The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Boats, Bands & BBQ (2015-06-05).
- last seen 2013-07-06
- back 2015-06-05
Montana Bar-BQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2013-07-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
576.19
last 3 Master vs avg 576.19 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 151.05 · weakest Brisket (136.38)
Road miles
1,085
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 509 mi
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
576.19 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Montana Bar-BQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Montana Bar-BQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Montana Bar-BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 136.5714 | 143.43 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5716 | 133.1430 | 145.33 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.0000 | 144.5712 | 151.05 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.4286 | 133.7140 | 136.38 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 55% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2013-07-06
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 151.05 · weakest Brisket (136.38)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
576.19
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
18–94 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,085
4 mapped stops · furthest 509 mi
Schedule strength
1510
average field rating faced — tougher than 7% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2013-07-06 → 2015-06-05
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1488) Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- First call Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score589.1428 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)160.5716 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
- 2015
- Most recent contest Boats, Bands & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.9 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off | 2013-07-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge | 2013-06-14 |
| -12.2 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown | 2013-05-31 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 76% | 81.8% | 80% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-05 | Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-07-06 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 12 / 22 (589.1428) | 17 (136.5714) | 4 (160.5716) | 7 (156.0000) | 19 (135.9998) |
| 2013-06-14 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO | 56 / 68 (563.4282) | 45 (152.0000) | 57 (133.1430) | 51 (144.5712) | 54 (133.7140) |
| 2013-05-31 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 30 / 33 (575.9994) | 32 (141.7142) | 32 (142.2854) | 22 (152.5712) | 31 (139.4286) |