Frank's BBQ Trading Post CO

Power ranking

#1900

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1486

peak 1509

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-01-11

latest 2026-06-12

Best ToY finish

#568

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

689.1316

Miles City Cowtown Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.24 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 662.13 (-1.89)

Walk rate

66%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2)

Consistency

±12.79

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.84 · weakest Brisket (161.87)

Road miles

7943

mi across 32 mapped stops · furthest 502 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

GRILLIN' BEAVERS has finished one call ahead of Frank's BBQ Trading Post 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Bushmaster BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	32	9	0	3	177.7372	154.8116	167.84	top 51%
Pork Ribs	32	8	0	2	174.9028	150.8228	166.44	top 49%
Pork	32	7	0	1	175.4400	152.5256	165.99	top 54%
Brisket	32	5	1	1	179.4400	148.0000	161.87	top 59%

“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
CO	17	top 54%
WY	7	top 64%
KS	3	top 57%
MT	2	top 53%
OK	2	top 85%
UT	1	top 50%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	25	0	top 58%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 61%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2022 (10 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (17 of 32 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (32 entries)
All-time average overall score: 662.13

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	0	650.7088	645.86
2025	2	0	673.1084	666.77
2023	1	0	675.9544	675.95
2022	10	1	689.1316	664.71
2021	5	0	673.0856	664.03
2020	3	0	675.3828	662.00
2019	9	0	676.0000	659.30

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-12	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	25 / 29 (641.0060)	19 (166.8228)	25 (161.7032)	24 (160.5372)	26 (151.9428)
2026-04-24	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	17 / 27 (650.7088)	7 (171.9772)	12 (164.5716)	22 (158.2400)	20 (155.9200)
2025-07-25	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY	20 / 26 (660.4228)	18 (167.3828)	18 (164.5600)	11 (170.8228)	21 (157.6572)
2025-04-25	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	15 / 30 (673.1084)	3 (176.0228)	11 (171.4172)	27 (160.5372)	16 (165.1312)
2023-06-30	Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO	17 / 35 (675.9544)	14 (170.2744)	5 (174.9028)	19 (167.9772)	28 (162.8000)
2022-08-19	Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY	18 / 29 (662.2056)	12 (171.4056)	23 (157.1200)	17 (164.5600)	9 (169.1200)
2022-08-05	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO	26 / 35 (655.3372)	27 (162.8344)	17 (169.6800)	31 (156.5028)	18 (166.3200)
2022-07-30	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2) Dodge City, KS	15 / 25 (689.0860)	21 (166.2516)	11 (173.1200)	17 (170.2744)	1 (179.4400)
2022-07-29	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 1) Dodge City, KS	17 / 26 (667.9088)	25 (158.8116)	5 (174.8688)	16 (167.3828)	14 (166.8456)
2022-07-01	The Art of BBQ Sterling, CO	18 / 28 (661.6344)	10 (171.9772)	3 (171.9772)	12 (169.6800)	25 (148.0000)
2022-06-24	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	5 / 26 (689.1316)	2 (177.7372)	13 (168.5600)	9 (174.2628)	12 (168.5716)
2022-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) Greeley, CO	28 / 34 (641.0060)	33 (154.8116)	5 (173.7144)	27 (161.7028)	33 (150.7772)
2022-06-03	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) Greeley, CO	21 / 33 (657.0056)	15 (169.1200)	17 (163.9772)	32 (155.3600)	12 (168.5484)
2022-05-06	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	27 / 33 (649.6688)	27 (163.9656)	18 (165.7372)	11 (169.1316)	31 (150.8344)
2022-04-29	Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition Topeka, KS	36 / 77 (674.1484)	24 (171.9772)	23 (172.5484)	34 (168.5372)	44 (161.0856)
2021-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	15 / 26 (673.0856)	4 (174.2856)	13 (168.5600)	12 (169.1316)	19 (161.1084)
2021-10-01	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY	14 / 27 (673.0628)	11 (173.1200)	23 (158.8116)	8 (169.7028)	9 (171.4284)
2021-08-13	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO	13 / 42 (670.1828)	9 (172.5600)	33 (158.2400)	7 (170.2628)	10 (169.1200)
2021-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam Greeley, CO	17 / 33 (658.2516)	29 (155.3828)	17 (163.4172)	12 (169.1660)	7 (170.2856)
2021-05-07	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	19 / 35 (645.5768)	17 (166.2400)	13 (165.7256)	30 (152.5256)	17 (161.0856)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY	30 / 41 (663.8628)	37 (162.8112)	29 (165.6800)	15 (171.9772)	30 (163.3944)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY	35 / 41 (646.7540)	28 (166.8112)	38 (154.2628)	27 (167.9772)	36 (157.7028)
2020-06-19	Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship Riverdale, UT	16 / 32 (675.3828)	24 (166.2856)	17 (167.9656)	6 (174.2744)	16 (166.8572)
2019-10-18	Meat Scream BBQ Competition Westminster, CO	11 / 46 (676.0000)	12 (170.8572)	3 (172.5828)	13 (169.6800)	24 (162.8800)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	12 / 28 (657.0056)	3 (173.7028)	15 (162.8344)	15 (162.2400)	16 (158.2284)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO	21 / 30 (650.1484)	23 (162.7768)	6 (172.5600)	17 (162.8344)	26 (151.9772)
2019-06-21	Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO	5 / 26 (665.1316)	4 (170.2628)	5 (167.4860)	5 (168.5600)	11 (158.8228)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO	16 / 38 (669.0852)	5 (173.7256)	11 (172.5828)	27 (159.9428)	16 (162.8340)
2019-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	9 / 28 (669.0400)	11 (166.8572)	9 (168.5256)	2 (175.4172)	18 (158.2400)
2019-03-23	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 Shawnee, OK	55 / 62 (650.8000)	41 (167.4400)	42 (165.7028)	53 (162.2628)	58 (155.3944)
2019-03-22	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Shawnee, OK	60 / 74 (643.3596)	69 (156.5828)	70 (150.8228)	6 (175.4400)	56 (160.5140)
2019-01-11	National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO	28 / 38 (653.0856)	17 (169.7144)	26 (161.7028)	35 (154.8228)	12 (166.8456)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#568 (146 pts)	#497 (241 pts)	#626 (171 pts)	#627 (126 pts)	#633 (131 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#725 (181 pts)	#592 (316 pts)	#791 (211 pts)	#789 (176 pts)	#796 (171 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1102 (100 pts)	#1092 (115 pts)	#900 (185 pts)	#1173 (90 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)