VOGT'S BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1614

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1557

peak 1557 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-06-09

latest 2019-06-07

Best ToY finish

#646

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

682.7884 / 720

Master · San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.83 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 663.87 (+4.96)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Pork Ribs · Buskers, Brews & BBQ

Consistency

±12.35

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.02 · weakest Brisket (165.02)

Road miles

1,277

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Purse competed for

$20K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

663.87 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

On the rise

+36 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 36 points across 7 contests since 2018-06-08 — from 1521 up to 1557.

7 contests since 2018-06-08
now 1557

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

682.7884 career-best overall

94.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 682.7884 at San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ — 94.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-08-03

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GRILLIN' BEAVERS has finished one call ahead of VOGT'S BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

10–3 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 77% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HONEYMAN BBQ in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

9 of 13 shared pork ribs entries lost

Backdraft BBQ ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Backdraft BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

CRUSH BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.72% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.72% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.2% of a perfect score
13 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.

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

HONEYMAN BBQ

#1610 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 49
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 16%
Peak: 1602

8–1 in 9 shared contests (89% to VOGT'S BBQ)

These two have cooked 9 of the same contests — VOGT'S BBQ ahead 8–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 49 contests
last seen 2020-10-24

⚔ Head-to-head

73-BBQ

#1608 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-06-06

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ HIGHLANDER

#1609 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-09-21
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Mountain Smoke BBQ

#1604 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

PS I LOVE YOU BBQ

#1602 of the rated field

1557 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 12 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-04-10

⚔ Head-to-head

MADE WITH RUB

#1612 of the rated field

1557 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1557

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before VOGT'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
BURNTOUT BBQ CO	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
HONEYMAN BBQ	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
PORKY'S PIT CREW	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
THE CELTIC PIG	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
THE MIGHTY QUINNS BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	3	0	1	174.8572	153.1200	165.92	top 50%
Pork Ribs	13	5	0	3	176.0000	158.2400	167.02	top 40%
Pork	13	4	0	1	174.2628	151.3944	165.91	top 45%
Brisket	13	4	1	1	173.1656	153.0744	165.02	top 42%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 45%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 41%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Buskers, Brews & BBQ	3	7	top 31%	2019-06-07
LuLu's Brew & Que	3	5	top 35%	2019-04-26
San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	2	7	top 43%	2018-08-03

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2 yrs 2017-06-09 → 2019-06-07

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 4.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 13 of 13 contests

Contests visited 8 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 167.02 · weakest Brisket (165.02)

Walk rate 69% a top-10 call in 9 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 31% 4 of 13 contests

Master average 663.87 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 185 271–184 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,277 13 mapped stops · furthest 158 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Purse competed for $20,000 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1557 peak 1557 · #1614 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
Jun 9 First tracked contest Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Jun 9 First call Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Jun 9 First category win (Brisket) Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Jun 9 First overall top-10 Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Jun 9 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4056 Buskers, Brews & BBQ
2018
Aug 3 Career-best overall score682.7884 San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ
Oct 19 10th tracked contest Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival
2019
Jun 7 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0000 Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Jun 7 Peak power rating (1557) Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Jun 7 Most recent contest Buskers, Brews & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	2018-08-03
+12.1	LuLu's Brew & Que	2017-09-29
+11.6	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2019-06-07
+9.3	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2017-06-09
+8.1	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	2018-10-19

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.8	CSU BBQ Showdown	2018-05-26
-3.7	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ	2017-08-04
-2.9	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2019-05-10
-0.2	BBBrew For Hope	2017-09-22

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	3	1	0	33%	top 41%	94.7%	92.2%
2018	6	1	0	83%	top 43%	94.8%	92.2%
2017	4	2	1	75%	top 45%	94%	92.2%

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	7 / 38 (681.6916)	3 (174.8572)	2 (176.0000)	19 (165.7144)	13 (165.1200)
2019-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	17 / 28 (642.7084)	18 (160.5140)	12 (165.6916)	25 (151.3944)	13 (165.1084)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO	18 / 40 (666.7540)	18 (170.2628)	19 (167.3828)	28 (161.7028)	13 (167.4056)
2018-10-19	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	14 / 48 (670.2172)	7 (172.0000)	17 (166.2400)	18 (166.2972)	18 (165.6800)
2018-08-03	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	7 / 41 (682.7884)	12 (173.1428)	3 (174.8456)	12 (171.4172)	23 (163.3828)
2018-06-15	25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	30 / 62 (648.9940)	24 (165.6912)	35 (158.2400)	18 (167.9772)	32 (157.0856)
2018-06-08	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	14 / 31 (664.4568)	15 (167.4284)	3 (174.2972)	28 (154.7656)	7 (167.9656)
2018-05-26	CSU BBQ Showdown Estes Park, CO	16 / 20 (652.9824)	17 (158.8572)	10 (167.3828)	17 (161.6568)	12 (165.0856)
2018-04-28	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	16 / 40 (663.9200)	33 (157.0972)	27 (160.5488)	5 (173.1084)	4 (173.1656)
2017-09-29	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	5 / 25 (676.4684)	10 (170.8228)	9 (169.7256)	4 (170.8344)	10 (165.0856)
2017-09-22	BBBrew For Hope Ft.Collins, CO	15 / 25 (659.4172)	22 (153.1200)	11 (168.0344)	2 (174.2628)	15 (164.0000)
2017-08-04	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	30 / 44 (648.4916)	19 (169.1772)	33 (159.4056)	21 (166.8344)	40 (153.0744)
2017-06-09	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	8 / 26 (671.4056)	17 (163.9884)	12 (163.4172)	4 (170.8572)	1 (173.1428)

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	#1012 (258 pts)	#913 (323 pts)	#835 (378 pts)	#1471 (143 pts)	#1137 (233 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#646 (531 pts)	#775 (441 pts)	#538 (706 pts)	#673 (546 pts)	#598 (611 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#784 (481 pts)	#1012 (371 pts)	#905 (431 pts)	#535 (731 pts)	#706 (561 pts)