High-water mark
687.3372
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.3372 at Ribs on the Ridge — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 14, 2025
Bull and Heifer BBQ
Bull and Heifer BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 16 at the Ribs on the Ridge (2025). They finished #942 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Feb 14, 2025
latest Apr 25, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.06
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.31 · weakest Chicken (169.50)
Road miles
62
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1551)
Purse competed for
$28K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
683.15 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #942 (115 pts) | #1057 (105 pts) | #1144 (105 pts) | #843 (155 pts) | #753 (190 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 165.7028 | 169.50 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 165.1200 | 170.07 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 168.5372 | 170.26 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 169.6800 | 173.31 | top 32% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
63
finished ahead 27 times, behind 52
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Mar 14, 2025 → Apr 25, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Pitmasters in Paradise
20257 milestones
- First tracked contest Ribs on the Ridge
- First call Ribs on the Ridge
- First overall top-10 Ribs on the Ridge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score687.3372 Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best overall score687.3372 Ribs on the Ridge
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176 Ribs on the Ridge
- Peak power rating (1496) Ribs on the Ridge
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | Pitmasters in Paradise 🏅 Auburndale, FL | 20 / 35 (684.4684) | 23 (169.6800) | 11 (175.4172) | 22 (169.6912) | 20 (169.6800) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Back Porch Jam at the Hillsborough County Fairgrounds 🏅 Dover, FL | 10 / 15 (677.6456) | 12 (165.7028) | 12 (165.1200) | 6 (172.5600) | 4 (174.2628) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL | 9 / 16 (687.3372) | 9 (173.1200) | 12 (169.6800) | 11 (168.5372) | 2 (176) |