Tuffy's BBQ UT
Rating
1574
peak 1574
Contests
26
in the data
First seen
2023-06-09
latest 2026-07-03
Best ToY finish
#158
Master 2026
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
6
13 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 26 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
692.06 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 682.37 (+9.69)
Walk rate
81%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±13.37
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.54 · weakest Pork (169.40)
Road miles
11003
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 1442 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Red Beards BBQ has finished one call ahead of Tuffy's BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Brinkerhoff BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Wild West BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5944 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke & Soul Fest (2024-07-12).
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 31% across 4 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Best Dam BBQ (2025-05-23) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Meat Candy Q.
Teams like this (closest power rating, UT first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 179.4400 | 163.9428 | 171.54 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 26 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 178.2972 | 159.3828 | 171.15 | top 47% |
| Pork | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 179.4400 | 158.2172 | 169.40 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 26 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 180.0000 🔥 | 149.6112 | 170.28 | top 43% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 6 | 0 | top 54% |
| NV | 5 | 1 | top 31% |
| ID | 4 | 0 | top 42% |
| WY | 4 | 0 | top 44% |
| MT | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 19 | 1 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in UT (6 of 26 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (26 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Best Dam BBQ (2025-05-23)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 682.37
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 698.8000 | 687.52 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 703.9656 | 682.98 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 697.0628 | 683.19 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 690.8348 | 666.52 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off Dillon, MT | 9 / 26 (696.5372) | 22 (166.2628) | 10 (174.8572) | 7 (176.5600) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 9 / 31 (698.8000) | 26 (170.2628) | 24 (171.9656) | 3 (178.8572) | 2 (177.7144) |
| 2026-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV | 23 / 33 (680.4684) | 24 (167.9656) | 19 (170.2744) | 9 (175.4056) | 20 (166.8228) |
| 2026-05-01 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 6 / 19 (693.1316) | 11 (172.0000) | 1 (177.1544) | 11 (171.9772) | 11 (172.0000) |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown Las Vegas, NV | 8 / 29 (691.3712) | 2 (179.4400) | 17 (168.5600) | 4 (175.4056) | 17 (167.9656) |
| 2026-03-27 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition Lake Havasu City, AZ | 27 / 33 (669.0056) | 12 (173.7028) | 17 (171.4172) | 29 (162.8000) | 28 (161.0856) |
| 2026-01-16 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 20 / 53 (683.3484) | 19 (173.1084) | 2 (177.7144) | 47 (162.2628) | 18 (170.2628) |
| 2025-10-10 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 79 / 90 (671.2796) | 82 (163.9428) | 66 (169.1084) | 84 (163.3828) | 16 (174.8456) |
| 2025-08-29 | Meat & Tater BBQ Fest Meridian, ID | 12 / 39 (690.2520) | 15 (171.9888) | 4 (177.7144) | 34 (163.9772) | 6 (176.5716) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY | 11 / 26 (677.5884) | 13 (168.5256) | 15 (167.3944) | 13 (169.6800) | 7 (171.9884) |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 Salt Lake City, UT | 19 / 26 (682.7888) | 11 (174.2628) | 20 (170.2744) | 26 (165.1200) | 11 (173.1316) |
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 17 / 32 (682.7660) | 19 (166.2400) | 4 (176.0000) | 23 (167.4060) | 12 (173.1200) |
| 2025-06-20 | Pitmaster's NorUt KCBS BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 8 / 16 (693.0972) | 13 (172.5600) | 11 (172.0000) | 8 (175.4172) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 19 / 33 (662.1256) | 14 (170.2628) | 21 (159.3828) | 24 (160.5028) | 9 (171.9772) |
| 2025-05-23 | Best Dam BBQ Boulder City, NV | 1 / 29 (703.9656) | 4 (176.5600) | 6 (174.8572) | 12 (172.5484) | 2 (180.0000) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 28 / 74 (681.6344) | 27 (171.9656) | 42 (168.0116) | 22 (173.1200) | 39 (168.5372) |
| 2024-09-06 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 21 / 36 (673.5888) | 15 (171.9772) | 27 (162.8116) | 26 (164.5372) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 11 / 29 (687.8972) | 8 (175.4172) | 14 (170.8344) | 15 (169.6800) | 12 (171.9656) |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff Salt Lake City, UT | 9 / 16 (677.0628) | 13 (168.0000) | 8 (171.9888) | 11 (167.9656) | 9 (169.1084) |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 2 / 26 (697.0628) | 12 (171.9656) | 3 (176.5600) | 14 (168.5372) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 15 / 28 (679.2912) | 2 (177.7028) | 15 (169.6800) | 9 (171.9772) | 23 (159.9312) |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 18 / 29 (679.3600) | 21 (169.1200) | 1 (178.2972) | 22 (166.8228) | 20 (165.1200) |
| 2024-05-24 | Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV | 6 / 33 (689.6460) | 1 (177.7144) | 25 (165.0972) | 1 (179.4400) | 18 (167.3944) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 25 / 28 (637.9996) | 17 (165.0740) | 17 (165.0972) | 26 (158.2172) | 26 (149.6112) |
| 2023-08-05 | East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT | 12 / 24 (670.7312) | 7 (174.2628) | 16 (166.2628) | 11 (168.5372) | 16 (161.6684) |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 8 / 16 (690.8348) | 14 (169.6800) | 5 (176.5716) | 8 (174.2972) | 7 (170.2860) |
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 | #158 (660 pts) | #169 (700 pts) | #128 (870 pts) | #115 (810 pts) | #141 (700 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #222 (987 pts) | #248 (907 pts) | #248 (1012 pts) | #327 (682 pts) | #183 (1157 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #231 (946 pts) | #188 (1086 pts) | #253 (971 pts) | #255 (871 pts) | #235 (931 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1604 (53 pts) | #1188 (93 pts) | #1310 (93 pts) | #1602 (53 pts) | #1601 (53 pts) |