Darty-Q

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1554

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1561

peak 1577 · rated over 28 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-06-14

latest 2025-05-16

Best ToY finish

#268

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 36 contests

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

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · King of the Corn

Consistency

±20.60

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 169.98 · weakest Brisket (162.70)

Road miles

5,566

mi 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 🏅

GCs in 28 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.37 / 720

32 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (15 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

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 (2021-06-18) 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.

2021-06-18

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
2022-09-29

State champions

1 state championships 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.

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 2021-06-18 — 29 contests and 5.2 years ago.

last GC 2021-06-18
5.2 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

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.

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

TEXAS WARPIG BBQ

#1550 of the rated field

1561 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1580

3–3 in 6 shared contests (50% to Darty-Q)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKED

#1558 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1583

4–0 in 4 shared contests (100% to Darty-Q)

Fewer contests behind them than Darty-Q has cooked, 23 to 36, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 23 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

BOARS NIGHT OUT

#1556 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1619

3–1 in 4 shared contests (75% to Darty-Q)

They've been 1619 at their best, 58 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 39 contests
last seen 2026-04-24

⚔ Head-to-head

YSB BBQ

#1555 of the rated field

1561 ▼ 0 power rating

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

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

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 45% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2023-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Hill Billy BBQ

#1548 of the rated field

1561 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1600

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Darty-Q's first contest.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2025-05-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoke Busters

#1552 of the rated field

1561 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2026-05-29

⚔ Head-to-head

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	180.0000 🔥	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 state / province

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%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	12	1	top 44%
Large (40+)	20	0	top 62%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Iowa State BBQ Championship	5	13	0	top 52%	2025-04-04
King of the Corn	3	8	0	top 42%	2024-05-17
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	46	0	top 26%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	3	117	0	top 69%	2023-09-27
WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL)	3	9	0	top 47%	2023-04-28
Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition	2	1	1	top 39%	2021-06-18
Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard	2	15	0	top 42%	2024-09-20

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.9 yrs 2019-06-14 → 2025-05-16

Busiest season 2022 9 contests

Contests a season 5.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in IA 19 of 36 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 19 7 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 169.98 · weakest Brisket (162.70)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 18 of 36 contests

Overall top-10 rate 17% 6 of 36 contests

Wins it all 3% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2021-06-18 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 667.37 out of 720 · 32 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,205 1,916–1,849 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,566 36 mapped stops · furthest 487 mi

Schedule strength 1602 average field rating faced — tougher than 79% of rated contests

Purse competed for $497,905 listed at 27 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 28 state-championship entries

Power rating 1561 peak 1577 · #1554 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
Jun 14 First tracked contest Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
Jun 14 First call Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
2021
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-OPEN CONTEST
2022
Apr 22 First category win (Pork) WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest
Sep 29 Career-best overall score691.3940 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
2023
Apr 28 25th tracked contest WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL)
2024
May 17 First perfect 180 (Pork) King of the Corn
Oct 30 Peak power rating (1577) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
2025
May 16 Most recent contest King of the Corn

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19.8	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition	2021-06-18
+15.6	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2022-09-29
+12.8	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest	2021-07-30
+12	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL)	2023-04-28
+10.7	King of the Corn	2022-10-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Iowa State BBQ Championship	2025-04-04
-9.2	Back to Mayberry Day 1	2020-06-26
-8.6	Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)	2022-04-01
-8	Back to Mayberry Day 2	2020-06-27
-8	King of the Corn	2023-05-19

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

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%	94.4%
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
2025-05-16	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	23 / 33 (677.0400)	30 (162.8116)	28 (167.4056)	7 (175.4056)	8 (171.4172)
2025-04-04	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	38 / 49 (662.7088)	29 (166.8344)	3 (175.4172)	45 (155.9316)	31 (164.5256)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	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 (172.0000)
2024-09-20	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)
2024-05-17	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	9 / 36 (685.1088)	15 (171.9772)	18 (168.5716)	1 (180.0000)	25 (164.5600)
2024-03-29	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	13 / 42 (678.1940)	16 (172.5600)	15 (170.2628)	27 (167.9656)	21 (167.4056)
2023-09-27	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)
2023-09-27	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)
2023-06-16	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)
2023-05-19	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	36 / 45 (654.1944)	20 (170.8344)	41 (160.5600)	20 (170.8456)	43 (151.9544)
2023-04-28	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (JUDGING FULL) 🏅 Washington, MO	9 / 37 (688.4912)	16 (171.9656)	6 (174.8572)	12 (171.9656)	12 (169.7028)
2023-04-28	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) (JUDGING FULL) Washington, MO	—	—	12 (159.3484)	—	—
2023-03-31	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	19 / 47 (677.0396)	26 (169.1084)	9 (173.1200)	28 (166.8228)	24 (167.9884)
2022-10-14	King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	8 / 36 (680.5028)	35 (160.5372)	4 (173.7028)	5 (175.4172)	8 (170.8456)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	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 (164.0000)
2022-09-29	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)
2022-09-23	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)
2022-06-17	Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest 🏅 State Center, IA	18 / 32 (671.8744)	15 (169.6684)	15 (167.3944)	5 (176.0000)	25 (158.8116)
2022-04-22	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest 🏅 Washington, MO	11 / 29 (672.4112)	19 (165.6684)	20 (161.6572)	1 (175.4172)	13 (169.6684)
2022-04-01	Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA	29 / 48 (672.4684)	11 (174.2628)	25 (168.5256)	33 (163.9772)	29 (165.7028)
2022-04-01	Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA	14 (163.9884)	—	—	—	—
2021-11-13	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)
2021-11-11	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)
2021-09-16	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)
2021-09-16	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)
2021-07-30	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA	10 / 35 (671.3944)	4 (176.0116)	12 (169.1200)	17 (167.4172)	28 (158.8456)
2021-07-16	Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff 🏅 Cedar Rapids, IA	10 / 26 (673.0860)	17 (169.6800)	5 (170.2744)	6 (171.4172)	18 (161.7144)
2021-06-18	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	1 / 32 (687.9656)	3 (174.2972)	13 (168.0000)	7 (170.8112)	3 (174.8572)
2021-04-23	WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest 🏅 Washington, MO	35 / 45 (655.3600)	26 (167.4056)	35 (163.4172)	5 (173.1428)	44 (151.3944)
2020-07-17	Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 MARION, IA	25 / 36 (638.1828)	28 (158.2744)	7 (170.2628)	27 (155.3828)	23 (154.2628)
2020-06-27	Back to Mayberry Day 2 🏅 Rodney, IA	47 / 47 (635.3032)	34 (163.3828)	43 (157.7028)	13 (173.1544)	47 (141.0632)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 🏅 Rodney, IA	53 / 53 (594.6748)	52 (153.6572)	53 (125.0744)	48 (154.2516)	36 (161.6916)
2019-10-04	Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA	39 / 49 (623.9320)	31 (163.4172)	41 (156.5716)	26 (165.7028)	46 (138.2404)
2019-06-14	Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA	23 / 31 (645.6344)	13 (168.6172)	9 (168.5600)	22 (162.8456)	30 (145.6116)

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

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — 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 (1159 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)