Donk's BBQ

Donk's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 33 at the Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (2024).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1486

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 29, 2015

latest Jun 6, 2025 · 10 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

694.7772 / 720

Master · Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

Consistency

±36.58

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.12 · weakest Brisket (158.39)

Road miles

391

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 389 mi

Schedule strength

72%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)

Purse competed for

$35K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.31 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

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
Jun 7, 2024

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 (Jun 9, 2023).

last seen May 29, 2015
back Jun 9, 2023

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

By 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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 100%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AR	3	0	top 67%
IL	1	0	top 100%

Repeat visits (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%	Jun 7, 2024

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 69 finished ahead 32 times, behind 71

Longest layoff 8 yrs May 29, 2015 → Jun 9, 2023

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

20251 milestone

Jun 6 Most recent contest Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

20247 milestones

Jun 7 First call Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 First category win (Pork) Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score694.7772 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 Career-best overall score694.7772 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1489) Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest

20151 milestone

May 29 First tracked contest Smoke on the Prairie

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 7, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.1	Smoke on the Prairie	May 29, 2015
-10.5	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 9, 2023
-3.1	Hayden West's Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 6, 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	100%	top 77%	94.1%	94.1%
2024	1	1	1	100%	top 27%	96.5%	96.5%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 96%	87.4%	87.4%
2015	1	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
Jun 6, 2025	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)
Jun 7, 2024	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)
Jun 9, 2023	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)
May 29, 2015	Smoke on the Prairie Brimfield, IL	18 / 18 (603.3484)	17 (153.1428)	18 (144.5372)	12 (157.6912)	18 (147.9772)