The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off (2015-06-19).
- last seen 2013-10-18
- back 2015-06-19
MONTANA BAR-BQ LLC
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2015-07-03
Best ToY finish
#1354
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.85
last 4 Master vs avg 613.85 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.15 · weakest Chicken (145.56)
Road miles
1,538
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 822 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
613.85 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
MONTANA BAR-BQ LLC has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 147 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after MONTANA BAR-BQ LLC did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with MONTANA BAR-BQ LLC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 134.8568 | 145.56 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7144 | 150.2860 | 164.15 | top 36% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 149.1772 | 158.16 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.6056 | 139.9656 | 145.98 | top 75% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2015-07-03
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.15 · weakest Chicken (145.56)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
613.85
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
83
25–73 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,538
4 mapped stops · furthest 822 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2015-06-19
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1489) South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition
- First call A Smokin' Good Time
- 2015
- Career-best overall score643.3828 Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7144 Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.2 | Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off | 2015-06-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | A Smokin' Good Time | 2013-10-18 |
| -10.9 | South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition | 2013-06-21 |
| -3.5 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2015-07-03 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 89.4% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 91% | 84.2% | 82.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-03 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 20 / 29 (620.6512) | 21 (154.2856) | 8 (164.5828) | 26 (149.1772) | 17 (152.6056) |
| 2015-06-19 | Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off Miles City, MT | 14 / 26 (643.3828) | 21 (150.8572) | 2 (173.7144) | 5 (168.0228) | 19 (150.7884) |
| 2013-10-18 | A Smokin' Good Time Prescott Valley, AZ | 23 / 24 (606.2400) | 24 (142.2400) | 5 (168.0344) | 21 (156.0000) | 22 (139.9656) |
| 2013-06-21 | South Park Kick Ass BBQ Competition Fairplay, CO | 20 / 23 (585.1428) | 23 (134.8568) | 20 (150.2860) | 16 (159.4284) | 18 (140.5716) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1354 (185 pts) | #1645 (145 pts) | #890 (400 pts) | #1338 (230 pts) | #1480 (175 pts) |