Monarchbbq CO
Rating
1513
peak 1515 · rated over 27 contests
Contests
27
in the data
First seen
2021-06-04
latest 2026-07-24
Best ToY finish
#285
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 27 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
677.39 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 666.19 (+11.19)
Walk rate
74%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.22
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.10 · weakest Brisket (165.73)
Road miles
7679
mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 515 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$272K
listed at 26 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 27 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.19 / 720
27 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
OWENS BBQ has finished one call ahead of Monarchbbq 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Cluster Cluck Barbecue has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 19 of their 22 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of At Ease in 8 of their 11 shared contests.
😤 Chicken nemesis
Even in their strongest meat, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 22 shared chicken entries.
Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 22 | 3 | 19 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | 20 | 8 | 12 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 20 | 3 | 17 | 15% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | 18 | 7 | 11 | 39% | ⚔ compare |
| Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ | 18 | 1 | 17 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| Hooligans Barbecue | 17 | 11 | 6 | 65% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | 17 | 5 | 12 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | 14 | 5 | 9 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| Texas Smoke Whisperer | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Needs More Cowbell BBQ | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% | ⚔ compare |
| M-Dubs BBQ | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushmaster BBQ | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| At Ease | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 154.7884 | 167.10 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 153.0628 | 166.66 | top 52% |
| Pork | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 177.1428 | 149.6684 | 166.70 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 27 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 149.6800 | 165.73 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 17 | 0 | top 61% |
| WY | 5 | 0 | top 57% |
| MT | 4 | 0 | top 44% |
| SD | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 82% |
| Medium (20–39) | 23 | 0 | top 55% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 4 | 8 | 0 | top 41% | 2026-04-24 |
| Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 3 | 13 | 0 | top 61% | 2024-08-09 |
| Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) | 3 | 18 | 0 | top 69% | 2022-06-04 |
| Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 46% | 2026-07-24 |
| Montana BBQ Cookoff | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 41% | 2026-06-12 |
| Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 47% | 2024-06-14 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (8 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CO (17 of 27 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (27 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 666.19 / 720
Milestones
- 🚩 2021-06-04 — First tracked contest · Greeley Blues Jam
- 📣 2021-06-04 — First call · Greeley Blues Jam
- ⭐ 2023-06-16 — Career-best overall score (698.2516) · Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
- 🎖️ 2026-04-24 — 25th tracked contest · Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
- 📈 2026-06-12 — Peak power rating (1515) · Montana BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.8 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff | 2023-06-16 |
| +9.4 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2026-04-24 |
| +8.6 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | 2026-06-12 |
| +8.4 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2025-04-25 |
| +8 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off | 2025-07-25 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) | 2022-06-04 |
| -8.9 | Art of Barbeque | 2023-06-30 |
| -8.8 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff | 2024-07-26 |
| -7.6 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 2023-08-11 |
| -7.2 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ | 2024-08-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 94.2% | 93.7% |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 42% | 94.8% | 94% |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63% | top 65% | 94% | 92.8% |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 56% | 97% | 93.2% |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80% | top 69% | 92.7% | 91.4% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 70% | 90.7% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY | 17 / 32 (677.0284) | 7 (175.4056) | 12 (169.6916) | 12 (169.6912) | 23 (162.2400) |
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 10 / 29 (678.2172) | 12 (171.9656) | 5 (173.7256) | 22 (163.9772) | 10 (168.5488) |
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 8 / 27 (669.5884) | 11 (169.7028) | 7 (169.6800) | 13 (166.2400) | 12 (163.9656) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 11 / 27 (682.2172) | 13 (167.3944) | 12 (170.2628) | 11 (172.5600) | 12 (172.0000) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY | 10 / 26 (679.8740) | 12 (169.6800) | 8 (170.8228) | 17 (165.1084) | 4 (174.2628) |
| 2025-06-13 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 16 / 33 (670.1024) | 26 (157.0512) | 10 (168.5256) | 8 (173.1200) | 11 (171.4056) |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 12 / 30 (674.8460) | 11 (172.5600) | 16 (166.2744) | 7 (170.8916) | 17 (165.1200) |
| 2024-09-06 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO | 17 / 36 (677.0172) | 29 (163.9428) | 17 (169.1200) | 13 (173.1200) | 11 (170.8344) |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ 🏅 Hill City, SD | 26 / 29 (656.9600) | 25 (165.6800) | 28 (157.0744) | 19 (164.5256) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 13 / 29 (671.3828) | 18 (164.5372) | 15 (165.7028) | 17 (166.2628) | 5 (174.8800) |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Laramie, WY | 15 / 17 (656.3996) | 15 (154.7884) | 3 (174.2628) | 16 (158.8000) | 9 (168.5484) |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 17 / 26 (671.3028) | 21 (166.2400) | 18 (167.9772) | 2 (177.1428) | 24 (159.9428) |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 13 / 25 (671.3600) | 19 (166.2628) | 14 (168.5372) | 12 (169.1200) | 15 (167.4400) |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 12 / 16 (672.4340) | 7 (174.2628) | 13 (163.9428) | 14 (163.3828) | 9 (170.8456) |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 16 / 29 (668.4684) | 13 (169.6684) | 22 (162.2400) | 22 (165.7144) | 8 (170.8456) |
| 2023-08-11 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 21 / 27 (660.4116) | 25 (157.0744) | 22 (159.3716) | 2 (175.4172) | 11 (168.5484) |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 31 / 35 (654.6512) | 30 (159.3600) | 28 (162.8000) | 20 (167.9656) | 26 (164.5256) |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 4 / 22 (698.2516) | 11 (171.4172) | 4 (177.7028) | 3 (175.4056) | 7 (173.7260) |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 12 / 30 (669.6116) | 17 (166.8344) | 17 (162.8116) | 7 (173.7028) | 12 (166.2628) |
| 2022-10-22 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO | 20 / 31 (667.3372) | 23 (163.4172) | 24 (163.9772) | 28 (164.5372) | 4 (175.4056) |
| 2022-10-21 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO | 26 / 32 (651.2684) | 24 (166.2516) | 22 (162.8112) | 27 (163.9656) | 26 (158.2400) |
| 2022-08-05 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 21 / 35 (666.7884) | 10 (169.1428) | 16 (170.2628) | 29 (159.3828) | 15 (168.0000) |
| 2022-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) 🏅 Greeley, CO | 29 / 34 (640.3768) | 4 (174.8572) | 30 (153.0628) | 31 (156.5256) | 29 (155.9312) |
| 2022-06-03 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) 🏅 Greeley, CO | 18 / 33 (665.0516) | 6 (173.7144) | 13 (166.2628) | 5 (173.7144) | 32 (151.3600) |
| 2021-08-13 | Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day 🏅 Milliken, CO | 29 / 42 (643.2800) | 22 (166.2628) | 24 (162.2628) | 23 (163.3828) | 30 (151.3716) |
| 2021-08-06 | SLV Beat the Heat BBQ 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 31 / 42 (653.0284) | 20 (169.1316) | 10 (173.1200) | 41 (149.6684) | 27 (161.1084) |
| 2021-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO | 22 / 33 (639.9200) | 22 (165.1316) | 7 (167.4400) | 26 (157.6684) | 28 (149.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #875 (120 pts) | #939 (125 pts) | #1171 (100 pts) | #829 (160 pts) | #1058 (95 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #285 (766 pts) | #335 (706 pts) | #298 (836 pts) | #241 (916 pts) | #221 (976 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #436 (449 pts) | #586 (324 pts) | #535 (419 pts) | #298 (719 pts) | #442 (454 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #751 (218 pts) | #699 (263 pts) | #793 (238 pts) | #898 (173 pts) | #555 (373 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #726 (193 pts) | #704 (233 pts) | #541 (363 pts) | #760 (188 pts) | #803 (178 pts) |