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Rhythm n QUE MT

Power ranking

#431
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1608
peak 1627

Contests

31
in the data

First seen

2018-12-28
latest 2024-12-06

Grand champs

1
2 reserve

Category wins

9
24 podiums

Overall top-10s

17
of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 37%
overall standings

Best overall

706.8228

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

677.95 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 681.95 (-4.00)

Walk rate

84%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

7
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±12.45
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 172.15 · weakest Brisket (166.93)

Road miles

12861
mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 813 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

STEVO'S BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of Rhythm n QUE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

B Lee's BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BIG BOYZ BBQ in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Montana Pitmaster Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 20% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 1.7716 points of the Grand Championship at Bands brews & BBQ (2019-09-13).

Teams like this (closest power rating, MT first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 31 17 2 5 177.7028 163.3944 171.87 top 34%
Pork Ribs 31 19 2 8 180.0000 🔥 157.6684 170.99 top 35%
Pork 31 17 3 9 180.0000 🔥 156.5028 172.15 top 35%
Brisket 31 8 2 2 176.0000 157.0512 166.93 top 50%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NV80top 40%
MT81top 21%
AZ60top 44%
UT40top 47%
ID20top 27%
CA20top 60%
CO10top 43%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 31%
Medium (20–39)241top 33%
Large (40+)50top 62%

The story so far

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)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2024400 686.2288 678.05
2023915 706.8228 688.49
2022602 699.3944 686.89
2021402 691.3828 680.63
2020100 669.6568 669.66
2019600 698.8228 672.19
2018100 685.0740 685.07

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2024-12-06 BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV 63 / 74 (659.8168) 58 (163.9428) 55 (165.6800) 60 (163.3828) 46 (166.8112)
2024-06-28 Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID 13 / 28 (682.2172) 22 (163.3944) 5 (174.8572) 7 (174.2628) 10 (169.7028)
2024-06-07 Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT 7 / 28 (686.2288) 11 (170.8344) 8 (172.5828) 6 (174.2628) 12 (168.5488)
2024-05-24 Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV 12 / 33 (683.9200) 13 (170.8228) 8 (174.2972) 12 (174.2628) 21 (164.5372)
2023-11-17 Golden State Battle of Indio Indio, CA 35 / 40 (677.5424) 20 (173.1084) 36 (165.0972) 21 (173.1084) 32 (166.2284)
2023-11-03 Downtown Mesa BBQ Classic Mesa, AZ 11 / 26 (675.9200) 9 (172.5600) 2 (174.2744) 19 (165.1200) 18 (163.9656)
2023-08-05 East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT 1 / 24 (706.8228) 3 (175.4172) 3 (175.4056) 1 (180.0000) 1 (176.0000)
2023-06-30 Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO 15 / 35 (679.8856) 17 (169.6684) 14 (171.4172) 12 (171.9772) 22 (166.8228)
2023-06-16 Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT 8 / 22 (693.0396) 5 (174.8456) 1 (180.0000) 18 (167.3712) 12 (170.8228)
2023-06-09 Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT 9 / 36 (686.8112) 14 (171.4400) 19 (167.3828) 1 (178.8800) 17 (169.1084)
2023-05-26 Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV 2 / 27 (704.5484) 2 (176.5600) 4 (176.0000) 3 (179.4400) 11 (172.5484)
2023-04-28 BBQ, Boots & Brew Perris, CA 11 / 33 (693.0744) 1 (177.7028) 21 (167.9772) 3 (177.7144) 15 (169.6800)
2023-03-10 BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest Yuma, AZ 16 / 32 (678.7772) 14 (170.8344) 16 (168.5600) 12 (171.4172) 19 (167.9656)
2022-09-30 2022 Mazatzal Grill Masters BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ 8 / 21 (688.4916) 8 (171.9656) 2 (177.7144) 3 (176.5600) 15 (162.2516)
2022-09-09 Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT 8 / 31 (683.3488) 3 (174.2860) 2 (177.7028) 21 (165.6800) 13 (165.6800)
2022-08-26 Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT 5 / 37 (699.3944) 6 (174.8572) 6 (175.4172) 7 (175.4172) 9 (173.7028)
2022-07-01 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) Sparks, NV 3 / 17 (687.9888) 8 (168.5828) 1 (175.4288) 11 (167.9772) 1 (176.0000)
2022-06-10 Montana BBQ Cook-off Absarokee, MT 4 / 27 (685.6456) 5 (172.5600) 11 (168.0000) 2 (175.4172) 8 (169.6684)
2022-05-27 Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV 9 / 26 (676.4456) 5 (175.4056) 13 (166.2400) 5 (173.7028) 13 (161.0972)
2021-08-27 Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT 8 / 31 (687.9424) 7 (174.8456) 2 (176.5828) 10 (167.9540) 9 (168.5600)
2021-08-20 Western Legends BBQ Contest Kanab, UT 14 / 26 (665.5656) 12 (171.4056) 10 (166.8344) 13 (167.9772) 21 (159.3484)
2021-06-11 Montana BBQ Cook-off Absarokee, MT 7 / 27 (691.3828) 14 (165.6800) 3 (177.7372) 1 (179.4400) 12 (168.5256)
2021-05-28 The Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV 6 / 26 (677.6340) 1 (175.4056) 4 (168.5600) 9 (169.7028) 12 (163.9656)
2020-08-14 Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival Kanab, UT 26 / 42 (669.6568) 4 (177.7028) 27 (162.8572) 21 (169.6912) 36 (159.4056)
2019-09-27 Mazatzal Grill Masters-BBQ Competition & Testicle Festival Payson, AZ 19 / 33 (661.5768) 21 (165.0972) 27 (157.6684) 4 (175.4400) 21 (163.3712)
2019-09-13 Bands brews & BBQ Boise, ID 2 / 25 (698.8228) 5 (174.8572) 10 (173.1200) 2 (179.4400) 6 (171.4056)
2019-08-23 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV 17 / 37 (676.5256) 15 (169.1200) 8 (172.0228) 32 (161.1200) 6 (174.2628)
2019-08-16 Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off Kanab, UT 8 / 18 (678.8228) 5 (173.1200) 8 (169.7256) 2 (177.1544) 16 (158.8228)
2019-05-24 The Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV 20 / 29 (659.2680) 6 (173.1428) 18 (164.5256) 28 (156.5028) 12 (165.0968)
2019-05-03 7th Annual Show Low BBQ Throw down Show Low, AZ 27 / 45 (658.1484) 26 (168.5372) 26 (162.8572) 13 (169.7028) 33 (157.0512)
2018-12-28 Arizona National BBQ Stampede Phoenix, AZ 8 / 47 (685.0740) 27 (170.2628) 10 (174.2856) 8 (176.5600) 27 (163.9656)

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