C&M BBQ WI

Power ranking

#1587

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1502

peak 1506

Contests

in the data

First seen

2022-04-01

latest 2026-05-08

Best ToY finish

#190

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 36 contests

Avg finish

top 58%

overall standings

Best overall

690.7884

8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

681.85 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 658.45 (+23.40)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · GLBBQA Spring Fling

Consistency

±47.01

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.36)

Road miles

9022

mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 565 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

DAT'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of C&M BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

ACES HIGH BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

THE BBQ BUS has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	5	0	2	176.5716	150.1828	168.23	top 55%
Pork Ribs	36	10	3	3	179.4400	150.8000	166.36	top 54%
Pork	27	8	0	1	176.5828	155.3716	168.13	top 49%
Brisket	28	10	1	3	177.7372	141.0976	166.89	top 48%

“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	Avg finish
WI	11	top 63%
IA	4	top 74%
MI	3	top 48%
MN	2	top 54%
KS	2	top 34%
TN	2	top 63%
IL	1	top 61%
IN	1	top 57%
OH	1	top 24%
NE	1	top 35%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 58%
Large (40+)	17	top 56%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (14 contests)
Cooks mostly in WI (17 of 36 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (36 entries)
All-time average overall score: 658.45

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	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	5	1	690.7884	681.85
2025	6	1	682.1484	671.42
2024	7	0	686.1828	643.69
2023	14	1	682.2172	653.11
2022	4	1	650.7316	633.87

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	32 / 77 (682.1940)	14 (176.0000)	64 (163.9544)	26 (171.9884)	32 (170.2512)
2026-04-17	GLBBQA Spring Fling Coldwater, MI	30 / 48 (678.1940)	43 (163.9544)	1 (179.4400)	24 (171.4056)	38 (163.3940)
2026-04-10	Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS	49 / 101 (686.2060)	17 (176.5716)	48 (171.9772)	39 (172.5600)	79 (165.0972)
2026-04-03	Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA	33 / 42 (671.8628)	9 (175.4172)	21 (167.9772)	41 (156.4912)	9 (171.9772)
2026-03-20	8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS	13 / 68 (690.7884)	59 (163.9428)	6 (176.0000)	6 (176.5828)	13 (174.2628)
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash Egg Harbor, WI	9 / 16 (673.0628)	4 (174.8572)	4 (173.1200)	14 (156.5600)	7 (168.5256)
2025-09-26	Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Egg Harbor, WI	—	—	4 (172.0000)	—	—
2025-08-22	Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	9 / 29 (677.6000)	18 (163.3944)	1 (176.0000)	19 (167.3828)	7 (170.8228)
2025-04-18	GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI	26 / 56 (682.1484)	37 (168.5372)	35 (167.3828)	31 (170.8228)	9 (175.4056)
2025-04-04	Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA	36 / 49 (663.8628)	48 (155.3828)	37 (161.6456)	17 (171.4056)	3 (175.4288)
2025-03-14	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	86 / 100 (660.4116)	77 (167.3944)	86 (162.8116)	57 (169.6800)	87 (160.5256)
2024-09-06	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	37 / 37 (509.0400)	15 (169.6916)	26 (161.6456)	—	3 (177.7028)
2024-07-20	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI	—	—	18 (152.5372)	—	—
2024-07-19	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	14 / 37 (665.6688)	18 (169.6800)	11 (170.8344)	10 (168.0000)	24 (157.1544)
2024-05-10	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	39 / 58 (674.2172)	40 (170.2744)	43 (165.7028)	31 (170.2744)	34 (167.9656)
2024-04-19	GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI	21 / 62 (686.1828)	45 (167.3828)	17 (171.9656)	12 (175.4172)	19 (171.4172)
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN	38 / 93 (683.3484)	19 (175.4056)	80 (163.4056)	46 (170.2628)	17 (174.2744)
2024-03-15	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN	—	—	70 (150.8000)	—	—
2023-10-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI	14 / 21 (670.1256)	13 (168.5256)	8 (169.6800)	12 (167.9656)	16 (163.9544)
2023-10-13	Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI	—	—	10 (168.5716)	—	—
2023-09-16	Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot Yorkville, IL	11 / 18 (678.8004)	7 (175.4288)	11 (166.8344)	4 (175.4400)	14 (161.0972)
2023-09-08	Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI	22 / 28 (630.6632)	12 (165.1316)	26 (151.9200)	24 (155.3716)	19 (158.2400)
2023-09-01	Smokin in the Bogs Warrens, WI	14 / 14 (488.4688)	—	14 (161.6456)	11 (161.6916)	7 (165.1316)
2023-08-25	Rockin' BBQ Take 2 Warsaw, IN	13 / 23 (682.2172)	17 (167.9772)	13 (171.4172)	3 (174.2628)	15 (168.5600)
2023-07-14	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash Oshkosh, WI	6 / 19 (673.0284)	2 (174.8456)	7 (168.5256)	10 (163.9772)	10 (165.6800)
2023-07-14	BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oshkosh, WI	—	—	6 (166.8344)	—	—
2023-06-10	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI	23 / 40 (675.3600)	27 (167.3944)	21 (168.5372)	33 (161.6912)	1 (177.7372)
2023-06-09	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI	21 / 43 (668.4796)	32 (162.8000)	18 (168.5484)	28 (164.5484)	10 (172.5828)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	10 / 42 (675.4056)	17 (169.6800)	22 (162.2972)	4 (175.4400)	14 (167.9884)
2023-04-28	Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Marietta, OH	—	—	15 (164.5484)	—	—
2023-03-31	Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA	27 / 47 (669.6572)	37 (163.4056)	35 (163.9772)	5 (174.2972)	25 (167.9772)
2023-01-27	SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE	11 / 31 (671.9656)	2 (173.1428)	14 (167.4400)	21 (164.0000)	13 (167.3828)
2022-05-14	BBQ, BLESSINGS & THE VFW (ONE MEAT RIBS) Oconomowoc, WI	—	—	1 (173.7028)	—	—
2022-04-29	Masters in May Bancroft, WI	38 / 43 (617.0176)	39 (150.1828)	37 (154.3316)	9 (171.4056)	41 (141.0976)
2022-04-29	Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI	—	—	14 (157.6800)	—	—
2022-04-01	Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA	41 / 48 (650.7316)	38 (165.6800)	11 (173.1316)	37 (160.5372)	45 (151.3828)

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	#322 (360 pts)	#254 (480 pts)	#191 (660 pts)	#274 (420 pts)	#260 (445 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#439 (445 pts)	#488 (460 pts)	#311 (838 pts)	#495 (400 pts)	#318 (745 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#500 (375 pts)	#497 (415 pts)	#503 (470 pts)	#525 (380 pts)	#399 (550 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#190 (1054 pts)	#140 (1240 pts)	#179 (1185 pts)	#123 (1346 pts)	#131 (1284 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#986 (120 pts)	#1051 (120 pts)	#455 (555 pts)	#802 (205 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)