The Eagle BBQ Colorado

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

Power ranking

#3263

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1501 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-10

latest 2019-09-20

Best ToY finish

#476

Master 2019

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

681.1088 / 720

Master · Smoke & Soul Fest

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.76

last 5 Master vs avg 644.35 (+0.40)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · Smoke & Soul Fest

Consistency

±17.02

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.85 · weakest Chicken (156.87)

Road miles

736

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength

52%

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

Purse competed for

$66K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

644.35 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (3 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.

High-water mark

681.1088 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.1088 at Smoke & Soul Fest — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-09-13

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.0 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.99 points below their pork, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 57%.

Chicken avg 156.87
Pork avg 165.85
1 calls in 7 entries

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

WILD HOGS BBQ

#3257 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 110
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1618

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to The Eagle BBQ Colorado)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — WILD HOGS BBQ ahead 3–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 109 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' HOT BBQ TEAM - IT

#3238 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1520

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-09-14

⚔ Head-to-head

HIGH OCTANE BBQ

#3243 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before The Eagle BBQ Colorado's first contest.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-09-06

⚔ Head-to-head

PICK'N OUR BUTTS

#3274 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with The Eagle BBQ Colorado on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-05-04

⚔ Head-to-head

FARGO BARBECUE

#3253 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-08-18

⚔ Head-to-head

BEDROCK BBQ

#3239 of the rated field

1499 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2017-04-14

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Lost Weekend Grill	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HONEYMAN BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	0	0	170.2860	140.0000	156.87	top 72%
Pork Ribs	7	2	1	1	174.8572	151.3372	164.70	top 49%
Pork	7	4	0	1	170.8228	157.1084	165.85	top 40%
Brisket	7	2	0	0	171.4056	145.1088	156.93	top 61%

“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	6	0	top 70%
WY	1	0	top 7%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 61%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 65%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.4 yrs 2019-05-10 → 2019-09-20

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Cooks most in CO 6 of 7 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.85 · weakest Chicken (156.87)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 4 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 644.35 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 139 88–135 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 736 7 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests

Purse competed for $65,938 listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 7 state-championship entries

Power rating 1499 peak 1501 · #3263 of 6,413 rated

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

2019
May 10 First tracked contest Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First call Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3028 Buskers, Brews & BBQ
Sep 13 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 13 First overall top-10 Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 13 First overall podium Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 13 First Reserve Championship Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 13 Career-best overall score681.1088 Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1501) Smoke & Soul Fest
Sep 20 Most recent contest Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.3	Smoke & Soul Fest	2019-09-13
+0.9	Buskers, Brews & BBQ	2019-06-07

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.8	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2019-05-10
-6.3	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	2019-08-09
-2.4	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival	2019-09-20
-2.3	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2019-06-21
-1	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge	2019-06-14

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)
2019	7	0	1	1	57%	top 61%	94.6%	89.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-20	Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Grand Lake, CO	17 / 25 (640.9488)	25 (149.0516)	5 (170.8572)	9 (168.5256)	19 (152.5144)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	2 / 28 (681.1088)	5 (170.2860)	1 (174.8572)	3 (170.8228)	9 (165.1428)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	25 / 30 (636.4116)	25 (160.5144)	12 (169.1200)	20 (161.6684)	27 (145.1088)
2019-06-21	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	17 / 26 (622.6512)	15 (162.8572)	20 (151.3372)	17 (157.1084)	17 (151.3484)
2019-06-14	26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	36 / 55 (642.6628)	41 (156.5260)	33 (162.7884)	23 (166.8456)	37 (156.5028)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	22 / 38 (651.3028)	28 (158.8228)	25 (165.7028)	10 (170.2628)	26 (156.5144)
2019-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	23 / 28 (635.3828)	28 (140.0000)	22 (158.2400)	10 (165.7372)	7 (171.4056)

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	#476 (687 pts)	#614 (557 pts)	#400 (837 pts)	#391 (867 pts)	#523 (642 pts)