Brinkerhoff BBQ CO
Rating
1709
peak 1716
Contests
56
in the data
First seen
2022-03-19
latest 2026-06-26
Best ToY finish
#34
Master 2026
Grand champs
3
4 reserve
Category wins
8
25 podiums
Overall top-10s
28
of 56 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
7 🔥
Current form
688.86 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 672.63 (+16.23)
Walk rate
79%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±70.52
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.62 · weakest Chicken (170.02)
Road miles
21591
mi across 56 mapped stops · furthest 997 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
WYO SMOKE SHOW has finished one call ahead of Brinkerhoff BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 29 of their 37 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ in 18 of their 22 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5600 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke & Soul Fest (2023-10-06).
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 38-team field at Montana Pitmaster Classic.
📅 A April team
Something about April: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Montana Pitmaster Classic (2025-08-22) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 34-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMELLAQUE.
Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 54 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.8228 | 170.02 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 56 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 178.2972 | 155.3600 | 170.17 | top 44% |
| Pork | 54 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6572 | 171.62 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 54 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 149.6460 | 170.31 | top 38% |
“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 42% |
| WY | 7 | 0 | top 23% |
| MT | 6 | 2 | top 26% |
| SD | 5 | 0 | top 32% |
| UT | 4 | 0 | top 26% |
| AZ | 4 | 1 | top 37% |
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 32% |
| TN | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
| ID | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| NM | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 5 | 1 | top 40% |
| Medium (20–39) | 38 | 2 | top 33% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 48% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (15 contests)
- Cooks mostly in CO (18 of 56 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (56 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off (2025-07-05)
- Wins it all in 5% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 672.63
- 7 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 707.9888 | 692.52 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 706.2400 | 691.82 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 698.8000 | 684.21 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 694.2172 | 679.07 |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 689.6688 | 633.62 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID | 12 / 31 (697.6572) | 16 (174.2628) | 8 (177.1544) | 5 (177.7028) | 21 (168.5372) |
| 2026-06-12 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 15 / 29 (675.3480) | 21 (165.6568) | 15 (169.1428) | 10 (170.2628) | 7 (170.2856) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 6 / 48 (691.3484) | 41 (162.7884) | 5 (176.0116) | 3 (177.1428) | 9 (175.4056) |
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 10 (171.9772) | — | — |
| 2026-05-01 | Blue Compass RV BBQ Bash Marriott-Slaterville, UT | 5 / 19 (697.1428) | 2 (180.0000) | 8 (173.1428) | 6 (176.6172) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 2 / 27 (682.8000) | 2 (173.7028) | 10 (165.1316) | 4 (174.2856) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2026-03-27 | Q's & Brews Bighorn BBQ Competition Lake Havasu City, AZ | 1 / 33 (707.9888) | 3 (178.8572) | 3 (178.2972) | 5 (176.5716) | 9 (174.2628) |
| 2026-02-27 | BBQ & Brew Festival Yuma, AZ | 4 / 25 (695.3600) | 6 (173.1200) | 24 (163.9428) | 1 (180.0000) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 9 / 90 (697.0512) | 21 (175.4056) | 18 (174.2628) | 37 (171.9656) | 15 (175.4172) |
| 2025-08-29 | SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway Brandon, SD | 24 / 44 (675.8856) | 18 (172.5484) | 15 (170.8228) | 27 (169.1084) | 34 (163.4060) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT | 1 / 38 (704.5600) | 15 (172.0000) | 13 (174.8572) | 4 (177.7028) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 2 / 27 (706.2400) | 1 (180.0000) | 6 (175.4172) | 4 (176.5600) | 6 (174.2628) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY | 7 / 26 (682.7772) | 5 (174.2744) | 12 (169.1200) | 14 (168.5256) | 11 (170.8572) |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 Salt Lake City, UT | 5 / 26 (700.4912) | 10 (175.4056) | 16 (171.9656) | 2 (180.0000) | 13 (173.1200) |
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off Dillon, MT | 1 / 13 (704.5256) | 2 (177.7028) | 1 (177.7028) | 2 (177.1428) | 4 (171.9772) |
| 2025-05-02 | The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands Ruidoso Downs, NM | 11 / 30 (689.7032) | 13 (173.1316) | 21 (169.7144) | 15 (172.5600) | 6 (174.2972) |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 5 / 30 (685.0628) | 9 (172.5600) | 14 (168.5372) | 5 (171.4172) | 7 (172.5484) |
| 2025-01-17 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 26 / 48 (671.8856) | 43 (159.3828) | 37 (162.8344) | 6 (174.2628) | 8 (175.4056) |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV | 40 / 74 (677.0860) | 52 (166.2744) | 54 (165.7028) | 48 (167.3944) | 4 (177.7144) |
| 2024-09-06 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 10 / 36 (689.6228) | 13 (171.9772) | 11 (172.5600) | 18 (169.6800) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 3 / 29 (687.8972) | 24 (168.5372) | 5 (174.2744) | 3 (174.2628) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 6 / 29 (698.8000) | 2 (178.8572) | 6 (176.5600) | 10 (174.8456) | 15 (168.5372) |
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO | 5 / 29 (691.9772) | 11 (171.4172) | 7 (170.2972) | 5 (173.1200) | 3 (177.1428) |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff Laramie, WY | 7 / 17 (679.3028) | 9 (169.6800) | 14 (163.3828) | 4 (175.4172) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2024-07-19 | The Blaze of 47 BBQ Cookoff Salt Lake City, UT | 6 / 16 (686.2516) | 1 (180.0000) | 9 (171.4516) | 12 (163.9772) | 5 (170.8228) |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 14 / 26 (679.3260) | 5 (174.2860) | 12 (170.8228) | 21 (157.6572) | 4 (176.5600) |
| 2024-06-28 | The Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO | 14 / 25 (669.1084) | 15 (166.8344) | 17 (165.7028) | 4 (174.8456) | 18 (161.7256) |
| 2024-06-21 | Pitmaster's NorUt State BBQ Championship Ogden, UT | 6 / 29 (697.0972) | 10 (176.5600) | 8 (173.1200) | 6 (175.4288) | 9 (171.9884) |
| 2024-06-07 | Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT | 10 / 28 (678.8116) | 3 (177.7144) | 13 (169.1200) | 12 (168.5600) | 14 (163.4172) |
| 2024-05-25 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Lebanon, TN | 71 / 81 (678.7316) | 75 (167.3944) | 69 (167.3944) | 53 (171.9656) | 44 (171.9772) |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Lebanon, TN | 73 / 118 (681.0744) | 81 (170.8228) | 40 (172.5716) | 84 (168.5600) | 67 (169.1200) |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 6 / 29 (683.8968) | 11 (170.8228) | 11 (170.2628) | 6 (173.1428) | 12 (169.6684) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 2 / 28 (693.0972) | 4 (173.1200) | 1 (178.2972) | 10 (170.8572) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 10 / 26 (681.5884) | 17 (164.5372) | 7 (175.4056) | 6 (174.2628) | 14 (167.3828) |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS | 30 / 62 (694.2172) | 62 (166.8228) | 17 (175.4172) | 17 (174.2744) | 10 (177.7028) |
| 2023-08-11 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS | 44 / 90 (685.0856) | 73 (167.9656) | 23 (175.4172) | 70 (166.8456) | 16 (174.8572) |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO | 26 / 35 (664.4800) | 32 (158.2628) | 17 (169.6800) | 23 (166.8456) | 17 (169.6916) |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO | 16 / 37 (679.2912) | 16 (170.8228) | 21 (167.9656) | 7 (174.2628) | 26 (166.2400) |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 11 / 30 (674.7084) | 8 (172.5484) | 18 (162.8116) | 12 (170.8228) | 8 (168.5256) |
| 2023-04-21 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition Derby, KS | 12 / 28 (687.3944) | 8 (175.4172) | 13 (171.9772) | 12 (172.5600) | 17 (167.4400) |
| 2023-01-13 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ | 33 / 45 (651.7944) | 20 (168.5256) | 21 (166.2400) | 28 (167.3828) | 41 (149.6460) |
| 2022-10-22 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 Westminster, CO | 10 / 31 (681.0744) | 5 (175.4172) | 22 (166.8228) | 14 (169.1200) | 13 (169.7144) |
| 2022-10-21 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 Westminster, CO | 20 / 32 (663.2684) | 30 (158.2056) | 17 (166.8228) | 12 (169.1316) | 10 (169.1084) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 2 / 29 (686.8000) | 2 (175.4172) | 8 (170.2628) | 3 (175.4172) | 15 (165.7028) |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE | 11 / 45 (166.2972) | 30 (166.2400) | 33 (165.6800) | 34 (164.5600) | 16 (170.8456) |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 13 / 28 (683.9432) | 9 (172.0116) | 15 (169.6916) | 23 (166.2400) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2022-08-05 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO | 5 / 35 (689.6688) | 9 (169.6800) | 9 (173.7144) | 5 (174.8572) | 12 (171.4172) |
| 2022-07-30 | Colorado Rib Challenge at the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo - One Meat Rib Castle Rock, CO | — | — | 2 (174.8456) | — | — |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ Sterling, CO | 22 / 28 (642.0684) | 26 (151.9200) | 24 (155.3600) | 7 (172.0000) | 20 (162.7884) |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 7 / 26 (687.8856) | 16 (166.2284) | 5 (174.2744) | 1 (180.0000) | 15 (167.3828) |
| 2022-06-16 | Frisco BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 12 / 37 (674.7544) | 18 (168.5372) | 14 (167.4172) | 11 (171.9772) | 13 (166.8228) |
| 2022-06-10 | Montana BBQ Cook-off Absarokee, MT | 8 / 27 (682.8116) | 8 (165.1200) | 6 (176.5600) | 11 (165.1200) | 4 (176.0116) |
| 2022-06-04 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) Greeley, CO | 24 / 34 (653.6112) | 30 (156.5144) | 15 (167.4056) | 26 (163.4056) | 18 (166.2856) |
| 2022-06-03 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) Greeley, CO | 20 / 33 (657.6228) | 16 (168.5600) | 20 (161.6684) | 19 (164.5716) | 22 (162.8228) |
| 2022-05-06 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO | 20 / 33 (662.7428) | 23 (166.2628) | 19 (165.6800) | 19 (164.5372) | 12 (166.2628) |
| 2022-03-19 | Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout Amarillo, TX | 15 / 17 (638.1368) | 17 (150.8228) | 17 (157.0628) | 4 (167.9656) | 8 (162.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #34 (1449 pts) | #52 (1209 pts) | #67 (1218 pts) | #26 (1424 pts) | #49 (1159 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #97 (1622 pts) | #136 (1397 pts) | #198 (1177 pts) | #89 (1587 pts) | #83 (1627 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #86 (1587 pts) | #73 (1648 pts) | #127 (1362 pts) | #71 (1586 pts) | #76 (1587 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #212 (967 pts) | #219 (962 pts) | #212 (1067 pts) | #207 (987 pts) | #223 (947 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #133 (1369 pts) | #138 (1309 pts) | #124 (1389 pts) | #77 (1613 pts) | #117 (1392 pts) |