ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 58 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the Barn Burner BBQ (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #826 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*Rocky Mountain Smokers”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#826

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1625

peak 1676 · rated over 56 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 31, 2013

latest Sep 2, 2023 · 10 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#185

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

4 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

42 podiums

Overall top-10s

64% of 58 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9660 / 720

Master · Barn Burner BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.39 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 652.10 (+6.29)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Pork · Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch

Consistency

±16.58

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.02 · weakest Brisket (161.61)

Road miles

30,875

across 58 mapped stops · furthest 1,914 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Purse competed for

$70K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

652.10 / 720

58 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

2.2516 points from the title

Came within 2.2516 points of the Grand Championship at Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch (May 13, 2017).

Giant slayer

42 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 42-team field at BBQ on the Bow.

Sep 2, 2017

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

BBQ on the Bow is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 1st
average top 14%

Multi-meat days

3 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 3 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Barn Burner BBQ (Jul 20, 2019).

Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 50 of 58 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 58 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9660 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9660 at Barn Burner BBQ — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 20, 2019

The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

SMELLAQUE has finished one call ahead of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2017 2 Grand Championships

2017 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

11 contests
6 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 35%

The weak link

−4.4 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.41 points below their pork, and turns into a call 55% of the time against 64%.

Brisket avg 161.61
Pork avg 166.02
32 calls in 58 entries

The drought

16 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Barn Burner BBQ on Jul 20, 2019 — 16 contests and 7.2 years ago.

last GC Jul 20, 2019
7.2 years ago

A strong matchup

20–6 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 77% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of MOTLEY QUE in 20 of their 26 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ on the Bow (Aug 31, 2013).

Aug 31, 2013
26-team field

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 3 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

3 Grand Championships
58 contests

A big fish in small ponds

Top 32% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 32% finish in small fields against top 44% in large ones.

Small (<20 teams): top 32% (14)
Large (40+): top 44% (12)

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

BIG DOG BBQ CANADA has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A May team

Top 21% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 21% across 6 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.

6 May contests
top 35% the rest of the year

The long haul

30,875 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 30,875 miles across 58 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,914 miles to Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016.

58 mapped stops
furthest 1,914 mi

The metronome

±2.30% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.30% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.6% of a perfect score
58 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Porkapalooza BBQ Festival every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 4th

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1276 (100 pts)	#1251 (70 pts)	#1180 (90 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#339 (675 pts)	#476 (465 pts)	#425 (595 pts)	#253 (925 pts)	#336 (715 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#262 (751 pts)	#406 (491 pts)	#292 (716 pts)	#246 (791 pts)	#333 (616 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#800 (81 pts)	#779 (106 pts)	#859 (81 pts)	#821 (91 pts)	#759 (111 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#185 (1,360 pts)	#242 (1,145 pts)	#208 (1,260 pts)	#217 (1,230 pts)	#255 (1,145 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#336 (1,004 pts)	#500 (729 pts)	#194 (1,354 pts)	#253 (1,194 pts)	#409 (864 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#188 (1,539 pts)	#258 (1,229 pts)	#231 (1,334 pts)	#226 (1,339 pts)	#228 (1,374 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#237 (1,378 pts)	#308 (1,143 pts)	#324 (1,123 pts)	#136 (1,653 pts)	#147 (1,673 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1460 (169 pts)	#1594 (159 pts)	#2013 (94 pts)	#1604 (159 pts)	#1207 (244 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

27 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BIG RED BBQ

#820 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 70
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1647

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 69 contests
last seen Apr 11, 2025

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MOVIN' THE CHAINS

#829 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 71
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1663

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS)

They've been 1663 at their best, 38 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 70 contests
last seen Jul 1, 2022

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UNCLE J'S

#823 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 84
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1678

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 84 contests to 58.

rated over 80 contests
last seen Jun 30, 2023

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UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ

#827 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 58
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1625

58 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 56 contests
last seen May 8, 2026

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WILBUR'S REVENGE

#832 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1645

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 52 contests

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It's spice that meats you

#831 of the rated field

1625 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1630

They turned up 6 years after ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2026
on a 6-contest top-10 run

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMELLAQUE	42	8	34	19%	⚔ compare
ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ	29	7	22	24%	⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE	26	20	6	77%	⚔ compare
Kreiser Barbecue	22	15	7	68%	⚔ compare
THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare
YOU NEED A BBQ	22	9	13	41%	⚔ compare
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery	20	14	6	70%	⚔ compare
FROZEN TOQUE BBQ	20	9	11	45%	⚔ compare
PRAIRIE SMOKE & SPICE BBQ	18	4	14	22%	⚔ compare
SMOKAPALOOZA	17	14	3	82%	⚔ compare
Rack Addicts BBQ Team	16	13	3	81%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SOWBELLIES	15	13	2	87%	⚔ compare
BBQ TEAM NAIT	15	8	7	53%	⚔ compare
Notorious P.I.G.	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS	14	11	3	79%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	58	23	1	2	174.8572	148.5368	162.25	top 50%
Pork Ribs	58	31	2	11	175.4056	139.8856	162.26	top 42%
Pork	56	36	8	15	178.8800	150.8800	166.02	top 31%
Brisket	58	32	4	14	176.5828	139.4060	161.61	top 39%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	14	0	top 32%
Medium (20–39)	32	2	top 33%
Large (40+)	12	1	top 44%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AB	14	0	top 38%
BC	7	1	top 29%
CA	6	0	top 32%
MT	3	0	top 48%
TN	2	0	top 67%
SK	2	0	top 27%
KS	2	0	top 62%
ON	2	0	top 24%
GA	1	0	top 71%
WA	1	0	top 70%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	6	4	0	top 24%	Jun 15, 2019
Barn Burner BBQ	4	1	1	top 29%	Jul 20, 2019
BBQ on the Bow	3	1	1	top 14%	Sep 1, 2018
Montana BBQ Cook-Off	3	9	0	top 48%	Jun 23, 2018
Didsbury Lions BBQ	2	4	0	top 31%	Aug 27, 2022
Smoke, Wind & Fire	2	3	0	top 17%	Jul 23, 2022
Porkapalooza BBQ Festival	2	2	0	top 19%	May 28, 2022
BBQ on the Bow	2	18	0	top 76%	Sep 4, 2021
Battle River BBQ Showdown	2	2	0	top 29%	Aug 10, 2019
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	122	0	top 62%	Sep 15, 2018
Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown	2	3	0	top 20%	Aug 12, 2017
BBQ on the Bow	2	2	0	top 17%	Sep 3, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 11 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 5.3 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AB 14 of 58 contests · 10 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 38 12 of them more than once

First title Jul 7, 2017 BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede

Opponents faced 1,140 finished ahead 1,349 times, behind 928

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20231 milestone

Sep 2 Most recent contest Barbeque on the Bow Festival

20211 milestone

Sep 3 50th tracked contest Didsbury Lions BBQ

20193 milestones

Jul 20 10th category win Barn Burner BBQ
Jul 20 Career-best overall score695.9660 Barn Burner BBQ
Aug 31 Peak power rating (1676) BBQ on the Bow

20174 milestones

May 13 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
Jul 7 First Grand Championship BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede
Jul 7 25th tracked contest BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede
Sep 2 Biggest field won (42 teams) BBQ on the Bow

20162 milestones

May 14 First category win (Pork) Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch
May 21 First multi-meat day Triple B Festival

20151 milestone

Sep 12 10th tracked contest BBQ On the Bypass

20136 milestones

Aug 31 First tracked contest BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 First call BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 First overall top-10 BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 First overall podium BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 First Reserve Championship BBQ on the Bow
Aug 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2744 BBQ on the Bow

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	BBQ on the Bow	Aug 31, 2013
+12.3	BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede	Jul 7, 2017
+12.1	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 5, 2015
+11.6	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch	May 13, 2017
+11.2	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 2, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.4	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 26, 2020
-13.7	Barbeque on the Bow Festival	Sep 2, 2023
-13.6	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta	Jun 3, 2022
-12.8	Prairie Dog on the Bow	Sep 1, 2019
-11.5	BBQ on the Bow	Sep 4, 2021

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)
2023	1	0	0	0	0%	top 68%	90.9%	90.9%
2022	5	0	2	1	100%	top 43%	94%	91.6%
2021	5	0	4	2	100%	top 29%	91.8%	90.2%
2020	1	0	0	0	0%	top 86%	85.5%	85.5%
2019	8	1	7	3	88%	top 28%	96.7%	91.9%
2018	8	0	4	2	75%	top 37%	94%	91.1%
2017	11	2	6	3	73%	top 35%	93.1%	91.1%
2016	9	0	6	4	100%	top 35%	93.9%	89.9%
2015	5	0	4	0	100%	top 29%	91.3%	89.2%
2014	4	0	3	0	100%	top 36%	92.8%	89.1%
2013	1	0	1	0	100%	top 8%	90.9%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 2, 2023	Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB	27 / 40 (654.1256)	37 (157.6572)	17 (168.5600)	23 (164.5256)	19 (163.3828)
Sep 3, 2022	Barbeque on the Bow Calgary, AB	16 / 36 (661.0512)	31 (161.6684)	24 (160.5256)	12 (169.1428)	4 (169.7144)
Aug 27, 2022	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	9 / 19 (661.5772)	18 (155.9200)	6 (167.9772)	1 (176.5600)	15 (161.1200)
Jul 23, 2022	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	3 / 20 (676.4912)	15 (160.5372)	5 (171.9884)	2 (175.4400)	6 (168.5256)
Jun 3, 2022	Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB	24 / 31 (638.7084)	27 (154.8000)	24 (157.0972)	2 (176.5828)	29 (150.2284)
May 28, 2022	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	12 / 39 (660.9824)	24 (159.9312)	7 (167.4172)	6 (171.9656)	17 (161.6684)
Nov 26, 2021	Agribition Supreme BBQ Regina	5 / 14 (654.7768)	4 (169.1312)	8 (159.3944)	9 (159.4056)	4 (166.8456)
Sep 4, 2021	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	19 / 29 (632.3768)	14 (162.2400)	29 (139.8856)	7 (165.1200)	8 (165.1312)
Sep 3, 2021	Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB	4 / 26 (647.9424)	13 (157.0856)	1 (174.9028)	6 (159.9656)	11 (155.9884)
Aug 14, 2021	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Sherwood Park, AB	2 / 25 (649.6112)	7 (161.0740)	2 (170.2972)	4 (165.7028)	14 (152.5372)
Jul 10, 2021	Smoke, Wind & Fire Lethbridge	3 / 16 (661.0740)	10 (162.8112)	8 (158.2400)	1 (171.9656)	2 (168.0572)
Sep 26, 2020	BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB	18 / 21 (615.7596)	13 (155.3712)	18 (147.8972)	16 (157.6456)	12 (154.8456)
Oct 25, 2019	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES FULL) (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Lynchburg, TN	56 / 97 (670.8000)	15 (174.8572)	55 (169.1428)	67 (164.5256)	69 (162.2744)
Sep 1, 2019	Prairie Dog on the Bow Alberta	10 / 13 (647.3140)	9 (164.5484)	10 (163.3712)	6 (167.4056)	13 (151.9888)
Aug 31, 2019	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	7 / 37 (646.7540)	4 (170.2856)	13 (162.2284)	23 (154.8000)	9 (159.4400)
Aug 10, 2019	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	2 / 20 (652.5484)	13 (154.2284)	3 (166.2972)	1 (175.4400)	9 (156.5828)
Jul 20, 2019	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC	1 / 21 (695.9660)	4 (170.8344)	2 (171.4172)	1 (177.1544)	1 (176.5600)
Jun 15, 2019	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	4 / 44 (679.4056)	4 (170.8800)	2 (175.4056)	—	14 (166.8456)
Jun 8, 2019	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	6 / 19 (640.4680)	13 (155.9540)	3 (164.0228)	—	8 (157.1084)
May 25, 2019	Heritage Heat Western Smokin BBQ Mountain View, AB	4 / 22 (658.1828)	4 (169.1084)	18 (149.0972)	5 (168.5716)	2 (171.4056)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	228 / 467 (662.1256)	350 (160.5256)	126 (170.2628)	97 (170.8228)	302 (160.5144)
Sep 14, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	122 / 164 (670.7656)	124 (166.8456)	132 (163.9772)	31 (174.8572)	128 (165.0856)
Sep 1, 2018	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	13 / 43 (636.5712)	29 (156.5484)	5 (165.1428)	7 (164.5600)	24 (150.3200)
Aug 18, 2018	Battle River BBQ Showdown Camrose, AB	12 / 25 (629.1776)	10 (161.7600)	6 (161.1660)	4 (166.8456)	19 (139.4060)
Jul 21, 2018	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC	3 / 18 (677.0516)	6 (166.2512)	1 (174.2860)	1 (170.2744)	5 (166.2400)
Jun 23, 2018	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	9 / 26 (674.8116)	11 (169.1084)	5 (173.7144)	17 (163.4172)	6 (168.5716)
Jun 16, 2018	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	8 / 51 (650.2056)	36 (151.9656)	4 (168.5600)	3 (167.9656)	10 (161.7144)
May 12, 2018	Smokin Q at Lynwood Ranch Aldersyde	9 / 30 (646.8112)	19 (157.6912)	3 (169.1428)	13 (157.7028)	10 (162.2744)
Oct 27, 2017	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	73 / 95 (663.9084)	72 (165.1200)	90 (156.5600)	65 (166.2284)	12 (176)
Sep 2, 2017	BBQ on the Bow Calgary	1 / 42 (666.2400)	1 (169.7028)	2 (171.4400)	9 (165.1544)	11 (159.9428)
Aug 12, 2017	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK	4 / 18 (643.3484)	16 (155.9656)	7 (159.4400)	13 (153.6456)	1 (174.2972)
Aug 5, 2017	Capital BBQ Festival Ottawa, ON	10 / 42 (639.9316)	14 (163.9772)	25 (154.2972)	12 (164.5600)	20 (157.0972)
Jul 14, 2017	The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig Cummings, GA	29 / 41 (661.0172)	19 (170.2628)	20 (167.4288)	17 (169.1200)	35 (154.2056)
Jul 7, 2017	BBQ on the Elbow at the Calgary Stampede Calgary	1 / 23 (669.1540)	4 (169.1428)	3 (167.9884)	7 (162.8572)	3 (169.1656)
Jun 24, 2017	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	14 / 35 (670.2056)	16 (161.6684)	10 (170.8800)	8 (172.5600)	16 (165.0972)
Jun 10, 2017	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton	11 / 39 (641.5996)	16 (159.4284)	16 (157.1084)	5 (166.2628)	9 (158.8000)
May 13, 2017	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Okotoks, AB	2 / 34 (661.7140)	9 (165.7256)	11 (161.6684)	1 (178.8800)	17 (155.4400)
Apr 8, 2017	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, BC	7 / 19 (660.4456)	7 (166.8228)	4 (171.4172)	15 (155.3828)	4 (166.8228)
Mar 31, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	21 / 30 (635.8740)	23 (161.1312)	30 (147.3828)	12 (161.6800)	8 (165.6800)
Sep 10, 2016	BBQ off the Bypass Langley, British of Columbia, BC	7 / 18 (643.9312)	17 (148.5368)	8 (163.4516)	2 (169.7028)	3 (162.2400)
Sep 3, 2016	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA	9 / 35 (654.8344)	21 (157.0972)	16 (157.7028)	11 (164)	1 (176.0344)
Aug 19, 2016	Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg	11 / 25 (647.2572)	13 (165.6684)	11 (162.2516)	4 (166.2628)	20 (153.0744)
Aug 6, 2016	Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, Saskatchewan, CA	3 / 17 (660.5600)	2 (171.9656)	13 (157.7144)	6 (162.8456)	3 (168.0344)
Jun 18, 2016	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton, CA	21 / 42 (622.2172)	35 (148.5828)	5 (165.1316)	15 (159.4056)	26 (149.0972)
Jun 11, 2016	Wolfe BBQ Fest 2016 Richmond	4 / 10 (622.7660)	5 (157.1428)	5 (149.6572)	4 (160.5372)	3 (155.4288)
May 21, 2016	Triple B Festival Kenora, ON	4 / 17 (676.0112)	9 (164.0228)	12 (159.3828)	1 (176.0228)	1 (176.5828)
May 14, 2016	Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Aldersyde, Alberta Canada	5 / 34 (657.7256)	20 (160.5828)	22 (156)	1 (172.0228)	2 (169.1200)
Mar 19, 2016	Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, British of Columbi, CA	13 / 22 (638.8116)	4 (168.5256)	9 (166.8344)	19 (150.8800)	18 (152.5716)
Sep 12, 2015	BBQ On the Bypass Langley, BC	5 / 19 (647.9772)	6 (162.8456)	15 (149.1316)	6 (165.7256)	2 (170.2744)
Sep 5, 2015	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, AB	3 / 35 (657.6572)	15 (166.2856)	12 (159.3944)	2 (171.9772)	13 (160)
Jun 19, 2015	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta	5 / 30 (652.0460)	12 (165.1772)	11 (159.4516)	2 (171.4628)	10 (155.9544)
Jun 13, 2015	Pile of Bones BBQ Championship Regina, Saskatchewan Canada	8 / 22 (626.7196)	5 (162.8340)	9 (157.1200)	11 (153.0856)	8 (153.6800)
Mar 21, 2015	Barn Burner BBQ Yarrow, BC	12 / 21 (626.8456)	6 (163.4744)	16 (149.7028)	8 (160.5372)	10 (153.1312)
Sep 13, 2014	BBQ on the Bypass Langley, BC	3 / 15 (668.0916)	8 (162.9028)	7 (165.1544)	2 (171.4400)	3 (168.5944)
Aug 30, 2014	Barbecue on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA	10 / 32 (642.2056)	11 (165.7028)	17 (158.2628)	23 (154.2972)	7 (163.9428)
Jul 5, 2014	Montana BBQ Cook-Off Absarokee, MT	17 / 25 (622.2056)	16 (151.9656)	18 (150.2628)	6 (170.8228)	18 (149.1544)
Jun 14, 2014	Porkapalooza BBQ Festival Edmonton Alberta Canada	7 / 29 (632.6288)	6 (160.0116)	7 (159.4628)	7 (161.7372)	15 (151.4172)
Aug 31, 2013	BBQ on the Bow Calgary, Alberta, CA	2 / 26 (654.2744)	12 (158.8916)	2 (167.9772)	8 (159.4284)	2 (167.9772)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Master avg

Storylines (19 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Announced themselves early

Always the bridesmaid

A big fish in small ponds

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)