BULLHORN BBQ

BULLHORN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 32 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 87 at the Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship (2022). They are ranked #880 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#880

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1619

peak 1619 · rated over 21 contests6 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 28, 2016

latest Sep 30, 2026 · 9.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#422

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 32 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

704.5256 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

677.85 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.34 (+4.51)

Walk rate

28%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

Consistency

±14.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.85 · weakest Brisket (166.39)

Road miles

7,970

across 32 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$800K

listed at 21 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.34 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 13% average finish here

Humble BBQ Cook Off is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 13th
average top 13%

High-water mark

704.5256 career-best overall

97.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 704.5256 at Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship — 97.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 23, 2022

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE has finished one call ahead of BULLHORN BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 15%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 15%

A tough matchup

16–1 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 94% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Kanned Heat in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Texas Revolution has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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The long haul

7,970 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,970 miles across 32 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 631 miles to Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff.

32 mapped stops
furthest 631 mi

The metronome

±2.08% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
32 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	#698 (180 pts)	#775 (180 pts)	#713 (245 pts)	#717 (190 pts)	#743 (180 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#683 (205 pts)	#706 (240 pts)	#848 (180 pts)	#748 (195 pts)	#774 (180 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#754 (180 pts)	#692 (250 pts)	#626 (330 pts)	#802 (180 pts)	#797 (180 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#938 (120 pts)	#1011 (120 pts)	#877 (195 pts)	#916 (140 pts)	#989 (120 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#422 (522 pts)	#567 (377 pts)	#502 (487 pts)	#528 (407 pts)	#490 (462 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#799 (165 pts)	#545 (335 pts)	#818 (185 pts)	#885 (145 pts)	#737 (210 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1126 (215 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1126 (240 pts)	#870 (355 pts)	#1277 (180 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BULLHORN BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Lucky Smoke

#879 of the rated field

1619 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1619

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to BULLHORN BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BULLHORN BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2024

⚔ Head-to-head

Broken Bottle BBQ

#875 of the rated field

1619 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1632

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to BULLHORN BBQ)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 45 contests to 32.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Pigtamer BBQ

#881 of the rated field

1619 power rating

Contests: 67
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1648

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BULLHORN BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before BULLHORN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 65 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ

#878 of the rated field

1619 power rating

Contests: 91
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1695

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to BULLHORN BBQ)

They've been 1695 at their best, 76 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 87 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

PIG NEWTON

#882 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 94
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1657

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to BULLHORN BBQ)

94 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 17% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 94 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

With a 180

#876 of the rated field

1619 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1619

They turned up 8 years after BULLHORN BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Compare careers

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	24	11	13	46%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	17	7	10	41%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	3	1	1	177.1428	153.0856	168.45	top 44%
Pork Ribs	27	6	1	1	179.4400	155.4056	169.85	top 39%
Pork	27	4	0	1	177.7028	153.1200	168.66	top 45%
Brisket	27	2	0	0	177.7028	153.0856	166.39	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 29%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 56%
Large (40+)	25	top 41%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	17	0	top 46%
TX	10	0	top 32%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	4	61	top 28%	Sep 30, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	3	35	top 59%	Sep 30, 2026
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	3	15	top 30%	Sep 12, 2025
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	27	top 26%	Nov 5, 2025
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	133	top 83%	Nov 5, 2025
Humble BBQ Cook Off	2	13	top 13%	Jan 29, 2021
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	153	top 57%	Oct 29, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 5 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 22 of 32 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 16 7 of them more than once

Opponents faced 2,305 finished ahead 3,821 times, behind 2,711

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 1, 2017 → Sep 15, 2018

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

20262 milestones

Sep 30 Peak power rating (1619) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Sep 30 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

20251 milestone

Sep 12 25th tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

20231 milestone

Sep 8 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

20223 milestones

Sep 23 First overall top-10 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 23 First overall podium Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
Sep 23 Career-best overall score704.5256 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

20211 milestone

Jan 29 10th tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook Off

20201 milestone

Nov 21 First category win (Chicken) McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2)

20191 milestone

Feb 1 First call Humble Rodeo and BBQ

20162 milestones

Oct 28 First tracked contest 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
Oct 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3600 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Oct 30, 2024
+13.5	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	Sep 23, 2022
+12.5	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	Feb 1, 2019
+12.3	Humble BBQ Cook off	Jan 31, 2020
+11.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Sep 27, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.4	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 1, 2017
-4.1	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 13, 2024
-3.9	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 15, 2018
-3.7	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	Sep 29, 2022
-2.3	Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff	Sep 11, 2026

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	0	0%	top 44%	96.3%	94.4%
2025	4	0	0	0%	top 51%	94.6%	94%
2024	4	0	0	25%	top 47%	96.8%	94.3%
2023	4	0	1	50%	top 15%	96.3%	95.6%
2022	5	2	0	40%	top 47%	97.9%	94%
2021	2	0	0	50%	top 15%	92%	91.6%
2020	2	0	1	100%	top 34%	94.8%	93.8%
2019	3	0	0	33%	top 30%	94.4%	93%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 72%	89.3%	89.3%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 72%	89%	89%
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 57%	92.8%	92.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	112 / 158 (677.5884)	75 (171.9772)	136 (165.6800)	84 (171.9656)	118 (167.9656)
Sep 30, 2026	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS	61 / 360 (693.0856)	52 (175.4400)	67 (175.4172)	23 (177.7028)	258 (164.5256)
Sep 11, 2026	Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	34 / 75 (668.5372)	49 (164.5484)	12 (174.3316)	45 (165.0972)	36 (164.5600)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	185 / 401 (679.3484)	197 (170.8228)	81 (174.2744)	221 (168.5484)	242 (165.7028)
Nov 5, 2025	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	133 / 158 (670.7088)	143 (163.9428)	132 (166.2400)	93 (169.6916)	69 (170.8344)
Sep 12, 2025	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	20 / 92 (681.0744)	13 (173.7028)	42 (168.5372)	22 (172.5944)	35 (166.2400)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	27 / 444 (697.1200)	46 (176.5944)	4 (178.8572)	212 (169.1200)	82 (172.5484)
Oct 30, 2024	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	138 / 169 (673.6228)	130 (167.9772)	104 (169.7028)	135 (167.3828)	110 (168.5600)
Sep 13, 2024	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	36 / 67 (666.8116)	11 (174.2628)	41 (167.4288)	54 (159.3828)	30 (165.7372)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS	35 / 211 (693.0512)	83 (173.1200)	43 (174.8456)	21 (176.5600)	130 (168.5256)
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	68 / 487 (690.1824)	73 (175.4056)	10 (178.8572)	213 (169.6684)	258 (166.2512)
Sep 8, 2023	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	15 / 99 (681.7372)	51 (165.7600)	1 (179.4400)	55 (166.2400)	21 (170.2972)
Oct 7, 2022	BooBQ BarBQ'N for Boobies Tomball, TX	5 / 17 (682.2284)	6 (171.4172)	4 (172.5600)	6 (169.1312)	6 (169.1200)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	322 / 505 (658.1716)	253 (167.4056)	27 (176.5600)	391 (160.5256)	433 (153.6804)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	223 / 249 (662.7080)	203 (166.2628)	201 (165.6684)	111 (171.4056)	233 (159.3712)
Sep 23, 2022	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	3 / 87 (704.5256)	17 (172.5600)	6 (177.7028)	11 (176.5600)	5 (177.7028)
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	75 / 467 (491.8856)	370 (157.6800)	297 (163.3944)	151 (167.9888)	16 (176.5600)
Jan 29, 2021	Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX	16 / 113 (662.7312)	38 (160.5256)	20 (168)	9 (170.8228)	22 (163.3828)
Nov 21, 2020	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2) 🏅 Waco, TX	14 / 25 (682.2172)	1 (177.1428)	10 (170.8572)	18 (165.0972)	14 (169.1200)
Jan 31, 2020	Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX	13 / 117 (669.0972)	8 (172.5716)	17 (169.1200)	5 (174.3200)	62 (153.0856)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	80 / 468 (680.0116)	186 (167.9656)	84 (171.4400)	189 (167.4172)	63 (173.1888)
Aug 30, 2019	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	34 / 58 (662.2860)	41 (164.0116)	45 (162.2516)	29 (169.1772)	27 (166.8456)
Feb 1, 2019	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	18 / 126 (666.7656)	87 (153.0856)	13 (171.4400)	3 (177.7028)	35 (164.5372)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	334 / 467 (643.2796)	313 (162.8112)	395 (155.4056)	317 (160.5372)	220 (164.5256)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	295 / 407 (640.4800)	313 (159.4056)	191 (165.7144)	364 (153.1200)	239 (162.2400)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	159 / 557 (667.9544)	88 (171.9772)	419 (156.5828)	113 (170.8228)	138 (168.5716)
Oct 28, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	153 / 180 (659.3600)	106 (169.6912)	121 (165.7144)	133 (165.1200)	168 (158.8344)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

BULLHORN 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

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)