Wine Country Q

Wine Country Q is a competition barbecue team with 24 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Washington State Spring BBQ Championship (2014), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #706 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#706

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1641

peak 1641 · rated over 22 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013

latest Aug 16, 2025 · 12.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#434

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve · wins it all 4% of the time

Category wins

18 podiums

Overall top-10s

58% of 24 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 29%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9312 / 720

Master · 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

679.22 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.47 (+5.74)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Consistency

±11.24

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.91 · weakest Chicken (166.83)

Road miles

22,343

across 24 mapped stops · furthest 2,024 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Purse competed for

$55K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.47 / 720

24 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (16 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

4.0688 points from the title

Came within 4.0688 points of the Grand Championship at BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay (May 22, 2015).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

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

Pork ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 15% average finish here

Sam's Club National BBQ Tour is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 15%

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 20 of 24 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 24 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9312 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9312 at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 16, 2025

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The drought

16 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Washington State Spring BBQ Championship on Apr 25, 2014 — 16 contests and 12.4 years ago.

last GC Apr 25, 2014
12.4 years ago

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A strong matchup

8–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff (Aug 20, 2022).

last seen Aug 18, 2018
back Aug 20, 2022

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 29 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Apr 12, 2013).

Apr 12, 2013
29-team field

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
24 contests

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

LAKE HOUSE BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A May team

Top 17% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 17% across 4 contests, versus top 29% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 29% the rest of the year

The long haul

22,343 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 22,343 miles across 24 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,024 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

24 mapped stops
furthest 2,024 mi

The metronome

±1.56% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.56% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.5% of a perfect score
24 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 2nd

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#1087 (105 pts)	#1257 (75 pts)	#1411 (65 pts)	#916 (140 pts)	#1150 (100 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#937 (139 pts)	#1319 (69 pts)	#965 (169 pts)	#967 (149 pts)	#931 (149 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#718 (527 pts)	#1244 (262 pts)	#577 (712 pts)	#874 (447 pts)	#634 (627 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#468 (827 pts)	#774 (477 pts)	#554 (697 pts)	#497 (782 pts)	#535 (697 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#787 (433 pts)	#1180 (273 pts)	#739 (503 pts)	#1270 (248 pts)	#936 (358 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#434 (703 pts)	#589 (553 pts)	#535 (618 pts)	#590 (563 pts)	#428 (738 pts)

Overall rank by season

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SWEET BEAVER BBQ

#705 of the rated field

1641 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1641

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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Pig Candy Barbeque Co.

#708 of the rated field

1640 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1641

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 37 contests to 24.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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SON SEEKERS BBQ

#704 of the rated field

1641 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1662

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Wine Country Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 43 contests

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Big Bear BBQ

#709 of the rated field

1640 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1640

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 47 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 47 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026

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SOGGY BOTTOM SMOKERS

#707 of the rated field

1640 power rating

Contests: 47
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1655

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 47 contests
last seen May 20, 2022

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POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP

#701 of the rated field

1641 power rating

Contests: 69
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1678

Level with Wine Country Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 67 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LAKE HOUSE BBQ	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
BAD BONES BBQ	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
DUELIN' J'S	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ	8	8	0	100%	⚔ compare
SLOW PORKIN	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
PIGGY D'S BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
MOVIN' THE CHAINS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
MADDDOG'S BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Rusty's BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	9	0	1	176.5600	156.5372	166.83	top 48%
Pork Ribs	24	15	1	7	177.7144	161.0972	169.91	top 32%
Pork	24	12	1	4	180 🔥	152.5716	169.01	top 36%
Brisket	24	12	2	6	177.7028	156	167.72	top 36%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 16%
Medium (20–39)	16	1	top 32%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 27%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
WA	9	1	top 22%
TN	4	0	top 29%
OR	4	0	top 17%
CA	3	0	top 57%
NV	3	0	top 44%
BC	1	0	top 16%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	4	2	top 17%	May 28, 2016
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	3	18	top 33%	Oct 21, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	2	top 15%	Apr 1, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2	13	top 50%	Apr 24, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 7 contests

Contests a season 3 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WA 9 of 24 contests · 6 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 16 4 of them more than once

First title Apr 25, 2014 Washington State Spring BBQ Championship

Opponents faced 562 finished ahead 705 times, behind 264

Longest layoff 4 yrs Aug 18, 2018 → Aug 20, 2022

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

20253 milestones

Aug 16 Career-best overall score695.9312 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 Peak power rating (1641) 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 Most recent contest 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

20151 milestone

May 22 First perfect 180 (Pork) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

20142 milestones

Apr 25 First Grand Championship Washington State Spring BBQ Championship
Oct 24 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20137 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 12 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 12 First category win (Brisket) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 12 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 12 First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.7146 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 20 First Reserve Championship Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship	Apr 25, 2014
+13.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 12, 2013
+12.4	Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship	Jul 20, 2013
+12.3	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	May 22, 2015
+12.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 3, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.8	DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition	Aug 19, 2023
-2.2	King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL)	Dec 12, 2014
-0.7	2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off	Aug 18, 2018

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	1	0	1	0	100%	top 17%	96.7%	96.7%
2023	1	0	0	0	100%	top 50%	92.3%	92.3%
2022	1	0	1	0	100%	top 31%	95.9%	95.9%
2018	1	0	1	0	100%	top 37%	93.3%	93.3%
2016	4	0	3	0	75%	top 25%	93.7%	93.1%
2015	5	0	3	3	80%	top 21%	96.4%	94%
2014	4	1	2	0	75%	top 36%	94.3%	93.5%
2013	7	0	3	1	86%	top 31%	95.1%	92.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 16, 2025	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	5 / 30 (695.9312)	7 (175.4056)	8 (174.2628)	5 (177.1428)	17 (169.1200)
Aug 19, 2023	DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	15 / 30 (664.4568)	21 (167.3828)	23 (161.6800)	9 (172.5828)	16 (162.8112)
Aug 20, 2022	5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	9 / 29 (690.2056)	22 (166.2400)	6 (176.5828)	8 (174.2628)	8 (173.1200)
Aug 18, 2018	2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA	10 / 27 (671.8856)	4 (174.8572)	7 (168.5484)	11 (169.1200)	16 (159.3600)
Oct 21, 2016	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	40 / 96 (673.5996)	57 (167.9656)	47 (169.7028)	43 (168.5256)	54 (167.4056)
May 28, 2016	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	8 / 43 (674.8228)	33 (156.5372)	2 (175.4400)	12 (170.2628)	4 (172.5828)
Apr 1, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	8 / 30 (659.3488)	16 (163.3944)	2 (170.2972)	21 (159.4172)	6 (166.2400)
Mar 19, 2016	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, British of Columbi, CA	3 / 22 (674.7884)	14 (157.6572)	4 (172)	2 (172.5484)	2 (172.5828)
Oct 23, 2015	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	18 / 93 (681.0168)	78 (162.8000)	37 (169.6684)	29 (170.8456)	3 (177.7028)
Sep 12, 2015	BBQ On the Bypass Langley, BC	3 / 19 (662.7772)	10 (158.8228)	1 (177.1544)	10 (161.6800)	7 (165.1200)
May 22, 2015	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	2 / 38 (694.2512)	18 (165.6800)	3 (175.4056)	1 (180)	5 (173.1656)
Apr 24, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	17 / 30 (672.4460)	17 (169.6916)	20 (166.2284)	11 (172.5716)	19 (163.9544)
Apr 3, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	2 / 28 (673.0288)	6 (169.1200)	13 (161.0972)	2 (170.8344)	1 (171.9772)
Dec 12, 2014	King of the Smoker (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES ARE FULL) LaQuinta, CA	19 / 24 (678.7772)	16 (171.4516)	24 (162.2400)	9 (174.2628)	12 (170.8228)
Oct 24, 2014	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	34 / 92 (670.6968)	65 (163.9428)	43 (168.5600)	37 (168.5256)	38 (169.6684)
May 24, 2014	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	7 / 31 (678.2516)	10 (171.4400)	2 (177.7144)	19 (163.9772)	14 (165.1200)
Apr 25, 2014	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship Monroe, WA	1 / 22 (666.1828)	8 (165.6800)	2 (165.6800)	6 (165.7028)	2 (169.1200)
Dec 6, 2013	Big Poppa Smokers - King of the Smoker (Invitational) (JUDGES FULL) unrated LaQuinta, CA	19 / 24 (659.9316)	2 (176.5600)	19 (165.1316)	21 (161.1200)	20 (157.1200)
Oct 31, 2013	Riverside Resort Casino USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	27 / 85 (665.0972)	22 (170.8572)	21 (167.4172)	36 (166.2628)	45 (160.5600)
Oct 25, 2013	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	16 / 97 (675.3368)	65 (161.1084)	5 (177.1428)	9 (172.5484)	51 (164.5372)
Jul 20, 2013	Kla Ha Ya Days Barbeque Championship Snohomish, WA	2 / 13 (684.5256)	4 (169.1544)	6 (170.2628)	2 (175.4056)	3 (169.7028)
May 25, 2013	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	7 / 31 (683.4278)	15 (166.8570)	9 (171.4284)	6 (173.1426)	6 (171.9998)
Apr 19, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	13 / 30 (646.8574)	16 (164.0002)	7 (164.0002)	15 (162.8570)	22 (156)
Apr 12, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	3 / 29 (665.7146)	6 (167.4286)	3 (170.2858)	20 (152.5716)	1 (175.4286)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Wine Country Q

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (16 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

Always the bridesmaid

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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