BULLHORN BBQ

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

Power ranking

#935

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1611

peak 1611 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-10-28

latest 2025-11-05

Best ToY finish

#422

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 28 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

704.5256 / 720

Master · Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

680.37 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.55 (+7.83)

Walk rate

32%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork Ribs · Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

Consistency

±15.17

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.61 · weakest Brisket (166.48)

Road miles

6,707

mi across 28 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi

Schedule strength

51%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)

Purse competed for

$636K

listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.55 / 720

24 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

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
2022-09-23

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 wins
average top 15%

A tough matchup

15–0 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 15 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Kanned Heat in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Texas Revolution has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

6,707 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,707 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 631 miles to Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff.

28 mapped stops
furthest 631 mi

The metronome

±2.11% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.11% 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
28 contests

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.

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

YAZOO'S DELTA Q

#930 of the rated field

1612 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1612

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% 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 12 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

BLACK CAT BBQ

#937 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1612

No shared contest yet.

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 2016-08-05

⚔ Head-to-head

LITTLE LUKE'S BBQ

#936 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1614

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before BULLHORN BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 24 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Al and the Boys

#940 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1611

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2024-08-23

⚔ Head-to-head

SOUTHERN COMFORT BBQ

#939 of the rated field

1611 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1611

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 36% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-03-06

⚔ Head-to-head

GONEHOGGIN.COM

#934 of the rated field

1611 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1611

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2016-07-08

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	22	9	13	41%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
PORKY BUTTS BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	3	1	1	177.1428	153.0856	168.17	top 45%
Pork Ribs	24	6	1	1	179.4400	155.4056	169.61	top 39%
Pork	24	4	0	1	177.7028	153.1200	168.29	top 45%
Brisket	24	2	0	0	177.7028	153.0856	166.48	top 45%

“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	15	0	top 46%
TX	9	0	top 30%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 29%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 56%
Large (40+)	22	top 40%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	3	15	top 30%	2025-09-12
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	68	top 31%	2023-09-27
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	133	top 83%	2025-11-05
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2	27	top 26%	2025-11-05
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest	2	35	top 53%	2023-09-27
Humble BBQ Cook Off	2	13	top 13%	2021-01-29
37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)	2	153	top 57%	2016-10-29

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

On the trail 9 yrs 2016-10-28 → 2025-11-05

Busiest season 2022 5 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 10 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 19 of 28 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 15 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 24 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 169.61 · weakest Brisket (166.48)

Walk rate 32% a top-10 call in 9 of 28 contests

Overall top-10 rate 7% 2 of 28 contests

Master average 672.55 out of 720 · 24 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 2,197 3,436–2,507 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,707 28 mapped stops · furthest 631 mi

Schedule strength 1566 average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests

Purse competed for $636,365 listed at 17 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 14 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2017-09-01 → 2018-09-15

Power rating 1611 peak 1611 · #935 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
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)
2019
Feb 1 First call Humble Rodeo and BBQ
2020
Nov 21 First category win (Chicken) McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 2)
2021
Jan 29 10th tracked contest Humble BBQ Cook Off
2022
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
2023
Sep 8 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
2025
Sep 12 25th tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
Sep 12 Peak power rating (1611) Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
Nov 5 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.9	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2024-10-30
+13.6	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2022-09-23
+12.5	Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2019-02-01
+12.3	Humble BBQ Cook off	2020-01-31
+11.8	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	2023-09-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.4	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2017-09-01
-4.1	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2024-09-13
-3.8	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15
-3.7	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST	2022-09-29
-0.8	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2019-08-30

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
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%	92%
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
2025-11-05	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2025-11-05	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)
2025-11-05	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)
2025-09-12	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)
2024-10-30	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2024-10-30	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)
2024-10-30	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)
2024-09-13	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)
2023-09-27	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2023-09-27	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)
2023-09-27	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)
2023-09-08	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)
2022-10-07	BooBQ BarBQ'N for Boobies Tomball, TX	5 / 17 (682.2284)	6 (171.4172)	4 (172.5600)	6 (169.1312)	6 (169.1200)
2022-10-01	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
2022-09-29	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)
2022-09-29	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)
2022-09-23	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	3 / 87 (704.5256)	17 (172.5600)	6 (177.7028)	11 (176.5600)	5 (177.7028)
2021-09-16	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)
2021-01-29	Humble BBQ Cook Off Humble, TX	16 / 113 (662.7312)	38 (160.5256)	20 (168.0000)	9 (170.8228)	22 (163.3828)
2020-11-21	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)
2020-01-31	Humble BBQ Cook off 🏅 Humble, TX	13 / 117 (669.0972)	8 (172.5716)	17 (169.1200)	5 (174.3200)	62 (153.0856)
2019-09-12	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)
2019-08-30	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Bedford, TX	34 / 58 (662.2860)	41 (164.0116)	45 (162.2516)	29 (169.1772)	27 (166.8456)
2019-02-01	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	18 / 126 (666.7656)	87 (153.0856)	13 (171.4400)	3 (177.7028)	35 (164.5372)
2018-09-15	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)
2017-09-01	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)
2016-10-29	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)
2016-10-28	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)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
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)