A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Absarokee Fire Department
Absarokee Fire Department is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 19th of 27 at the Montana BBQ Cook-off (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 11, 2021
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 158.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.98)
Road miles
0
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Purse competed for
$29K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
601.43 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 137.0172 | 151.65 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4284 | 135.9544 | 143.98 | top 92% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 148.5372 | 158.71 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8344 | 137.0972 | 147.10 | top 81% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana BBQ Cookoff | 3 | 24 | 0 | top 91% | Jun 12, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
75
finished ahead 16 times, behind 97
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jun 11, 2021 → Jun 7, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score633.0976 Montana BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.7372 Montana BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest Montana BBQ Cookoff
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest Montana BBQ Cook-off
- Peak power rating (1497) Montana BBQ Cook-off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | Jun 13, 2025 |
| -8.4 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | Jun 7, 2024 |
| -7.8 | Montana BBQ Cookoff | Jun 12, 2026 |
| -3.5 | Montana BBQ Cook-off | Jun 11, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 26 / 29 (633.0976) | 16 (168.5716) | 28 (142.2744) | 11 (169.7372) | 25 (152.5144) |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 32 / 33 (574.0800) | 32 (137.0172) | 29 (151.4284) | 30 (148.5372) | 31 (137.0972) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 24 / 28 (595.2116) | 27 (146.7772) | 27 (135.9544) | 18 (157.6456) | 21 (154.8344) |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 19 / 27 (603.3144) | 21 (154.2172) | 23 (146.2516) | 16 (158.9028) | 19 (143.9428) |