Darty-Q

Darty-Q is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (2021). They are ranked #1558 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “DartyQ” and “DARTY Q”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,558

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1561

peak 1576 · rated over 28 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 14, 2019

latest May 16, 2025 · 5.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#268

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

17% of 36 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3940 / 720

Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

677.28 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 667.37 (+9.91)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · King of the Corn

Consistency

±20.60

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.98 · weakest Brisket (162.70)

Road miles

5,566

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 487 mi

Schedule strength

79%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)

Purse competed for

$498K

listed at 27 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 28 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.37 / 720

32 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

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

Against the odds

9-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 91 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (Jun 18, 2021) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 9-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hogline.

Giant slayer

32 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition.

Jun 18, 2021

High-water mark

691.3940 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.3940 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 29, 2022

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 28 entries at contests carrying the title.

28 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

T-Rex BBQ has finished one call ahead of Darty-Q 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

21–4 behind in the head-to-head

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ ahead in 84% of their meetings

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 21 of their 25 shared contests.

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The weak link

−7.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.28 points below their pork, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 34%.

Brisket avg 162.70
Pork avg 169.98
4 calls in 32 entries

The drought

29 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition on Jun 18, 2021 — 29 contests and 5.3 years ago.

last GC Jun 18, 2021
5.3 years ago

A strong matchup

9–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PORK COUNTY BARBECUE in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

15 of 23 shared pork entries lost

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT DADDY'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 23 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Matty Macks has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 45% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 45% across 3 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,566 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,566 miles across 36 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 487 miles to 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open.

36 mapped stops
furthest 487 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Iowa State BBQ Championship every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 13th

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
2025 ↗	Master	#847 (128 pts)	#998 (118 pts)	#646 (293 pts)	#702 (223 pts)	#698 (213 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#484 (385 pts)	#572 (335 pts)	#631 (325 pts)	#414 (515 pts)	#650 (265 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#407 (487 pts)	#478 (452 pts)	#357 (715 pts)	#453 (462 pts)	#444 (452 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#335 (689 pts)	#370 (634 pts)	#394 (649 pts)	#170 (1,159 pts)	#337 (714 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#268 (723 pts)	#289 (713 pts)	#341 (598 pts)	#279 (733 pts)	#366 (558 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1916 (66 pts)	#1693 (116 pts)	#1466 (141 pts)	#1957 (71 pts)	#2509 (56 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Darty-Q, each with one reason worth a look.

52 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

YSB BBQ

#1,557 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1561

2–4 in 6 shared contests (33% to Darty-Q)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — YSB BBQ ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2023

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Smoke Busters

#1,556 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1584

Careers of much the same size, 28 contests to 36, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen May 29, 2026

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EVIL MONKEY BBQ

#1,554 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1591

They've been 1591 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 34 contests
last seen May 7, 2021

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SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES

#1,563 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 37
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1574

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

rated over 37 contests

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PORK DYNASTY

#1,555 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1561

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 63% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2015

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BUTTRUB.COM

#1,562 of the rated field

1561 power rating

Contests: 73
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1687

They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Darty-Q's first contest.

rated over 73 contests
last seen May 14, 2021

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	25	4	21	16%	⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ	23	4	19	17%	⚔ compare
Matty Macks	22	10	12	45%	⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD	20	7	13	35%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ	19	4	15	21%	⚔ compare
NEVER EASY BBQ	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
2 CASE BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	2	0	1	176.0116	153.6572	167.90	top 56%
Pork Ribs	33	7	0	1	176.0116	125.0744	166.56	top 51%
Pork	32	11	2	2	180 🔥	154.2516	169.98	top 39%
Brisket	32	4	0	1	174.8572	138.2404	162.70	top 60%

“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
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 44%
Large (40+)	20	0	top 62%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
IA	19	1	top 57%
KS	7	0	top 47%
MO	3	0	top 47%
IL	2	0	top 42%
OK	2	0	top 85%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Iowa State BBQ Championship	5	13	0	top 52%	Apr 4, 2025
King of the Corn	3	8	0	top 42%	May 17, 2024
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	3	117	0	top 69%	Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	46	0	top 26%	Sep 27, 2023
WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL)	3	9	0	top 47%	Apr 28, 2023
Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition	2	1	1	top 39%	Jun 18, 2021
Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard	2	15	0	top 42%	Sep 20, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 9 contests

Contests a season 5.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 19 of 36 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 19 7 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 33 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

First title Jun 18, 2021 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition

Opponents faced 1,205 finished ahead 1,916 times, behind 1,849

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

20251 milestone

May 16 Most recent contest King of the Corn

20242 milestones

May 17 First perfect 180 (Pork) King of the Corn
Oct 30 Peak power rating (1576) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20231 milestone

Apr 28 25th tracked contest WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL)

20222 milestones

Apr 22 First category win (Pork) WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
Sep 29 Career-best overall score691.3940 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

20217 milestones

Apr 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3600 WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
Jun 18 First overall top-10 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Jun 18 First overall podium Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Jun 18 First Grand Championship Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Jun 18 First state championship Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Jun 18 Biggest field won (32 teams) Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Sep 16 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST

20192 milestones

Jun 14 First tracked contest Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Jun 14 First call Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19.8	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition	Jun 18, 2021
+15.6	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
+12.8	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	Jul 30, 2021
+12	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL)	Apr 28, 2023
+10.7	King of the Corn	Oct 14, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Iowa State BBQ Championship	Apr 4, 2025
-9.2	Back to Mayberry Day 1	Jun 26, 2020
-8.6	Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)	Apr 1, 2022
-8	Back to Mayberry Day 2	Jun 27, 2020
-8	King of the Corn	May 19, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	2	0	0	0	100%	top 74%	94%	93%
2024	5	0	1	1	20%	top 39%	95.2%	94.6%
2023	7	0	1	0	29%	top 59%	95.6%	93.1%
2022	9	0	1	1	56%	top 39%	96%	94%
2021	8	1	3	0	75%	top 51%	95.6%	93.3%
2020	3	0	0	0	33%	top 90%	88.6%	86.5%
2019	2	0	0	0	50%	top 77%	89.7%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 16, 2025	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	23 / 33 (677.0400)	30 (162.8116)	28 (167.4056)	7 (175.4056)	8 (171.4172)
Apr 4, 2025	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	38 / 49 (662.7088)	29 (166.8344)	3 (175.4172)	45 (155.9316)	31 (164.5256)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	209 / 444 (677.6112)	313 (164.5372)	202 (170.2628)	173 (170.8112)	92 (172)
Sep 20, 2024	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	30 / 58 (683.9088)	32 (171.9772)	39 (167.9888)	15 (174.2628)	24 (169.6800)
May 17, 2024	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	9 / 36 (685.1088)	15 (171.9772)	18 (168.5716)	1 (180)	25 (164.5600)
Mar 29, 2024	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	13 / 42 (678.1940)	16 (172.5600)	15 (170.2628)	27 (167.9656)	21 (167.4056)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	187 / 211 (667.3028)	88 (172.5600)	160 (167.4172)	171 (165.6800)	190 (161.6456)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	217 / 487 (675.8512)	277 (167.3944)	59 (175.4056)	110 (173.1200)	365 (159.9312)
Jun 16, 2023	Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	21 / 27 (658.1372)	19 (165.0856)	13 (166.2516)	21 (163.9428)	19 (162.8572)
May 19, 2023	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	36 / 45 (654.1944)	20 (170.8344)	41 (160.5600)	20 (170.8456)	43 (151.9544)
Apr 28, 2023	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Washington, MO	9 / 37 (688.4912)	16 (171.9656)	6 (174.8572)	12 (171.9656)	12 (169.7028)
Apr 28, 2023	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) Washington, MO	—	—	12 (159.3484)	—	—
Mar 31, 2023	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	19 / 47 (677.0396)	26 (169.1084)	9 (173.1200)	28 (166.8228)	24 (167.9884)
Oct 14, 2022	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	8 / 36 (680.5028)	35 (160.5372)	4 (173.7028)	5 (175.4172)	8 (170.8456)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	46 / 505 (691.3940)	291 (166.2512)	47 (175.4400)	10 (178.8572)	117 (170.8456)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	134 / 249 (679.9428)	199 (166.8228)	28 (176.0116)	77 (173.1084)	203 (164)
Sep 23, 2022	Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	15 / 46 (689.0628)	13 (174.8572)	31 (167.3828)	13 (173.1200)	9 (173.7028)
Jun 17, 2022	Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest 🏅 State Center, IA	18 / 32 (671.8744)	15 (169.6684)	15 (167.3944)	5 (176)	25 (158.8116)
Apr 22, 2022	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest 🏅 Washington, MO	11 / 29 (672.4112)	19 (165.6684)	20 (161.6572)	1 (175.4172)	13 (169.6684)
Apr 1, 2022	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	29 / 48 (672.4684)	11 (174.2628)	25 (168.5256)	33 (163.9772)	29 (165.7028)
Apr 1, 2022	Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA	14 (163.9884)	—	—	—	—
Nov 13, 2021	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational unrated Shawnee, OK	84 / 92 (673.0172)	62 (170.8228)	78 (166.8460)	6 (177.7028)	90 (157.6456)
Nov 11, 2021	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK	88 / 111 (662.7316)	92 (163.9428)	105 (158.2516)	9 (177.1544)	88 (163.3828)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	112 / 467 (674.7772)	302 (162.8116)	50 (174.8456)	183 (166.8572)	111 (170.2628)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS	117 / 185 (676.4572)	39 (174.8572)	167 (160.5028)	90 (170.8228)	77 (170.2744)
Jul 30, 2021	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	10 / 35 (671.3944)	4 (176.0116)	12 (169.1200)	17 (167.4172)	28 (158.8456)
Jul 16, 2021	Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff 🏅 Cedar Rapids, IA	10 / 26 (673.0860)	17 (169.6800)	5 (170.2744)	6 (171.4172)	18 (161.7144)
Jun 18, 2021	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	1 / 32 (687.9656)	3 (174.2972)	13 (168)	7 (170.8112)	3 (174.8572)
Apr 23, 2021	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest 🏅 Washington, MO	35 / 45 (655.3600)	26 (167.4056)	35 (163.4172)	5 (173.1428)	44 (151.3944)
Jul 17, 2020	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 Marion, IA	25 / 36 (638.1828)	28 (158.2744)	7 (170.2628)	27 (155.3828)	23 (154.2628)
Jun 27, 2020	Back to Mayberry Day 2 🏅 Rodney, IA	47 / 47 (635.3032)	34 (163.3828)	43 (157.7028)	13 (173.1544)	47 (141.0632)
Jun 26, 2020	Back to Mayberry Day 1 🏅 Rodney, IA	53 / 53 (594.6748)	52 (153.6572)	53 (125.0744)	48 (154.2516)	36 (161.6916)
Oct 4, 2019	Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	39 / 49 (623.9320)	31 (163.4172)	41 (156.5716)	26 (165.7028)	46 (138.2404)
Jun 14, 2019	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	23 / 31 (645.6344)	13 (168.6172)	9 (168.5600)	22 (162.8456)	30 (145.6116)

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

Darty-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 (15 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)