The heartbreaker
1.7596
points from the title
Came within 1.7596 points of the Grand Championship at Boats, Bands, & BBQ (May 19, 2017).
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE is a competition barbecue team with 81 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 28 at the Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition (2023), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion 6 times. They are ranked #302 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1724
peak 1729 · rated over 73 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
81
in the data
First seen
Jan 8, 2016
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 8.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
6 reserve
Category wins
12
32 podiums
Overall top-10s
31
38% of 81 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
5 🔥
Current form
685.53 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 675.14 (+10.39)
Walk rate
74%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.68 · weakest Chicken (168.14)
Road miles
27,909
across 81 mapped stops · furthest 1,124 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$760K
listed at 46 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 49 state-championship entries
Master avg
675.14 / 720
77 Master contests · 0 GCs
In the record book (on 1 all-time board)
Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #684 (225 pts) | #748 (215 pts) | #768 (225 pts) | #824 (170 pts) | #650 (265 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #209 (987 pts) | #337 (667 pts) | #262 (907 pts) | #175 (1,097 pts) | #119 (1,337 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #70 (1,764 pts) | #130 (1,332 pts) | #78 (1,618 pts) | #39 (1,886 pts) | #41 (1,941 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #114 (1,367 pts) | #213 (897 pts) | #162 (1,162 pts) | #102 (1,437 pts) | #91 (1,522 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #222 (535 pts) | #186 (655 pts) | #288 (440 pts) | #259 (480 pts) | #191 (600 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #426 (760 pts) | #575 (600 pts) | #344 (935 pts) | #290 (1,035 pts) | #525 (640 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #175 (1,515 pts) | #229 (1,255 pts) | #291 (1,085 pts) | #238 (1,225 pts) | #105 (1,765 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #441 (857 pts) | #475 (812 pts) | #458 (857 pts) | #446 (867 pts) | #348 (1,082 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #750 (498 pts) | #787 (498 pts) | #615 (663 pts) | #692 (583 pts) | #532 (758 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PROUD SOULS BARBECUE, each with one reason worth a look.
#298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 80
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 55%
- Peak
- 1735
3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to PROUD SOULS BARBECUE)
These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — Eggspert BBQ ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 100
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 47%
- Peak
- 1781
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PROUD SOULS BARBECUE)
They've been 1781 at their best, 57 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 54
- GCs
- 8
- Top-10s
- 69%
- Peak
- 1743
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PROUD SOULS BARBECUE)
Fewer contests behind them than PROUD SOULS BARBECUE has cooked, 54 to 81, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 44
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 48%
- Peak
- 1724
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to PROUD SOULS BARBECUE)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before PROUD SOULS BARBECUE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 63
- GCs
- 3
- Top-10s
- 46%
- Peak
- 1727
Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 63 contests, alongside a 46% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 53
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 68%
- Peak
- 1724
They turned up 5 years after PROUD SOULS BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backdraft BBQ | 46 | 22 | 24 | 48% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushmaster BBQ | 35 | 11 | 24 | 31% | ⚔ compare |
| UNCLE J'S | 34 | 25 | 9 | 74% | ⚔ compare |
| BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | 33 | 32 | 1 | 97% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 31 | 22 | 9 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Lost Weekend Grill | 30 | 23 | 7 | 77% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | 30 | 15 | 15 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Daddy's Backyard BBQ | 29 | 16 | 13 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 LEGS UP BBQ | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32% | ⚔ compare |
| Frank's BBQ Trading Post | 26 | 22 | 4 | 85% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLIN' BEAVERS | 26 | 16 | 10 | 62% | ⚔ compare |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 26 | 2 | 24 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| WILD HOGS BBQ | 25 | 16 | 9 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ | 23 | 12 | 11 | 52% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | 23 | 10 | 13 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 77 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 180 🔥 | 151.3372 | 168.14 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 77 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 179.4400 | 153.1088 | 168.42 | top 42% |
| Pork | 77 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 180 🔥 | 156.0116 | 169.68 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 77 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 180 🔥 | 142.7884 | 168.91 | top 33% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 45 | 0 | top 35% |
| Large (40+) | 32 | 0 | top 38% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Western BBQ Throwdown | 4 | 18 | 0 | top 64% | Jan 11, 2019 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 3 | 68 | 0 | top 26% | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 29% | Jun 4, 2022 |
| Buskers, Brews & BBQ | 3 | 3 | 0 | top 21% | Jun 7, 2019 |
| The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 59% | Jul 29, 2023 |
| Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 19% | Jan 14, 2022 |
| Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 25% | Oct 2, 2021 |
| Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 51% | Oct 1, 2021 |
| Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 39% | Aug 27, 2021 |
| Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 59% | Jul 9, 2021 |
| LuLu's Brew & Que | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 21% | Apr 26, 2019 |
| Boats, Bands, & BBQ | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 21% | May 19, 2017 |
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 56% | Apr 14, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
20 contests
Contests a season
9
across 9 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CO
37 of 81 contests · 13 states in all
Contests visited
59
13 of them more than once
Opponents faced
1,864
finished ahead 3,446 times, behind 1,878
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score703.3944 Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition
20223 milestones
- 10th category win BBQ, Boots & Brew
- Peak power rating (1729) Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival
- 5th perfect 180 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL
20211 milestone
- 50th tracked contest 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open
20201 milestone
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
20191 milestone
- 25th tracked contest KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship
20181 milestone
- First multi-meat day CSU BBQ Showdown
20174 milestones
- First overall top-10 Boats, Bands, & BBQ
- First overall podium Boats, Bands, & BBQ
- First Reserve Championship Boats, Bands, & BBQ
- 10th tracked contest Buskers, Brews & BBQ
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest National Western BBQ Throwdown
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Brisket) Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9428 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.6 | Boats, Bands, & BBQ | May 19, 2017 |
| +15.7 | CSU BBQ Showdown | May 26, 2018 |
| +14.5 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ | Jun 9, 2017 |
| +12.7 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival | Oct 19, 2018 |
| +12.4 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 | Jun 19, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) | Jul 29, 2023 |
| -10.6 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ | Aug 25, 2017 |
| -9.2 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest | Jul 9, 2021 |
| -9.1 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 | Sep 19, 2020 |
| -7 | National Western BBQ Throwdown | Jan 11, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 19% | 96.1% | 95.7% |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75% | top 39% | 97.7% | 95.1% |
| 2022 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 80% | top 33% | 96.4% | 94.6% |
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 67% | top 30% | 97.1% | 94.1% |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 57% | top 47% | 94.7% | 93.8% |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 63% | top 41% | 94.8% | 92.9% |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 100% | top 22% | 95.5% | 93.6% |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 88% | top 36% | 96.3% | 93.2% |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 56% | 92.5% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 64 / 444 (691.9428) | 318 (164.5256) | 125 (173.1200) | 53 (175.4400) | 11 (178.8572) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | The Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 6 / 25 (685.6228) | 7 (171.9772) | 6 (173.7144) | 13 (169.1084) | 9 (170.8228) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 156 / 487 (681.1540) | 98 (174.2628) | 299 (165.7256) | 100 (173.1544) | 207 (168.0112) |
| Jul 29, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 22 / 27 (678.7196) | 26 (162.7884) | 9 (174.2628) | 17 (169.7028) | 17 (171.9656) |
| Jul 28, 2023 | The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) 🏅 Dodge City, KS | 9 / 25 (690.2172) | 19 (169.1200) | 19 (168.5256) | 10 (174.2744) | 1 (178.2972) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 16 / 35 (676.4684) | 35 (156.4912) | 11 (173.1200) | 2 (176.5944) | 16 (170.2628) |
| May 27, 2023 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO | 14 / 37 (680.4568) | 31 (163.3712) | 10 (173.7028) | 11 (171.9772) | 11 (171.4056) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS | 2 / 28 (703.3944) | 9 (174.2628) | 8 (176.0116) | 7 (175.4056) | 4 (177.7144) |
| Mar 10, 2023 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 10 / 32 (685.0860) | 17 (170.8228) | 17 (167.9772) | 8 (173.7260) | 8 (172.5600) |
| Nov 12, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Gadsden, AL | 25 / 61 (694.1940) | 34 (173.1084) | 31 (173.1084) | 49 (167.9772) | 2 (180) |
| Nov 11, 2022 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Gadsden, AL | 72 / 91 (665.5428) | 41 (171.9656) | 65 (166.2516) | 88 (159.3600) | 52 (167.9656) |
| Oct 22, 2022 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO | 11 / 31 (680.5028) | 6 (175.4056) | 25 (163.4172) | 12 (170.2628) | 7 (171.4172) |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO | 14 / 32 (673.5652) | 23 (166.8112) | 12 (168.5256) | 4 (173.1200) | 21 (165.1084) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 14 / 29 (669.5772) | 13 (169.6800) | 20 (162.8228) | 23 (161.6572) | 1 (175.4172) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 157 / 505 (678.8112) | 413 (159.4284) | 14 (177.7028) | 165 (170.8228) | 111 (170.8572) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 7 / 31 (685.6228) | 17 (169.6800) | 4 (173.7028) | 5 (176.5600) | 14 (165.6800) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 12 / 28 (685.0740) | 19 (167.9884) | 3 (175.4172) | 18 (167.9656) | 7 (173.7028) |
| Aug 19, 2022 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 6 / 29 (687.9772) | 13 (171.4056) | 3 (173.7372) | 6 (173.7144) | 11 (169.1200) |
| Aug 5, 2022 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 4 / 35 (691.9772) | 13 (168.5372) | 13 (172.0344) | 2 (177.7028) | 7 (173.7028) |
| Jun 16, 2022 | Frisco BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO | 8 / 37 (687.3596) | 5 (174.8456) | 6 (173.1428) | 10 (172.5484) | 12 (166.8228) |
| Jun 4, 2022 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) 🏅 Greeley, CO | 17 / 34 (669.0396) | 31 (156.4912) | 23 (162.2512) | 5 (175.4516) | 5 (174.8456) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) 🏅 Greeley, CO | 3 / 33 (690.1940) | 25 (165.6800) | 4 (174.8456) | 9 (169.6684) | 2 (180) |
| May 6, 2022 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 6 / 33 (679.3716) | 14 (169.1312) | 25 (161.6688) | 3 (176.5716) | 4 (172) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | Red, White, Blue BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS | 39 / 77 (672.4568) | 37 (169.6684) | 15 (173.1200) | 55 (160.5256) | 26 (169.1428) |
| Apr 8, 2022 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 2 / 29 (690.2168) | 7 (172.5600) | 19 (166.2512) | 8 (171.4056) | 1 (180) |
| Jan 22, 2022 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 2 🏅 Santa Barbara, CA | 6 / 25 (690.2056) | 6 (176.5600) | 14 (169.6800) | 3 (176.5600) | 15 (167.4056) |
| Jan 21, 2022 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 🏅 Santa Barbara, CA | 16 / 30 (674.2060) | 17 (170.2628) | 17 (167.3944) | 10 (172.5944) | 20 (163.9544) |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 15 / 59 (675.9428) | 28 (168.5600) | 25 (167.3828) | 10 (174.2856) | 24 (165.7144) |
| Nov 11, 2021 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK | 80 / 111 (669.0400) | 106 (157.6456) | 80 (165.7144) | 53 (171.4172) | 22 (174.2628) |
| Nov 11, 2021 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 2, 2021 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY | 2 / 26 (687.3828) | 9 (173.1200) | 5 (174.8456) | 17 (166.2744) | 6 (173.1428) |
| Oct 1, 2021 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY | 10 / 27 (680.4684) | 19 (166.2400) | 19 (165.6800) | 7 (170.8456) | 1 (177.7028) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 68 / 467 (494.7544) | 61 (173.7028) | 153 (169.1312) | 97 (170.8800) | 417 (149.0628) |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 10 / 31 (688.4684) | 16 (171.9772) | 18 (169.1200) | 1 (180) | 18 (167.3712) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 32 / 43 (660.9828) | 31 (167.3828) | 35 (162.2400) | 19 (171.4056) | 34 (159.9544) |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 🏅 Holdrege, NE | 3 / 36 (699.4288) | 18 (170.8228) | 8 (176.0116) | 2 (177.7144) | 4 (174.8800) |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 🏅 Holdrege, NE | 6 / 40 (693.6456) | 33 (164.5140) | 2 (177.7144) | 7 (176.5600) | 5 (174.8572) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Greeley Blues Jam 🏅 Greeley, CO | 9 / 33 (674.7196) | 19 (167.3712) | 19 (162.8000) | 11 (169.7028) | 1 (174.8456) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship 🏅 Olathe, KS | 12 / 70 (690.2172) | 39 (167.4056) | 11 (174.2860) | 9 (175.4056) | 11 (173.1200) |
| Jan 29, 2021 | Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX | 31 / 113 (649.0052) | 8 (171.4284) | 36 (162.8228) | 27 (163.9884) | 69 (150.7656) |
| Oct 3, 2020 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY | 17 / 41 (679.9316) | 8 (173.1316) | 25 (166.8344) | 24 (167.9656) | 9 (172) |
| Oct 2, 2020 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY | 27 / 41 (666.8456) | 26 (167.3712) | 13 (169.1544) | 26 (168.0228) | 30 (162.2972) |
| Sep 19, 2020 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 46 / 56 (668.4796) | 38 (170.2628) | 45 (165.0856) | 51 (162.8456) | 26 (170.2856) |
| Sep 18, 2020 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 🏅 Shawnee, OK | 22 / 56 (680.4684) | 28 (169.7028) | 35 (167.3944) | 19 (171.9656) | 23 (171.4056) |
| Aug 21, 2020 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest 🏅 Hill City, SD | 20 / 43 (671.9084) | 30 (167.9540) | 27 (165.1316) | 9 (172.5600) | 20 (166.2628) |
| Jul 10, 2020 | Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest 🏅 Mayetta, KS | 26 / 61 (681.6456) | 36 (166.8344) | 23 (171.4400) | 35 (168.5140) | 10 (174.8572) |
| Jan 17, 2020 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 8 / 59 (678.8344) | 2 (180) | 11 (169.6800) | 42 (161.1544) | 16 (168) |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition 🏅 Westminster, CO | 14 / 46 (675.3028) | 13 (170.8228) | 14 (169.1200) | 17 (168.5256) | 15 (166.8344) |
| Sep 20, 2019 | Constitution Week BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Grand Lake, CO | 14 / 25 (651.3368) | 10 (168) | 9 (170.2512) | 5 (170.2972) | 23 (142.7884) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 189 / 468 (666.2512) | 146 (169.1428) | 96 (170.8572) | 245 (165.1084) | 273 (161.1428) |
| Jun 14, 2019 | 26th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO | 8 / 55 (682.2172) | 17 (170.8228) | 15 (167.4516) | 1 (174.2628) | 11 (169.6800) |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ 🏅 Aurora, CO | 13 / 38 (672.4800) | 22 (162.8228) | 7 (174.2628) | 9 (170.2744) | 12 (165.1200) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | LuLu's Brew & Que 🏅 Brighton, CO | 9 / 40 (679.3940) | 25 (167.3828) | 1 (179.4400) | 12 (169.1656) | 20 (163.4056) |
| Feb 8, 2019 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR | 55 / 92 (671.8856) | 28 (173.1200) | 74 (163.3828) | 42 (168.5600) | 55 (166.8228) |
| Jan 11, 2019 | National Western BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Denver, CO | 27 / 38 (654.1256) | 38 (158.7884) | 24 (162.8228) | 9 (168.5600) | 23 (163.9544) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition at Halloween Harvest Festival Westminster, CO | 2 / 48 (687.3828) | 10 (170.2628) | 20 (165.6800) | 2 (177.7372) | 4 (173.7028) |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 12 / 28 (652.5600) | 8 (171.4056) | 15 (161.6912) | 21 (156.0116) | 6 (163.4516) |
| Jul 27, 2018 | BBBrew For Hope Fort Collins, CO | 10 / 35 (674.7768) | 11 (171.4284) | 21 (162.8228) | 14 (167.9656) | 3 (172.5600) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | 2018 Leadville BBQ and Brew Fest Leadville, CO | 5 / 31 (671.9428) | 11 (166.2628) | 3 (171.4056) | 14 (165.1428) | 4 (169.1316) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | 25th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 9 / 62 (675.8740) | 20 (166.2628) | 17 (168.5256) | 23 (166.8228) | 4 (174.2628) |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO | 5 / 31 (679.3484) | 11 (169.1084) | 8 (170.2744) | 5 (171.4400) | 6 (168.5256) |
| May 26, 2018 | CSU BBQ Showdown Estes Park, CO | 2 / 20 (686.8228) | 11 (168.5828) | 7 (169.6800) | 1 (173.7144) | 1 (174.8456) |
| Apr 28, 2018 | LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO | 8 / 40 (676.4684) | 8 (171.9656) | 12 (167.4172) | 23 (163.3828) | 3 (173.7028) |
| Jan 5, 2018 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 18 / 39 (662.1484) | 3 (177.7028) | 27 (159.9544) | 22 (162.8228) | 25 (161.6684) |
| Aug 25, 2017 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 22 / 26 (648.3540) | 23 (158.2056) | 22 (161.6800) | 23 (157.6456) | 7 (170.8228) |
| Aug 4, 2017 | San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO | 15 / 44 (676.4456) | 9 (171.9772) | 13 (170.8228) | 34 (161.0856) | 7 (172.5600) |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT | 6 / 35 (689.7488) | 15 (165.0972) | 8 (172.0460) | 5 (173.7256) | 1 (178.8800) |
| Jun 16, 2017 | 24th Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 17 / 59 (673.0056) | 29 (165.0856) | 5 (172.5600) | 16 (169.6800) | 16 (165.6800) |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Buskers, Brews & BBQ Aurora, CO | 3 / 26 (679.9428) | 2 (174.2628) | 7 (168) | 3 (172) | 10 (165.6800) |
| May 19, 2017 | Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO | 2 / 36 (693.6804) | 6 (173.1200) | 9 (169.7144) | 3 (175.4288) | 4 (175.4172) |
| Apr 14, 2017 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO | 12 / 30 (660.9364) | 11 (169.6800) | 23 (159.9312) | 10 (166.2512) | 11 (165.0740) |
| Jan 6, 2017 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 25 / 38 (648.4000) | 37 (151.3372) | 15 (165.6800) | 17 (166.2744) | 13 (165.1084) |
| Sep 9, 2016 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO | 28 / 49 (655.3604) | 18 (167.4172) | 42 (154.8344) | 22 (166.2744) | 13 (166.8344) |
| Jun 17, 2016 | 23rd Annual Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO | 30 / 58 (651.3028) | 44 (157.0856) | 41 (153.1088) | 17 (170.2628) | 6 (170.8456) |
| Jun 10, 2016 | Boats, Bands, & BBQ Pueblo, CO | 11 / 30 (665.6456) | 14 (166.2856) | 2 (177.1544) | 13 (165.0856) | 24 (157.1200) |
| Jun 3, 2016 | Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Showdown Canon City, CO | 13 / 30 (651.9428) | 28 (154.8228) | 16 (164) | 12 (163.9772) | 1 (169.1428) |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Collins, CO | 20 / 28 (633.5660) | 22 (160.5600) | 10 (164.5372) | 14 (162.8000) | 26 (145.6688) |
| Jan 8, 2016 | National Western BBQ Throwdown Denver, CO | 27 / 36 (638.1256) | 15 (165.6684) | 28 (155.3716) | 24 (159.3828) | 23 (157.7028) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.