Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.7316 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest — 93.7% of a perfect 720.
Monarchbbq has finished one call ahead of Ribs N Whiskey BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Bushmaster BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bushmaster BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Q LIVE CREW in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
144 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Ribs N Whiskey BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Ribs N Whiskey BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Ribs N Whiskey BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Ribs N Whiskey BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushmaster BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Needs More Cowbell BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Happy Burnt Endings | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Machine BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Heifers, Butts, & Clucks BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 161.1084 | 168.70 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 151.3372 | 166.90 | top 48% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 143.8400 | 163.20 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 148.4684 | 161.43 | top 69% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 5 | 0 | top 61% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 60% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.7 | The Art of BBQ | 2022-07-01 |
| +3 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest | 2024-09-06 |
| +0.9 | Colorado BBQ Challenge | 2023-06-16 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 | 2022-10-21 |
| -6.5 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest | 2023-03-10 |
| -1.7 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 | 2022-10-22 |
| -1.1 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 2022-10-07 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 74% | 91.4% | 90.3% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 64% | 93% | 91.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-06 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO | 19 / 36 (674.7316) | 5 (175.4288) | 4 (177.7144) | 12 (173.1200) | 34 (148.4684) |
| 2023-06-16 | Colorado BBQ Challenge 🏅 Frisco, CO | 25 / 42 (658.0568) | 7 (174.2856) | 23 (167.3712) | 41 (143.8400) | 9 (172.5600) |
| 2023-03-10 | BBQ & Brew Fest - Best in the Southwest 🏅 Yuma, AZ | 28 / 32 (642.0340) | 19 (170.2512) | 31 (151.3372) | 31 (153.6228) | 23 (166.8228) |
| 2022-10-22 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 🏅 Westminster, CO | 21 / 31 (667.3028) | 25 (161.1084) | 6 (173.1200) | 10 (170.8228) | 23 (162.2516) |
| 2022-10-21 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 🏅 Westminster, CO | 27 / 32 (650.0912) | 22 (167.3712) | 18 (166.8228) | 28 (163.9428) | 31 (151.9544) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 18 / 29 (659.8512) | 21 (165.0856) | 17 (164.5372) | 16 (166.2512) | 18 (163.9772) |
| 2022-07-01 | The Art of BBQ 🏅 Sterling, CO | 12 / 28 (669.5312) | 15 (167.3828) | 11 (167.3828) | 9 (170.8112) | 17 (163.9544) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1022 (117 pts) | #684 (252 pts) | #1094 (127 pts) | #1070 (117 pts) | #761 (212 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #573 (340 pts) | #644 (305 pts) | #511 (480 pts) | #511 (425 pts) | #639 (305 pts) |