Blue Line BBQ MT

Blue Line BBQ MT is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 10th of 31 at the Montana Pitmaster Classic (2021). They finished #625 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1502

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 2, 2020

latest Aug 27, 2021

Best ToY finish

#625

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

684.5488 / 720

Master · Montana BBQ Cook-off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Montana Pitmaster Classic

Consistency

±16.24

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 173.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.96)

Road miles

306

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi

Schedule strength

78%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)

Purse competed for

$14K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.17 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

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
Jun 11, 2021

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.

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
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)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	0	0	176	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 🔥	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 87%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MT	2	0	top 38%
WY	2	0	top 87%

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MT 2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 86 finished ahead 47 times, behind 89

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

20217 milestones

Jun 11 First call Montana BBQ Cook-off
Jun 11 Career-best overall score684.5488 Montana BBQ Cook-off
Aug 27 First category win (Pork) Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 27 First overall top-10 Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 27 First perfect 180 (Pork) Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 27 Peak power rating (1502) Montana Pitmaster Classic
Aug 27 Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic

20202 milestones

Oct 2 First tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1
Oct 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5428 Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.8	Montana Pitmaster Classic	Aug 27, 2021
+5.6	Montana BBQ Cook-off	Jun 11, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1	Oct 2, 2020
-5	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2	Oct 3, 2020

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	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
Aug 27, 2021	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	10 / 31 (674.7660)	9 (172.5600)	27 (148.4916)	1 (180)	7 (173.7144)
Jun 11, 2021	Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	12 / 27 (684.5488)	4 (176)	11 (169.7144)	6 (176.5600)	14 (162.2744)
Oct 3, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY	35 / 41 (653.5428)	16 (171.9656)	34 (162.2628)	39 (157.0744)	32 (162.2400)
Oct 2, 2020	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY	36 / 41 (643.8052)	16 (171.9656)	37 (155.3716)	37 (158.1940)	35 (158.2740)