BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH

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

Power ranking

#5619

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1447

peak 1501 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-21

latest 2021-09-16

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

Current form

625.38 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 620.98 (+4.40)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0228

Pork · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle

Consistency

±22.57

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 157.31 · weakest Brisket (154.07)

Road miles

211

mi 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 🏅

GCs in 8 state-championship entries

Master avg

620.98 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

663.9768 career-best overall

92.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 663.9768 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship — 92.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-06-21

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) (2021-06-04).

last seen 2019-06-21
back 2021-06-04

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

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 87th

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.

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

BRR-B-Q

#5596 of the rated field

1448 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

0–6 in 6 shared contests (0% to BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — BRR-B-Q ahead 6–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Sixkiller BBQ

#5627 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1447

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2026-06-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Porkosaurus

#5622 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

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 2023-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Chillin & Grillin

#5597 of the rated field

1448 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1448

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2024-05-03

⚔ Head-to-head

BETER WORDT HET NIET BBQ

#5595 of the rated field

1448 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1448

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2021-10-23

⚔ Head-to-head

33 Smokers

#5628 of the rated field

1447 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-09-19

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win 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	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
Sublime BBQ	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
BROWNIES BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ 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
Big Wigs BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS PURGATORY	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	0	169.7028	134.7656	157.31	top 59%
Pork Ribs	16	0	171.4400	131.9884	154.94	top 68%
Pork	16	0	172.0228	138.2744	154.66	top 68%
Brisket	16	1	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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	11	0	top 65%
MO	5	0	top 79%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	4	87	0	top 75%	2016-06-24
Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ)	2	32	0	top 68%	2021-06-04

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

On the trail 8.2 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2021-09-16

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 11 of 16 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 157.31 · weakest Brisket (154.07)

Walk rate 6% a top-10 call in 1 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 16 contests

Master average 620.98 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,973 932–3,684 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 211 16 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests

Purse competed for $79,335 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 8 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2 yrs 2019-06-21 → 2021-06-04

Power rating 1447 peak 1501 · #5619 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 21 First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 21 Peak power rating (1501) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
2016
Aug 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5380 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
2017
Jun 23 10th tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
2018
Jun 1 First call *Kelley Wilson BBQ
Jun 22 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0228 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
2019
Jun 21 Career-best overall score663.9768 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
2021
Sep 16 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.1	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2019-06-21
+10	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	2016-08-26
+9.2	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle	2018-06-22
+1	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2013-06-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.7	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2014-06-27
-10	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15
-10	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
-9.7	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2016-06-24
-9.5	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2021	2	0%	top 80%	86.5%	85.4%
2019	1	0%	top 16%	92.2%	92.2%
2018	3	33%	top 65%	90%	86.8%
2017	1	0%	top 65%	86.2%	86.2%
2016	3	0%	top 68%	91.7%	87.1%
2015	2	0%	top 80%	86.2%	85.5%
2014	2	0%	top 91%	85.5%	83.6%
2013	2	0%	top 66%	87.6%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2021-09-16	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)
2021-06-04	Kelley Wilson BBQ (KWBBQ) 🏅 Kansas City, MO	38 / 55 (622.7656)	50 (146.8228)	12 (171.4400)	48 (147.9656)	35 (156.5372)
2019-06-21	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)
2018-09-15	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)
2018-06-22	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS	56 / 185 (647.9888)	16 (169.1428)	100 (158.8688)	17 (172.0228)	147 (147.9544)
2018-06-01	*Kelley Wilson BBQ Kansas City, MO	32 / 48 (641.0176)	30 (159.4060)	35 (158.8116)	40 (152.5256)	10 (170.2744)
2017-06-23	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)
2016-10-29	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)
2016-08-26	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)
2016-06-24	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)
2015-10-03	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)
2015-06-26	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)
2014-10-02	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)
2014-06-27	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)
2013-10-03	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)
2013-06-21	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)

BIG BULLS BBQ BUNCH

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

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

A June team

A standing appointment

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By state / province

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

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

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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