BAYOU BAR-B-QUE CO

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

Power ranking

#2819

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1510

peak 1515 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-10

latest 2019-06-07

Best ToY finish

#1394

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

676.5488 / 720

Master · Smokin' Brew BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.79

last 5 Master vs avg 651.02 (-0.23)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · Smokin' Brew BBQ

Consistency

±15.59

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.05)

Road miles

1,074

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1564)

Purse competed for

$10K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.02 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

676.5488 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.5488 at Smokin' Brew BBQ — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-08-30

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.2 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.23 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Pork Ribs avg 159.05
Chicken avg 167.28
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE CELTIC PIG in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Smoke & Soul Fest (2018-09-14).

last seen 2017-01-06
back 2018-09-14

Chicken nemesis

5 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.17% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.4% of a perfect score
8 contests

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.

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

Lost Weekend Grill

#2807 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1536

3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to BAYOU BAR-B-QUE CO)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — Lost Weekend Grill ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 90 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Dog BBQ

#2833 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1529

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Burnt Bros BBQ Team

#2820 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-10-12

⚔ Head-to-head

BUBBA'S SMOKEYARD BBQ

#2831 of the rated field

1510 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BAYOU BAR-B-QUE CO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQwithDREW

#2810 of the rated field

1510 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1521

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after BAYOU BAR-B-QUE CO did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2024-08-02

⚔ Head-to-head

Whiskey Friday BBQ

#2804 of the rated field

1511 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with BAYOU BAR-B-QUE CO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2022-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	1	178.8572	161.1200	167.28	top 42%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	0	171.4172	147.4286	159.05	top 63%
Pork	8	2	0	0	170.9028	153.1656	163.07	top 51%
Brisket	8	2	0	0	170.8572	149.1430	161.61	top 49%

“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
CO	7	0	top 51%
WY	1	0	top 79%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 30%

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

On the trail 6.1 yrs 2013-05-10 → 2019-06-07

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 167.28 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.05)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 651.02 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 197 155–154 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,074 8 mapped stops · furthest 240 mi

Schedule strength 1564 average field rating faced — tougher than 49% of rated contests

Purse competed for $10,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.7 yrs 2017-01-06 → 2018-09-14

Power rating 1510 peak 1515 · #2819 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 10 First tracked contest Wild West BBQ
May 10 First call Wild West BBQ
2014
Aug 30 First category win (Chicken) Smokin' Brew BBQ
Aug 30 First overall top-10 Smokin' Brew BBQ
Aug 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.5488 Smokin' Brew BBQ
Aug 30 Career-best overall score676.5488 Smokin' Brew BBQ
Aug 30 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Smokin' Brew BBQ
2016
Sep 9 Peak power rating (1515) Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
2019
Jun 7 Most recent contest Buskers, Brews & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.1	Smokin' Brew BBQ	2014-08-30
+9.6	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2016-09-09
+5.4	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	2018-10-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.9	Smoke & Soul Fest	2018-09-14
-4.8	Wild West BBQ	2013-05-10
-3.1	National Western BBQ Throwdown	2017-01-06
-2.3	Rock'N Western Rendezvous	2015-05-30
-0.8	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2019-06-07

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)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 61%	90.2%	90.2%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 60%	92%	90%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 71%	89%	89%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 29%	92.8%	92.8%
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 68%	90%	90%
2014	1	1	1	100%	top 19%	94%	94%
2013	1	0	0	100%	top 68%	87.5%	87.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	23 / 38 (649.6460)	17 (166.8572)	14 (171.4172)	28 (159.4172)	32 (151.9544)
2018-10-19	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	20 / 48 (662.2400)	25 (166.2744)	19 (165.7028)	32 (161.1312)	10 (169.1316)
2018-09-14	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	22 / 28 (633.6456)	18 (161.1200)	11 (164.5716)	25 (153.1656)	19 (154.7884)
2017-01-06	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	27 / 38 (640.4460)	21 (162.8688)	34 (150.2516)	25 (162.2400)	15 (165.0856)
2016-09-09	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	14 / 49 (667.9772)	11 (171.4400)	34 (161.1200)	26 (164.5600)	7 (170.8572)
2015-05-30	Rock'N Western Rendezvous Loveland, CO	26 / 38 (647.9204)	26 (162.8228)	36 (150.2060)	8 (170.9028)	21 (163.9888)
2014-08-30	Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO	9 / 48 (676.5488)	1 (178.8572)	23 (161.7032)	14 (168.0228)	14 (167.9656)
2013-05-10	Wild West BBQ Lamar, CO	21 / 31 (629.7144)	8 (168.0002)	27 (147.4286)	4 (165.1426)	24 (149.1430)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1887 (70 pts)	#1796 (100 pts)	#1697 (115 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1394 (153 pts)	#1485 (148 pts)	#1254 (213 pts)	#1768 (113 pts)	#1235 (218 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2146 (80 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#1982 (110 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1965 (115 pts)	#1822 (130 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#1611 (165 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1545 (158 pts)	#1112 (298 pts)	#2130 (83 pts)	#1885 (128 pts)	#1863 (128 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1964 (76 pts)	#1545 (151 pts)	#2646 (56 pts)	#1303 (206 pts)	#2587 (61 pts)