SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ

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

Power ranking

#394

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1699

peak 1773 · rated over 113 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

116

in the data

First seen

2013-03-29

latest 2026-08-14

Best ToY finish

#54

Master 2024

Grand champs

7 reserve

Category wins

63 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 116 contests

Avg finish

top 34%

overall standings

Best overall

703.9772 / 720

Master · Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

675.09 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.56 (+1.53)

Walk rate

88%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Montana BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±23.20

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.39 · weakest Pork (167.59)

Road miles

39,408

mi across 116 mapped stops · furthest 1227 mi

Schedule strength

59%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$715K

listed at 56 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

GCs in 64 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.56 / 720

114 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (20 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.

The heartbreaker

1.6456 points from the title

Came within 1.6456 points of the Grand Championship at Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2017-08-18).

Among the elite

#394 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 6% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1699 puts them #394 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 6% of the field.

rating 1699
peak 1773
113 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Chicken ×2
Brisket ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival (2016-08-19) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Smoke-A-Holics.

Happy hunting ground

Top 10% average finish here

Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 10%

Multi-meat days

3 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 3 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Boats, Bands & BBQ (2014-06-06).

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

88% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 102 of 116 contests

A top-10 category call in 88% of their 116 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

703.9772 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9772 at Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-08-16

State champions

1 state championships won

They've taken 1 state championship from 64 entries at contests carrying the title.

64 state-championship entries

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has finished one call ahead of SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

27–7 behind in the head-to-head

JO-BAWB'S BBQ ahead in 79% of their meetings

JO-BAWB'S BBQ has come out ahead in 27 of their 34 shared contests.

The drought

83 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival on 2016-08-19 — 83 contests and 10 years ago.

last GC 2016-08-19
10 years ago

A strong matchup

39–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BRACKEN RACKS BBQ in 39 of their 44 shared contests.

Always the bridesmaid

7 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 7 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

1 Grand Championship
116 contests

Going the wrong way

-27 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 27 points across 6 contests since 2025-08-15 — from 1726 down to 1699.

6 contests since 2025-08-15
now 1699

A big fish in small ponds

Top 30% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 30% finish in small fields against top 41% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 30% (6)
Large (40+): top 41% (20)

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A September team

Top 23% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 23% across 12 contests, versus top 34% the rest of the year.

12 September contests
top 34% the rest of the year

The long haul

39,408 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 39,408 miles across 116 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,227 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

116 mapped stops
furthest 1,227 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 1st

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.

DB BBQ

#395 of the rated field

1699 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 89
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1733

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 85 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Carrol Lou's Smokehouse

#391 of the rated field

1700 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 84
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1750

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ)

They've been 1750 at their best, 50 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 81 contests
last seen 2023-04-28

⚔ Head-to-head

JaBs BBQ

#392 of the rated field

1700 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1713

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ)

Fewer contests behind them than SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ has cooked, 49 to 116, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 47 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Breaking Slabs BBQ

#393 of the rated field

1699 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1699

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ)

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 41 contests, alongside a 71% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 38 contests
last seen 2024-10-26
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

K & D SMOKERS

#390 of the rated field

1700 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 60
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1708

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 60 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

FOWL BUTT BBQ

#397 of the rated field

1698 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1727

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 58 contests
last seen 2018-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	46	17	29	37%	⚔ compare
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	46	14	32	30%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	44	39	5	89%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	42	34	8	81%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	40	18	22	45%	⚔ compare
PAPA'S PIT CREW	39	28	11	72%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	37	31	6	84%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	37	23	14	62%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	36	24	12	67%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	34	7	27	21%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	31	13	18	42%	⚔ compare
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	31	12	19	39%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	30	15	15	50%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	29	16	13	55%	⚔ compare
LaTa-Que	28	19	9	68%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	114	56	7	23	180.0000 🔥	151.9888	170.39	top 36%
Pork Ribs	114	50	3	11	177.7144	150.2056	167.88	top 42%
Pork	114	57	4	13	178.2972	20.0000	167.59	top 39%
Brisket	114	53	5	16	180.0000 🔥	140.5710	167.70	top 39%

“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
WY	35	1	top 28%
CO	29	0	top 33%
SD	15	0	top 37%
MT	14	0	top 25%
KS	4	0	top 38%
NE	4	0	top 49%
NV	3	0	top 55%
UT	3	0	top 43%
OK	3	0	top 61%
IL	1	0	top 76%
TN	1	0	top 78%
AR	1	0	top 34%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	6	0	top 30%
Medium (20–39)	88	1	top 33%
Large (40+)	20	0	top 41%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ	6	5	0	top 37%	2024-08-23
Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	5	1	1	top 24%	2019-08-16
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	5	3	0	top 52%	2026-04-24
Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival	4	4	0	top 31%	2026-08-14
Smokin' on the Prairie	3	4	0	top 26%	2015-08-07
Griller's Cup	3	9	0	top 34%	2015-07-17
Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off	2	7	0	top 47%	2026-07-24
Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival	2	2	0	top 20%	2025-08-15
Montana BBQ Cookoff	2	7	0	top 29%	2025-06-13
Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest	2	3	0	top 10%	2024-09-06
Miles City Cowtown Cookoff	2	5	0	top 33%	2024-06-14
Smoke & Soul Fest	2	3	0	top 12%	2023-10-06
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest	2	2	0	top 32%	2023-08-25
Montana BBQ Cook-off	2	2	0	top 15%	2022-06-10
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2	2	12	0	top 45%	2021-10-02
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1	2	10	0	top 33%	2021-10-01
Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2	5	0	top 41%	2021-08-27
Miles City Cowtown Cook Off	2	3	0	top 19%	2021-06-25
Smoke & Soul Fest	2	3	0	top 19%	2019-09-13
LuLu's Brew & Que	2	6	0	top 20%	2019-04-26
Boats, Bands, & BBQ	2	3	0	top 16%	2017-05-19
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	7	0	top 27%	2017-04-14
Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships	2	6	0	top 27%	2015-09-18
Best of the West BBQ Fest	2	6	0	top 34%	2015-08-28

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 13.4 yrs 2013-03-29 → 2026-08-14

Busiest season 2024 14 contests

Contests a season 8.3 across 14 seasons in the data

Cooks most in WY 35 of 116 contests · 12 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 76 24 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 114 entries · 7 wins · 56 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 170.39 · weakest Pork (167.59)

Walk rate 88% a top-10 call in 102 of 116 contests

Overall top-10 rate 54% 63 of 116 contests

Wins it all 1% 1 Grand Championship · 7 reserve

First title 2016-08-19 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival

Best top-10 run 9 straight contests

Master average 673.56 out of 720 · 114 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 3 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,679 3,152–1,329 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 39,408 116 mapped stops · furthest 1,227 mi

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests

Purse competed for $715,065 listed at 56 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 1 from 64 state-championship entries

Power rating 1699 peak 1773 · #394 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 29 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 7 First call Boats, Bands and BBQ
Jul 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0172 Griller's Cup
Aug 9 First overall top-10 Smokin' on the Prairie
Sep 6 First category win (Pork) Best of the West BBQ Fest
Sep 6 First overall podium Best of the West BBQ Fest
Sep 6 First Reserve Championship Best of the West BBQ Fest
Sep 6 First multi-meat day Best of the West BBQ Fest
2014
Apr 18 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 26 10th tracked contest Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship
2015
Apr 17 10th category win Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 14 25th tracked contest Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
2016
Aug 19 First Grand Championship Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Aug 19 First state championship Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
2018
Aug 17 50th tracked contest Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
2024
Aug 9 100th tracked contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Aug 16 Career-best overall score703.9772 Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival
Oct 30 Peak power rating (1773) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
2026
Aug 14 Most recent contest Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-04-18
+14	Best of the West BBQ Fest	2013-09-06
+13.1	Boats, Bands & BBQ	2014-06-06
+11.9	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	2016-08-19
+11.6	Cowtown Cook-off	2014-06-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.9	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2025-04-25
-15.4	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch	2018-05-12
-14.2	Boats, Bands and BBQ	2013-06-07
-14	*I-39 Smokin Car Show	2018-06-30
-13.9	McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual	2026-06-05

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	1	0	100%	top 52%	95.6%	93.1%
2025	6	0	1	1	100%	top 49%	96.3%	94%
2024	14	0	9	0	71%	top 29%	97.8%	95.7%
2023	11	0	6	2	82%	top 28%	97%	95.2%
2022	7	0	5	1	100%	top 24%	95.2%	94.4%
2021	8	0	2	0	75%	top 46%	97%	94.3%
2020	5	0	2	0	80%	top 33%	95.3%	94.9%
2019	9	0	5	0	100%	top 29%	96.6%	94%
2018	9	0	4	1	78%	top 43%	94.5%	91.7%
2017	8	0	6	2	88%	top 33%	95.9%	93.8%
2016	7	1	3	2	100%	top 27%	96.5%	94%
2015	8	0	7	1	100%	top 29%	94.5%	93.2%
2014	13	0	8	7	92%	top 31%	95.9%	92.6%
2013	7	0	4	2	86%	top 46%	94.4%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-08-14	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	11 / 29 (687.3716)	11 (171.9772)	3 (177.1544)	12 (172.0000)	19 (166.2400)
2026-07-24	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	7 / 32 (688.4684)	11 (173.7028)	8 (171.9772)	9 (171.9656)	14 (170.8228)
2026-06-05	McLouth BBQ Blowout 35th Annual 🏅 McLouth, KS	23 / 30 (656.4572)	24 (163.9772)	9 (173.1200)	26 (161.6800)	26 (157.6800)
2026-04-24	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	19 / 27 (650.0684)	4 (173.1200)	23 (155.9200)	16 (165.0972)	19 (155.9312)
2025-08-22	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	11 / 38 (693.0740)	17 (171.9656)	20 (170.8228)	5 (177.1428)	14 (173.1428)
2025-08-15	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	9 / 27 (684.5144)	4 (176.0116)	13 (169.6800)	9 (173.1200)	14 (165.7028)
2025-07-25	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	19 / 26 (664.4000)	6 (171.9772)	16 (166.2400)	10 (170.8228)	22 (155.3600)
2025-06-13	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	13 / 33 (674.7428)	1 (180.0000)	18 (159.9544)	11 (167.9656)	16 (166.8228)
2025-06-06	Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD	18 / 48 (681.6456)	10 (174.2628)	20 (170.2628)	31 (166.2400)	15 (170.8800)
2025-04-25	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	25 / 30 (662.1712)	14 (170.8344)	6 (173.7028)	24 (163.9656)	27 (153.6684)
2024-12-06	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	47 / 74 (673.0284)	23 (173.7028)	61 (163.9428)	37 (169.6916)	54 (165.6912)
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	11 / 444 (700.0228)	11 (178.8572)	173 (170.8456)	68 (174.8800)	32 (175.4400)
2024-09-06	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	3 / 36 (698.2628)	2 (178.2972)	10 (174.2628)	14 (173.1200)	8 (172.5828)
2024-08-23	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	5 / 29 (685.6344)	19 (169.6800)	14 (169.1316)	5 (173.7028)	5 (173.1200)
2024-08-16	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	2 / 29 (703.9772)	7 (176.5600)	3 (177.1544)	7 (175.4172)	7 (174.8456)
2024-08-09	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	2 / 29 (693.6688)	7 (175.4172)	6 (171.4172)	8 (171.4172)	4 (175.4172)
2024-07-12	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	6 / 26 (689.6228)	14 (170.8228)	14 (169.6800)	3 (176.5600)	7 (172.5600)
2024-06-28	The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO	8 / 25 (683.3484)	11 (168.5256)	3 (175.4172)	10 (170.2856)	13 (169.1200)
2024-06-21	Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT	9 / 29 (691.4288)	7 (177.1544)	6 (174.8572)	12 (172.5600)	16 (166.8572)
2024-06-14	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	7 / 16 (696.5028)	4 (175.4056)	5 (176.0116)	5 (175.4056)	11 (169.6800)
2024-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	3 / 29 (686.2056)	7 (174.2628)	8 (172.5600)	14 (169.1200)	10 (170.2628)
2024-04-05	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	63 / 97 (675.2916)	68 (166.2400)	58 (168.5488)	67 (166.2400)	24 (174.2628)
2024-01-26	SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE	16 / 26 (678.7888)	2 (178.2972)	17 (169.6800)	16 (167.9772)	21 (162.8344)
2023-10-06	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	4 / 28 (687.3256)	11 (168.5256)	8 (172.5600)	11 (170.8228)	7 (175.4172)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	34 / 487 (694.2288)	100 (174.2628)	65 (174.8572)	77 (174.2744)	139 (170.8344)
2023-09-08	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll 🏅 Vermillion, SD	11 / 28 (675.9660)	4 (176.0000)	1 (176.5716)	25 (163.4172)	24 (159.9772)
2023-08-25	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	15 / 26 (671.8396)	16 (166.2284)	9 (173.7144)	16 (167.3712)	19 (164.5256)
2023-08-18	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	7 / 27 (694.2516)	3 (177.7144)	5 (175.4172)	5 (177.1544)	14 (163.9656)
2023-08-05	East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT	3 / 24 (691.3712)	4 (175.4056)	11 (168.0000)	2 (176.5600)	7 (171.4056)
2023-06-16	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT	5 / 22 (698.2400)	4 (175.4172)	6 (176.0000)	7 (173.1200)	8 (173.7028)
2023-06-09	Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT	7 / 36 (687.4060)	19 (168.5372)	12 (172.5716)	9 (172.5944)	5 (173.7028)
2023-05-27	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	4 / 37 (697.1312)	1 (177.7028)	15 (172.5484)	2 (177.7028)	18 (169.1772)
2023-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	20 / 30 (655.3256)	27 (156.5028)	7 (171.4172)	22 (161.1428)	11 (166.2628)
2022-10-22	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	5 / 31 (685.6340)	2 (177.1428)	14 (170.2628)	8 (171.4172)	18 (166.8112)
2022-10-21	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	11 / 32 (677.6112)	11 (170.2628)	16 (166.8228)	18 (166.8228)	5 (173.7028)
2022-10-07	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	3 / 29 (682.8000)	15 (167.4172)	13 (167.9772)	1 (176.5600)	7 (170.8456)
2022-08-26	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	2 / 28 (171.4056)	14 (169.7372)	2 (177.7144)	7 (173.1428)	10 (171.9772)
2022-08-19	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	14 / 29 (674.7312)	8 (175.4056)	10 (168.5372)	10 (170.8228)	18 (159.9656)
2022-06-10	Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	6 / 27 (684.5028)	3 (173.1200)	2 (177.1428)	4 (173.7144)	12 (160.5256)
2022-05-06	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	9 / 33 (673.0400)	5 (171.9656)	4 (174.8572)	21 (163.9772)	21 (162.2400)
2021-11-13	3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational unrated Shawnee, OK	88 / 92 (668.9940)	49 (172.5600)	91 (163.9428)	58 (170.2628)	86 (162.2284)
2021-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	12 / 26 (678.2172)	2 (174.8572)	20 (159.4172)	11 (169.6800)	4 (174.2628)
2021-10-01	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	11 / 27 (677.6000)	23 (162.8000)	18 (165.6800)	3 (175.4172)	4 (173.7028)
2021-08-27	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	22 / 31 (668.5256)	11 (174.2628)	28 (158.2400)	16 (167.4056)	14 (168.6172)
2021-08-20	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	4 / 30 (684.5028)	3 (177.1428)	6 (171.4172)	10 (169.1200)	12 (166.8228)
2021-06-25	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT	3 / 25 (698.2628)	3 (177.7028)	2 (177.1772)	2 (178.2972)	15 (165.0856)
2021-06-19	Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 🏅 Holdrege, NE	13 / 36 (685.1088)	11 (174.8456)	9 (176.0000)	22 (165.1316)	19 (169.1316)
2021-06-18	Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 🏅 Holdrege, NE	21 / 40 (671.9312)	8 (176.0000)	30 (163.3828)	11 (174.2856)	33 (158.2628)
2020-10-24	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK	29 / 58 (686.2404)	21 (174.3088)	35 (167.3944)	6 (176.0116)	37 (168.5256)
2020-10-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off-Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK	24 / 64 (685.6684)	16 (174.2856)	24 (170.8344)	51 (166.2856)	13 (174.2628)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	18 / 41 (679.9312)	7 (174.2628)	36 (161.1200)	8 (173.7028)	12 (170.8456)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	10 / 41 (679.3368)	12 (172.0000)	16 (169.1084)	35 (161.6684)	2 (176.5600)
2020-08-21	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	5 / 43 (686.2056)	6 (174.8572)	20 (167.9772)	21 (167.9656)	3 (175.4056)
2019-10-18	Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO	17 / 46 (666.1600)	16 (169.6800)	20 (166.2744)	36 (159.9544)	9 (170.2512)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	3 / 28 (674.7428)	9 (167.9772)	4 (169.6800)	4 (170.2744)	8 (166.8112)
2019-08-23	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	19 / 31 (669.0284)	5 (176.5600)	15 (169.1200)	27 (158.8228)	16 (164.5256)
2019-08-16	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	11 / 30 (669.6116)	15 (163.9772)	13 (167.9772)	4 (174.2744)	12 (163.3828)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	9 / 30 (682.7884)	16 (167.3828)	10 (170.8916)	8 (171.4056)	3 (173.1084)
2019-06-22	Montana BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	2 / 29 (695.4060)	2 (176.5600)	6 (171.4516)	7 (171.9772)	3 (175.4172)
2019-06-14	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT	7 / 28 (679.9772)	18 (163.9656)	13 (171.4172)	7 (170.8572)	3 (173.7372)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	10 / 40 (679.3484)	13 (170.8456)	4 (173.1428)	21 (165.6800)	10 (169.6800)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO	12 / 38 (671.8972)	19 (168.5256)	5 (172.5944)	24 (165.0972)	18 (165.6800)
2018-10-19	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	9 / 48 (675.9200)	33 (162.2400)	15 (166.8456)	5 (176.0000)	6 (170.8344)
2018-09-14	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	5 / 28 (663.3256)	1 (178.3200)	10 (166.8344)	16 (158.2400)	16 (159.9312)
2018-08-17	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	14 / 30 (669.6916)	18 (162.2628)	9 (172.0116)	12 (168.5600)	12 (166.8572)
2018-07-27	BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO	15 / 35 (666.2056)	21 (164.5256)	17 (166.8228)	17 (165.1544)	6 (169.7028)
2018-07-13	Happy Grillmore BBQ Competition Draper, UT	13 / 21 (661.0628)	19 (155.9884)	7 (174.2744)	13 (166.2628)	12 (164.5372)
2018-06-30	*I-39 Smokin Car Show Minonk, IL	22 / 29 (623.3596)	24 (156.5484)	21 (154.8228)	13 (157.7140)	21 (154.2744)
2018-05-26	CSU BBQ Showdown Estes Park, CO	6 / 20 (678.2284)	10 (169.1084)	15 (163.9772)	4 (171.4400)	3 (173.7028)
2018-05-12	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde, T1A5H8	23 / 30 (623.5776)	17 (158.3200)	19 (157.2000)	16 (156.6060)	24 (151.4516)
2018-04-28	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	6 / 40 (680.4684)	6 (173.1428)	4 (170.8228)	10 (171.9656)	19 (164.5372)
2017-10-27	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	74 / 95 (662.7540)	91 (158.2284)	53 (168.5828)	63 (166.2628)	44 (169.6800)
2017-10-14	*Nile Beer-B-Q Billings, MT	5 / 17 (690.7772)	4 (176.5600)	6 (172.5600)	7 (173.1200)	10 (168.5372)
2017-09-22	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	5 / 18 (680.4800)	11 (167.9772)	12 (161.0972)	2 (176.5600)	2 (174.8456)
2017-08-25	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	8 / 26 (680.4684)	22 (159.3484)	2 (175.4056)	4 (174.8572)	5 (170.8572)
2017-08-18	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	2 / 28 (681.6572)	4 (172.5716)	12 (164.0000)	1 (177.7028)	6 (167.3828)
2017-06-16	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	11 / 26 (665.6572)	8 (169.1428)	12 (163.4172)	7 (170.8228)	13 (162.2744)
2017-05-19	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	8 / 36 (674.7888)	1 (177.7144)	30 (155.9544)	6 (173.7028)	14 (167.4172)
2017-04-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	9 / 30 (665.5652)	12 (167.3944)	11 (167.9884)	6 (168.5484)	17 (161.6340)
2016-09-09	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	20 / 49 (661.6000)	33 (162.2400)	33 (161.6916)	3 (175.4056)	26 (162.2628)
2016-08-26	Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	13 / 31 (677.6228)	19 (166.2400)	6 (170.8572)	14 (167.4056)	8 (173.1200)
2016-08-19	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	1 / 26 (691.4172)	3 (175.4172)	11 (169.7372)	5 (171.4056)	1 (174.8572)
2016-08-12	Best of the West Sheridan, WY	2 / 26 (694.8572)	1 (180.0000)	8 (170.8572)	13 (166.2972)	3 (177.7028)
2016-07-22	Arvada On-Tap A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	12 / 35 (672.4800)	18 (166.2744)	15 (166.2628)	4 (171.4172)	11 (168.5256)
2016-06-17	Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT	7 / 26 (677.6800)	4 (170.8572)	6 (171.4172)	11 (167.9656)	11 (167.4400)
2016-04-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT	11 / 30 (663.2800)	14 (164.5372)	17 (162.8000)	12 (165.1200)	3 (170.8228)
2015-09-18	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD	10 / 30 (677.6456)	7 (176.0000)	23 (162.2516)	9 (171.4284)	10 (167.9656)
2015-08-28	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	11 / 25 (657.5428)	5 (173.7028)	21 (154.2288)	13 (158.7884)	7 (170.8228)
2015-08-21	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	7 / 26 (679.3260)	3 (174.2744)	3 (171.9772)	15 (166.8344)	12 (166.2400)
2015-08-14	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	7 / 26 (675.8740)	2 (176.0000)	16 (161.0856)	17 (162.7884)	2 (176.0000)
2015-08-07	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	8 / 26 (671.8856)	11 (167.9656)	16 (163.4056)	11 (169.6916)	4 (170.8228)
2015-07-17	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	9 / 29 (661.6340)	22 (161.0856)	11 (165.7256)	11 (164.5600)	8 (170.2628)
2015-06-05	Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO	4 / 30 (680.4688)	5 (171.9888)	12 (164.5256)	4 (174.2744)	7 (169.6800)
2015-04-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	7 / 30 (661.1884)	1 (176.0000)	16 (161.1428)	17 (159.4744)	13 (164.5712)
2014-09-26	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR	17 / 50 (690.8116)	37 (171.9772)	46 (165.6916)	2 (176.0000)	8 (177.1428)
2014-09-19	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Sprearfish, SD	6 / 29 (673.7028)	2 (177.7144)	10 (166.8456)	19 (160.5828)	6 (168.5600)
2014-09-05	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	6 / 25 (638.1604)	6 (161.6684)	4 (163.9660)	10 (155.9888)	8 (156.5372)
2014-08-22	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	11 / 25 (659.3484)	8 (167.9656)	12 (162.2400)	16 (157.7256)	6 (171.4172)
2014-08-15	Wyoming State BBQ Championship & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY	11 / 25 (654.1712)	3 (171.9656)	4 (169.1428)	24 (149.6228)	9 (163.4400)
2014-08-08	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	4 / 25 (682.2172)	12 (166.2400)	1 (174.8572)	7 (171.4400)	7 (169.6800)
2014-07-16	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	9 / 26 (668.4340)	2 (177.7144)	5 (171.4056)	20 (160.5256)	15 (158.7884)
2014-06-13	Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT	3 / 17 (682.2744)	1 (176.5600)	9 (162.8572)	7 (166.2744)	2 (176.5828)
2014-06-06	Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO	3 / 29 (678.1940)	11 (168.5372)	1 (173.7028)	14 (160.5484)	1 (175.4056)
2014-05-02	North Platte Honky Tonk BBQ Festival North Platte, NE	11 / 25 (659.9888)	22 (151.9888)	9 (168.0000)	5 (168.5600)	5 (171.4400)
2014-04-26	Smokin In Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV	40 / 51 (631.8284)	41 (157.6684)	46 (150.2056)	26 (164.0000)	31 (159.9544)
2014-04-25	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Las Vegas, NV	7 / 30 (674.8344)	19 (164.0000)	29 (158.2400)	1 (177.7372)	1 (174.8572)
2014-04-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Denver, CO	3 / 30 (675.9084)	20 (163.9312)	23 (158.2744)	3 (173.7028)	1 (180.0000)
2013-09-06	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	2 / 15 (680.0232)	3 (171.4172)	15 (151.9888)	1 (177.7372)	1 (178.8800)
2013-08-23	1st Annual Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	8 / 16 (642.2060)	4 (168.0000)	8 (152.0116)	6 (166.2628)	12 (155.9316)
2013-08-16	9th Annual Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY	6 / 25 (655.8744)	6 (166.2744)	12 (159.9544)	4 (163.9772)	5 (165.6684)
2013-08-09	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	8 / 25 (643.8400)	14 (159.9428)	6 (169.1200)	10 (162.8572)	16 (151.9200)
2013-07-19	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	12 / 33 (661.0172)	8 (169.1316)	18 (162.2744)	4 (171.9656)	21 (157.6456)
2013-06-07	Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo, CO	38 / 39 (492.5708)	27 (159.9998)	5 (172.0000)	39 (20.0000)	35 (140.5710)
2013-03-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Thornton, CO	20 / 30 (629.7130)	19 (161.7140)	14 (161.7140)	21 (153.1426)	19 (153.1424)

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	#369 (433 pts)	#361 (513 pts)	#346 (583 pts)	#396 (413 pts)	#475 (333 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#321 (676 pts)	#211 (1066 pts)	#370 (701 pts)	#304 (756 pts)	#364 (616 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#54 (1877 pts)	#64 (1694 pts)	#89 (1548 pts)	#93 (1443 pts)	#114 (1373 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#97 (1495 pts)	#86 (1535 pts)	#108 (1475 pts)	#108 (1385 pts)	#162 (1165 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#167 (1184 pts)	#167 (1214 pts)	#164 (1229 pts)	#176 (1149 pts)	#256 (904 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#207 (939 pts)	#148 (1179 pts)	#250 (844 pts)	#176 (1034 pts)	#226 (884 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#220 (540 pts)	#189 (650 pts)	#334 (375 pts)	#235 (530 pts)	#143 (800 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#190 (1351 pts)	#231 (1181 pts)	#192 (1316 pts)	#250 (1136 pts)	#156 (1431 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#310 (1049 pts)	#353 (974 pts)	#323 (1019 pts)	#315 (1039 pts)	#313 (1049 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#314 (1150 pts)	#317 (1125 pts)	#416 (935 pts)	#214 (1370 pts)	#374 (1025 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#320 (1134 pts)	#355 (1054 pts)	#468 (869 pts)	#340 (1084 pts)	#292 (1194 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#283 (1212 pts)	#195 (1462 pts)	#419 (897 pts)	#361 (987 pts)	#258 (1277 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#149 (1746 pts)	#131 (1711 pts)	#131 (1711 pts)	#128 (1675 pts)	#65 (2060 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#322 (953 pts)	#301 (978 pts)	#334 (898 pts)	#262 (1093 pts)	#360 (868 pts)