A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BULL MARKET BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BULL MARKET BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Barbecue Craft
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2020-01-24
latest 2023-03-03
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.94
last 3 Master vs avg 642.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.98 · weakest Chicken (155.97)
Road miles
311
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.94 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at The Golden State Battle V (2023-03-03).
- last seen 2021-04-16
- back 2023-03-03
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.
Barbecue Craft has 3 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 145 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.
#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barbecue Craft on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 6 years before Barbecue Craft's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Barbecue Craft's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Barbecue Craft'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 138.8116 | 155.97 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 155.4056 | 159.41 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 160.5484 | 163.59 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 158.2860 | 163.98 | top 61% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2020-01-24 → 2023-03-03
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 163.98 · weakest Chicken (155.97)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
642.94
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
81
18–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
311
3 mapped stops · furthest 203 mi
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$21,150
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2021-04-16 → 2023-03-03
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest The Golden State Battle II
- Peak power rating (1492) The Golden State Battle II
- 2021
- First call The Golden State Battle III - Day 1
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7144 The Golden State Battle III - Day 1
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.5884 The Golden State Battle V
- Career-best overall score657.5884 The Golden State Battle V
- Most recent contest The Golden State Battle V
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 | 2021-04-16 |
| -8.1 | The Golden State Battle II | 2020-01-24 |
| -4.7 | The Golden State Battle V | 2023-03-03 |
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 79% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-03 | The Golden State Battle V 🏅 Hollister, CA | 22 / 28 (657.5884) | 20 (167.9656) | 19 (163.4172) | 20 (166.2628) | 22 (159.9428) |
| 2021-04-16 | The Golden State Battle III - Day 1 🏅 Hollister, CA | 36 / 41 (631.8856) | 41 (138.8116) | 33 (155.4056) | 30 (163.9540) | 8 (173.7144) |
| 2020-01-24 | The Golden State Battle II 🏅 Hollister, CA | 39 / 46 (639.3488) | 44 (161.1200) | 35 (159.3944) | 36 (160.5484) | 39 (158.2860) |