OWENS BBQ MN

Power ranking

#282

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1652

peak 1652

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-06-08

latest 2026-06-19

Best ToY finish

#120

Master 2020

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

22 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 64 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

704.5600

Miles City Cowtown Cook Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.62 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 668.65 (+11.97)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway

Consistency

±65.63

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.91 · weakest Brisket (167.99)

Road miles

24969

mi across 64 mapped stops · furthest 871 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

WHO DAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of OWENS BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

Phoenix BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

RUM N' SMOKE BBQ has come out ahead in 27 of their 36 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Sheyenne BBQ in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

Original SD BBQ Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.3480 points of the Grand Championship at Montana BBQ Cook-off (2022-06-10).

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Miles City Cowtown Cook Off (2021-06-25) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 31-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LAST CALL HEROES BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	61	26	1	6	177.7144	155.3828	169.91	top 43%
Pork Ribs	62	30	1	4	178.2972	146.2516	169.22	top 40%
Pork	62	21	2	7	179.4400	154.7540	169.27	top 43%
Brisket	62	29	2	5	177.7028	147.3712	167.99	top 40%

“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
MN	14	0	top 43%
MT	12	1	top 29%
SD	10	0	top 39%
SK	6	0	top 31%
IA	4	0	top 57%
WI	4	0	top 23%
ND	3	0	top 21%
KS	2	0	top 54%
WY	2	0	top 56%
AB	1	0	top 53%
MB	1	0	top 42%
TN	1	0	top 66%
MO	1	0	top 39%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	5	0	top 44%
Medium (20–39)	29	1	top 40%
Large (40+)	28	0	top 35%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (11 contests)
Cooks mostly in MN (15 of 64 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (62 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Miles City Cowtown Cook Off (2021-06-25)
Wins it all in 2% of contests
All-time average overall score: 668.65

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	5	0	0	686.7884	680.62
2025	9	0	1	697.1316	680.10
2024	7	0	0	691.9200	679.41
2023	10	0	0	695.4284	679.54
2022	8	0	1	692.4916	681.88
2021	11	1	1	704.5600	677.64
2020	9	0	2	683.3832	617.26
2019	5	0	1	667.2568	655.65

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-19	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	7 / 24 (676.0116)	4 (174.2744)	20 (160.0344)	4 (174.8572)	10 (166.8456)
2026-06-12	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	9 / 29 (679.3256)	5 (175.4172)	10 (171.9772)	17 (166.8112)	19 (165.1200)
2026-06-05	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	15 / 48 (685.6112)	32 (166.8228)	15 (172.5600)	31 (168.5256)	5 (177.7028)
2026-05-08	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	16 / 77 (686.7884)	48 (169.7028)	24 (171.4172)	37 (170.2628)	9 (175.4056)
2026-05-01	ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND	32 / 71 (675.3828)	53 (163.4288)	38 (166.8456)	24 (171.4056)	9 (173.7028)
2025-10-11	Bean Town BBQ Cookoff Bow Island, AB	8 / 15 (656.9824)	8 (166.8228)	9 (164.5256)	2 (169.7028)	13 (155.9312)
2025-10-03	ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND	4 / 46 (691.9656)	10 (173.1084)	6 (172.5600)	3 (175.4288)	9 (170.8684)
2025-08-29	SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway Brandon, SD	4 / 44 (697.1316)	4 (176.5600)	23 (169.7144)	1 (179.4400)	14 (171.4172)
2025-07-11	KTD Smokn' Gobbler Worthington, MN	16 / 26 (669.5656)	6 (171.9656)	17 (166.2516)	24 (163.9656)	17 (167.3828)
2025-06-30	Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB	10 / 24 (670.1712)	15 (165.1084)	18 (163.9656)	2 (175.4172)	11 (165.6800)
2025-06-21	Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK	8 / 27 (686.2172)	2 (175.4172)	10 (170.8228)	14 (170.8228)	7 (169.1544)
2025-06-13	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	15 / 33 (670.1484)	7 (175.4172)	4 (173.1200)	17 (163.9428)	26 (157.6684)
2025-06-06	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	11 / 48 (690.7768)	13 (173.1200)	13 (173.1200)	18 (171.4284)	11 (173.1084)
2025-05-09	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	15 / 58 (687.9200)	8 (176.0000)	54 (163.9428)	25 (171.9772)	6 (176.0000)
2024-09-27	ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND	4 / 47 (691.3252)	8 (173.1084)	6 (171.9656)	4 (174.2628)	12 (171.9884)
2024-09-21	Smoke 'N the Valley Fort Qu'Appelle, SK	9 / 21 (678.1368)	8 (170.8228)	10 (170.8228)	16 (162.7884)	4 (173.7028)
2024-08-23	Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD	22 / 29 (671.2800)	3 (177.7144)	9 (171.4172)	12 (167.3944)	28 (154.7540)
2024-07-12	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	25 / 34 (668.4456)	26 (169.1084)	25 (164.5372)	26 (165.6800)	16 (169.1200)
2024-06-14	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	8 / 16 (691.9200)	9 (171.9772)	9 (173.1200)	3 (177.1428)	10 (169.6800)
2024-06-07	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	18 / 34 (675.3600)	24 (165.1428)	11 (174.2744)	16 (169.6800)	15 (166.2628)
2024-05-10	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	31 / 58 (679.3828)	7 (176.0000)	17 (171.4172)	42 (167.9772)	52 (163.9884)
2023-09-23	Smoke 'N the Valley Lumsden, SK	4 / 26 (695.4284)	6 (173.7028)	3 (176.5600)	9 (174.8456)	5 (170.3200)
2023-09-08	Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll Vermillion, SD	22 / 28 (665.5540)	19 (167.9656)	4 (172.5716)	10 (170.2628)	26 (154.7540)
2023-08-25	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	12 / 44 (685.6912)	30 (166.2628)	5 (178.2972)	20 (168.0228)	6 (173.1084)
2023-08-05	East Helena Smoke Show East Helena, MT	8 / 24 (683.8968)	8 (174.2628)	5 (174.2628)	15 (164.5256)	8 (170.8456)
2023-07-14	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	23 / 39 (667.3028)	6 (173.7028)	31 (160.5372)	21 (168.5372)	23 (164.5256)
2023-06-16	Father's Day Smoke n' Bones BBQ Regina, SK	3 / 16 (682.7768)	2 (176.0000)	7 (170.2856)	13 (164.5256)	4 (171.9656)
2023-06-09	Montana BBQ Cookoff Absarokee, MT	12 / 36 (682.7772)	8 (174.2744)	9 (173.1316)	22 (162.8112)	9 (172.5600)
2023-06-02	Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD	11 / 39 (674.8000)	29 (161.7028)	15 (167.9772)	2 (177.1544)	13 (167.9656)
2023-06-01	Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD	—	—	24 (146.2516)	—	—
2023-05-12	Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN	22 / 59 (677.6228)	50 (163.3828)	14 (171.4172)	21 (170.2628)	10 (172.5600)
2022-08-26	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	8 / 37 (692.4916)	2 (176.5600)	8 (174.2744)	21 (167.3828)	5 (174.2744)
2022-07-29	6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	17 / 32 (668.4568)	19 (166.2512)	16 (166.2972)	17 (167.3828)	13 (168.5256)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	3 / 40 (683.3372)	21 (169.6800)	26 (164.5372)	1 (176.5600)	6 (172.5600)
2022-07-15	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (One Meat Ribs) Worthington, MN	—	—	—	—	—
2022-06-24	Miles City Cowtown Cookoff Miles City, MT	8 / 26 (686.8000)	6 (175.4056)	4 (176.0116)	5 (176.5600)	21 (158.8228)
2022-06-10	Montana BBQ Cook-off Absarokee, MT	2 / 27 (690.2632)	2 (177.7144)	4 (176.5716)	5 (172.5716)	11 (163.4056)
2022-06-03	Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD	10 / 46 (686.8456)	38 (163.4056)	9 (174.2628)	5 (175.4400)	6 (173.7372)
2022-05-13	Minnesota in May (Masters) Cambridge, MN	36 / 59 (664.9824)	33 (165.6800)	32 (165.6684)	19 (171.4056)	47 (162.2284)
2021-10-08	32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	46 / 70 (675.3712)	12 (174.8456)	64 (164.5600)	48 (166.8228)	35 (169.1428)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	104 / 185 (678.7424)	69 (172.5484)	123 (168.5372)	113 (169.1084)	104 (168.5484)
2021-09-16	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	239 / 467 (662.1828)	317 (161.6800)	202 (167.4172)	34 (175.4172)	332 (157.6684)
2021-08-27	Montana Pitmaster Classic Bozeman, MT	5 / 31 (690.8348)	11 (170.8344)	9 (171.4288)	6 (172.5600)	2 (176.0116)
2021-07-30	5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA	24 / 35 (659.9316)	18 (170.2628)	5 (172.5716)	7 (163.3940)	33 (154.8572)
2021-07-16	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	8 / 33 (685.0972)	15 (170.8344)	7 (171.9884)	20 (167.9772)	3 (174.2972)
2021-06-25	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT	1 / 25 (704.5600)	9 (176.0000)	3 (177.1544)	5 (173.7028)	1 (177.7028)
2021-06-12	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI	5 / 45 (678.1828)	21 (167.9656)	12 (169.1200)	20 (165.0856)	2 (176.0116)
2021-06-11	Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI	18 / 52 (668.4456)	27 (166.2400)	31 (161.6800)	19 (169.1200)	10 (171.4056)
2021-06-04	Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD	6 / 49 (687.9544)	12 (170.8228)	8 (174.3088)	12 (171.9772)	12 (170.8456)
2021-05-07	Minnesota in May Cambridge, MN	32 / 60 (662.7428)	34 (165.6800)	37 (162.8228)	36 (164.5256)	13 (169.7144)
2020-10-17	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 West Salem, WI	13 / 33 (679.8972)	21 (170.8228)	19 (166.8344)	11 (173.1200)	14 (169.1200)
2020-10-16	Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 West Salem, WI	3 / 40 (683.3832)	1 (177.1544)	6 (172.5716)	29 (164.5372)	17 (169.1200)
2020-10-03	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 Casper, WY	21 / 41 (675.9660)	22 (168.5716)	6 (172.5716)	28 (166.8228)	22 (168.0000)
2020-10-02	Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 Casper, WY	25 / 41 (671.3376)	14 (171.9772)	20 (168.0116)	25 (168.5372)	29 (162.8116)
2020-09-18	KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN	20 / 35 (670.7888)	14 (172.5600)	26 (163.4172)	14 (170.2744)	22 (164.5372)
2020-06-27	Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA	20 / 47 (673.0512)	46 (155.3828)	1 (178.2972)	9 (174.2628)	28 (165.1084)
2020-06-26	Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA	34 / 53 (660.4456)	47 (159.3828)	11 (169.6916)	45 (160.5256)	10 (170.8456)
2020-06-19	The Hayfield Fort Ripley, MN	7 / 22 (674.8116)	12 (165.7144)	2 (175.4400)	12 (167.9772)	10 (165.6800)
2020-04-06	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO	43 / 109 (165.6800)	—	—	—	44 (165.6800)
2019-09-13	KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN	11 / 26 (662.1716)	19 (159.9660)	13 (165.1316)	8 (169.6800)	7 (167.3940)
2019-07-26	Rumble on the River Morris MB, R0G 1K0	7 / 15 (658.7428)	5 (167.4172)	8 (163.9656)	7 (166.8456)	6 (160.5144)
2019-07-19	Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD	21 / 40 (666.7540)	24 (165.7144)	10 (170.8456)	36 (154.7540)	1 (175.4400)
2019-06-14	Miles City Cowtown Cook Off Miles City, MT	13 / 28 (667.2568)	8 (169.6800)	17 (163.3828)	18 (164.5140)	8 (169.6800)
2019-06-08	Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK	10 / 19 (623.3028)	11 (159.3944)	13 (152.5372)	4 (164.0000)	13 (147.3712)

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	#192 (568 pts)	#219 (558 pts)	#314 (438 pts)	#232 (478 pts)	#149 (683 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#163 (1270 pts)	#130 (1435 pts)	#232 (1060 pts)	#119 (1425 pts)	#201 (1090 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#290 (759 pts)	#247 (939 pts)	#292 (849 pts)	#258 (859 pts)	#302 (764 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#166 (1154 pts)	#163 (1144 pts)	#125 (1418 pts)	#188 (1044 pts)	#151 (1209 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#191 (1080 pts)	#237 (965 pts)	#266 (925 pts)	#186 (1090 pts)	#255 (905 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#123 (1309 pts)	#209 (909 pts)	#144 (1234 pts)	#198 (969 pts)	#76 (1584 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#120 (875 pts)	#117 (900 pts)	#69 (1245 pts)	#154 (740 pts)	#157 (740 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#571 (578 pts)	#602 (573 pts)	#607 (578 pts)	#551 (633 pts)	#390 (848 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1110 (238 pts)	#1262 (203 pts)	#1119 (258 pts)	#1096 (263 pts)	#1045 (283 pts)