ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3407

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1495

peak 1515 · rated over 18 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-06-07

latest 2025-05-02

Best ToY finish

#385

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

688.5140 / 720

Master · The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.78 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 654.06 (-15.28)

Walk rate

58%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews

Consistency

±38.46

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.71 · weakest Chicken (164.89)

Road miles

3,837

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)

Purse competed for

$174K

listed at 16 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.06 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

High-water mark

688.5140 career-best overall

95.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 688.5140 at The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands — 95.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-05-02

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Q LIVE CREW in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Wild West BBQ Cook-Off (2021-05-07).

last seen 2019-06-07
back 2021-05-07

Pork nemesis

10 of 14 shared pork entries lost

Bushmaster BBQ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Bushmaster BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 14 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Meat Machine BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 52% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 52% across 3 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 61% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,837 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,837 miles across 19 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 406 miles to The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands.

19 mapped stops
furthest 406 mi

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Wild West BBQ Cook-Off every year from 2021 to 2025 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 12th

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.

127 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BAERL B Q (DE)

#3390 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1496

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-09-22

⚔ Head-to-head

Old Man Jeff

#3411 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

ZWARTE HAND

#3405 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2017-09-09

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ

#3397 of the rated field

1495 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

27 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

BOYS IN BLUE BARBECUE

#3416 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM's first contest.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

⚔ Head-to-head

CHICK HUGGINS BBQ

#3418 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Level with ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2026-04-17

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Bushmaster BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
BRACKEN RACKS BBQ	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
Brinkerhoff BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Q LIVE CREW	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
Monarchbbq	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Hooligans Barbecue	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Meat Machine BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
M-Dubs BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Needs More Cowbell BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
At Ease	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	4	0	175.4172	150.2516	164.89	top 60%
Pork Ribs	18	3	0	176.0000	155.3828	166.23	top 53%
Pork	18	5	1	174.8456	158.8344	166.71	top 52%
Brisket	18	3	0	176.5600	153.0856	165.62	top 52%

“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	15	top 62%
NM	1	top 40%
WY	1	top 50%
KS	1	top 86%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	17	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 29%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	5	12	top 65%	2025-04-25
Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	3	12	top 55%	2022-06-04
Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2	18	top 63%	2023-08-11

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.9 yrs 2019-06-07 → 2025-05-02

Busiest season 2023 6 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CO 16 of 19 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 18 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.71 · weakest Chicken (164.89)

Walk rate 58% a top-10 call in 11 of 19 contests

Overall top-10 rate 5% 1 of 19 contests

Master average 654.06 out of 720 · 18 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 216 230–340 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,837 19 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi

Schedule strength 1574 average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests

Purse competed for $173,965 listed at 16 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 17 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2019-06-07 → 2021-05-07

Power rating 1495 peak 1515 · #3407 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2019
Jun 7 First tracked contest Buskers, Brews & BBQ
2021
Jun 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3144 Greeley Blues Jam
2022
May 6 First call Wild West BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 5 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Oct 21 First overall top-10 Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1
Oct 21 Peak power rating (1515) Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1
2023
Apr 21 10th tracked contest Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition
2025
May 2 Career-best overall score688.5140 The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands
May 2 Most recent contest The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.8	Colorado BBQ Challenge	2023-06-16
+9.9	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1	2022-10-21
+8.7	The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands	2025-05-02
+8.2	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2)	2022-06-04
+6.7	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2024-05-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.3	The Art of Barbeque	2024-06-28
-10.8	Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition	2023-04-21
-7.3	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2023-05-12
-7.1	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off	2025-04-25
-6.8	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	2023-08-11

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	2	0	50%	top 63%	95.6%	93.1%
2024	2	0	100%	top 71%	94.2%	82.3%
2023	6	0	50%	top 64%	93.6%	91.9%
2022	6	1	83%	top 52%	94.2%	92.8%
2021	2	0	0%	top 63%	90.5%	89.6%
2019	1	0	0%	top 74%	88.8%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-05-02	The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands Ruidoso Downs, NM	12 / 30 (688.5140)	11 (174.2628)	4 (176.0000)	16 (172.5600)	22 (165.6912)
2025-04-25	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	26 / 30 (651.9084)	22 (165.6684)	21 (164.5828)	22 (165.1316)	25 (156.5256)
2024-06-28	The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO	25 / 25 (506.2172)	5 (173.1200)	—	7 (172.5716)	21 (160.5256)
2024-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	12 / 29 (678.1944)	4 (175.4172)	16 (166.2744)	11 (170.2744)	18 (166.2284)
2023-10-06	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	14 / 28 (669.0860)	21 (159.3828)	12 (169.1316)	7 (172.5600)	14 (168.0116)
2023-08-11	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	20 / 27 (661.5312)	26 (155.3600)	14 (164.5256)	7 (171.9772)	9 (169.6684)
2023-07-29	Colorado Rib Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Castle Rock, CO	—	—	6 (169.1200)	—	—
2023-06-16	Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO	12 / 42 (674.2284)	24 (166.8228)	11 (171.4172)	21 (166.8456)	12 (169.1428)
2023-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	25 / 30 (639.2340)	28 (155.3944)	28 (155.3828)	19 (164.5256)	19 (163.9312)
2023-04-21	Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS	24 / 28 (664.4576)	28 (162.8232)	18 (169.6800)	24 (162.2400)	13 (169.7144)
2022-10-22	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO	23 / 31 (666.7884)	19 (166.2628)	19 (168.0000)	2 (174.8456)	26 (157.6800)
2022-10-21	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO	10 / 32 (678.2516)	4 (172.5600)	9 (169.6916)	6 (171.4172)	23 (164.5828)
2022-08-05	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO	18 / 35 (670.1832)	28 (161.1316)	28 (162.8116)	17 (169.6800)	4 (176.5600)
2022-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) 🏅 Greeley, CO	12 / 34 (674.1716)	11 (170.8228)	12 (169.1200)	23 (164.5372)	11 (169.6916)
2022-06-03	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) 🏅 Greeley, CO	23 / 33 (655.3372)	29 (163.3828)	23 (159.9772)	27 (158.8344)	5 (173.1428)
2022-05-06	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	16 / 33 (665.0396)	8 (171.4056)	15 (168.5256)	25 (159.4056)	17 (165.7028)
2021-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO	20 / 33 (651.3144)	28 (158.2400)	15 (164.5372)	18 (162.2744)	14 (166.2628)
2021-05-07	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO	23 / 35 (639.3144)	30 (150.2516)	17 (161.7028)	20 (162.2628)	12 (165.0972)
2019-06-07	Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO	28 / 38 (639.3828)	18 (165.7372)	28 (161.7256)	29 (158.8344)	28 (153.0856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2025 ↗	Master	#748 (175 pts)	#778 (195 pts)	#662 (280 pts)	#803 (170 pts)	#904 (125 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#790 (169 pts)	#530 (379 pts)	#1163 (99 pts)	#640 (279 pts)	#843 (159 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#458 (423 pts)	#621 (298 pts)	#381 (650 pts)	#393 (538 pts)	#371 (568 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#385 (588 pts)	#348 (693 pts)	#429 (588 pts)	#340 (713 pts)	#318 (743 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#830 (153 pts)	#1040 (118 pts)	#769 (208 pts)	#791 (178 pts)	#687 (238 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1955 (60 pts)	#1824 (95 pts)	#2026 (60 pts)	#2029 (60 pts)	#2010 (60 pts)