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.
Heff'n Bull BBQ has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 135 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Heff'n Bull BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Heff'n Bull BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after Heff'n Bull BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Heff'n Bull BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 145.1200 | 153.98 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 151.3828 | 152.54 | top 87% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3944 | 153.6572 | 154.53 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8116 | 155.3828 | 157.10 | top 66% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-05 | Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO | 27 / 30 (625.0056) | 20 (162.8456) | 28 (151.3828) | 25 (155.3944) | 23 (155.3828) |
| 2014-08-30 | Smokin' Brew BBQ Parker, CO | 43 / 48 (611.2916) | 47 (145.1200) | 39 (153.7028) | 41 (153.6572) | 27 (158.8116) |