SLO.MO.QUE OR

Power ranking

#1249

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1520

peak 1520 · rated over 13 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-25

latest 2026-05-23

Best ToY finish

#500

Master 2022

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 51%

overall standings

Best overall

699.3944 / 720

Master · 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

681.00 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.03 (+16.96)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±29.01

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.09 · weakest Brisket (161.38)

Road miles

4186

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 1449 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1516)

Purse competed for

$174K

listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.03 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

PNR BBQ has finished one call ahead of SLO.MO.QUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A tough matchup

RJs Smokehouse has come out ahead in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of 503BACKYARDBBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.3484 points of the Grand Championship at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (2025-08-16).

😤 Pork Ribs nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.

🔁 The comeback

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (2025-08-16).

Teams like this (closest power rating, OR first)

EZ-D'S SMOKE SHACK #1268 · 1518 · OR LAKE HOUSE BBQ #1193 · 1523 · OR Mr. Green's Q #1356 · 1514 · OR Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ #1565 · 1503 · OR Gladiator BBQ #1577 · 1503 · OR Tim Tom's BBQ #1710 · 1496 · OR

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
J&C BBQ	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
RJs Smokehouse	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
Old Dirty Basters	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Smoke324	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
LAKE HOUSE BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
HOGGERQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SLOW PORKIN	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Alderfire BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
DND BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Daddy & Me BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Vitamin Q	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	5	0	3	179.4400	146.2400	165.92	top 56%
Pork Ribs	13	6	1	1	177.7372	153.6456	169.09	top 44%
Pork	13	6	1	2	178.8572	142.2168	167.63	top 42%
Brisket	13	4	0	0	174.8800	140.5256	161.38	top 59%

“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
OR	8	top 53%
WA	4	top 45%
KS	1	top 56%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 46%
Large (40+)	1	top 56%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	3	8	0	top 46%	2026-05-23

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (4 contests)
Cooks mostly in OR (8 of 13 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (13 entries)
Average Master overall score: 664.03 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2019-05-25 — First tracked contest · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
📣 2020-02-15 — First call · Albany Bacon Championship
⭐ 2022-08-20 — Career-best overall score (699.3944) · 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
📈 2026-05-23 — Peak power rating (1520) · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition	2025-08-16
+12.4	5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff	2022-08-20
+10.4	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	2026-05-23
+8.1	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022	2022-07-02
+7.4	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	2023-05-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.4	3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff	2019-08-17
-10.1	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	2019-05-25
-6.1	Albany Bacon Championship	2020-02-15
-4.8	Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More	2022-10-07
-3.9	Icebox Cookoff	2023-07-01

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	1	1	0	100%	top 24%	96.2%	96.2%
2025	1	1	1	100%	top 7%	96.9%	96.9%
2023	4	1	0	75%	top 53%	94.9%	93.4%
2022	4	2	1	100%	top 40%	97.1%	93.7%
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 75%	87%	87%
2019	2	0	0	0%	top 91%	87.1%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-23	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	8 / 33 (692.5140)	3 (176.5828)	20 (169.1200)	12 (172.5484)	8 (174.2628)
2025-08-16	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	2 / 30 (697.7488)	20 (169.1200)	7 (174.8916)	1 (178.8572)	6 (174.8800)
2023-08-19	DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	17 / 30 (663.3372)	2 (177.1772)	17 (165.0856)	14 (169.7144)	26 (151.3600)
2023-07-01	Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	25 / 38 (667.9772)	30 (165.7372)	38 (154.8000)	4 (176.5828)	12 (170.8572)
2023-05-27	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	8 / 25 (683.4060)	6 (173.7488)	4 (175.4288)	10 (170.2628)	17 (163.9656)
2023-04-07	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	58 / 103 (676.5260)	82 (163.3828)	14 (175.4516)	11 (175.4400)	78 (162.2516)
2022-10-07	Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More 🏅 Hermiston, OR	13 / 19 (655.3828)	5 (172.0000)	10 (169.1544)	4 (173.7028)	19 (140.5256)
2022-08-20	5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	5 / 29 (699.3944)	3 (179.4400)	11 (174.2744)	2 (177.7028)	15 (167.9772)
2022-07-02	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	11 / 34 (677.7144)	27 (163.4172)	7 (175.4400)	15 (169.1200)	12 (169.7372)
2022-01-08	Willamette Sportsman Show Cookoff 2022 🏅 Albany, OR	7 / 16 (665.0856)	12 (160.5256)	1 (177.7372)	8 (167.4400)	10 (159.3828)
2020-02-15	Albany Bacon Championship 🏅 Albany, OR	12 / 16 (626.7320)	15 (146.2400)	4 (172.0344)	15 (150.7772)	9 (157.6804)
2019-08-17	3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	27 / 27 (599.2796)	25 (153.6800)	17 (161.1428)	27 (142.2168)	27 (142.2400)
2019-05-25	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	28 / 34 (627.3368)	28 (155.9656)	31 (153.6456)	26 (154.8572)	19 (162.8684)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#517 (360 pts)	#415 (540 pts)	#499 (470 pts)	#369 (575 pts)	#561 (330 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#500 (412 pts)	#490 (457 pts)	#572 (407 pts)	#411 (557 pts)	#646 (302 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#746 (106 pts)	#820 (91 pts)	#556 (191 pts)	#821 (91 pts)	#666 (126 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#2581 (52 pts)	#2580 (52 pts)	#1839 (92 pts)	#2574 (52 pts)	#2575 (52 pts)