M-Dubs BBQ

M-Dubs BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 33 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 4th of 29 at the Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews (2024). They are ranked #1086 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,086

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1596

peak 1596 · rated over 31 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 21, 2017

latest Sep 6, 2024 · 7.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#187

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

30% of 33 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

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

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Smoke & Soul Fest

Consistency

±15.22

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.37 · weakest Brisket (165.63)

Road miles

5,762

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 🏅

won from 27 state-championship entries

Master avg

667.35 / 720

31 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

On the rise

+46 rating points in a year

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

7 contests since May 10, 2024
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
Aug 9, 2024

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 win
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.

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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

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024 ↗	Master	#187 (1,080 pts)	#187 (1,090 pts)	#190 (1,135 pts)	#260 (850 pts)	#208 (1,015 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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to M-Dubs BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

COUNTRYSIDE BBQ PRO SHOP

#1,084 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1604

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before M-Dubs BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 33 contests

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Backroads BBQ

#1,090 of the rated field

1596 power rating

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

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2024

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BALDICUE

#1,085 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 79%
Peak: 1596

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 33, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Oct 5, 2019

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The Smoking J's

#1,091 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1597

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 23 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Jan 24, 2020

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NICKLE BOYS BBQ

#1,089 of the rated field

1596 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1617

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

rated over 58 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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Sticky Bones BBQ

#1,093 of the rated field

1595 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 75%
Peak: 1595

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 Oct 9, 2026

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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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	3	7	top 28%	May 10, 2024
Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	3	13	top 41%	Jun 4, 2022
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2	2	8	top 43%	Oct 2, 2021
Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1	2	17	top 66%	Oct 1, 2021
Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest	2	10	top 40%	Jun 21, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 8 contests

Contests a season 4.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in CO 22 of 33 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 24 5 of them more than once

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

Opponents faced 319 finished ahead 504 times, behind 498

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

20244 milestones

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

20221 milestone

Oct 22 25th tracked contest Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2

20201 milestone

Sep 5 10th tracked contest S.T.A.R Brews & Q

20191 milestone

May 10 First overall top-10 Wild West BBQ Cook-Off

20182 milestones

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

20172 milestones

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Smoke & Soul Fest	Jul 12, 2024
+12.3	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	May 7, 2021
+11.5	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day	Aug 13, 2021
+11.3	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	Aug 9, 2024
+10.3	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	May 10, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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	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
Sep 6, 2024	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)
Aug 23, 2024	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD	14 / 29 (681.6228)	6 (174.8456)	11 (170.2628)	22 (161.6572)	3 (174.8572)
Aug 9, 2024	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	4 / 29 (693.0972)	10 (174.2972)	2 (178.2972)	9 (170.8228)	13 (169.6800)
Jul 26, 2024	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Laramie, WY	4 / 17 (691.4056)	5 (173.1772)	6 (172.5600)	2 (177.7028)	11 (167.9656)
Jul 12, 2024	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	4 / 26 (691.3368)	1 (179.4400)	16 (168.5256)	10 (171.9656)	9 (171.4056)
Jun 28, 2024	The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO	9 / 25 (678.7312)	16 (166.8228)	9 (170.2628)	16 (166.2284)	2 (175.4172)
May 10, 2024	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	10 / 29 (682.1828)	8 (173.7028)	2 (176.5716)	16 (169.1084)	22 (162.8000)
Jul 29, 2023	Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO	—	—	1 (176.5600)	—	—
Oct 22, 2022	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	25 / 31 (664.4684)	17 (168.5600)	23 (164.5600)	30 (158.7884)	6 (172.5600)
Oct 21, 2022	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	17 / 32 (667.2684)	19 (167.9656)	20 (163.9428)	19 (166.8228)	13 (168.5372)
Jul 30, 2022	Colorado Rib Challenge at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo - One Meat Rib Castle Rock, CO	—	—	5 (165.6800)	—	—
Jun 4, 2022	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) 🏅 Greeley, CO	13 / 34 (674.1140)	27 (163.9428)	13 (168.5256)	10 (170.8228)	9 (170.8228)
Jun 3, 2022	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) 🏅 Greeley, CO	15 / 33 (668.4228)	10 (171.9772)	25 (157.6456)	10 (169.1200)	11 (169.6800)
Oct 2, 2021	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	8 / 26 (683.3832)	8 (173.1200)	6 (172)	7 (171.4172)	13 (166.8460)
Oct 1, 2021	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	17 / 27 (670.7312)	2 (178.8572)	26 (151.3828)	10 (168.5256)	7 (171.9656)
Aug 20, 2021	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)
Aug 13, 2021	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO	9 / 42 (673.5656)	24 (165.6800)	3 (174.2628)	20 (163.9428)	9 (169.6800)
Jun 19, 2021	Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 🏅 Holdrege, NE	18 / 36 (677.5996)	17 (171.4172)	18 (171.9656)	14 (170.8112)	25 (163.4056)
Jun 18, 2021	Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 🏅 Holdrege, NE	33 / 40 (651.8400)	34 (163.9656)	16 (170.8344)	36 (155.9428)	27 (161.0972)
Jun 4, 2021	Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO	13 / 33 (669.0056)	16 (168.5372)	14 (165.1200)	10 (170.2628)	15 (165.0856)
May 7, 2021	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	7 / 35 (665.0056)	22 (163.3712)	24 (155.3944)	9 (169.6800)	1 (176.5600)
Oct 3, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	23 / 41 (673.0400)	12 (172.5600)	20 (169.1200)	23 (167.9772)	31 (163.3828)
Oct 2, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	28 / 41 (665.7032)	10 (172.5944)	25 (164.5944)	4 (177.1544)	41 (151.3600)
Sep 5, 2020	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)
Aug 21, 2020	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD	34 / 43 (651.3716)	41 (158.2400)	16 (168.5716)	11 (172)	37 (152.5600)
Sep 6, 2019	Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge 🏅 Grand Jct, CO	15 / 28 (647.8744)	12 (166.2744)	11 (164.5256)	4 (171.9772)	24 (145.0972)
Aug 2, 2019	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)
Jun 21, 2019	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest 🏅 Leadville, CO	10 / 26 (654.1028)	9 (166.8228)	10 (165.0972)	11 (163.3828)	12 (158.8000)
Jun 7, 2019	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	24 / 38 (648.4228)	25 (160.5600)	21 (167.9772)	22 (162.2400)	25 (157.6456)
May 10, 2019	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	8 / 28 (670.2284)	8 (171.4056)	8 (169.1428)	17 (163.9428)	11 (165.7372)
Oct 19, 2018	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)
Jun 22, 2018	2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	13 / 31 (664.4000)	21 (159.3600)	10 (163.3944)	1 (176.5600)	13 (165.0856)
Jul 21, 2017	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)

M-Dubs BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (10 found in their record)

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)