M-Dubs BBQ CO

Power ranking

#631

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1573

peak 1573

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-05-10

latest 2024-09-06

Best ToY finish

#187

Master 2024

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

10 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0972

Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Perfect 180s

Current form

687.58 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 669.91 (+17.67)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Smoke & Soul Fest

Consistency

±12.81

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.43 · weakest Brisket (165.83)

Road miles

5427

mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 367 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

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

👀 Looking over their shoulder

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

⚔️ A tough matchup

Backdraft BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 19 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	28	11	1	2	179.4400	154.2056	168.43	top 48%
Pork Ribs	30	12	1	4	178.2972	151.3828	168.03	top 43%
Pork	28	11	0	1	177.7028	155.9428	167.84	top 46%
Brisket	28	10	1	3	176.5600	145.0972	165.83	top 47%

“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	17	top 44%
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)	20	top 42%
Large (40+)	6	top 63%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (8 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (19 of 30 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (30 entries)
All-time average overall score: 669.91

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	7	1	693.0972	685.55
2023	1	1	—	—
2022	5	0	674.1140	668.57
2021	8	1	683.3832	670.23
2020	4	0	673.0400	662.51
2019	5	0	670.2284	654.50

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)

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	#655 (502 pts)	#664 (522 pts)	#557 (622 pts)	#624 (552 pts)	#780 (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)