Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.
- Pork ×1
Blue Line BBQ MT
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2020-10-02
latest 2021-08-27
Best ToY finish
#625
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
664.17
last 4 Master vs avg 664.17 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.96)
Road miles
306
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi
Schedule strength
78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1600)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.17 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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
684.5488
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 684.5488 at Montana BBQ Cook-off — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-06-11
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Blue Line BBQ MT has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 103 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Blue Line BBQ MT's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Blue Line BBQ MT on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before Blue Line BBQ MT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Blue Line BBQ MT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Blue Line BBQ MT's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 171.9656 | 173.12 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 148.4916 | 158.96 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.0744 | 167.96 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 158.2740 | 164.13 | top 59% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| WY | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2020-10-02 → 2021-08-27
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.96)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
664.17
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
86
47–89 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
306
4 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi
Schedule strength
1600
average field rating faced — tougher than 78% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$13,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1502
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5428 Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2
- 2021
- First call Montana BBQ Cook-off
- Career-best overall score684.5488 Montana BBQ Cook-off
- First category win (Pork) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- First overall top-10 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1502) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.8 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2021-08-27 |
| +5.6 | Montana BBQ Cook-off | 2021-06-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 | 2020-10-02 |
| -5 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 | 2020-10-03 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 38% | 95.1% | 94.4% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 90.8% | 90.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-08-27 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 10 / 31 (674.7660) | 9 (172.5600) | 27 (148.4916) | 1 (180.0000) | 7 (173.7144) |
| 2021-06-11 | Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 12 / 27 (684.5488) | 4 (176.0000) | 11 (169.7144) | 6 (176.5600) | 14 (162.2744) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY | 35 / 41 (653.5428) | 16 (171.9656) | 34 (162.2628) | 39 (157.0744) | 32 (162.2400) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY | 36 / 41 (643.8052) | 16 (171.9656) | 37 (155.3716) | 37 (158.1940) | 35 (158.2740) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #625 (248 pts) | #541 (343 pts) | #849 (178 pts) | #423 (448 pts) | #633 (268 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #655 (120 pts) | #514 (210 pts) | #701 (120 pts) | #706 (120 pts) | #681 (120 pts) |