BULL RACK BBQ

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

Power ranking

#3247

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1499

peak 1499 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-10-16

latest 2019-10-19

Best ToY finish

#1047

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

674.7888 / 720

Master · *Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

658.21 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.02 (+7.18)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Pork · Rock-N-Q on the planes

Consistency

±15.48

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 164.42 · weakest Pork (161.18)

Road miles

1,190

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 199 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$25K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

651.02 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

High-water mark

674.7888 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.7888 at *Harper County Bullseye BBQ — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-10-20

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Fergolicious BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Fergolicious BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Rock-N-Q on the planes (2019-10-19).

last seen 2017-10-20
back 2019-10-19

Brisket nemesis

5 of 6 shared brisket entries lost

Fergolicious BBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Fergolicious BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±2.15% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.4% of a perfect score
9 contests

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.

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

WILD HOGS BBQ

#3257 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 110
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1618

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BULL RACK BBQ)

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

rated over 109 contests
last seen 2022-09-29

⚔ Head-to-head

K-Town Pit Que

#3251 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1509

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin A's

#3255 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1499

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Cosmic Q

#3270 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

Level with BULL RACK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-07-11

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CODE 7 SMOKEHOUSE

#3269 of the rated field

1498 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1498

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2020-01-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Struttin Smokers

#3262 of the rated field

1499 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1500

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BULL RACK BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2023-12-01

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Fergolicious BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
IMAT BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	169.1544	156.6056	162.66	top 64%
Pork Ribs	9	2	2	175.4744	153.0744	162.77	top 58%
Pork	9	1	1	176.0000	151.4056	161.18	top 64%
Brisket	9	2	1	175.4400	156.5372	164.42	top 50%

“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
KS	8	0	top 64%
NE	1	0	top 59%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 49%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Harper County Bullseye BBQ	3	22	0	top 65%	2017-10-20

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2015-10-16 → 2019-10-19

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 8 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 164.42 · weakest Pork (161.18)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 651.02 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 205 115–188 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,190 9 mapped stops · furthest 199 mi

Schedule strength 1584 average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests

Purse competed for $25,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2017-10-20 → 2019-10-19

Power rating 1499 peak 1499 · #3247 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Oct 16 First tracked contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 16 First call Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Oct 16 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5028 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
2017
Oct 20 Career-best overall score674.7888 *Harper County Bullseye BBQ
2019
Oct 19 Career-best single call (Pork)176.0000 Rock-N-Q on the planes
Oct 19 Peak power rating (1499) Rock-N-Q on the planes
Oct 19 Most recent contest Rock-N-Q on the planes

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.9	Rock-N-Q on the planes	2019-10-19
+5.3	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2017-10-20
+2.1	*Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life(JUDGES FULL)	2017-06-16
+1.9	*Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off	2017-04-28
+1.2	BBQ on the Bricks	2016-08-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic	2016-06-10
-6.2	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2016-10-14
-3.1	*Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off	2017-03-10
-2.1	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	2015-10-16

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	100%	top 43%	93.2%	93.2%
2017	4	50%	top 59%	93.7%	91%
2016	3	0%	top 75%	89.9%	88.5%
2015	1	100%	top 65%	91.2%	91.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-10-19	Rock-N-Q on the planes 🏅 Great Bend, KS	12 / 28 (670.8228)	18 (163.4172)	2 (172.5600)	3 (176.0000)	20 (158.8456)
2017-10-20	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	23 / 47 (674.7888)	26 (168.5372)	3 (175.4744)	21 (167.3944)	30 (163.3828)
2017-06-16	*Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life(JUDGES FULL) Kansas City, KS	18 / 34 (640.9372)	16 (161.6572)	25 (156.5144)	18 (161.6800)	16 (161.0856)
2017-04-28	*Chisholm Trail BBQ Cook Off Wellington, KS	19 / 32 (660.0120)	23 (161.1316)	16 (165.1772)	20 (166.2744)	12 (167.4288)
2017-03-10	*Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS	26 / 34 (644.4688)	9 (169.1544)	32 (153.0744)	32 (151.4056)	10 (170.8344)
2016-10-14	*Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	31 / 38 (647.3372)	33 (160.5600)	34 (160.5256)	22 (166.2972)	31 (159.9544)
2016-08-26	BBQ on the Bricks Kearney, NE	20 / 34 (642.6968)	23 (160.5484)	20 (159.4172)	25 (156.5028)	12 (166.2284)
2016-06-10	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	26 / 31 (621.6568)	27 (156.6056)	27 (155.9772)	26 (152.5368)	23 (156.5372)
2015-10-16	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	22 / 34 (656.5028)	25 (162.2972)	19 (166.2400)	33 (152.5256)	3 (175.4400)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1581 (118 pts)	#1873 (88 pts)	#1092 (253 pts)	#1156 (228 pts)	#1884 (78 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1047 (310 pts)	#1003 (375 pts)	#857 (455 pts)	#1109 (315 pts)	#895 (420 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1375 (200 pts)	#1508 (185 pts)	#1462 (200 pts)	#1522 (190 pts)	#1247 (250 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2071 (74 pts)	#2714 (59 pts)	#2048 (89 pts)	#2733 (59 pts)	#1259 (234 pts)