5 (168.5600) | 11 (159.4056) | 2 (177.2000) | 7 (165.1200) |
| 2025-06-14 | Smokin Barrel Fest Nanson, WA | 3 / 10 (673.6800) | 4 (168.5944) | 5 (165.6800) | 1 (177.1428) | 6 (162.2628) |
| 2025-04-26 | Smokin' in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia, 6056 | 6 / 13 (656.4456) | 8 (162.8344) | 4 (168.5600) | 5 (166.2284) | 9 (158.8228) |
| 2024-11-02 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia, | 5 / 14 (662.2516) | 8 (159.3828) | 13 (156.5716) | 1 (174.8572) | 4 (171.4400) |
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 | #293 (749 pts) | #361 (639 pts) | #363 (714 pts) | #271 (844 pts) | #402 (544 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #802 (164 pts) | #939 (134 pts) | #1163 (99 pts) | #657 (264 pts) | #784 (189 pts) |