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BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH

BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH is a competition barbecue team with 16 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 19th of 61 at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival (2016). They are ranked #5632 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,632
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1448
peak 1501 · rated over 16 contests

Contests

16
in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013
latest Sep 16, 2021 · 8.2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 69%
overall standings

Best overall

663.9768 / 720
Master · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

625.38 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 620.98 (+4.40)

Walk rate

6%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0228
Pork · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle

Consistency

±22.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 157.31 · weakest Brisket (154.07)

Road miles

211
across 16 mapped stops

Schedule strength

26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Purse competed for

$79K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

620.98 / 720
16 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYS has finished one call ahead of BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB ahead in 100% of their meetings

HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of RAW DAWGIN BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) (Jun 4, 2021).

  • last seen Jun 21, 2019
  • back Jun 4, 2021

Chicken nemesis

12 of 14 shared chicken entries lost

B & C SMOKERS ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, B & C SMOKERS has out-cooked them in 12 of 14 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 61% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 61% across 9 contests, versus top 69% the rest of the year.

  • 9 June contests
  • top 69% the rest of the year
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Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH, each with one reason worth a look.

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

GETTIN' PIGGY WIT IT!
#5,633 of the rated field
1448 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1448
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH)

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

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Sep 15, 2018
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JACKWAGON BBQ
#5,619 of the rated field
1448 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1448
3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Jun 22, 2018
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Porkosaurus
#5,653 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1504

Careers of much the same size, 16 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Sep 21, 2023
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Chillin & Grillin
#5,636 of the rated field
1448 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1448

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen May 3, 2024
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GRIZZLY PAW SMOKERS
#5,655 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
15%
Peak
1447

They turned up 5 years after BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH did, first appearing in 2018.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Jul 25, 2026
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BENTWOOD SMOKERS
#5,646 of the rated field
1447 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1447

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 12 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
B & C SMOKERS 14 1 13 7% ⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB 14 0 14 0% ⚔ compare
Brewski and Barbeque 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
Hawg Wild 13 3 10 23% ⚔ compare
PARK AVENUE PORK 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
IBEW SMOKIN' SPARKYS 12 3 9 25% ⚔ compare
OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO 12 2 10 17% ⚔ compare
Sublime BBQ 12 0 12 0% ⚔ compare
BROWNIES BBQ 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
PB&J SMOKIN OLD MEN 11 3 8 27% ⚔ compare
RIB I'S 11 2 9 18% ⚔ compare
Theslabs.com 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare
Flower of the Flames 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 16 0 0 0 169.7028 134.7656 157.31 top 59%
Pork Ribs 16 0 0 0 171.4400 131.9884 154.94 top 68%
Pork 16 0 0 0 172.0228 138.2744 154.66 top 68%
Brisket 16 1 0 0 170.2744 131.9888 154.07 top 60%

“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 field size and state

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS110top 65%
MO50top 79%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 4 87 0 top 75% Jun 24, 2016
Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 2 32 0 top 68% Jun 4, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 3 contests
Contests a season 2 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 11 of 16 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 12 2 of them more than once
Opponents faced 1,953 finished ahead 954 times, behind 3,660
Longest layoff 2 yrs Jun 21, 2019 → Jun 4, 2021

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

20211 milestone
  1. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST
20191 milestone
  1. Career-best overall score663.9768 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20182 milestones
  1. First call Kelley Wilson BBQ
  2. Career-best single call (Pork)172.0228 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
20171 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20161 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5380 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  2. Peak power rating (1501) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+14The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2019
+9.9East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots FestivalAug 26, 2016
+9.1The Great Lenexa BBQ BattleJun 22, 2018
+1Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-13.7Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 27, 2014
-10.139th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)Sep 15, 2018
-1034th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue OpenOct 3, 2013
-9.8Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 24, 2016
-9.2American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20212000 0% top 80% 86.5% 85.4%
20191000 0% top 16% 92.2% 92.2%
20183000 33% top 65% 90% 86.8%
20171000 0% top 65% 86.2% 86.2%
20163000 0% top 68% 91.7% 87.1%
20152000 0% top 80% 86.2% 85.5%
20142000 0% top 91% 85.5% 83.6%
20132000 0% top 66% 87.6% 85.5%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 426 / 467 (607.2576) 398 (154.2744) 374 (157.6572) 422 (150.7772) 437 (144.5488)
Jun 4, 2021 Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO 38 / 55 (622.7656) 50 (146.8228) 12 (171.4400) 48 (147.9656) 35 (156.5372)
Jun 21, 2019 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 29 / 183 (663.9768) 54 (165.7372) 40 (168.0228) 47 (167.9884) 81 (162.2284)
Sep 15, 2018 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 453 / 467 (584.9148) 464 (134.7656) 330 (161.1088) 391 (154.8344) 454 (134.2060)
Jun 22, 2018 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS 56 / 185 (647.9888) 16 (169.1428) 100 (158.8688) 17 (172.0228) 147 (147.9544)
Jun 1, 2018 Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO 32 / 48 (641.0176) 30 (159.4060) 35 (158.8116) 40 (152.5256) 10 (170.2744)
Jun 23, 2017 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 119 / 184 (620.5716) 145 (150.8344) 96 (159.4400) 165 (147.4628) 57 (162.8344)
Oct 29, 2016 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS 474 / 557 (619.3376) 424 (157.1544) 492 (150.8116) 227 (166.3200) 514 (145.0516)
Aug 26, 2016 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS 19 / 61 (660.5380) 33 (161.1432) 37 (161.1316) 13 (170.8344) 14 (167.4288)
Jun 24, 2016 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 161 / 183 (601.0856) 131 (153.1200) 177 (131.9884) 99 (159.4284) 100 (156.5488)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 533 / 606 (610.7084) 218 (166.8456) 460 (155.9772) 591 (138.8000) 505 (149.0856)
Jun 26, 2015 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 131 / 183 (620.4916) 24 (169.7028) 110 (157.1084) 177 (138.2744) 102 (155.4060)
Oct 2, 2014 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 478 / 552 (615.3144) 239 (166.2856) 542 (139.3716) 503 (149.0972) 310 (160.5600)
Jun 27, 2014 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 174 / 184 (588.4232) 179 (141.6916) 179 (139.3716) 146 (149.1200) 68 (158.2400)
Oct 3, 2013 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO 451 / 535 (600.4916) 225 (162.8572) 402 (152.5028) 403 (153.1428) 514 (131.9888)
Jun 21, 2013 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 87 / 183 (630.8574) 106 (157.1428) 114 (155.4286) 111 (156.0002) 50 (162.2858)

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

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