HARCO LOCO BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3339

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1497

peak 1530 · rated over 40 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-08-11

latest 2026-07-24

Best ToY finish

#383

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 46 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6572 / 720

Master · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 640.41 (+28.13)

Walk rate

46%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Consistency

±75.97

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.04)

Road miles

2,041

mi across 46 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Purse competed for

$305K

listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 36 state-championship entries

Master avg

640.41 / 720

40 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

High-water mark

685.6572 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.6572 at Maryland State BBQ Bash — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-10-13

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Money Muscle BBQ has finished one call ahead of HARCO LOCO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

5 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

28–3 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 90% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 28 of their 31 shared contests.

A strong matchup

14–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Pappy's Q in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2016-08-12).

last seen 2013-08-09
back 2016-08-12

Chicken nemesis

27 of 29 shared chicken entries lost

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has out-cooked them in 27 of 29 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Sasquatch BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

Boom or bust

±10.55% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±10.55% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 88.9% of a perfect score
best 95.2%

An October team

Top 41% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 41% across 7 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

7 October contests
top 56% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

8 years running at one contest

They've cooked York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) every year from 2019 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

8 visits in all
best finish 8th

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.

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

PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ

#3328 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 132
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1651

10–12 in 22 shared contests (45% to HARCO LOCO BBQ)

These two have cooked 22 of the same contests — PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ ahead 12–10 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 126 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

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MACK DADDYS BBQ

#3333 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1507

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to HARCO LOCO BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before HARCO LOCO BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Purple Panda

#3352 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1511

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to HARCO LOCO BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than HARCO LOCO BBQ has cooked, 6 to 46, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-07-25

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MARBURG BROTHERS BBQ

#3330 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

33 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Q SMOKE

#3350 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1565 at their best, 69 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 50 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

SUE E PIGG

#3354 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

Level with HARCO LOCO BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 50 contests
last seen 2022-10-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	31	3	28	10%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	30	2	27	7%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	29	6	23	21%	⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
All About the Wood	24	6	18	25%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	22	10	12	45%	⚔ compare
Zoni-Q	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	22	3	19	14%	⚔ compare
Sasquatch BBQ	21	11	10	52%	⚔ compare
BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE	20	10	10	50%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	20	2	18	10%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	19	2	17	11%	⚔ compare
Weber's Backyard BBQ	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	38	6	0	1	177.7144	146.2172	165.27	top 57%
Pork Ribs	38	6	1	5	178.2972	147.3600	163.04	top 57%
Pork	38	7	0	1	174.2744	147.3484	165.05	top 52%
Brisket	38	7	1	2	177.7028	147.8856	164.06	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
PA	27	top 63%
MD	9	top 41%
DE	3	top 51%
NJ	1	top 35%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	21	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	19	0	top 61%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)	8	8	top 64%	2026-06-12
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)	7	10	top 65%	2026-05-15
Maryland State BBQ Bash	6	3	top 34%	2023-10-13
New Holland Summer Fest	5	14	top 51%	2024-08-23
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)	3	16	top 67%	2026-07-24
Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)	3	33	top 74%	2022-07-29
MD State BBQ Bash	2	12	top 49%	2025-10-10

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 9 yrs 2017-08-11 → 2026-07-24

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 29 of 46 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 13 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 38 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.04)

Walk rate 46% a top-10 call in 21 of 46 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 5 of 46 contests

Master average 640.41 out of 720 · 40 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 716 1,062–1,482 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,041 46 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi

Schedule strength 1556 average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests

Purse competed for $305,475 listed at 35 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 36 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 3 yrs 2013-08-09 → 2016-08-12

Power rating 1497 peak 1530 · #3339 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 9 First tracked contest 12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash
2018
Aug 10 First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Aug 10 First overall podium Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 19 First call Boo-B-Que
2019
Mar 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8800 Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
Mar 8 10th tracked contest Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
Mar 8 Peak power rating (1530) Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo
2022
May 13 25th tracked contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
2023
Oct 13 Career-best overall score685.6572 Maryland State BBQ Bash
Oct 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Maryland State BBQ Bash
2025
Jun 27 First category win (Brisket) York County BBQ Festival (Day 1)
2026
Jul 24 Most recent contest Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2018-08-10
+13.5	Maryland State BBQ Bash	2023-10-13
+10.6	York County BBQ Festival	2023-06-16
+10.3	New Holland Summer Fest	2022-08-26
+9.4	Boo-B-Que	2019-10-18

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)	2026-07-24
-11.1	York County BBQ Festival	2021-06-18
-10	Smoke in the Grove	2021-07-30
-9.8	York County BBQ Festival	2020-06-26
-9.6	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1)	2025-05-16

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	1	1	67%	top 64%	93.9%	92.2%
2025	4	1	1	50%	top 58%	94.7%	92.7%
2024	5	0	0	40%	top 55%	93.9%	92.8%
2023	5	2	0	60%	top 46%	95.2%	92.5%
2022	5	0	0	80%	top 62%	94.4%	91.4%
2021	6	0	0	50%	top 64%	92.5%	89.9%
2020	2	0	0	50%	top 69%	90.9%	89.9%
2019	7	0	0	43%	top 55%	92.7%	90%
2018	5	1	0	20%	top 33%	89.6%	67.3%
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 34%	43.1%	43.1%
2016	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—
2013	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-07-24	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	40 / 43 (641.4512)	37 (163.9428)	37 (160.5028)	41 (158.7884)	39 (158.2172)
2026-06-12	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	15 / 25 (675.8744)	6 (175.4172)	18 (164.5372)	9 (171.9772)	17 (163.9428)
2026-05-15	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	10 / 25 (674.7084)	11 (171.9656)	1 (175.4172)	12 (169.6800)	23 (157.6456)
2025-10-10	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	15 / 29 (674.7428)	23 (167.3828)	3 (175.4172)	14 (166.8228)	17 (165.1200)
2025-07-25	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	19 / 30 (675.9084)	25 (167.3828)	17 (167.4172)	17 (168.5484)	14 (172.5600)
2025-06-27	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	9 / 26 (681.6228)	20 (164.5488)	17 (165.1084)	5 (174.2628)	1 (177.7028)
2025-05-16	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	23 / 28 (636.9600)	21 (160.5372)	14 (168.5600)	25 (159.9772)	26 (147.8856)
2024-10-11	MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	12 / 26 (675.9204)	2 (177.7144)	16 (167.3828)	13 (168.5600)	16 (162.2632)
2024-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	21 / 38 (669.0288)	21 (169.7260)	15 (167.9772)	24 (163.9428)	16 (167.3828)
2024-07-26	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	16 / 35 (668.4112)	17 (167.9656)	12 (168.5372)	15 (167.9772)	18 (163.9312)
2024-06-28	York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Delta, PA	18 / 29 (669.0632)	8 (171.9772)	15 (169.7260)	26 (158.8000)	15 (168.5600)
2024-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) 🏅 Morgantown, PA	24 / 37 (658.7884)	20 (168.0000)	20 (162.8228)	16 (166.2856)	26 (161.6800)
2023-10-13	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD	5 / 23 (685.6572)	4 (174.8572)	2 (178.2972)	16 (167.4172)	13 (165.0856)
2023-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	31 / 44 (642.1260)	20 (168.5372)	36 (155.3716)	36 (155.3944)	23 (162.8228)
2023-07-28	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	28 / 51 (670.8004)	15 (174.2744)	38 (165.1316)	25 (167.4056)	34 (163.9888)
2023-06-16	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	8 / 29 (679.8856)	12 (170.8344)	19 (161.6684)	5 (174.2744)	5 (173.1084)
2023-05-19	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	21 / 37 (650.7084)	7 (173.1200)	30 (155.9656)	36 (153.0628)	14 (168.5600)
2022-10-14	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	14 / 30 (666.1828)	18 (167.3944)	19 (161.1200)	8 (171.9884)	13 (165.6800)
2022-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	14 / 49 (679.9888)	19 (170.2744)	30 (164.5600)	13 (170.8800)	5 (174.2744)
2022-07-29	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	45 / 54 (646.2520)	50 (154.8572)	3 (174.2744)	37 (160.5372)	45 (156.5832)
2022-06-17	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	26 / 34 (646.1376)	30 (152.5260)	10 (167.4172)	14 (165.6916)	27 (160.5028)
2022-05-13	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	30 / 39 (653.6120)	24 (167.9772)	34 (153.6916)	19 (168.5372)	23 (163.4060)
2021-10-15	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	12 / 25 (665.6572)	14 (166.8228)	13 (166.8572)	12 (164.5944)	11 (167.3828)
2021-08-27	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	21 / 44 (647.9088)	25 (161.1200)	29 (154.8460)	23 (163.3828)	9 (168.5600)
2021-07-30	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	44 / 54 (643.3828)	49 (157.0628)	49 (154.2744)	36 (161.7600)	9 (170.2856)
2021-06-18	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	36 / 41 (618.6632)	40 (146.2172)	32 (157.6688)	20 (165.1200)	39 (149.6572)
2021-05-14	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	26 / 46 (642.1944)	37 (154.2516)	2 (173.7372)	42 (147.3484)	5 (166.8572)
2021-04-16	Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD	29 / 47 (666.2516)	24 (168.5372)	30 (165.6916)	28 (164.0000)	22 (168.0228)
2020-07-24	Smoke in the Grove 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	33 / 59 (654.7888)	43 (159.3828)	54 (150.2516)	19 (169.1200)	2 (176.0344)
2020-06-26	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	43 / 53 (639.9088)	37 (163.4172)	51 (149.6572)	33 (164.0000)	29 (162.8344)
2019-10-18	Boo-B-Que 🏅 Rehoboth Beach, DE	11 / 63 (667.3372)	36 (161.6572)	12 (166.2628)	3 (173.7144)	18 (165.7028)
2019-08-23	New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA	35 / 65 (646.7200)	43 (158.8344)	38 (162.8228)	43 (157.0856)	16 (167.9772)
2019-08-09	Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD	14 / 30 (665.1316)	13 (166.8572)	14 (166.8344)	8 (168.0000)	17 (163.4400)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	38 / 48 (637.5428)	36 (159.3944)	45 (147.3600)	8 (173.7028)	33 (157.0856)
2019-06-07	Separation Colonial BBQ Competition 🏅 New Castle, DE	28 / 36 (629.1436)	30 (156.5716)	27 (154.2516)	16 (164.5944)	26 (153.7260)
2019-05-17	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA	33 / 44 (629.5544)	28 (160.5372)	31 (155.4056)	32 (156.5256)	29 (157.0860)
2019-03-08	Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo Atlantic City, NJ	23 / 66 (658.8800)	15 (168.0000)	15 (166.2628)	14 (168.5828)	40 (156.0344)
2018-10-19	Boo-B-Que Rehoboth Beach, DE	42 / 73 (645.0860)	9 (170.2860)	55 (152.5256)	45 (159.3944)	36 (162.8800)
2018-08-25	*HAVA Nagrilla 2018 (KOSHER SERIES)(JUDGES FULL) Wynnewood, PA	—	—	—	—	—
2018-08-10	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	3 / 38 (324.0344)	—	—	—	—
2018-06-08	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	—	—	—	—	—
2018-05-18	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	—	—	—	—	—
2017-08-11	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	16 / 47 (310.2172)	—	—	—	—
2017-06-09	Historic New Castle Colonial BBQ Competition New Castle, DE	—	—	—	—	—
2016-08-12	Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	—	—	—	—	—
2013-08-09	12th Annual Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD	—	—	—	—	—

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
2026 ↗	Master	#491 (285 pts)	#489 (345 pts)	#442 (420 pts)	#497 (310 pts)	#612 (210 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#488 (388 pts)	#663 (268 pts)	#451 (523 pts)	#466 (433 pts)	#411 (533 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#441 (455 pts)	#349 (665 pts)	#457 (520 pts)	#464 (445 pts)	#469 (460 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#383 (522 pts)	#332 (677 pts)	#470 (512 pts)	#463 (452 pts)	#388 (532 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#509 (404 pts)	#578 (364 pts)	#441 (574 pts)	#424 (534 pts)	#468 (489 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#527 (320 pts)	#570 (305 pts)	#418 (500 pts)	#535 (335 pts)	#337 (610 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#655 (120 pts)	#696 (120 pts)	#701 (120 pts)	#630 (150 pts)	#372 (320 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#598 (545 pts)	#649 (525 pts)	#597 (585 pts)	#386 (880 pts)	#632 (535 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#1495 (145 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)