Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ

Montana Big Sky Bar-BQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 9th of 25 at the Montana BBQ Cook-Off (2014).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1485

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 5, 2014

latest Jun 23, 2018 · 4 years on the trail

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

641.7484 / 720

Master · Montana BBQ Cook-Off

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0228

Chicken · Montana BBQ Cook-Off

Consistency

±35.18

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 155.62 · weakest Pork Ribs (144.30)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

602.18 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Montana BBQ Cook-Off (Jun 24, 2017).

last seen Jul 5, 2014
back Jun 24, 2017

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	1	172.0228	147.4172	155.62	top 64%
Pork Ribs	3	1	0	166.3316	114.0344	144.30	top 75%
Pork	3	0	0	158.8800	149.7028	155.44	top 72%
Brisket	3	0	0	149.6800	145.1200	146.82	top 87%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Montana BBQ Cook-Off	3	9	0	top 72%	Jun 23, 2018

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MT 3 of 3 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 57 finished ahead 23 times, behind 60

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jul 5, 2014 → Jun 24, 2017

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

20181 milestone

Jun 23 Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off

20146 milestones

Jul 5 First tracked contest Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 5 First call Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 5 First overall top-10 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 5 Career-best overall score641.7484 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 5 Career-best single call (Chicken)172.0228 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 5 Peak power rating (1506) Montana BBQ Cook-Off

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 23, 2018	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	26 / 26 (556.2744)	24 (147.4172)	26 (114.0344)	24 (149.7028)	25 (145.1200)
Jun 24, 2017	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	28 / 35 (608.5144)	32 (147.4172)	31 (152.5372)	22 (158.8800)	28 (149.6800)
Jul 5, 2014	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	9 / 25 (641.7484)	2 (172.0228)	9 (166.3316)	15 (157.7256)	21 (145.6684)