A tough matchup
7–1
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BOYZ BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings
BIG BOYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.
Random Guys Smoking
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1439
peak 1439 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2019-08-23
latest 2026-07-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.87 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 630.18 (+7.69)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.75
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.12 · weakest Brisket (153.25)
Road miles
236
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$92K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.18 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
The weak link
−7.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.88 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 153.25
- Chicken avg 161.12
- 1 calls in 8 entries
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Montana Pitmaster Classic (2021-08-27).
- last seen 2019-08-23
- back 2021-08-27
Chicken nemesis
8 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
BIG BOYZ BBQ ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BIG BOYZ BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared chicken entries.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Montana Pitmaster Classic every year from 2022 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.
- 5 visits in all
- best finish 26th
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.
77 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5846 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Random Guys Smoking's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5833 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Random Guys Smoking's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
Level with Random Guys Smoking on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5841 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1439
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick Back BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BOYZ BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Taste of Mitch | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Poor Richard's BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Shane Edd's BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Outta Left Field BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Willy Mo's | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Popping Smoke Barbecue | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Triple Nines BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 1 Bite BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Bearded Boar BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rhythm n QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7488 | 149.0628 | 161.12 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 140.5372 | 159.70 | top 66% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 142.8000 | 156.11 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 130.1832 | 153.25 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 85% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 5 | 26 | 0 | top 86% | 2025-08-22 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.9 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2026-07-03
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MT
8 of 8 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.12 · weakest Brisket (153.25)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
630.18
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
126
41–213 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
236
8 mapped stops · furthest 72 mi
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$92,350
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2021-08-27
Power rating
1439
peak 1439 · #5845 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1488) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- 2022
- First call Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- 2025
- Career-best overall score647.4056 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- 2026
- Most recent contest Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2019-08-23 |
| -10.2 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2023-08-25 |
| -9.3 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off | 2026-07-03 |
| -8.4 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2024-08-23 |
| -6.9 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2025-08-22 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 89.5% | 89.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | Dillon Days Blowin' Smoke BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Dillon, MT | 25 / 26 (638.1944) | 18 (169.7144) | 26 (152.5600) | 23 (163.9884) | 26 (151.9316) |
| 2025-08-22 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 32 / 38 (647.4056) | 23 (168.0228) | 37 (140.5372) | 17 (171.4400) | 21 (167.4056) |
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 34 / 39 (642.6972) | 33 (159.3944) | 26 (167.3828) | 35 (161.6572) | 36 (154.2628) |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT | 12 / 18 (644.4572) | 18 (149.0628) | 6 (169.7144) | 16 (155.9884) | 6 (169.6916) |
| 2023-08-25 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 40 / 44 (616.5948) | 22 (169.7488) | 27 (162.3200) | 41 (145.0972) | 43 (139.4288) |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 28 / 37 (643.2456) | 32 (156.5372) | 9 (174.2628) | 32 (155.3484) | 27 (157.0972) |
| 2021-08-27 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 24 / 31 (623.3372) | 17 (165.7028) | 21 (158.8684) | 31 (142.8000) | 18 (155.9660) |
| 2019-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 26 / 29 (585.5092) | 26 (150.8116) | 23 (151.9772) | 16 (152.5372) | 28 (130.1832) |