High-water mark
177.7144
career-best overall
98.7% of a perfect 180
Their best day on record: 177.7144 at Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) — 98.7% of a perfect 180.
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- Jul 19, 2024
Colton Heyen
Colton Heyen is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 37 at the Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2024
latest Jul 19, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 8%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Road miles
2,382
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 595 mi
Purse competed for
$40K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Colton Heyen, each with one reason worth a look.
Colton Heyen has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 80 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Colton Heyen's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Colton Heyen's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
Level with Colton Heyen on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,593 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Colton Heyen's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Colton Heyen's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
67
finished ahead 59 times, behind 6
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
20244 milestones
- First overall top-10 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
- First overall podium Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score177.7144 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score177.7144 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
20231 milestone
- First tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 8% | 98.7% | 98.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 3 / 37 (177.7144) | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 17, 2023 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | — | — | — | — | — |