Borgy the BBQ Butcher

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5472

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1451

peak 1509 · rated over 43 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-08-02

latest 2025-10-03

Best ToY finish

#466

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 46 contests

Avg finish

top 66%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2744 / 720

Master · 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.56 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.00 (+1.56)

Walk rate

41%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork · Original SD BBQ Championship

Consistency

±13.58

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.71)

Road miles

8,359

mi across 46 mapped stops · furthest 501 mi

Schedule strength

61%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$165K

listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 18 state-championship entries

Master avg

653.00 / 720

43 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

High-water mark

686.2744 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2744 at 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-09-15

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD has finished one call ahead of Borgy the BBQ Butcher 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 52%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 52%

A tough matchup

33–1 behind in the head-to-head

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 97% of their meetings

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 33 of their 34 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BULLY BBQ in 8 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Minnesota in May (2024-05-10).

last seen 2022-05-13
back 2024-05-10

Pork nemesis

29 of 35 shared pork entries lost

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has out-cooked them in 29 of 35 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A September team

Top 34% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 34% across 3 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 66% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,359 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,359 miles across 46 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 501 miles to Great Northern BBQ.

46 mapped stops
furthest 501 mi

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
46 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

125 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PIRATES OF PORKSCENTS

#5459 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1512 at their best, 60 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 36 contests
last seen 2020-09-25

⚔ Head-to-head

BLOWIN' SMOKE

#5454 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Borgy the BBQ Butcher's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 56 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ

#5456 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Borgy the BBQ Butcher has cooked, 27 to 46, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2024-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

E.T.'S BBQ

#5478 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 89
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

89 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 89 contests
last seen 2021-03-05

⚔ Head-to-head

PLUM CRAZY BBQ

#5476 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

Level with Borgy the BBQ Butcher on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2021-07-30

⚔ Head-to-head

LYIN' PIGS

#5480 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2016-10-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	34	1	33	3%	⚔ compare
SPITFIRE	31	1	30	3%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS	28	4	24	14%	⚔ compare
LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY	27	2	25	7%	⚔ compare
RUB MY RACK	26	2	24	8%	⚔ compare
Hogline	25	2	23	8%	⚔ compare
Pigtamer BBQ	23	9	14	39%	⚔ compare
SMOKE IN THE EYE	22	8	14	36%	⚔ compare
CITY SLICKERS BBQ	21	2	19	10%	⚔ compare
ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD	20	7	13	35%	⚔ compare
RUM N' SMOKE BBQ	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
SIN CIRCLE BBQ	19	3	16	16%	⚔ compare
ACES HIGH BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
LAST CALL HEROES BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	44	6	1	1	177.7144	146.8344	163.47	top 65%
Pork Ribs	46	8	0	3	176.5716	150.8344	162.71	top 62%
Pork	44	4	1	1	178.2972	147.8856	163.75	top 58%
Brisket	43	5	0	0	173.7028	152.5028	162.82	top 57%

“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
MN	26	top 73%
SD	8	top 53%
ND	2	top 65%
IA	2	top 64%
WI	2	top 49%
NE	1	top 85%
KS	1	top 9%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	14	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	29	0	top 65%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Minnesota in May (Masters)	3	30	top 70%	2022-05-13
SMSU Smokefest	3	21	top 60%	2019-08-16
Cookin On Kampeska	3	21	top 57%	2019-07-19
ND BBQ Championship	2	28	top 65%	2025-10-03
Original SD BBQ Championship	2	20	top 53%	2021-06-04
*Mankato Cookout (Day 2)	2	30	top 81%	2018-06-09
Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship	2	29	top 71%	2018-03-02
Minnesota in May	2	25	top 62%	2016-05-13

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 12.2 yrs 2013-08-02 → 2025-10-03

Busiest season 2018 8 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MN 28 of 46 contests · 7 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 32 8 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 46 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.75 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.71)

Walk rate 41% a top-10 call in 19 of 46 contests

Overall top-10 rate 4% 2 of 46 contests

Master average 653.00 out of 720 · 43 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,055 1,023–1,347 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 8,359 46 mapped stops · furthest 501 mi

Schedule strength 1577 average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests

Purse competed for $164,825 listed at 18 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 18 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2022-05-13 → 2024-05-10

Power rating 1451 peak 1509 · #5472 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Aug 2 First tracked contest Great Northern Barbeque
Aug 2 First call Great Northern Barbeque
2014
May 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5372 Minnesota in May
2016
Mar 4 10th tracked contest Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship
Jun 24 First category win (Chicken) Smoke on the Waterfall
Jul 15 First overall top-10 Cookin' on Kampeska
2018
Aug 17 25th tracked contest SMSU Smokefest
Sep 15 Career-best overall score686.2744 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
Sep 15 Peak power rating (1509) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
2021
Jun 4 Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Original SD BBQ Championship
2025
Oct 3 Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15
+12.7	Cookin' on Kampeska	2016-07-15
+9.6	7th Annual Smokin' In The Bogs	2017-09-01
+7.6	*The Original SD BBQ Championships	2018-06-01
+7.2	Original SD BBQ Championship	2021-06-04

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Minnesota in May	2024-05-10
-10.7	Minnesota in May	2021-05-07
-10.4	Smokefest	2015-08-21
-9.9	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off	2021-07-16
-9.4	Minnesota in May	2019-05-10

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	4	0	0	25%	top 83%	90.8%	90.5%
2024	3	0	0	33%	top 77%	91.6%	91.3%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 51%	92.9%	92.9%
2021	5	0	1	40%	top 77%	93%	89.9%
2020	3	0	0	33%	top 69%	91.1%	90.6%
2019	4	0	0	25%	top 69%	91.6%	90.4%
2018	8	0	0	50%	top 54%	95.3%	92.4%
2017	4	1	0	50%	top 52%	93.4%	91.6%
2016	5	1	1	60%	top 59%	94.5%	90.9%
2015	4	0	0	25%	top 80%	88.6%	87.7%
2014	4	0	0	50%	top 64%	90.6%	89.5%
2013	1	0	0	100%	top 77%	87.4%	87.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-10-03	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	32 / 46 (651.9888)	39 (161.7260)	25 (165.7028)	35 (162.8572)	30 (161.7028)
2025-10-03	ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND	—	—	10 (169.7372)	—	—
2025-08-29	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway 🏅 Brandon, SD	39 / 44 (653.6228)	40 (162.8228)	33 (164.5716)	38 (162.2628)	32 (163.9656)
2025-02-21	Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN	38 / 42 (649.0404)	32 (166.2628)	36 (159.3944)	37 (161.1316)	34 (162.2516)
2024-09-27	ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND	28 / 47 (659.3484)	36 (162.8112)	2 (173.7028)	21 (165.6800)	36 (157.1544)
2024-08-23	MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN	20 / 27 (658.7776)	23 (161.1316)	15 (167.3944)	15 (168.5600)	20 (161.6916)
2024-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN	57 / 58 (653.6460)	39 (170.2856)	49 (164.0116)	56 (154.7888)	48 (164.5600)
2022-05-13	Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN	30 / 59 (669.0400)	23 (169.1200)	46 (161.1200)	27 (168.5372)	14 (170.2628)
2021-08-13	GOBS Que (DAY 1) 🏅 Arlington, NE	22 / 26 (638.0228)	22 (162.2400)	17 (162.8000)	24 (147.8856)	17 (165.0972)
2021-07-16	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN	32 / 33 (644.4800)	32 (160.5944)	32 (156.5488)	28 (163.3712)	23 (163.9656)
2021-07-16	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off - One Meat Rib Contest Worthington, MN	—	—	10 (162.2628)	—	—
2021-06-04	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	20 / 49 (669.6228)	36 (159.3484)	27 (165.7144)	1 (178.2972)	25 (166.2628)
2021-05-07	Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN	51 / 60 (638.1944)	54 (155.4056)	53 (154.8688)	40 (163.3828)	29 (164.5372)
2020-08-28	Minnesota in Mayaugust 🏅 Cambridge, MN	30 / 45 (652.4228)	32 (165.1084)	33 (161.0856)	20 (167.3944)	37 (158.8344)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 🏅 Rodney, IA	43 / 53 (649.6460)	16 (170.8456)	51 (151.4060)	15 (170.8344)	46 (156.5600)
2020-06-19	The Hayfield 🏅 Fort Ripley, MN	13 / 22 (655.9200)	20 (159.9312)	16 (161.1316)	15 (166.2972)	5 (168.5600)
2019-08-16	SMSU Smokefest 🏅 MARSHALL, MN	29 / 46 (659.4172)	37 (163.4056)	24 (167.4516)	24 (166.8572)	31 (161.7028)
2019-07-19	Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD	30 / 40 (649.5772)	38 (153.0972)	35 (161.0972)	4 (173.1428)	24 (162.2400)
2019-05-31	Original SD BBQ Championship 🏅 Huron, SD	24 / 37 (651.2452)	28 (162.7884)	14 (167.3940)	25 (159.9428)	21 (161.1200)
2019-05-10	Minnesota in May 🏅	42 / 57 (643.8056)	41 (163.9656)	39 (161.6572)	35 (161.1200)	45 (157.0628)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	41 / 467 (686.2744)	78 (173.1544)	248 (165.1544)	47 (174.2628)	53 (173.7028)
2018-08-17	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	21 / 40 (667.3144)	21 (167.9772)	3 (174.2972)	11 (169.6800)	33 (155.3600)
2018-07-20	*Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	21 / 45 (663.3828)	37 (157.7028)	14 (167.4172)	17 (167.4400)	8 (170.8228)
2018-06-09	*Mankato Cookout (Day 2) Mankato, MN	39 / 42 (650.8120)	24 (171.4516)	42 (154.2516)	25 (168.0000)	41 (157.1088)
2018-06-08	*Mankato Cookout (Day 1) Mankato, MN	30 / 44 (673.6228)	39 (159.9544)	16 (172.0000)	27 (168.5484)	13 (173.1200)
2018-06-01	*The Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	13 / 33 (664.4456)	12 (166.8572)	15 (165.0856)	12 (167.3828)	15 (165.1200)
2018-05-11	*BBQ in the Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA	18 / 39 (668.4340)	21 (166.8112)	3 (176.5716)	24 (163.9428)	26 (161.1084)
2018-03-02	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	46 / 57 (646.1260)	8 (171.9772)	46 (158.8344)	43 (160.5372)	47 (154.7772)
2017-09-01	7th Annual Smokin' In The Bogs Warrens, WI	10 / 29 (662.7772)	10 (167.9656)	16 (160.5372)	11 (166.2516)	6 (168.0228)
2017-08-18	SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN	27 / 41 (652.4804)	32 (159.4172)	30 (160.5372)	18 (165.6916)	14 (166.8344)
2017-07-14	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	23 / 48 (672.5260)	47 (153.0972)	9 (173.1544)	6 (173.1316)	8 (173.1428)
2017-03-03	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN	29 / 47 (649.0516)	22 (166.2512)	35 (157.7032)	31 (159.9772)	16 (165.1200)
2016-08-12	Lake Minnetonka BBQ & Beer Fest (Teams spots Full) Tonka Bay, MN	28 / 35 (652.4920)	30 (159.9660)	24 (165.1316)	28 (160.5716)	14 (166.8228)
2016-07-15	Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD	10 / 41 (680.5028)	23 (167.4056)	4 (173.7028)	21 (167.4172)	9 (171.9772)
2016-06-24	Smoke on the Waterfall Redwoodfalls, MN	16 / 26 (658.8116)	1 (177.7144)	23 (157.1316)	12 (164.5600)	17 (159.4056)
2016-05-13	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	57 / 71 (633.5656)	44 (161.1316)	43 (161.6684)	52 (158.2628)	60 (152.5028)
2016-03-04	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN	29 / 59 (647.9432)	8 (170.3088)	45 (154.2860)	42 (157.0856)	18 (166.2628)
2015-08-21	Smokefest Marshall, MN	39 / 42 (619.3260)	40 (153.6800)	41 (150.8344)	38 (153.1200)	26 (161.6916)
2015-07-31	Great Northern BBQ Brainerd, MN	22 / 26 (637.6344)	25 (146.8344)	20 (160.5488)	6 (170.2856)	17 (159.9656)
2015-07-10	Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay Green Bay, WI	51 / 80 (636.4916)	42 (162.2628)	47 (159.9888)	70 (150.8344)	29 (163.4056)
2015-02-27	Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship (Competitor's Series) Isle, MN	—	27 (160.5372)	37 (151.9884)	21 (159.9656)	—
2014-08-08	Great Northern BBQ Brainerd, MN	20 / 25 (635.8968)	9 (169.1084)	18 (155.4172)	24 (154.8228)	20 (156.5484)
2014-07-18	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Woodbury, MN	19 / 30 (639.3260)	22 (161.1200)	23 (155.4060)	17 (165.1200)	17 (157.6800)
2014-06-27	Bend of the River CookOut Mankato, MN	34 / 50 (649.6228)	31 (165.1084)	24 (165.7372)	33 (163.9428)	43 (154.8344)
2014-05-16	Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN	25 / 58 (652.5372)	10 (169.1656)	32 (157.1316)	33 (162.8572)	29 (163.3828)
2013-08-02	Great Northern Barbeque Brainerd, MN	17 / 22 (629.6340)	21 (154.8112)	4 (170.8800)	21 (149.1428)	17 (154.8000)

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1306 (70 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1103 (115 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#598 (269 pts)	#681 (244 pts)	#524 (379 pts)	#415 (459 pts)	#619 (279 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#466 (227 pts)	#479 (237 pts)	#530 (212 pts)	#393 (292 pts)	#405 (292 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#575 (613 pts)	#545 (683 pts)	#349 (978 pts)	#569 (658 pts)	#537 (683 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1030 (319 pts)	#1083 (324 pts)	#1007 (364 pts)	#864 (454 pts)	#726 (544 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#863 (411 pts)	#658 (621 pts)	#856 (456 pts)	#986 (376 pts)	#760 (506 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1352 (186 pts)	#1549 (171 pts)	#1411 (196 pts)	#1146 (286 pts)	#1326 (211 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1007 (310 pts)	#838 (430 pts)	#1077 (305 pts)	#1091 (300 pts)	#1026 (320 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1912 (87 pts)	#2501 (67 pts)	#1381 (197 pts)	#2500 (67 pts)	#1965 (87 pts)