THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ

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

Power ranking

#4912

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1464

peak 1509 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-09-09

latest 2018-06-15

Best ToY finish

#474

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

660.5372 / 720

Master · Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.03 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.02 (-6.98)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7372

Pork · Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge

Consistency

±14.96

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.26 · weakest Chicken (159.36)

Road miles

2,290

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 320 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

Master avg

640.02 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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 one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Chucho Q has finished one call ahead of THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DOUBLE J SMOKERS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

13 of 14 shared pork entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 93% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

COLORADO SPRINGS GRILL STORE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 57% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 57% across 4 contests, versus top 68% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 68% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.08% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.9% of a perfect score
16 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.

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

BETTER THAN BACON

#4899 of the rated field

1464 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1515 at their best, 51 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2018-09-28

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ TEAM EXTREME

#4907 of the rated field

1464 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1532

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2017-05-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Tracica BBQ Team

#4915 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 43% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

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Wine & Swine

#4926 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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HPO PIT TEAM

#4924 of the rated field

1464 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1464

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-10-03

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG O & MO BBQ

#4904 of the rated field

1464 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1509 at their best, 45 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-10-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Backdraft BBQ	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Q LIVE CREW	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	1	171.4628	143.3944	159.36	top 69%
Pork Ribs	16	2	172.0000	145.0744	159.43	top 65%
Pork	16	3	173.7372	148.5600	161.26	top 62%
Brisket	16	3	170.8456	142.2972	159.97	top 54%

“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	15	0	top 67%
NE	1	0	top 81%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 64%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2	16	top 71%	2018-06-08
Wild West BBQ Cook Off	2	21	top 78%	2018-05-11
LuLu's Brew & Que	2	16	top 60%	2018-04-28
Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2	16	top 50%	2017-09-08

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.8 yrs 2016-09-09 → 2018-06-15

Busiest season 2017 11 contests

Contests a season 5.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 15 of 16 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.26 · weakest Chicken (159.36)

Walk rate 50% a top-10 call in 8 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 16 contests

Master average 640.02 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 241 185–362 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,290 16 mapped stops · furthest 320 mi

Schedule strength 1567 average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests

Power rating 1464 peak 1509 · #4912 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Sep 9 First tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5372 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 9 Career-best overall score660.5372 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
2017
Jan 6 Peak power rating (1509) National Western BBQ Throwdown
May 12 First call Wild West BBQ Cook Off
Sep 8 10th tracked contest Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
Sep 8 Career-best single call (Pork)173.7372 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge
2018
Jun 15 Most recent contest 25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2016-09-09
+4.2	National Western BBQ Throwdown	2017-01-06
+2.5	LuLu's Brew & Que	2018-04-28
+2.4	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge	2017-09-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.7	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	2017-08-04
-8.3	Wild West BBQ Cook Off	2018-05-11
-8	Central Plains Ribfest	2017-06-16
-6.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-04-14
-5.9	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2018-06-08

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	4	50%	top 73%	90.7%	87.1%
2017	11	55%	top 68%	91.1%	89.3%
2016	1	0%	top 43%	91.7%	91.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-06-15	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	43 / 62 (603.3716)	57 (143.3944)	15 (169.1200)	48 (148.5600)	54 (142.2972)
2018-06-08	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	25 / 31 (613.5084)	28 (147.3484)	18 (162.2400)	27 (154.8572)	27 (149.0628)
2018-05-11	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	23 / 26 (639.3144)	7 (171.4628)	24 (156.5144)	24 (151.9428)	18 (159.3944)
2018-04-28	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	22 / 40 (653.0860)	34 (157.0972)	29 (159.4172)	8 (172.0000)	18 (164.5716)
2017-09-29	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	16 / 25 (655.8856)	14 (167.9656)	4 (172.0000)	18 (159.9772)	16 (155.9428)
2017-09-22	BBBrew For Hope Ft.Collins, CO	16 / 25 (638.7312)	16 (163.9656)	25 (145.0744)	17 (163.9884)	14 (165.7028)
2017-09-08	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Jct, CO	16 / 28 (643.9204)	26 (147.3484)	5 (170.3088)	4 (173.7372)	19 (152.5260)
2017-08-04	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	38 / 44 (638.0908)	38 (155.3712)	31 (162.2628)	42 (153.6340)	17 (166.8228)
2017-07-21	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	31 / 46 (647.2916)	35 (162.2632)	41 (151.3600)	26 (165.6684)	9 (168.0000)
2017-06-16	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	22 / 27 (622.6972)	19 (157.6456)	24 (150.8116)	22 (153.1200)	10 (161.1200)
2017-06-09	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	16 / 26 (640.9940)	18 (163.4056)	20 (154.2400)	7 (167.4056)	17 (155.9428)
2017-05-19	Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO	25 / 36 (638.0568)	30 (157.6456)	33 (151.9084)	25 (159.3828)	11 (169.1200)
2017-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook Off Lamar, CO	21 / 31 (653.0516)	24 (159.9544)	23 (155.9888)	15 (166.2628)	9 (170.8456)
2017-04-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	24 / 30 (639.8284)	14 (164.5600)	18 (162.2516)	14 (165.1084)	27 (147.9084)
2017-01-06	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	19 / 38 (651.9200)	22 (162.8456)	24 (161.0972)	27 (161.1200)	11 (166.8572)
2016-09-09	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO	21 / 49 (660.5372)	17 (167.4284)	22 (166.2972)	28 (163.3828)	21 (163.4288)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1058 (252 pts)	#954 (332 pts)	#1004 (317 pts)	#963 (327 pts)	#1009 (297 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#474 (797 pts)	#493 (794 pts)	#427 (912 pts)	#384 (997 pts)	#319 (1147 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2140 (80 pts)	#2124 (100 pts)	#2265 (75 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2228 (80 pts)