LaTa-Que WY
Rating
1562
peak 1583
Contests
36
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#243
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
2 reserve
Category wins
6
16 podiums
Overall top-10s
17
of 36 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
670.41 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 675.09 (-4.68)
Walk rate
81%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.49
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.15 · weakest Pork (166.45)
Road miles
11543
mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 1224 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
WYO SMOKE SHOW has finished one call ahead of LaTa-Que 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
AMERICAN HEROES BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 20 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Lost Weekend Grill in 10 of their 12 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5712 points of the Grand Championship at Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ (2024-08-23).
📅 A August team
Something about August: average finish in the top 38% across 12 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, WY first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 36 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 179.4400 | 160.5144 | 170.15 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 36 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 178.8572 | 149.6688 | 168.36 | top 50% |
| Pork | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 180.0000 🔥 | 151.4056 | 166.45 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 36 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 178.2972 | 158.7884 | 170.13 | top 37% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| WY | 15 | 0 | top 42% |
| SD | 12 | 0 | top 48% |
| MT | 5 | 0 | top 38% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 64% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
| Medium (20–39) | 26 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (6 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WY (15 of 36 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (36 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 675.09
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
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 | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 665.6116 | 665.61 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 686.1824 | 671.61 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 690.2284 | 684.02 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 701.1316 | 680.12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 687.9660 | 674.96 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 683.4176 | 676.04 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 669.0056 | 660.02 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 688.5256 | 674.43 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 35 / 48 (665.6116) | 19 (170.2628) | 45 (158.8344) | 22 (171.9772) | 29 (164.5372) |
| 2025-10-10 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 83 / 90 (665.7028) | 22 (175.4056) | 90 (149.6688) | 35 (173.1656) | 58 (167.4628) |
| 2025-08-15 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 8 / 27 (686.1824) | 8 (173.1084) | 8 (174.8456) | 17 (163.9656) | 5 (174.2628) |
| 2025-07-25 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off Laramie, WY | 15 / 26 (675.8628) | 10 (170.8228) | 17 (165.0972) | 19 (163.9428) | 1 (176.0000) |
| 2025-06-06 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 34 / 48 (658.6856) | 3 (176.5600) | 40 (160.5144) | 40 (162.8228) | 37 (158.7884) |
| 2024-08-23 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 2 / 29 (688.4800) | 4 (176.5600) | 1 (177.7144) | 25 (161.6572) | 7 (172.5484) |
| 2024-08-16 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships and Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 9 / 29 (690.2284) | 10 (174.2628) | 10 (173.1200) | 13 (172.5828) | 13 (170.2628) |
| 2024-07-26 | Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cookoff Laramie, WY | 6 / 17 (682.8000) | 4 (174.2628) | 12 (165.1316) | 12 (165.1084) | 1 (178.2972) |
| 2024-07-12 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 16 / 26 (674.1712) | 19 (168.5256) | 4 (176.0000) | 17 (164.5600) | 19 (165.0856) |
| 2024-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 10 / 16 (682.7540) | 13 (169.6684) | 7 (175.4172) | 12 (166.2628) | 8 (171.4056) |
| 2024-06-07 | Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 10 / 34 (685.7032) | 1 (179.4400) | 28 (164.5832) | 10 (172.0000) | 12 (169.6800) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 7 / 28 (686.7540) | 9 (169.6684) | 5 (174.2628) | 17 (167.3828) | 6 (175.4400) |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 19 / 32 (671.9888) | 20 (166.2400) | 18 (170.2628) | 25 (162.8688) | 7 (172.6172) |
| 2023-09-08 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 6 / 28 (680.5372) | 8 (173.1200) | 9 (170.8228) | 14 (168.5944) | 11 (168.0000) |
| 2023-08-25 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 19 / 26 (658.0912) | 23 (161.6572) | 18 (165.0972) | 24 (155.9312) | 6 (175.4056) |
| 2023-08-18 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 11 / 27 (682.2172) | 10 (169.1316) | 10 (170.2628) | 11 (173.7028) | 8 (169.1200) |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 3 / 22 (701.1316) | 7 (173.7144) | 2 (178.2972) | 10 (171.9772) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 9 / 29 (677.0284) | 10 (171.4056) | 9 (169.6916) | 25 (160.5256) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2022-09-16 | Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA | 17 / 25 (660.4800) | 18 (165.0972) | 5 (171.9772) | 22 (151.4056) | 6 (172.0000) |
| 2022-09-09 | Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD | 23 / 28 (661.0628) | 26 (162.8000) | 1 (178.8572) | 28 (152.5712) | 20 (166.8344) |
| 2022-08-26 | Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 10 / 28 (687.8740) | 5 (175.4056) | 19 (168.5372) | 11 (173.1084) | 14 (170.8228) |
| 2022-08-19 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 13 / 29 (675.3372) | 3 (177.7144) | 12 (167.9772) | 22 (159.9772) | 8 (169.6684) |
| 2022-06-24 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT | 6 / 26 (687.9660) | 3 (177.7028) | 18 (165.1316) | 6 (175.4400) | 10 (169.6916) |
| 2021-10-01 | Smoke & Soul Fest - Day 1 Casper, WY | 16 / 27 (671.8512) | 14 (171.9656) | 12 (169.1316) | 20 (163.9312) | 16 (166.8228) |
| 2021-08-27 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 19 / 31 (672.4456) | 24 (168.5256) | 26 (162.8344) | 24 (163.9428) | 4 (177.1428) |
| 2021-08-20 | Pepsi Wyoming State BBQ Championships & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 10 / 30 (676.4572) | 13 (169.6800) | 14 (165.6800) | 16 (165.6916) | 2 (175.4056) |
| 2021-06-25 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 10 / 25 (683.4176) | 16 (169.7144) | 12 (167.9888) | 6 (173.1428) | 7 (172.5716) |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS | 92 / 94 (658.1484) | 77 (166.8228) | 78 (165.1200) | 91 (162.2284) | 85 (163.9772) |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY | 27 / 41 (669.0056) | 36 (163.3828) | 26 (166.8228) | 31 (165.0972) | 8 (173.7028) |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY | 33 / 41 (658.1944) | 13 (171.9888) | 30 (162.8344) | 40 (155.3828) | 20 (167.9884) |
| 2020-08-21 | Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest Hill City, SD | 32 / 43 (654.7196) | 33 (166.8228) | 37 (159.9656) | 26 (164.5600) | 24 (163.3712) |
| 2019-09-13 | Smoke & Soul Fest Casper, WY | 9 / 28 (662.6856) | 21 (160.5144) | 12 (163.9428) | 10 (168.5256) | 4 (169.7028) |
| 2019-08-23 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 5 / 31 (682.8344) | 26 (162.2516) | 2 (177.7372) | 2 (180.0000) | 18 (162.8456) |
| 2019-08-16 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival Worland, WY | 2 / 30 (688.5256) | 12 (165.0856) | 12 (168.5828) | 1 (180.0000) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2019-07-19 | Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 13 / 40 (672.5140) | 8 (172.5600) | 24 (165.1428) | 11 (171.4056) | 21 (163.4056) |
| 2019-06-14 | Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT | 14 / 28 (665.6112) | 21 (163.3712) | 11 (173.1428) | 12 (166.8344) | 15 (162.2628) |
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 | #791 (60 pts) | #802 (90 pts) | #903 (60 pts) | #783 (75 pts) | #814 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #548 (308 pts) | #454 (508 pts) | #638 (298 pts) | #686 (233 pts) | #425 (513 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #243 (896 pts) | #224 (991 pts) | #270 (921 pts) | #363 (606 pts) | #251 (881 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #259 (838 pts) | #322 (708 pts) | #279 (868 pts) | #384 (558 pts) | #200 (1013 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #329 (700 pts) | #254 (900 pts) | #285 (880 pts) | #429 (530 pts) | #261 (880 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #421 (438 pts) | #503 (378 pts) | #503 (398 pts) | #466 (403 pts) | #284 (713 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #530 (180 pts) | #468 (240 pts) | #572 (180 pts) | #553 (180 pts) | #387 (305 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #406 (802 pts) | #716 (477 pts) | #507 (682 pts) | #367 (912 pts) | #482 (707 pts) |