HARCO LOCO BBQ PA

Power ranking

#1784

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1491

peak 1505

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-03-08

latest 2026-06-12

Best ToY finish

#383

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 57%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6572

Maryland State BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

676.57 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 658.21 (+18.36)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Maryland State BBQ Bash

Consistency

±16.95

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.38 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.41)

Road miles

1582

mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ has finished one call ahead of HARCO LOCO BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SHAAZAAM-A-QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 26 of their 28 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Pappy's Q in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 39% across 6 contests, versus top 57% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, PA first)

House of Hawg #1821 · 1490 · PA SHAAZAAM-A-QUE #1710 · 1495 · PA SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ #1910 · 1486 · PA MACK DADDYS BBQ #1666 · 1498 · PA Broomstick BBQ #1947 · 1484 · PA BulldogBBQ #1960 · 1483 · PA

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	36	5	0	1	177.7144	146.2172	165.16	top 57%
Pork Ribs	36	6	1	5	178.2972	147.3600	163.41	top 55%
Pork	36	7	0	1	174.2744	147.3484	165.38	top 51%
Brisket	36	7	1	2	177.7028	147.8856	164.26	top 50%

“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	26	top 62%
MD	7	top 46%
DE	2	top 48%
NJ	1	top 35%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	20	0	top 54%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 61%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (7 contests)
Cooks mostly in PA (26 of 36 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (36 entries)
All-time average overall score: 658.21

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	1	675.8744	675.29
2025	4	1	681.6228	667.31
2024	5	0	675.9204	668.24
2023	5	0	685.6572	665.84
2022	5	0	679.9888	658.43
2021	6	0	666.2516	647.34
2020	2	0	654.7888	647.35
2019	7	0	667.3372	647.76

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
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)

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	#444 (225 pts)	#434 (285 pts)	#379 (360 pts)	#436 (250 pts)	#593 (150 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	#600 (545 pts)	#653 (525 pts)	#599 (585 pts)	#389 (880 pts)	#636 (535 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#1495 (145 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)