ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM CO

Power ranking

#1999

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1482

peak 1505

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

The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.78 ▼

last 5 vs career 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 overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.71 · weakest Chicken (164.89)

Road miles

3837

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 406 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

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

👀 Looking over their shoulder

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

⚔️ A tough matchup

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

⚔️ A strong matchup

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

📅 A October team

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

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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%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (6 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (16 of 19 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (18 entries)
All-time average overall score: 654.06

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	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	2	688.5140	670.21
2024	2	678.1944	592.21
2023	6	674.2284	661.71
2022	6	678.2516	668.30
2021	2	651.3144	645.31
2019	1	639.3828	639.38

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)

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	#1957 (60 pts)	#1826 (95 pts)	#2028 (60 pts)	#2032 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)