Darty-Q IA
Rating
1538
peak 1555
Contests
31
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2025-05-16
Best ToY finish
#268
Master 2021
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 31 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
677.28 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 655.56 (+21.71)
Walk rate
52%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±95.24
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.73 · weakest Brisket (164.90)
Road miles
4572
mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 488 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
T-Rex BBQ has finished one call ahead of Darty-Q 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Matty Macks has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of LA PASADITA in 8 of their 11 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (2021-06-18) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 24-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hogline.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 160.5372 | 169.06 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 158.2516 | 168.55 | top 48% |
| Pork | 28 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 155.9316 | 170.73 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 145.6116 | 164.90 | top 57% |
“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 | 14 | 1 | top 48% |
| 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) | 10 | 1 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 17 | 0 | top 56% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in IA (14 of 31 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (28 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition (2021-06-18)
- Wins it all in 3% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 655.56
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 677.0400 | 669.87 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 685.1088 | 681.21 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 688.4912 | 670.17 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 691.3940 | 607.11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 687.9656 | 671.85 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 645.6344 | 645.63 |
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 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 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) |
| 2022-04-22 | 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 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 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 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) | 6 (165.6800) | 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) |
| 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) |
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 | #1918 (66 pts) | #1696 (116 pts) | #1471 (141 pts) | #1961 (71 pts) | #2511 (56 pts) |