Grate Expectations

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

Power ranking

#1303

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1578

peak 1670 · rated over 55 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-12

latest 2026-05-23

Best ToY finish

#225

Master 2015

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

27 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 56 contests

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9084 / 720

Master · Montana BBQ Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

656.80 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 665.27 (-8.47)

Walk rate

89%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork · Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off

Consistency

±14.06

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.39 · weakest Pork (164.97)

Road miles

21,346

mi across 56 mapped stops · furthest 4651 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$66K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

665.27 / 720

56 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (18 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

16-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 84 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off (2015-06-19) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 16-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS.

Happy hunting ground

Top 9% average finish here

Montana Pitmaster Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 9%

They almost always walk

89% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 50 of 56 contests

A top-10 category call in 89% of their 56 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.9084 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9084 at Montana BBQ Cook-Off — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-06-23

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

Just wing it BBQ team has finished one call ahead of Grate Expectations 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

18–4 behind in the head-to-head

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead in 82% of their meetings

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has come out ahead in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

The drought

52 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off on 2015-06-19 — 52 contests and 11.2 years ago.

last GC 2015-06-19
11.2 years ago

A strong matchup

20–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 12 BAR BLUES CUE in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

The comeback

5.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.6 years, then back at Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 (2025-04-26).

last seen 2019-09-27
back 2025-04-26

Chicken nemesis

18 of 22 shared chicken entries lost

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 18 of 22 shared chicken entries.

Going the wrong way

-64 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 64 points across 11 contests since 2025-05-23 — from 1642 down to 1578.

11 contests since 2025-05-23
now 1578

Built for the big stage

Top 52% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 52% finish in large fields against top 66% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 52% (5)
Small (<20 teams): top 66% (11)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BBQ Brothers has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 31% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 31% across 3 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 43% the rest of the year

The long haul

21,346 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 21,346 miles across 56 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,651 miles to Vuur en Vlees.

56 mapped stops
furthest 4,651 mi

The metronome

±1.95% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.95% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
56 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival every year from 2015 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 7th

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.

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

LoneStar Que Crew

#1302 of the rated field

1578 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1578

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Grate Expectations)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Grate Expectations has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-08-30

⚔ Head-to-head

STOKED & SMOKED BARBECUE TEAM GA

#1298 of the rated field

1578 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1608

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1608 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 41 contests
last seen 2022-06-03

⚔ Head-to-head

HOLY SMOKIN!!!

#1304 of the rated field

1578 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1578

No shared contest yet.

Fewer contests behind them than Grate Expectations has cooked, 36 to 56, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2026-05-15
on a 4-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

WHITE MOOSE BBQ

#1306 of the rated field

1578 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1582

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Grate Expectations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SoCal Outlaw BBQ

#1305 of the rated field

1578 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1578

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2026-03-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Cooters N Smoke

#1299 of the rated field

1578 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1591

No shared contest yet.

Level with Grate Expectations on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS	22	4	18	18%	⚔ compare
12 BAR BLUES CUE	20	20	0	100%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN JERKS	18	18	0	100%	⚔ compare
MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
YOU QUE'D ME ALL NIGHT LONG	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
JO-BAWB'S BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
Camp House BBQ	16	13	3	81%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
PAPA'S PIT CREW	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
Up In Smoke BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Beer Belly BBQ	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	56	31	2	8	176.5828	159.9656	168.39	top 41%
Pork Ribs	56	30	1	9	178.2972	147.9544	166.24	top 44%
Pork	56	23	4	5	180.0000 🔥	143.3828	164.97	top 50%
Brisket	56	32	1	5	176.0000	142.1944	165.66	top 41%

“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	19	1	top 32%
WY	11	0	top 38%
KS	4	0	top 27%
SD	3	0	top 43%
NE	2	0	top 26%
CO	2	0	top 34%
MO	2	0	top 54%
TN	1	0	top 72%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	11	0	top 66%
Medium (20–39)	40	1	top 35%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 52%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival	5	7	0	top 41%	2019-08-16
Montana BBQ Cook-Off	5	3	0	top 31%	2019-06-22
Big Blue BBQ Championship	4	5	0	top 27%	2019-05-31
Miles City Cowtown Cook Off	2	1	1	top 23%	2019-06-14
Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	14	0	top 76%	2025-09-13
Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2)	2	9	0	top 75%	2025-06-28
BBQ In The Badlands	2	13	0	top 57%	2019-09-27
Montana Pitmaster Classic	2	2	0	top 9%	2019-08-23
BBQ on the Bricks	2	6	0	top 26%	2017-08-25
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	9	0	top 34%	2017-04-14
Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships	2	9	0	top 44%	2015-09-18
Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair	2	9	0	top 47%	2015-08-11

The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11.8 yrs 2014-08-12 → 2026-05-23

Busiest season 2015 11 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 7 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MT 19 of 56 contests · 8 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 36 12 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 56 entries · 2 wins · 31 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.39 · weakest Pork (164.97)

Walk rate 89% a top-10 call in 50 of 56 contests

Overall top-10 rate 52% 29 of 56 contests

Wins it all 2% 1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve

First title 2015-06-19 Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 665.27 out of 720 · 56 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 1,132 1,255–935 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 21,346 56 mapped stops · furthest 4,651 mi

Schedule strength 1565 average field rating faced — tougher than 50% of rated contests

Purse competed for $66,250 listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 11 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 5.6 yrs 2019-09-27 → 2025-04-26

Power rating 1578 peak 1670 · #1303 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 12 First tracked contest Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair
Aug 12 First call Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair
Sep 19 First overall top-10 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
Sep 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5032 Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
2015
Jun 19 First category win (Pork) Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
Jun 19 First overall podium Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
Jun 19 First Grand Championship Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
Jun 19 First perfect 180 (Pork) Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off
Sep 18 10th tracked contest Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships
2017
Jun 16 25th tracked contest Miles City Cowtown Cookoff
2018
Jun 23 Career-best overall score691.9084 Montana BBQ Cook-Off
Aug 24 First Reserve Championship *Montana Pitmaster Classic
2019
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1670) Smoke & Soul Fest
2025
Aug 29 50th tracked contest Vuur en Vlees
2026
May 23 Most recent contest Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.1	Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off	2015-06-19
+13.5	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	2015-07-03
+11.3	Carnivores Classic	2016-09-23
+10.3	Best of the West BBQ Fest	2015-08-28
+10.2	Montana BBQ Cook-Off	2018-06-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.9	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1)	2025-06-27
-14.6	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition	2025-05-23
-13.8	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition	2025-05-24
-12.3	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1)	2025-09-12
-11.9	Spitsbroek on Fire IV	2026-04-25

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	3	1	100%	top 64%	93.3%	91.5%
2025	8	0	3	0	88%	top 74%	92.8%	90.1%
2019	7	0	4	1	100%	top 32%	95.3%	93.1%
2018	7	0	4	1	86%	top 32%	96.1%	93.3%
2017	8	0	4	0	100%	top 37%	95.8%	93.2%
2016	9	0	5	3	89%	top 33%	94.7%	93.1%
2015	11	1	5	2	73%	top 40%	95.3%	92.7%
2014	2	0	1	0	100%	top 44%	91.7%	89.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-23	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom, 2850	10 / 18 (671.9316)	13 (169.1316)	9 (168.5372)	14 (164.5600)	8 (169.7028)
2026-05-22	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition Boom, 2850	4 / 13 (668.9940)	1 (176.0000)	8 (165.0972)	8 (162.7884)	8 (165.1084)
2026-04-25	Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland, 4529 PW	13 / 15 (648.4344)	11 (165.0972)	14 (156.5144)	14 (152.5028)	3 (174.3200)
2026-04-24	Spitsbroek on Fire III Eede Holland, 4529 PW	9 / 11 (645.0284)	3 (173.1084)	8 (160.5716)	11 (156.5372)	11 (154.8112)
2025-09-13	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC	15 / 23 (649.5884)	17 (165.6800)	13 (162.2400)	13 (162.8344)	11 (158.8340)
2025-09-12	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC	14 / 16 (651.2456)	16 (160.5028)	14 (161.1200)	7 (169.6800)	14 (159.9428)
2025-08-29	Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 SG	6 / 13 (668.4344)	11 (165.0972)	2 (168.5716)	5 (169.6800)	9 (165.0856)
2025-06-28	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ	9 / 18 (667.8628)	8 (169.1200)	5 (171.9772)	15 (161.6800)	9 (165.0856)
2025-06-27	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ	13 / 13 (640.3768)	13 (160.5028)	7 (162.8456)	13 (150.8000)	9 (166.2284)
2025-05-24	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom, 2850	17 / 20 (644.4804)	5 (173.1428)	18 (155.3944)	16 (158.8116)	16 (157.1316)
2025-05-23	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom, 2850	14 / 16 (621.4972)	5 (167.9656)	16 (149.0972)	9 (162.2400)	16 (142.1944)
2025-04-26	Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland, 4529 PW	10 / 15 (647.8628)	7 (167.4400)	13 (147.9544)	5 (167.3828)	6 (165.0856)
2019-09-27	BBQ In The Badlands 🏅 Glendive, MT	13 / 25 (655.3256)	14 (162.8228)	5 (169.1200)	16 (160.5372)	11 (162.8456)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY	6 / 28 (667.2452)	8 (168.5140)	7 (165.6800)	16 (161.6456)	1 (171.4056)
2019-08-23	Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT	3 / 29 (682.7884)	2 (173.1428)	5 (168.5600)	5 (172.5484)	5 (168.5372)
2019-08-16	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	13 / 30 (655.2912)	10 (165.7028)	19 (159.9428)	17 (162.2400)	10 (167.4056)
2019-06-22	Montana BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Absarokee, MT	10 / 29 (672.4800)	14 (167.4172)	11 (168.5256)	5 (172.5600)	11 (163.9772)
2019-06-14	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off 🏅 Miles City, MT	12 / 28 (673.6112)	11 (166.8112)	9 (173.7028)	13 (166.2628)	12 (166.8344)
2019-05-31	Big Blue BBQ Championship 🏅 Marysville, KS	5 / 29 (686.1940)	2 (174.8456)	4 (174.2628)	19 (166.2400)	8 (170.8456)
2018-09-28	BBQ in the Badlands Glendive, MT	16 / 26 (663.2796)	19 (164.5484)	22 (157.0628)	10 (170.2628)	4 (171.4056)
2018-09-14	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	10 / 28 (653.0628)	9 (171.4056)	12 (164.0004)	20 (156.5484)	11 (161.1084)
2018-08-24	*Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	2 / 26 (685.6228)	9 (163.3828)	3 (175.4172)	1 (175.4056)	5 (171.4172)
2018-08-17	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	7 / 30 (683.9656)	6 (172.5828)	2 (178.2972)	21 (162.2628)	7 (170.8228)
2018-06-23	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	3 / 26 (691.9084)	9 (171.4056)	2 (175.4172)	4 (173.1200)	3 (171.9656)
2018-06-15	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT	11 / 27 (662.2168)	14 (163.4056)	14 (163.4400)	7 (168.5484)	9 (166.8228)
2018-06-01	*Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAMS FULL) Marysville, KS	17 / 42 (664.4112)	17 (168.5256)	27 (158.8344)	13 (168.5256)	13 (168.5256)
2017-10-14	*Nile Beer-B-Q Billings, MT	6 / 17 (689.6112)	9 (173.1084)	8 (169.6800)	8 (172.5600)	6 (174.2628)
2017-08-25	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	6 / 34 (677.0052)	8 (170.8112)	2 (172.5600)	15 (165.1084)	9 (168.5256)
2017-08-18	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	10 / 28 (670.1252)	8 (170.2628)	9 (166.2284)	13 (162.8228)	2 (170.8112)
2017-07-14	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	20 / 48 (674.7200)	27 (167.3944)	33 (163.9544)	16 (169.1084)	5 (174.2628)
2017-06-24	Montana BBQ Cook-Off ABSAROKEE, MT	18 / 35 (664.4340)	19 (159.9656)	3 (174.2628)	25 (154.2056)	4 (176.0000)
2017-06-16	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	12 / 26 (665.6000)	17 (160.5256)	5 (174.2744)	19 (156.5256)	4 (174.2744)
2017-06-02	*Big Blue BBQ Championship(TEAM FULL) Marysville, KS	10 / 35 (666.6968)	13 (169.6684)	15 (167.9772)	31 (153.6112)	2 (175.4400)
2017-04-14	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	11 / 30 (660.9712)	10 (169.6912)	25 (158.2172)	4 (171.4172)	16 (161.6456)
2016-09-23	Carnivores Classic Missoula, MT	3 / 25 (677.7604)	5 (167.4744)	9 (169.7372)	1 (172.5716)	9 (167.9772)
2016-08-26	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	12 / 34 (668.4568)	18 (163.3828)	18 (163.9656)	16 (166.8456)	4 (174.2628)
2016-08-19	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	15 / 26 (663.2684)	15 (166.2400)	8 (172.5716)	17 (161.0856)	13 (163.3712)
2016-08-12	Best of the West Sheridan, WY	10 / 26 (671.8968)	5 (173.7028)	15 (167.9884)	10 (167.3828)	13 (162.8228)
2016-07-15	Griller's Cup Laramie, WY	11 / 27 (663.3256)	14 (166.2628)	12 (170.2628)	16 (164.5600)	16 (162.2400)
2016-06-25	Montana BBQ cook-off Absarokee, MT	13 / 29 (670.7424)	10 (168.5484)	1 (176.5600)	14 (163.9656)	14 (161.6684)
2016-06-17	Custer County Community Table/Miles City Cowtown Cook-off Miles City, MT	5 / 26 (681.6912)	3 (171.9884)	5 (173.7372)	4 (173.1428)	16 (162.8228)
2016-06-03	Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS	6 / 30 (671.9312)	14 (163.9656)	7 (168.0000)	6 (171.4056)	10 (168.5600)
2016-04-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO	9 / 28 (663.3140)	1 (176.5828)	8 (168.5372)	26 (151.3712)	7 (166.8228)
2015-10-23	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	67 / 93 (660.5600)	49 (168.0228)	31 (170.2972)	28 (170.8572)	84 (151.3828)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	123 / 606 (671.9656)	99 (171.4400)	425 (158.2744)	110 (170.2856)	84 (171.9656)
2015-10-02	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	164 / 187 (654.0912)	129 (166.8228)	137 (163.9428)	158 (161.6456)	155 (161.6800)
2015-09-18	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Spearfish, SD	17 / 30 (667.3256)	21 (166.2284)	16 (168.0000)	26 (163.3828)	8 (169.7144)
2015-08-28	Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY	5 / 25 (681.6112)	3 (174.2628)	2 (176.5600)	8 (163.9428)	12 (166.8456)
2015-08-14	Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY	12 / 26 (657.5888)	5 (174.2744)	10 (165.6916)	20 (157.6456)	14 (159.9772)
2015-08-11	Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair Billings, MT	9 / 25 (666.1712)	14 (162.7884)	16 (162.2628)	3 (176.5600)	10 (164.5600)
2015-08-07	Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY	14 / 26 (664.5024)	10 (168.5256)	17 (162.2856)	4 (176.0228)	19 (157.6684)
2015-07-03	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	3 / 29 (674.8572)	6 (169.7028)	3 (170.2972)	1 (174.8572)	12 (160.0000)
2015-06-19	Miles City Cowtown Cook-Off Miles City, MT	1 / 26 (686.2856)	2 (176.0228)	16 (159.4056)	1 (180.0000)	4 (170.8572)
2015-05-29	Carnivores Classic Missoula, MT	7 / 20 (655.3368)	7 (167.4172)	9 (160.5484)	9 (164.5484)	9 (162.8228)
2014-09-19	Taste of Autumn BBQ Championships Sprearfish, SD	9 / 29 (660.5032)	6 (173.1428)	5 (170.2628)	18 (161.1088)	19 (155.9888)
2014-08-12	Montana State BBQ Championship at Montana Fair Billings, MT	15 / 26 (629.5656)	10 (164.5256)	11 (161.1428)	25 (143.3828)	9 (160.5144)

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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	#310 (527 pts)	#261 (687 pts)	#395 (487 pts)	#384 (432 pts)	#286 (592 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#252 (869 pts)	#222 (999 pts)	#244 (1019 pts)	#225 (989 pts)	#252 (919 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#291 (1048 pts)	#256 (1123 pts)	#270 (1063 pts)	#400 (843 pts)	#277 (1098 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#295 (1083 pts)	#416 (868 pts)	#292 (1083 pts)	#320 (1033 pts)	#276 (1143 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#366 (1015 pts)	#412 (920 pts)	#293 (1170 pts)	#445 (870 pts)	#176 (1510 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#260 (1296 pts)	#206 (1396 pts)	#236 (1356 pts)	#280 (1226 pts)	#309 (1156 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#225 (1402 pts)	#212 (1397 pts)	#265 (1237 pts)	#166 (1507 pts)	#301 (1147 pts)