High-water mark
669.6228
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.6228 at Sutherlin Throwdown — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 19, 2025
D&K BBQ
D&K BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 19th of 19 at the Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More (2022). They are ranked #4726 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “DK BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 2, 2022
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.58 · weakest Brisket (160.43)
Road miles
465
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 167 mi
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.84 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1152 (85 pts) | #1236 (80 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to D&K BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
157 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,734 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,703 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before D&K BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,705 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Level with D&K BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before D&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before D&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before D&K BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJs Smokehouse | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Small Axe BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 142.2288 | 161.00 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2860 | 145.6572 | 165.58 | top 52% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 148.5028 | 162.84 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 155.3944 | 160.43 | top 69% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Icebox Cookoff | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 76% | Jul 6, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
97
finished ahead 42 times, behind 116
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jul 6, 2024 → Jul 19, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score669.6228 Sutherlin Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Sutherlin Throwdown
- Most recent contest Sutherlin Throwdown
20231 milestone
- First call Icebox Cookoff
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6916 Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
- Peak power rating (1495) Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -7.8 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff | Jul 6, 2024 |
| -5.1 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 | Jul 2, 2022 |
| -3.6 | Icebox Cookoff | Jul 1, 2023 |
| -0.1 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 19, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 93% | 93% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 93% | 93% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 68% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 90.2% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 21 / 35 (669.6228) | 34 (156.5256) | 15 (171.4400) | 6 (176.5600) | 16 (165.0972) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 31 / 37 (669.6116) | 20 (169.6684) | 21 (169.1316) | 31 (165.1316) | 27 (165.6800) |
| Jul 1, 2023 | Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 26 / 38 (667.9088) | 21 (170.8228) | 5 (174.2860) | 19 (167.4056) | 32 (155.3944) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More 🏅 Hermiston, OR | 19 / 19 (592.3660) | 19 (142.2288) | 19 (145.6572) | 19 (148.5028) | 14 (155.9772) |
| Jul 2, 2022 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 24 / 34 (649.6916) | 24 (165.7372) | 16 (167.3828) | 29 (156.5828) | 24 (159.9888) |