West Cooper BBQ WA
Rating
Contests
First seen
Best ToY finish
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Top-10 streak
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
The King and His Q has finished one call ahead of West Cooper BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
CUMBIA BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Ribs n Pigs BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Smokin Genius in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 1.7256 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin in the Valley (2025-11-01).
🍖 Signature meat
When pork is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 40% of their entries (2 of 5).
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 5 of 14 at their very first tracked contest, Smokin' in the Valley (2024-11-02).
Teams like this (closest power rating, WA first)
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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (4 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WA (1 of 5 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (5 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 668.74
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 681.0516 | 670.37 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 662.2516 | 662.25 |
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) |
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) |