BULL CREEK BBQ KS
Rating
1639
peak 1668
Contests
51
in the data
First seen
2019-03-15
latest 2025-04-11
Best ToY finish
#166
Master 2016
Grand champs
2
1 reserve
Category wins
4
17 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 51 contests
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
677.96 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 683.24 (-5.27)
Walk rate
55%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±11.03
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.39 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.58)
Road miles
1892
mi across 51 mapped stops · furthest 78 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Pine Tar BBQ has finished one call ahead of BULL CREEK BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Smoke 'n Magic has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 28 of their 36 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of PORKY MCBEEF AND THE CLUCKERS in 16 of their 20 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 68-team field at 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship.
📅 A June team
Something about June: average finish in the top 27% across 3 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship (2023-03-17) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SLAPS BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 48 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 161.6800 | 172.39 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 50 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 178.8572 | 153.1084 | 169.58 | top 45% |
| Pork | 48 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 158.2400 | 170.84 | top 40% |
| Brisket | 48 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 177.7028 | 154.2056 | 170.25 | top 38% |
“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 | 39 | 2 | top 33% |
| MO | 9 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 1 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 39 | 1 | top 38% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (40 of 51 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (50 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ (2021-07-23)
- Wins it all in 4% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 683.24
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 685.0400 | 677.32 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 698.7884 | 683.98 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 706.8344 | 689.71 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 698.3088 | 688.19 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 694.8228 | 681.41 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 691.4400 | 684.25 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 683.9200 | 670.78 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 37 / 92 (685.0400) | 28 (174.2744) | 46 (170.8228) | 16 (176.5716) | 70 (163.3712) |
| 2025-03-21 | 7th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 52 / 70 (669.6004) | 13 (175.4288) | 19 (171.9888) | 53 (167.9772) | 65 (154.2056) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 39 / 169 (692.5488) | 38 (175.4172) | 106 (169.6916) | 47 (173.7372) | 54 (173.7028) |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 292 / 444 (664.4340) | 146 (172.5600) | 294 (166.2400) | 312 (163.9656) | 334 (161.6684) |
| 2024-10-26 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 35 / 56 (678.1944) | 36 (171.4172) | 48 (165.0972) | 5 (175.4288) | 37 (166.2512) |
| 2024-10-25 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 35 / 53 (678.7544) | 12 (175.4172) | 28 (170.8344) | 51 (163.3828) | 30 (169.1200) |
| 2024-08-23 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship Paola, KS | 9 / 42 (696.5372) | 2 (178.8572) | 8 (176.5944) | 13 (173.7028) | 21 (167.3828) |
| 2024-08-09 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 25 / 46 (672.9596) | 25 (168.5256) | 27 (167.3828) | 37 (161.6456) | 6 (175.4056) |
| 2024-05-17 | Tom Brigham Memorial BBQ Iola, KS | 5 / 31 (698.7884) | 13 (174.8456) | 1 (178.8572) | 6 (175.4056) | 14 (169.6800) |
| 2024-03-15 | 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 17 / 58 (689.6572) | 9 (175.4056) | 12 (174.2972) | 13 (174.8688) | 34 (165.0856) |
| 2023-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 16 / 40 (689.0400) | 15 (176.5600) | 34 (163.9428) | 6 (174.2744) | 11 (174.2628) |
| 2023-10-27 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO | 22 / 47 (690.2172) | 29 (171.4056) | 40 (166.2400) | 2 (177.7144) | 12 (174.8572) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS | 74 / 487 (689.1428) | 19 (177.7372) | 255 (168.0228) | 212 (169.6800) | 69 (173.7028) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest Kansas City, KS | 104 / 211 (683.9316) | 25 (177.1428) | 95 (171.4172) | 205 (159.9544) | 28 (175.4172) |
| 2023-08-26 | East Central Kansas State BBQ Championship - Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 2 / 16 (694.8116) | 5 (171.9656) | 3 (177.7144) | 2 (177.1544) | 6 (167.9772) |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL Mayetta, KS | 35 / 62 (693.0744) | 7 (178.8572) | 25 (174.2628) | 53 (167.9772) | 43 (171.9772) |
| 2023-08-11 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN Mayetta, KS | 56 / 90 (681.0628) | 65 (169.6684) | 30 (174.2744) | 86 (161.1200) | 10 (176.0000) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship Lenexa, KS | 12 / 167 (686.2056) | 18 (172.5600) | 44 (169.7028) | 18 (174.2628) | 28 (169.6800) |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 43 / 103 (682.7312) | 56 (169.6800) | 6 (177.7144) | 37 (171.9656) | 75 (163.3712) |
| 2023-03-17 | 5th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 1 / 68 (706.8344) | 2 (180.0000) | 5 (176.5716) | 19 (173.7028) | 2 (176.5600) |
| 2022-10-29 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 Oak Grove, MO | 5 / 32 (698.3088) | 2 (179.4400) | 9 (174.8572) | 19 (169.1544) | 7 (174.8572) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Oak Grove, MO | 35 / 40 (664.9828) | 25 (168.5372) | 34 (162.8000) | 27 (166.2400) | 28 (167.4056) |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (One Meat Ribs) Oak Grove, MO | — | — | 29 (165.6916) | — | — |
| 2022-10-21 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 4 / 30 (692.5144) | 12 (171.9772) | 2 (176.5944) | 7 (173.1200) | 12 (170.8228) |
| 2022-10-01 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 50 / 249 (690.7884) | 63 (174.2744) | 8 (178.2972) | 195 (166.8112) | 93 (171.4056) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 44 / 505 (691.9772) | 275 (166.8228) | 38 (176.0116) | 7 (180.0000) | 158 (169.1428) |
| 2022-08-26 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 4 / 45 (694.2516) | 7 (175.4172) | 13 (170.2744) | 5 (175.4172) | 8 (173.1428) |
| 2022-06-17 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off "4 Life" Kansas City, KS | 6 / 29 (688.4684) | 16 (167.3828) | 5 (175.4056) | 1 (178.8572) | 18 (166.8228) |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 12 / 94 (689.6572) | 10 (176.0000) | 24 (172.5600) | 7 (177.1544) | 63 (163.9428) |
| 2022-03-18 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 16 / 71 (682.7428) | 6 (175.4172) | 39 (165.0856) | 42 (167.9772) | 9 (174.2628) |
| 2021-10-30 | Boo-B-Que - Day 2 Unity Village, MO | 26 / 33 (678.1484) | 12 (176.0000) | 31 (163.9428) | 20 (170.8228) | 24 (167.3828) |
| 2021-10-29 | Boo-B-Que - Day 1 Unity Village, MO | 9 / 41 (693.6228) | 15 (173.1200) | 12 (173.1200) | 12 (174.2628) | 14 (173.1200) |
| 2021-10-22 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 14 / 30 (679.3144) | 18 (168.5372) | 24 (164.5372) | 7 (173.1200) | 9 (173.1200) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 48 / 185 (688.5144) | 74 (171.9772) | 140 (166.2400) | 22 (175.4400) | 33 (174.8572) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 228 / 467 (663.3488) | 283 (163.4056) | 72 (173.1544) | 350 (158.2400) | 149 (168.5488) |
| 2021-08-20 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 9 / 46 (687.9888) | 20 (169.7028) | 6 (172.0116) | 9 (174.2972) | 10 (171.9772) |
| 2021-07-23 | Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ Iola, KS | 1 / 28 (694.8228) | 1 (177.7372) | 11 (169.7028) | 12 (169.6800) | 2 (177.7028) |
| 2021-06-18 | Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS | 20 / 37 (676.4456) | 21 (168.5600) | 23 (166.2284) | 24 (166.2400) | 2 (175.4172) |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 35 / 105 (682.8344) | 30 (173.7372) | 61 (166.8688) | 14 (176.0000) | 70 (166.2284) |
| 2021-03-19 | 3rd Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 36 / 70 (669.0972) | 31 (169.1084) | 61 (153.1316) | 12 (174.8572) | 13 (172.0000) |
| 2020-10-30 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 38 / 93 (677.0632) | 84 (161.6800) | 17 (173.1316) | 67 (165.1088) | 2 (177.1428) |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 6 / 43 (691.4400) | 4 (176.5828) | 1 (178.8572) | 25 (168.0000) | 23 (168.0000) |
| 2020-07-18 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Single Meat - Rib Contest Cameron, MO | — | — | 16 (165.1200) | — | — |
| 2019-10-25 | Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 11 / 44 (683.9200) | 3 (175.4400) | 29 (165.0972) | 10 (173.1200) | 23 (170.2628) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 95 / 135 (673.0852) | 97 (167.9884) | 89 (167.9772) | 64 (170.2856) | 110 (166.8340) |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 218 / 468 (662.2512) | 174 (168.0228) | 414 (153.1084) | 255 (164.5600) | 24 (176.5600) |
| 2019-08-23 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 39 / 66 (658.7772) | 40 (165.1316) | 32 (166.2744) | 27 (169.1084) | 43 (158.2628) |
| 2019-05-31 | Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS | 20 / 49 (663.8856) | 26 (164.5600) | 26 (163.4172) | 12 (169.6800) | 16 (166.2284) |
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO | 16 / 54 (673.0744) | 19 (168.5600) | 33 (163.3944) | 15 (169.7144) | 13 (171.4056) |
| 2019-03-15 | Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS | 16 / 64 (680.4912) | 14 (171.9656) | 28 (164.5256) | 21 (168.5828) | 3 (175.4172) |
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 | #875 (120 pts) | #807 (180 pts) | #927 (150 pts) | #815 (165 pts) | #920 (120 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #307 (726 pts) | #264 (886 pts) | #284 (861 pts) | #262 (836 pts) | #342 (666 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #170 (1131 pts) | #165 (1126 pts) | #238 (996 pts) | #165 (1161 pts) | #171 (1106 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #171 (1176 pts) | #187 (1131 pts) | #186 (1156 pts) | #155 (1221 pts) | #252 (911 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #175 (1061 pts) | #185 (1006 pts) | #248 (851 pts) | #169 (1071 pts) | #130 (1266 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #454 (235 pts) | #433 (270 pts) | #261 (477 pts) | #706 (120 pts) | #368 (330 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #548 (605 pts) | #511 (680 pts) | #779 (420 pts) | #552 (630 pts) | #475 (715 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #983 (285 pts) | #1300 (185 pts) | #1844 (95 pts) | #1103 (260 pts) | #1776 (105 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #166 (1640 pts) | #119 (1725 pts) | #221 (1379 pts) | #244 (1309 pts) | #146 (1682 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #361 (1039 pts) | #287 (1194 pts) | #449 (849 pts) | #356 (989 pts) | #416 (904 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #636 (582 pts) | #528 (732 pts) | #839 (437 pts) | #813 (452 pts) | #624 (592 pts) |