High-water mark
675.9656
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.9656 at Montana Pitmaster Classic — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-08-22
Iron Horse Party Rentals
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2024-07-27
latest 2025-08-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
624.48
last 5 Master vs avg 624.76 (-0.28)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±58.96
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.50 · weakest Brisket (158.45)
Road miles
911
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 339 mi
Schedule strength
38%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)
Purse competed for
$64K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
624.76 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
Their season
2025
their best year
2025 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 73%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 73%
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
1 Bite BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
1 Bite BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.1
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.05 points below their pork, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 67%.
- Brisket avg 158.45
- Pork avg 167.50
- 1 calls in 6 entries
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.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5360 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Iron Horse Party Rentals's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5375 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 10 years before Iron Horse Party Rentals's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Level with Iron Horse Party Rentals on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5335 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 149.1084 | 162.63 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 151.9428 | 163.41 | top 68% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 159.4056 | 167.50 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 142.8456 | 158.45 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MT | 5 | 0 | top 84% |
| UT | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 87% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 83% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 79% | 2025-08-22 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2024-07-27 → 2025-08-22
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
5 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.50 · weakest Brisket (158.45)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Master average
624.76
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
84
23–116 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
911
6 mapped stops · furthest 339 mi
Schedule strength
1550
average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$64,450
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #5357 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off
- First call Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off
- First overall top-10 Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1488) Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off
- 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3028 Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Blaze of 47
- Career-best overall score675.9656 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.9 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2025-08-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.2 | East Helena Smoke Show | 2024-08-09 |
| -13.1 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2024-08-23 |
| -11.9 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off | 2024-07-27 |
| -7.4 | Blaze of 47 | 2025-07-18 |
| -2.6 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2025-07-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 73% | 93.9% | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 97% | 87% | 80.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 22 / 38 (675.9656) | 16 (172.0000) | 25 (168.5716) | 31 (165.1084) | 18 (170.2856) |
| 2025-07-18 | Blaze of 47 🏅 Salt Lake City, UT | 24 / 26 (673.0744) | 22 (166.2400) | 25 (161.6800) | 6 (176.5600) | 17 (168.5944) |
| 2025-07-05 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 9 / 13 (655.3028) | 12 (159.3600) | 4 (170.8572) | 8 (167.4056) | 10 (157.6800) |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 39 / 39 (502.8000) | 16 (170.2744) | — | 5 (176.0228) | 34 (156.5028) |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT | 18 / 18 (615.2568) | 17 (149.1084) | 18 (151.9428) | 15 (159.4056) | 14 (154.8000) |
| 2024-07-27 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 10 / 11 (626.1828) | 9 (158.8228) | 5 (164.0000) | 7 (160.5144) | 11 (142.8456) |