High-water mark
694.7772
career-best overall
96.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.7772 at Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest — 96.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-06-07
Donk's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2025-06-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.31
last 4 Master vs avg 651.31 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±36.58
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.12 · weakest Brisket (158.39)
Road miles
391
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 389 mi
Schedule strength
74%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1594)
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
651.31 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
JANKY LEG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
JANKY LEG BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Johnson's Fish House in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8 years, then back at Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (2023-06-09).
- last seen 2015-05-29
- back 2023-06-09
A June team
Top 67%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 67% across 3 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.
- 3 June contests
- top 75% the rest of the year
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.
Donk's BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Donk's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Donk's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3828 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#3836 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Donk's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3871 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Donk's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 148.5372 | 163.70 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 144.5372 | 162.11 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 157.6912 | 167.12 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 147.9772 | 158.39 | top 86% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
| IL | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 62% | 2024-06-07 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2025-06-06
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AR
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.12 · weakest Brisket (158.39)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
651.31
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
32–71 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
391
4 mapped stops · furthest 389 mi
Schedule strength
1594
average field rating faced — tougher than 74% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$34,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
8 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2023-06-09
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Prairie
- 2024
- First call Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- First category win (Pork) Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score694.7772 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score694.7772 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1489) Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
- 2025
- Most recent contest Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2024-06-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Smoke on the Prairie | 2015-05-29 |
| -10.4 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2023-06-09 |
| -3.1 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest | 2025-06-06 |
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)
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 77% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 96.5% | 96.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 23 / 30 (677.5656) | 8 (176.5600) | 20 (170.8228) | 25 (167.3828) | 27 (162.8000) |
| 2024-06-07 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 9 / 33 (694.7772) | 4 (176.5600) | 7 (174.2628) | 1 (178.8572) | 22 (165.0972) |
| 2023-06-09 | Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest 🏅 Wynne, AR | 25 / 26 (629.5664) | 25 (148.5372) | 24 (158.8232) | 20 (164.5372) | 23 (157.6688) |
| 2015-05-29 | Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL | 18 / 18 (603.3484) | 17 (153.1428) | 18 (144.5372) | 12 (157.6912) | 18 (147.9772) |