High-water mark
96.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.2284 at Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off — 96.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-07-03
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
96.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 694.2284 at Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off — 96.4% of a perfect 720.
1 Bite BBQ has finished one call ahead of BIG BOYZ BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.24 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 19%.
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Poor Richard's BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2019-05-11).
SMELLAQUE ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 15 of 15 shared pork ribs entries.
Field size changes the story: they average a top 69% finish in small fields against top 79% in large ones.
SinBin BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 14,610 miles across 42 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,850 miles to Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series).
They've cooked Montana Pitmaster Classic every year from 2022 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.
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.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BIG BOYZ BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 32 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before BIG BOYZ BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFewer contests behind them than BIG BOYZ BBQ has cooked, 17 to 42, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with BIG BOYZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMELLAQUE | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | 15 | 1 | 14 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| 1 Bite BBQ | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Texas Smoke Whisperer | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| OWENS BBQ | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| SinBin BBQ | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| Rhythm n QUE | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Poor Richard's BBQ | 10 | 8 | 2 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Shane Edd's BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SLINGIN MEATS | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Bearded Boar BBQ | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 41 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 104.9944 | 162.10 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 42 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 176.5944 | 139.9888 | 162.61 | top 63% |
| Pork | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 134.2284 | 161.54 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 39 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 176.0344 | 20.0000 | 155.37 | top 68% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 20 | 0 | top 63% |
| WY | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
| ID | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
| VA | 2 | 0 | top 91% |
| DC | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| CO | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| OR | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
| MD | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 0 | top 69% |
| Medium (20–39) | 24 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 79% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 6 | 18 | 0 | top 67% | 2026-08-28 |
| Montana BBQ Cookoff | 4 | 11 | 0 | top 59% | 2026-06-12 |
| Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 62% | 2026-08-14 |
| Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 46% | 2026-07-03 |
| Smoke-N-Wings | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 56% | 2025-06-27 |
| East Helena Smoke Show | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 58% | 2024-08-09 |
| Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 83% | 2024-06-14 |
| Montana BBQ Cook-off | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 69% | 2022-06-10 |
| BBQ Jamboree | 2 | 61 | 0 | top 91% | 2016-05-13 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.6 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | 2024-06-07 |
| +7.8 | Smoke-N-Wings | 2025-06-27 |
| +7.7 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2026-07-03 |
| +7.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2021-08-27 |
| +6.7 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival | 2026-08-14 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | BBQ Jamboree | 2015-05-08 |
| -11.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2025-08-22 |
| -11 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2014-05-16 |
| -8.8 | BBQ Jamboree | 2016-05-13 |
| -8.5 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2026-07-24 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 68% | 96.4% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 67% | 95% | 88.2% |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40% | top 62% | 93.6% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 92.6% | 89.6% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | top 66% | 93.3% | 89.2% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 70% | 89.6% | 84.7% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 72% | 89.1% | 87.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 82.9% | 82.9% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 86.8% | 82.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 85.2% | 84.4% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 64% | 90.7% | 89.7% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 22 / 39 (685.0972) | 11 (175.4172) | 8 (175.4172) | 28 (165.6800) | 24 (168.5828) |
| 2026-08-14 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 14 / 29 (683.9660) | 3 (174.2972) | 16 (170.8344) | 17 (167.3828) | 8 (171.4516) |
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY | 29 / 32 (650.1256) | 24 (167.3828) | 27 (162.2516) | 26 (161.1200) | 27 (159.3712) |
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 12 / 26 (694.2284) | 14 (171.4056) | 7 (175.4400) | 8 (175.4172) | 15 (171.9656) |
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 26 / 31 (677.1084) | 27 (170.2628) | 28 (166.2284) | 23 (170.2972) | 18 (170.3200) |
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 17 / 29 (673.6800) | 13 (171.4172) | 22 (164.5716) | 21 (164.5484) | 2 (173.1428) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 44 / 48 (639.9088) | 48 (150.2400) | 3 (176.5944) | 41 (161.6800) | 46 (151.3944) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 27 (159.9772) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash 🏅 Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 13 / 19 (686.9488) | 15 (169.7256) | 13 (169.7260) | 13 (171.4628) | 3 (176.0344) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 37 / 38 (537.7256) | 10 (174.2856) | 24 (168.5828) | 11 (174.8572) | 37 (20.0000) |
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 6 / 13 (678.8460) | 5 (174.2972) | 5 (168.5600) | 6 (172.0116) | 8 (163.9772) |
| 2025-06-27 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 14 / 32 (684.0000) | 6 (174.3200) | 14 (172.0228) | 24 (167.3828) | 18 (170.2744) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 26 / 33 (638.7084) | 28 (154.7884) | 26 (155.9084) | 19 (163.4172) | 18 (164.5944) |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 23 / 39 (668.5488) | 12 (171.4400) | 27 (166.8688) | 29 (165.7028) | 25 (164.5372) |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT | 11 / 18 (664.5372) | 4 (170.8572) | 8 (168.0000) | 12 (161.6800) | 12 (164.0000) |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 19 / 28 (660.4916) | 20 (168.0116) | 22 (163.9772) | 19 (166.2628) | 19 (162.2400) |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 13 / 16 (669.5768) | 11 (170.2628) | 12 (164.5372) | 11 (166.8228) | 12 (167.9540) |
| 2024-06-07 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 11 / 28 (673.6228) | 5 (174.8456) | 4 (175.4172) | 9 (169.7028) | 24 (153.6572) |
| 2023-08-25 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 34 / 44 (639.9092) | 5 (174.8572) | 30 (161.0972) | 39 (151.9776) | 39 (151.9772) |
| 2023-08-05 | East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT | 13 / 24 (666.7316) | 13 (169.1200) | 10 (169.1084) | 16 (163.9660) | 14 (164.5372) |
| 2023-06-16 | Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO | 39 / 42 (608.9948) | 32 (157.1316) | 32 (161.1316) | 31 (158.8000) | 42 (131.9316) |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 21 / 36 (665.6460) | 11 (173.7372) | 20 (166.8460) | 28 (160.5372) | 23 (164.5256) |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 18 / 37 (671.8516) | 21 (167.3944) | 22 (166.2516) | 12 (171.9656) | 21 (166.2400) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 22 / 29 (622.5828) | 27 (150.2172) | 19 (163.9772) | 21 (160.5028) | 25 (147.8856) |
| 2022-07-02 | Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR | 25 / 34 (649.0860) | 23 (166.8572) | 26 (160.5488) | 30 (155.9656) | 19 (165.7144) |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 22 / 26 (619.1888) | 24 (154.2400) | 26 (145.0744) | 22 (158.2172) | 18 (161.6572) |
| 2022-06-10 | Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 13 / 27 (648.4456) | 9 (165.1200) | 17 (159.3944) | 12 (165.0856) | 14 (158.8456) |
| 2021-08-27 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 13 / 31 (645.0400) | 6 (175.4400) | 19 (159.9772) | 17 (162.8000) | 24 (146.8228) |
| 2021-06-25 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT | 20 / 25 (637.0396) | 25 (151.9428) | 13 (166.8684) | 19 (162.8456) | 21 (155.3828) |
| 2021-06-11 | Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 24 / 27 (547.1088) | 26 (104.9944) | 18 (157.0856) | 26 (141.6572) | 20 (143.3716) |
| 2019-11-01 | Viking Grillfestivalen 🏅 Waco, TX | 13 / 15 (641.6340) | 15 (152.4684) | 11 (164.0344) | 10 (167.4056) | 14 (157.7256) |
| 2019-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 18 / 29 (621.5196) | 21 (155.9656) | 16 (159.9884) | 12 (154.7884) | 22 (150.7772) |
| 2019-05-11 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 27 / 41 (483.3488) | 32 (157.1200) | 22 (161.6916) | — | — |
| 2016-05-13 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 64 / 72 (596.9140) | 70 (142.8000) | 51 (157.0856) | 43 (159.4056) | 68 (137.6228) |
| 2015-06-27 | National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 29 / 42 (625.1884) | 36 (146.8568) | 34 (154.3316) | 22 (160.0344) | 20 (163.9656) |
| 2015-05-29 | Beltway BBQ Showdown Ft. Washington, MD | 30 / 39 (586.7656) | 33 (146.2516) | 29 (146.8456) | 32 (142.8228) | 23 (150.8456) |
| 2015-05-08 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 61 / 65 (573.0516) | 56 (149.7144) | 62 (139.9888) | 63 (134.2284) | 48 (149.1200) |
| 2014-06-21 | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle Washington, DC | 30 / 41 (601.6340) | 36 (143.4056) | 29 (156.5828) | 29 (152.5484) | 35 (149.0972) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 51 / 56 (613.5540) | 20 (169.1428) | 56 (143.3828) | 56 (145.6800) | 46 (155.3484) |
| 2013-09-13 | Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | 57 / 80 (638.1372) | 44 (162.8572) | 53 (157.6572) | 61 (158.7884) | 51 (158.8344) |
| 2013-08-31 | Blues, Views and BBQ (Competitor's Series) Westport, CT | — | 15 (151.4172) | 2 (164.5944) | — | — |
| 2013-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Sevierville, TN | 27 / 47 (653.1428) | 7 (173.7144) | 31 (161.1428) | 32 (164.5714) | 40 (153.7142) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #244 (671 pts) | #208 (851 pts) | #164 (985 pts) | #261 (661 pts) | #141 (996 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #496 (383 pts) | #436 (528 pts) | #537 (398 pts) | #466 (433 pts) | #509 (378 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #417 (490 pts) | #342 (685 pts) | #421 (575 pts) | #428 (500 pts) | #497 (415 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #564 (309 pts) | #455 (484 pts) | #640 (329 pts) | #633 (274 pts) | #595 (294 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #512 (401 pts) | #545 (396 pts) | #615 (361 pts) | #504 (441 pts) | #522 (416 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #625 (248 pts) | #614 (273 pts) | #621 (283 pts) | #689 (228 pts) | #743 (208 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1769 (89 pts) | #1961 (74 pts) | #1800 (99 pts) | #1669 (119 pts) | #1956 (69 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1372 (180 pts) | #1476 (180 pts) | #1470 (180 pts) | #1458 (195 pts) | #1311 (215 pts) |