ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE CO

Power ranking

#2954

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1389

peak 1389

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-26

latest 2024-09-06

Best ToY finish

#433

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 30 contests

Avg finish

top 76%

overall standings

Best overall

688.5368

Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.16 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 652.72 (+1.44)

Walk rate

37%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Pork Ribs · Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest

Consistency

±14.97

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.40 · weakest Brisket (158.41)

Road miles

5041

mi across 30 mapped stops · furthest 396 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

CRUSH BBQ has finished one call ahead of ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SCORE ONE SMOKIN' has come out ahead in 17 of their 19 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

📅 A August team

Something about August: average finish in the top 64% across 5 contests, versus top 76% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, CO first)

PIG IN A PIT #2937 · 1399 · CO Q LIVE CREW #2967 · 1377 · CO CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ #2900 · 1414 · CO Ribbed For Your Pleasure #2789 · 1436 · CO Service Dog BBQ #2746 · 1440 · CO DOUBLE J SMOKERS #2743 · 1440 · CO

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	5	0	0	174.2972	154.2172	168.40	top 56%
Pork Ribs	30	6	1	2	178.8800	157.0628	165.35	top 61%
Pork	30	3	0	0	175.4056	145.0972	160.56	top 77%
Brisket	30	2	0	0	176.0000	141.6800	158.41	top 74%

“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	13	top 80%
KS	11	top 76%
NE	4	top 71%
SD	1	top 77%
WY	1	top 50%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 32%
Medium (20–39)	24	top 79%
Large (40+)	5	top 70%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (6 contests)
Cooks mostly in CO (13 of 30 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (30 entries)
All-time average overall score: 652.72

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	5	0	670.7540	654.16
2023	6	0	688.5368	657.80
2022	6	0	670.7544	650.46
2021	6	0	676.4800	655.32
2020	1	1	652.5256	652.53
2019	6	0	662.1828	646.13

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-09-06	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO	33 / 36 (643.3144)	25 (166.8228)	24 (165.1200)	33 (160.5716)	32 (150.8000)
2024-07-27	Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 2) Dodge City, KS	16 / 20 (664.9828)	19 (167.3828)	17 (160.5372)	17 (163.9428)	9 (173.1200)
2024-07-26	Smokin' Saddles Double Header (Day 1) Dodge City, KS	19 / 20 (648.9944)	19 (166.8228)	19 (161.0972)	18 (163.9772)	19 (157.0972)
2024-06-28	The Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO	22 / 25 (642.7656)	21 (163.3828)	12 (169.1428)	25 (158.8800)	25 (151.3600)
2024-06-07	Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest Derby, KS	29 / 43 (670.7540)	26 (169.7028)	29 (166.2400)	34 (165.7028)	18 (169.1084)
2023-08-25	Keating Tractor Antique Tractor Show Liberal, KS	6 / 19 (688.5368)	6 (171.9884)	4 (174.8800)	6 (175.4056)	13 (166.2628)
2023-07-29	The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dodge City, KS	26 / 27 (655.3144)	14 (174.2972)	25 (167.9772)	27 (153.6800)	26 (159.3600)
2023-07-28	The National Beef Smokin' Saddles Official BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dodge City, KS	23 / 25 (656.9712)	14 (171.9656)	21 (166.8228)	25 (151.9312)	16 (166.2516)
2023-06-30	Art of Barbeque Sterling, CO	34 / 35 (639.3024)	15 (169.6912)	30 (161.1200)	34 (153.1084)	32 (155.3828)
2023-05-27	Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest Castle Rock, CO	26 / 37 (664.4456)	15 (170.8456)	31 (157.6572)	15 (170.8228)	28 (165.1200)
2023-05-12	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	24 / 30 (642.2052)	18 (166.2856)	16 (163.4056)	27 (155.9656)	25 (156.5484)
2022-07-30	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 2) Dodge City, KS	21 / 25 (646.1716)	22 (165.6800)	21 (163.4172)	20 (166.2516)	22 (150.8228)
2022-07-29	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition (Day 1) Dodge City, KS	21 / 26 (643.3144)	16 (166.8228)	20 (159.9660)	22 (157.1200)	21 (159.4056)
2022-06-17	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	26 / 29 (651.3028)	19 (167.9772)	24 (159.9428)	27 (155.3828)	14 (168.0000)
2022-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 2) Greeley, CO	25 / 34 (646.7316)	19 (167.4172)	19 (164.5372)	29 (161.0972)	32 (153.6800)
2022-06-03	Greeley Blues Jam (Day 1) Greeley, CO	28 / 33 (644.4684)	17 (168.5372)	16 (164.5600)	25 (159.4056)	31 (151.9656)
2022-05-06	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	15 / 33 (670.7544)	10 (170.2744)	10 (171.9772)	10 (169.1428)	27 (159.3600)
2021-08-13	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO	27 / 42 (648.4340)	20 (167.4056)	13 (167.9884)	36 (157.6800)	26 (155.3600)
2021-08-01	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 2 Dodge City, KS	19 / 26 (670.1828)	13 (171.4056)	16 (169.6800)	20 (163.9772)	18 (165.1200)
2021-07-30	Dodge City Days Smokin' Saddles BBQ Competition-Day 1 Dodge City, KS	18 / 27 (676.4800)	11 (173.1200)	23 (162.8460)	10 (172.5484)	16 (167.9656)
2021-06-19	Central Plains Ribfest Day 2 Holdrege, NE	31 / 36 (650.7316)	21 (167.3828)	26 (163.9888)	30 (160.5600)	31 (158.8000)
2021-06-18	Central Plains Ribfest Day 1 Holdrege, NE	22 / 40 (668.5600)	20 (172.0000)	25 (166.8572)	37 (153.7028)	4 (176.0000)
2021-06-04	Greeley Blues Jam Greeley, CO	29 / 33 (617.5544)	17 (167.4056)	25 (159.9544)	31 (146.2744)	32 (143.9200)
2020-08-21	Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD	33 / 43 (652.5256)	25 (168.5600)	1 (178.8800)	28 (163.4056)	41 (141.6800)
2019-09-13	Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY	14 / 28 (655.8516)	10 (167.4056)	10 (164.5488)	12 (163.9428)	14 (159.9544)
2019-08-09	Milliken BBQ Beef N Bean Day Milliken, CO	23 / 30 (645.6116)	17 (166.8572)	3 (173.1428)	29 (145.0972)	15 (160.5144)
2019-07-26	Dodge City Days Smokin Saddles BBQ Competition Dodge City, KS	29 / 39 (656.4112)	10 (172.5484)	33 (157.0628)	17 (169.7144)	28 (157.0856)
2019-06-14	Central Plains Ribfest Holdrege, NE	16 / 30 (662.1828)	6 (171.9656)	11 (168.0116)	23 (161.0972)	18 (161.1084)
2019-05-10	Wild West BBQ Cook-Off Lamar, CO	25 / 28 (631.2228)	24 (154.2172)	10 (166.2744)	16 (163.9540)	27 (146.7772)
2019-04-26	LuLu's Brew & Que Brighton, CO	35 / 40 (625.5088)	28 (165.7144)	26 (162.8116)	38 (152.4800)	34 (144.5028)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#527 (350 pts)	#569 (340 pts)	#556 (400 pts)	#568 (335 pts)	#504 (410 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#434 (451 pts)	#330 (681 pts)	#457 (536 pts)	#431 (486 pts)	#469 (426 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#644 (279 pts)	#538 (404 pts)	#591 (384 pts)	#641 (304 pts)	#669 (284 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#433 (421 pts)	#352 (581 pts)	#455 (456 pts)	#431 (441 pts)	#358 (571 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#425 (285 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#707 (446 pts)	#543 (646 pts)	#475 (731 pts)	#678 (496 pts)	#706 (476 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1114 (237 pts)	#1060 (277 pts)	#1129 (252 pts)	#1084 (267 pts)	#1068 (272 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#673 (573 pts)	#586 (688 pts)	#659 (618 pts)	#654 (628 pts)	#790 (493 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2002 (95 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)