Riding a hot streak
5
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 5
West Cooper BBQ
West Cooper BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 9 at the Smokin in the Valley (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2281 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1528 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 2, 2024
latest Nov 1, 2025 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
3
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
100% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
5
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 173.14 · weakest Brisket (164.21)
Road miles
488
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
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to West Cooper BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
65 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,286 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1528
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,279 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1528
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,273 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1528
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before West Cooper BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
Level with West Cooper BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1528
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,275 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1528
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 🔥 | 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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin in the Valley | 3 | 2 | 0 | top 39% | Nov 1, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
1 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
21
finished ahead 37 times, behind 19
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20256 milestones
- 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
20245 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Smokin in the Valley | Nov 1, 2025 |
| +6.5 | Smokin' in the Valley | Nov 2, 2024 |
| +6 | Smokin Barrel Fest | Jun 14, 2025 |
| +3 | Smokin' in the Valley | Apr 26, 2025 |
| +0.9 | Smokin in the Valley | Aug 2, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 2 / 9 (681.0516) | 5 (167.3944) | 1 (180) | 4 (170.2628) | 8 (163.3944) |
| Aug 2, 2025 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 6 / 12 (670.2856) | 5 (168.5600) | 11 (159.4056) | 2 (177.2000) | 7 (165.1200) |
| Jun 14, 2025 | Smokin Barrel Fest Nanson, WA | 3 / 10 (673.6800) | 4 (168.5944) | 5 (165.6800) | 1 (177.1428) | 6 (162.2628) |
| Apr 26, 2025 | Smokin' in the Valley Herne Hill, Western Australia | 6 / 13 (656.4456) | 8 (162.8344) | 4 (168.5600) | 5 (166.2284) | 9 (158.8228) |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 5 / 14 (662.2516) | 8 (159.3828) | 13 (156.5716) | 1 (174.8572) | 4 (171.4400) |