SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA

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

Power ranking

#6183

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1418

peak 1418 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-01-16

latest 2020-01-18

Best ToY finish

#1117

Master 2020

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 88%

overall standings

Best overall

637.6796 / 720

Master · Brixia 4 Star Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

627.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 626.65 (+0.89)

Walk rate

11%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

166.8112

Pork · W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

Consistency

±11.79

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 160.11 · weakest Brisket (151.21)

Road miles

672

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength

21%

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

Master avg

626.65 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines (6 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.

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.89 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 11%.

Brisket avg 151.21
Pork avg 160.11
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHLAGGI BRUTZLER in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 5 shared pork entries lost

White Squirrel BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, White Squirrel BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 5 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±1.64% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.64% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.0% of a perfect score
9 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest every year from 2017 to 2020 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 23rd

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.

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

BURNING LOVE

#6184 of the rated field

1418 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1418

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 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Rub Doctor

#6180 of the rated field

1418 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1418

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

ARCHIE'S MEATHEADS

#6181 of the rated field

1418 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1418

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

REDNECKS WITH FIRE

#6186 of the rated field

1417 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1417

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2022-01-14

⚔ Head-to-head

BUBBA'S BARBECUE

#6185 of the rated field

1417 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 4%
Peak: 1417

No shared contest yet.

Level with SALZBURGER BBQ BULLS, AUSTRIA on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2023-07-14

⚔ Head-to-head

SOUTH BOWIE SMOKE

#6182 of the rated field

1418 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 62
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1418

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 62 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 62 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE BARKTENDERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BURROS BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	0	165.6912	150.8112	159.17	top 80%
Pork Ribs	9	0	162.8572	150.8000	156.17	top 82%
Pork	9	1	166.8112	153.1428	160.11	top 67%
Brisket	9	0	159.9884	129.0744	151.21	top 85%

“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
BZ	4	0	top 82%
IT	2	0	top 96%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 88%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	4	23	0	top 82%	2020-01-18

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5 yrs 2015-01-16 → 2020-01-18

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in BZ 4 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Pork averages 160.11 · weakest Brisket (151.21)

Walk rate 11% a top-10 call in 1 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 626.65 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 127 29–203 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 672 9 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi

Schedule strength 1529 average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests

Power rating 1418 peak 1418 · #6183 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Jan 16 First tracked contest 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Jan 16 Peak power rating (1491) 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
2016
Sep 10 Career-best overall score637.6796 Brixia 4 Star Championship
2018
Jan 13 First call W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Jan 13 Career-best single call (Pork)166.8112 W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
2020
Jan 18 Most recent contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.7	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016	2016-01-15
-12.8	Brixia 4 Star Championship	2016-09-10
-11	The War of Barbeque	2018-03-24
-10.9	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2	2019-03-23
-8.8	1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol	2015-01-16

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)
2020	1	0%	top 93%	84.2%	84.2%
2019	2	0%	top 88%	87.7%	87.6%
2018	2	50%	top 86%	88.2%	88.2%
2017	1	0%	top 83%	88.2%	88.2%
2016	2	0%	top 96%	88.6%	86.3%
2015	1	0%	top 79%	86.8%	86.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-01-18	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	26 / 28 (606.1712)	12 (165.6912)	23 (154.8228)	20 (153.1428)	26 (132.5144)
2019-03-23	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia, Pa 30027	25 / 25 (630.7428)	25 (151.3828)	16 (162.8572)	18 (162.8228)	24 (153.6800)
2019-01-19	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	23 / 30 (631.2912)	27 (150.8112)	21 (162.2284)	20 (158.8344)	24 (159.4172)
2018-03-24	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave, 30020	17 / 18 (635.3828)	17 (162.8572)	16 (155.9656)	18 (157.6800)	16 (158.8800)
2018-01-13	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	23 / 30 (634.1256)	23 (163.4172)	27 (150.8000)	7 (166.8112)	23 (153.0972)
2017-01-14	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	25 / 30 (634.8116)	23 (160.0228)	27 (154.8228)	16 (163.9772)	21 (155.9888)
2016-09-10	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, IT	25 / 26 (637.6796)	19 (164.5828)	25 (154.8456)	22 (158.2628)	24 (159.9884)
2016-01-15	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, IT	29 / 30 (604.9940)	26 (159.4056)	23 (157.6800)	19 (158.8340)	30 (129.0744)
2015-01-16	1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers,	19 / 24 (624.6628)	19 (154.3200)	19 (151.4628)	17 (160.5944)	16 (158.2856)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#1117 (53 pts)	#749 (118 pts)	#908 (63 pts)	#853 (78 pts)	#1114 (53 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1617 (115 pts)	#1763 (105 pts)	#1347 (170 pts)	#1377 (165 pts)	#1664 (115 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1412 (148 pts)	#1485 (148 pts)	#1516 (143 pts)	#1177 (238 pts)	#1477 (153 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2852 (55 pts)	#2257 (65 pts)	#2862 (55 pts)	#2038 (100 pts)	#2165 (75 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2985 (51 pts)	#2225 (81 pts)	#2981 (51 pts)	#2292 (66 pts)	#2904 (56 pts)