M-Dubs BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1078

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1596

peak 1596 · rated over 31 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-07-21

latest 2024-09-06

Best ToY finish

#187

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 33 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0972 / 720

Master · Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Perfect 180s

Current form

687.58 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 667.35 (+20.23)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Smoke & Soul Fest

Consistency

±15.22

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.37 · weakest Brisket (165.63)

Road miles

5,762

mi across 33 mapped stops · furthest 361 mi

Schedule strength

66%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)

Purse competed for

$235K

listed at 23 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 27 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.35 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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

+46 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 46 points across 7 contests since 2024-05-10 — from 1550 up to 1596.

7 contests since 2024-05-10
now 1596

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 33 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 33 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.0972 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.0972 at Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2024-08-09

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has finished one call ahead of M-Dubs BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 30%.

7 contests
5 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 30%

A tough matchup

18–4 behind in the head-to-head

Backdraft BBQ ahead in 82% of their meetings

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BRACKEN RACKS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 28% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

3 May contests
top 49% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,762 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,762 miles across 33 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 361 miles to Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival.

33 mapped stops
furthest 361 mi

The metronome

±2.11% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.11% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.7% of a perfect score
33 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.

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

LaTa-Que

#1086 of the rated field

1596 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1615

4–4 in 8 shared contests (50% to M-Dubs BBQ)

These two have cooked 8 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Clean Smoke BBQ Team

#1075 of the rated field

1596 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 33 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

BarrelHead Cookers

#1079 of the rated field

1596 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1605

No shared contest yet.

36 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 22% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

⚔ Head-to-head

1 Bite BBQ

#1074 of the rated field

1596 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 34%
Peak: 1596

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 29 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Backroads BBQ

#1082 of the rated field

1596 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1596

No shared contest yet.

Level with M-Dubs BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2024-09-27

⚔ Head-to-head

ZZ-QUE

#1076 of the rated field

1596 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1621

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before M-Dubs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 26 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	22	19	3	86%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	22	11	11	50%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
Lost Weekend Grill	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
Frank's BBQ Trading Post	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Bushmaster BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Hooligans Barbecue	13	13	0	100%	⚔ compare
Monarchbbq	13	12	1	92%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	11	1	2	179.4400	143.3828	166.70	top 52%
Pork Ribs	33	13	1	4	178.2972	150.8000	166.92	top 45%
Pork	31	13	1	2	177.7028	155.9428	168.37	top 43%
Brisket	31	10	1	3	176.5600	145.0972	165.63	top 46%

“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	Avg finish
CO	20	top 47%
WY	7	top 44%
SD	2	top 64%
NE	2	top 66%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 49%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 42%
Large (40+)	8	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	3	7	top 28%	2024-05-10
Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	3	13	top 41%	2022-06-04
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2	2	8	top 43%	2021-10-02
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1	2	17	top 66%	2021-10-01
Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2	10	top 40%	2019-06-21

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 7.1 yrs 2017-07-21 → 2024-09-06

Busiest season 2021 8 contests

Contests a season 4.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 22 of 33 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 24 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 33 entries · 1 win · 13 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 168.37 · weakest Brisket (165.63)

Walk rate 76% a top-10 call in 25 of 33 contests

Overall top-10 rate 30% 10 of 33 contests

Best top-10 run 5 straight contests

Master average 667.35 out of 720 · 31 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 319 504–498 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,762 33 mapped stops · furthest 361 mi

Schedule strength 1583 average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests

Purse competed for $235,117 listed at 23 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 27 state-championship entries

Power rating 1596 peak 1596 · #1078 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
Jul 21 First tracked contest Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest
Jul 21 First call Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest
2018
Jun 22 First category win (Pork) 2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest
Jun 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score664.4000 2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest
2019
May 10 First overall top-10 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
2020
Sep 5 10th tracked contest S.T.A.R Brews & Q
2022
Oct 22 25th tracked contest Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2
2024
Jul 12 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 Smoke & Soul Fest
Aug 9 Career-best overall score693.0972 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Sep 6 Peak power rating (1596) Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest
Sep 6 Most recent contest Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Smoke & Soul Fest	2024-07-12
+12.3	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2021-05-07
+11.5	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	2021-08-13
+11.3	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2024-08-09
+10.3	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2019-05-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2	2022-10-22
-7	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest	2017-07-21
-6.6	Central Plains Ribfest Day 1	2021-06-18
-3.8	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest	2020-08-21
-3.8	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival	2018-10-19

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)
2024	7	5	1	86%	top 30%	96.3%	95.2%
2023	1	0	1	100%	—	—	—
2022	5	0	0	80%	top 54%	93.6%	92.9%
2021	8	3	1	75%	top 45%	94.9%	93.1%
2020	4	0	0	50%	top 69%	93.5%	92%
2019	5	2	0	80%	top 51%	93.1%	90.9%
2018	2	0	1	50%	top 56%	92.3%	89.8%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 80%	88.5%	88.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-09-06	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO	15 / 36 (680.4568)	16 (171.9656)	14 (170.8112)	21 (168.5600)	16 (169.1200)
2024-08-23	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	14 / 29 (681.6228)	6 (174.8456)	11 (170.2628)	22 (161.6572)	3 (174.8572)
2024-08-09	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	4 / 29 (693.0972)	10 (174.2972)	2 (178.2972)	9 (170.8228)	13 (169.6800)
2024-07-26	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Laramie, WY	4 / 17 (691.4056)	5 (173.1772)	6 (172.5600)	2 (177.7028)	11 (167.9656)
2024-07-12	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	4 / 26 (691.3368)	1 (179.4400)	16 (168.5256)	10 (171.9656)	9 (171.4056)
2024-06-28	The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO	9 / 25 (678.7312)	16 (166.8228)	9 (170.2628)	16 (166.2284)	2 (175.4172)
2024-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	10 / 29 (682.1828)	8 (173.7028)	2 (176.5716)	16 (169.1084)	22 (162.8000)
2023-07-29	Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO	—	—	1 (176.5600)	—	—
2022-10-22	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	25 / 31 (664.4684)	17 (168.5600)	23 (164.5600)	30 (158.7884)	6 (172.5600)
2022-10-21	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	17 / 32 (667.2684)	19 (167.9656)	20 (163.9428)	19 (166.8228)	13 (168.5372)
2022-07-30	Colorado Rib Challenge at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo - One Meat Rib Castle Rock, CO	—	—	5 (165.6800)	—	—
2022-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) 🏅 Greeley, CO	13 / 34 (674.1140)	27 (163.9428)	13 (168.5256)	10 (170.8228)	9 (170.8228)
2022-06-03	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) 🏅 Greeley, CO	15 / 33 (668.4228)	10 (171.9772)	25 (157.6456)	10 (169.1200)	11 (169.6800)
2021-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	8 / 26 (683.3832)	8 (173.1200)	6 (172.0000)	7 (171.4172)	13 (166.8460)
2021-10-01	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	17 / 27 (670.7312)	2 (178.8572)	26 (151.3828)	10 (168.5256)	7 (171.9656)
2021-08-20	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	15 / 30 (670.6968)	18 (165.1084)	10 (169.6684)	15 (166.2400)	8 (169.6800)
2021-08-13	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	9 / 42 (673.5656)	24 (165.6800)	3 (174.2628)	20 (163.9428)	9 (169.6800)
2021-06-19	Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 🏅 Holdrege, NE	18 / 36 (677.5996)	17 (171.4172)	18 (171.9656)	14 (170.8112)	25 (163.4056)
2021-06-18	Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 🏅 Holdrege, NE	33 / 40 (651.8400)	34 (163.9656)	16 (170.8344)	36 (155.9428)	27 (161.0972)
2021-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO	13 / 33 (669.0056)	16 (168.5372)	14 (165.1200)	10 (170.2628)	15 (165.0856)
2021-05-07	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	7 / 35 (665.0056)	22 (163.3712)	24 (155.3944)	9 (169.6800)	1 (176.5600)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	23 / 41 (673.0400)	12 (172.5600)	20 (169.1200)	23 (167.9772)	31 (163.3828)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	28 / 41 (665.7032)	10 (172.5944)	25 (164.5944)	4 (177.1544)	41 (151.3600)
2020-09-05	S.T.A.R Brews & Q 🏅 Lake City, CO	14 / 19 (659.9084)	19 (156.5028)	14 (164.0116)	11 (167.9656)	8 (171.4284)
2020-08-21	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	34 / 43 (651.3716)	41 (158.2400)	16 (168.5716)	11 (172.0000)	37 (152.5600)
2019-09-06	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge 🏅 Grand Jct, CO	15 / 28 (647.8744)	12 (166.2744)	11 (164.5256)	4 (171.9772)	24 (145.0972)
2019-08-02	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO	39 / 54 (651.8744)	48 (154.2056)	9 (173.1316)	31 (164.5600)	36 (159.9772)
2019-06-21	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	10 / 26 (654.1028)	9 (166.8228)	10 (165.0972)	11 (163.3828)	12 (158.8000)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	24 / 38 (648.4228)	25 (160.5600)	21 (167.9772)	22 (162.2400)	25 (157.6456)
2019-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	8 / 28 (670.2284)	8 (171.4056)	8 (169.1428)	17 (163.9428)	11 (165.7372)
2018-10-19	Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO	34 / 48 (628.9488)	47 (149.0400)	43 (150.8000)	15 (170.2744)	27 (158.8344)
2018-06-22	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	13 / 31 (664.4000)	21 (159.3600)	10 (163.3944)	1 (176.5600)	13 (165.0856)
2017-07-21	Arvada on Tap - A Craft Beer and BBQ Fest Arvada, CO	37 / 46 (637.0400)	45 (143.3828)	38 (153.0972)	10 (173.1200)	11 (167.4400)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#187 (1080 pts)	#187 (1090 pts)	#190 (1135 pts)	#260 (850 pts)	#208 (1015 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	—	—	#745 (262 pts)	—	—
2022 ↗	Master	#531 (380 pts)	#571 (375 pts)	#499 (490 pts)	#524 (410 pts)	#413 (560 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#249 (780 pts)	#277 (745 pts)	#265 (795 pts)	#257 (770 pts)	#202 (965 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#378 (289 pts)	#317 (394 pts)	#368 (349 pts)	#239 (524 pts)	#377 (319 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#651 (502 pts)	#660 (522 pts)	#555 (622 pts)	#619 (552 pts)	#776 (417 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1323 (176 pts)	#1528 (136 pts)	#1314 (191 pts)	#857 (391 pts)	#1384 (176 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#1707 (135 pts)	#1741 (130 pts)