BUSH KITCHEN BBQ TEAM

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3136

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1502

peak 1509 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-04

latest 2016-10-29

Best ToY finish

#645

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

665.0168 / 720

Master · Hamond BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

648.93 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 638.42 (+10.51)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

175.4400

Pork Ribs · The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival

Consistency

±22.66

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.40 · weakest Brisket (155.67)

Road miles

21,458

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 8223 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

638.42 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

665.0168 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.0168 at Hamond BBQ — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-03-25

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.74 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 11% of the time against 67%.

Brisket avg 155.67
Pork Ribs avg 166.40
1 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HELLUVA 'Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

4 of 4 shared pork ribs entries lost

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, FIRE DANCER BBQ has out-cooked them in 4 of 4 shared pork ribs entries.

The long haul

21,458 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 21,458 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 8,223 miles to The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival.

9 mapped stops
furthest 8,223 mi

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.

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

Coach's Decision

#3140 of the rated field

1501 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1507

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BUSH KITCHEN BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-10-29

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Free Smokes BBQ

#3135 of the rated field

1502 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-03-06

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APPLEWAY BBQ

#3130 of the rated field

1502 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1512

No shared contest yet.

Level with BUSH KITCHEN BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2014-09-05

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Urban Que

#3137 of the rated field

1502 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1506

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-05-05

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Smokin Under the Bridge

#3145 of the rated field

1501 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

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ALL-STAR BBQ

#3152 of the rated field

1501 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-05-05

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	1	1	168.6172	145.1544	158.53	top 62%
Pork Ribs	9	6	0	3	175.4400	155.3712	166.40	top 36%
Pork	9	2	0	0	165.6800	143.9428	157.82	top 67%
Brisket	9	1	0	0	172.5600	129.1200	155.67	top 58%

“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
KS	2	top 78%
BC	2	top 57%
AU	2	top 46%
TN	1	top 67%
LA	1	top 60%
WA	1	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 38%
Large (40+)	4	top 71%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2	155	0	top 78%	2016-10-29

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.6 yrs 2014-04-04 → 2016-10-29

Busiest season 2016 7 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 2 of 9 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 166.40 · weakest Brisket (155.67)

Walk rate 67% a top-10 call in 6 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 22% 2 of 9 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 638.42 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 740 301–663 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 21,458 9 mapped stops · furthest 8,223 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2014-04-04 → 2015-09-12

Power rating 1502 peak 1509 · #3136 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Apr 4 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 4 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
Sep 12 First category win (Chicken) BBQ On the Bypass
Sep 12 First overall top-10 BBQ On the Bypass
2016
Feb 5 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4400 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
Mar 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0168 Hamond BBQ
Mar 25 Career-best overall score665.0168 Hamond BBQ
Mar 25 Peak power rating (1509) Hamond BBQ
Oct 29 Most recent contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.3	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival	2016-02-05
+3.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-04-04
+0.9	Hamond BBQ	2016-03-25
+0.4	BBQ On the Bypass	2015-09-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.5	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2016-10-29
-2.2	BBQ off the Bypass	2016-09-10
-2.1	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest	2016-04-01
-1.5	The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival	2016-01-29

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	7	1	0	57%	top 62%	92.4%	88.5%
2015	1	1	1	100%	top 53%	89.3%	89.3%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 43%	89.3%	89.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	387 / 557 (638.1252)	488 (152.5028)	445 (155.3712)	358 (161.6912)	143 (168.5600)
2016-10-28	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	155 / 180 (658.8000)	177 (154.8572)	94 (168.0116)	146 (163.3712)	53 (172.5600)
2016-09-10	BBQ off the Bypass Langley, British of Columbia, BC	11 / 18 (622.2632)	12 (155.4516)	3 (168.0344)	17 (143.9428)	9 (154.8344)
2016-04-01	Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Jackson, TN	41 / 61 (660.4344)	48 (161.6572)	41 (163.9772)	36 (165.6800)	24 (169.1200)
2016-03-25	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	35 / 58 (665.0168)	47 (163.4056)	5 (175.4056)	47 (160.5256)	37 (165.6800)
2016-02-05	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU	11 / 34 (627.9656)	9 (163.3712)	2 (175.4400)	28 (148.5484)	28 (140.6060)
2016-01-29	The Yaks Sydney Barbecue Festival Sydney, AU	10 / 17 (587.4060)	12 (145.1544)	8 (157.6688)	6 (155.4628)	12 (129.1200)
2015-09-12	BBQ On the Bypass Langley, BC	10 / 19 (642.8688)	1 (168.6172)	7 (162.2628)	8 (164.0000)	18 (147.9888)
2014-04-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	13 / 30 (642.8568)	14 (161.7256)	2 (171.4628)	20 (157.1200)	21 (152.5484)

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

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
2016 ↗	Master	#645 (599 pts)	#677 (599 pts)	#405 (979 pts)	#735 (539 pts)	#727 (539 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1811 (119 pts)	#1157 (269 pts)	#1654 (149 pts)	#1682 (139 pts)	#2094 (79 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1867 (115 pts)	#1978 (110 pts)	#1213 (255 pts)	#2145 (80 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)