The comeback
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2021-10-08).
- last seen 2019-05-31
- back 2021-10-08
GT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1506 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-31
latest 2023-08-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Best overall
616.4112
Competitor Series · 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.96 · weakest Brisket (146.21)
Road miles
926
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 922 mi
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
612.91 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
153.12 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
GT BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 121 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with GT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before GT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before GT BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before GT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before GT BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8340 | 157.0856 | 159.96 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1200 | 147.9200 | 150.61 | top 68% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9540 | 155.4512 | 155.70 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2056 | 146.2056 | 146.21 | top 88% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 24% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2019-05-31 → 2023-08-05
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.96 · weakest Brisket (146.21)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
612.91
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
153.12
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
103
47–56 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
926
3 mapped stops · furthest 922 mi
Purse competed for
$19,125
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2019-05-31 → 2021-10-08
Power rating
1496
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- 2021
- Career-best overall score616.4112 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8340 East Helena Smoke Show
- Most recent contest East Helena Smoke Show
Category scores over time
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 88% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 24% | 42.5% | 42.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-05 | East Helena Smoke Show 🏅 East Helena, MT | 21 / 24 (612.9136) | 17 (162.8340) | 22 (147.9200) | 20 (155.9540) | 21 (146.2056) |
| 2021-10-08 | 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 15 / 19 (616.4112) | 11 (157.0856) | 17 (150.8000) | 14 (155.4512) | — |
| 2019-05-31 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival (JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Norco, CA | 12 / 49 (153.1200) | — | 11 (153.1200) | — | — |