BULLS SMOKIN BBQ

BULLS SMOKIN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 27 at the Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) (2025). They are ranked #6276 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,276

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1414

peak 1414 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 30, 2017

latest Mar 27, 2026 · 8.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#316

Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 17 contests

Avg finish

top 87%

overall standings

Best overall

650.1712 / 720

Master · Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.48 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 630.35 (+6.13)

Walk rate

12%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7144

Chicken · Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)

Consistency

±13.77

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.87 · weakest Brisket (150.72)

Road miles

445

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 136 mi

Schedule strength

89%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1625)

Purse competed for

$60K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

630.35 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

320.45 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

Their season

2025 their best year

2025 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 65%

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.15 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 150.72
Chicken avg 161.87
0 calls in 14 entries

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) (Mar 22, 2024).

last seen Mar 25, 2022
back Mar 22, 2024

Chicken nemesis

9 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 9 of 9 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1625 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1625 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.

15 rated contests

The metronome

±1.88% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.88% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.6% of a perfect score
17 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#1342 (56 pts)	#1427 (51 pts)	#1434 (56 pts)	#1352 (56 pts)	#1099 (61 pts)
2025 ↗	Backyard	#316 (112 pts)	#277 (142 pts)	#324 (112 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1199 (65 pts)	#892 (165 pts)	#1148 (70 pts)	#1496 (50 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1182 (60 pts)	#853 (165 pts)	#962 (135 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#912 (121 pts)	#884 (151 pts)	#912 (151 pts)	#1061 (111 pts)	#1027 (116 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#1124 (51 pts)	#803 (96 pts)	#888 (71 pts)	#857 (76 pts)	#1120 (51 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#2579 (52 pts)	#2578 (52 pts)	#2578 (52 pts)	#2572 (52 pts)	#2494 (57 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1924 (112 pts)	#1934 (117 pts)	#1681 (147 pts)	#1970 (112 pts)	#1974 (112 pts)

Overall rank by season

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PIG PEN

#6,274 of the rated field

1415 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1415

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 Sep 24, 2021

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Brew-N-Que

#6,277 of the rated field

1414 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before BULLS SMOKIN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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Far Beyond BBQ

#6,278 of the rated field

1414 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

Fewer contests behind them than BULLS SMOKIN BBQ has cooked, 11 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026

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JUST Q IT

#6,275 of the rated field

1415 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1415

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2019

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TEAM ANONIEM

#6,282 of the rated field

1414 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Aug 13, 2016

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BLIND CHERRY BBQ

#6,280 of the rated field

1414 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1414

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
TAILGATE GUYS BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MY 3 SONS BARBEQUE MO	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Ambition Que	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Can Country Outlaw BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WOOD HOOK BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' BUTTS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
LOVE 2 Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
WE WILL ROCK QUE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	173.7144	150.2400	161.87	top 77%
Pork Ribs	17	1	166.8344	149.6572	159.56	top 80%
Pork	14	0	167.9772	142.1712	158.61	top 87%
Brisket	14	0	164.5256	140.4916	150.72	top 91%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	12	0	top 87%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 87%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge	3	10	top 74%	Mar 27, 2026
Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	2	23	top 83%	Aug 6, 2021
Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge	2	25	top 95%	Mar 26, 2021
Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown	2	17	top 87%	Oct 4, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 4 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 17 of 17 contests

Contests visited 10 4 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 17 entries · 0 wins · 1 call

Opponents faced 253 finished ahead 60 times, behind 438

Longest layoff 2 yrs Mar 25, 2022 → Mar 22, 2024

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

20261 milestone

Mar 27 Most recent contest Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge

20251 milestone

Mar 28 First overall top-10 Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1)

20242 milestones

Mar 22 First call Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)
Mar 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7144 Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1)

20211 milestone

Aug 6 10th tracked contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

20202 milestones

Sep 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.1712 Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge
Sep 11 Career-best overall score650.1712 Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge

20172 milestones

Jun 30 First tracked contest Grillin and Chillin
Jun 30 Peak power rating (1490) Grillin and Chillin

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.7	Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1)	Mar 28, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.1	Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge	Sep 11, 2020
-9.7	Grillin and Chillin	Jun 30, 2017
-7.5	Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge	Mar 26, 2021
-7.3	Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 29, 2018
-7	Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge	Mar 27, 2026

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0%	top 92%	89.7%	89.7%
2025	3	1	33%	top 65%	89%	88%
2024	2	0	50%	top 94%	90.1%	90.1%
2022	1	0	0%	top 95%	87%	87%
2021	4	0	0%	top 91%	88.7%	87.1%
2020	1	0	0%	top 96%	90.3%	90.3%
2019	1	0	0%	top 93%	84%	84%
2018	2	0	0%	top 86%	86.2%	85.8%
2017	2	0	0%	top 87%	89.4%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 27, 2026	Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge 🏅 St. Robert, MO	24 / 26 (645.5544)	25 (162.8456)	24 (159.9544)	24 (167.9772)	23 (154.7772)
Mar 29, 2025	Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 2) 🏅 St. Robert, MO	23 / 25 (626.6056)	22 (164.5256)	23 (155.9200)	21 (165.6684)	25 (140.4916)
Mar 29, 2025	Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Robert, MO	—	—	12 (165.1084)	—	—
Mar 28, 2025	Kickin' It Route 66 Barbecue Challenge (Day 1) 🏅 St. Robert, MO	10 / 27 (320.4456)	7 (166.8228)	10 (153.6228)	—	—
Mar 23, 2024	Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Robert, MO	—	—	19 (160.5372)	—	—
Mar 22, 2024	Kickin' It Route 66 BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 St. Robert, MO	33 / 35 (648.3772)	7 (173.7144)	34 (159.3828)	30 (162.8000)	34 (152.4800)
Mar 25, 2022	Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge - Day 1 🏅 St. Robert, MO	36 / 38 (626.6400)	35 (158.7884)	32 (154.7888)	26 (162.8228)	38 (150.2400)
Aug 6, 2021	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ 🏅 Laurie, MO	23 / 26 (635.2460)	17 (166.2400)	17 (166.8344)	26 (153.0744)	24 (149.0972)
Jul 24, 2021	Smokin on the Osage - Day 2 🏅 Osceola, MO	23 / 25 (619.2340)	25 (163.3828)	22 (157.6800)	25 (143.3828)	22 (154.7884)
Jul 23, 2021	Smokin on the Osage - Day 1 🏅 Osceola, MO	22 / 25 (638.6968)	13 (171.9656)	22 (160.5600)	22 (162.7884)	24 (143.3828)
Mar 26, 2021	Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge 🏅 St. Roberts, MO	49 / 52 (614.5824)	48 (159.9428)	36 (166.8112)	52 (142.1712)	49 (145.6572)
Sep 11, 2020	Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge 🏅 St. Roberts, MO	25 / 26 (650.1712)	16 (170.2856)	21 (163.3944)	20 (163.9540)	26 (152.5372)
Oct 4, 2019	Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lebanon, MO	25 / 27 (604.9256)	25 (150.2400)	25 (149.6572)	25 (155.3828)	24 (149.6456)
Oct 19, 2018	Guts Glory Ram BBQ Showdown Lebanon, MO	17 / 21 (620.9712)	18 (152.5028)	16 (158.8000)	17 (157.1428)	15 (152.5256)
Jun 29, 2018	Freedom Fest BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	47 / 52 (614.1484)	51 (151.4172)	50 (152.5372)	32 (165.1084)	49 (145.0856)
Aug 4, 2017	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	31 / 40 (643.8968)	37 (154.2284)	22 (165.7488)	35 (159.3940)	26 (164.5256)
Jun 30, 2017	Grillin and Chillin Chillicothe, MO	26 / 27 (635.8740)	24 (161.1084)	21 (161.1200)	27 (158.8228)	25 (154.8228)

BULLS SMOKIN BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

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

Backyard avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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)