Hooligans Barbecue CO

Power ranking

#2107

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1476

peak 1476

Contests

in the data

First seen

2021-06-04

latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#344

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

701.6456

Smoke-N-Wings

Perfect 180s

Current form

681.40 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 658.38 (+23.02)

Walk rate

52%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

177.7144

Pork Ribs · Smoke-N-Wings

Consistency

±19.06

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.95 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.87)

Road miles

3990

mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 506 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Q LIVE CREW has finished one call ahead of Hooligans Barbecue 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

PORKY'S PIT CREW has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 18 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	4	1	177.7028	150.7768	164.95	top 63%
Pork Ribs	23	5	1	177.7144	151.4060	163.87	top 61%
Pork	23	5	0	176.5600	150.8112	164.89	top 61%
Brisket	23	5	1	176.5600	150.2056	164.67	top 55%

“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	17	top 65%
WY	5	top 82%
ID	1	top 23%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 82%
Medium (20–39)	20	top 66%
Large (40+)	2	top 68%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2024 (6 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (17 of 23 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (23 entries)
All-time average overall score: 658.38

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

Season	Contests	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	2	701.6456	687.90
2025	2	683.9656	678.50
2024	6	674.2172	662.47
2023	4	672.4112	654.96
2022	5	670.8224	653.36
2021	4	652.9940	637.15

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-26	Smoke-N-Wings Blackfoot, ID	7 / 31 (701.6456)	12 (174.2628)	4 (177.7144)	10 (176.5600)	11 (173.1084)
2026-04-24	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	6 / 27 (674.1484)	10 (170.2628)	13 (164.5256)	20 (162.8000)	2 (176.5600)
2025-07-25	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY	18 / 26 (673.0400)	11 (170.8228)	13 (167.4172)	15 (166.8228)	14 (167.9772)
2025-04-25	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	6 / 30 (683.9656)	8 (173.1200)	12 (170.8228)	4 (171.4400)	12 (168.5828)
2024-09-06	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO	20 / 36 (674.2172)	3 (177.7028)	6 (176.0116)	30 (163.9772)	30 (156.5256)
2024-08-09	Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO	19 / 29 (653.5540)	19 (162.2284)	19 (163.3828)	22 (161.7028)	16 (166.2400)
2024-07-26	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff Laramie, WY	14 / 17 (662.1944)	8 (169.6916)	8 (169.1200)	9 (169.1316)	17 (154.2512)
2024-07-12	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	23 / 26 (655.8400)	26 (154.2172)	2 (176.5600)	22 (157.0972)	13 (167.9656)
2024-06-28	The Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO	15 / 25 (669.0744)	20 (165.6800)	10 (169.6800)	14 (167.9772)	16 (165.7372)
2024-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	23 / 29 (659.9316)	29 (158.8000)	23 (159.4172)	8 (170.8800)	9 (170.8344)
2023-06-30	Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO	28 / 35 (661.5656)	12 (171.4056)	32 (159.3944)	33 (158.8000)	12 (171.9656)
2023-06-16	Colorado BBQ Challenge Frisco, CO	18 / 42 (672.4112)	25 (166.2400)	17 (169.6684)	17 (169.1200)	14 (167.3828)
2023-05-27	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO	31 / 37 (651.8288)	29 (163.9660)	34 (155.9428)	27 (166.2400)	27 (165.6800)
2023-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	27 / 30 (634.0224)	25 (161.6456)	25 (157.0856)	18 (165.0856)	29 (150.2056)
2022-10-21	Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 Westminster, CO	31 / 32 (632.9944)	31 (155.3600)	30 (154.8116)	24 (165.1428)	27 (157.6800)
2022-07-01	The Art of BBQ Sterling, CO	20 / 28 (644.9832)	17 (165.6800)	26 (151.4060)	25 (155.9200)	6 (171.9772)
2022-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) Greeley, CO	19 / 34 (667.3140)	15 (169.6800)	29 (157.0740)	20 (166.2400)	6 (174.3200)
2022-06-03	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) Greeley, CO	26 / 33 (650.6744)	19 (168.5256)	26 (157.0972)	23 (160.5144)	19 (164.5372)
2022-05-06	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	12 / 33 (670.8224)	18 (167.4056)	14 (169.7028)	18 (164.5712)	9 (169.1428)
2021-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 2 Casper, WY	22 / 26 (651.2916)	24 (157.0856)	15 (166.2744)	5 (173.1316)	23 (154.8000)
2021-10-01	Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY	23 / 27 (652.9940)	18 (166.8112)	24 (158.2516)	14 (166.8112)	21 (161.1200)
2021-08-13	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO	39 / 42 (610.0796)	40 (150.7768)	34 (155.3944)	40 (150.8112)	29 (153.0972)
2021-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam Greeley, CO	26 / 33 (634.2400)	30 (152.5944)	21 (162.2628)	19 (161.7028)	22 (157.6800)

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	#344 (328 pts)	#481 (248 pts)	#419 (318 pts)	#493 (208 pts)	#309 (378 pts)