High-water mark
669.5424
career-best overall
93.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.5424 at Fire on Ice BBQ Championship — 93.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-02-21
BULLY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1514 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
2016-02-05
latest 2025-02-21
Best ToY finish
#1148
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.70 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 645.64 (+5.07)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.24
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.49 · weakest Brisket (159.43)
Road miles
11,335
mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 9423 mi
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.64 / 720
13 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
288.65 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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 (8 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.
Their season
2016
their best year
2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 57%.
- 3 contests
- 1 overall top-10s
- 0 category wins
- average top 57%
A tough matchup
12–0
behind in the head-to-head
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead in 100% of their meetings
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of FERNANDO'S RIB COMPANY in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
5.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.2 years, then back at ND BBQ Championship (2024-09-27).
- last seen 2019-07-19
- back 2024-09-27
Pork nemesis
9 of 11
shared pork entries lost
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN ahead 82% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared pork entries.
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 34 at their very first tracked contest, The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival (2016-02-05).
- 2016-02-05
- 34-team field
The long haul
11,335
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,335 miles across 14 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 9,423 miles to The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival.
- 14 mapped stops
- furthest 9,423 mi
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.
154 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4665 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4685 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before BULLY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4640 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#4651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with BULLY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4639 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Borgy the BBQ Butcher | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| RUB MY RACK | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNT WOOD BBQ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 30% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEY AND HIS BANDITS | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% | ⚔ compare |
| SPITFIRE | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogline | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BARK 'N BONES BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Backroads BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE IN THE EYE | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ SD | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Pigtamer BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 139.4744 | 161.11 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 147.4056 | 160.10 | top 62% |
| Pork | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 146.2972 | 162.49 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 140.5260 | 159.43 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 6 | 0 | top 74% |
| SD | 5 | 0 | top 71% |
| ND | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
| AU | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 11 | 0 | top 72% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookin On Kampeska | 3 | 31 | 0 | top 75% | 2019-07-19 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9 yrs
2016-02-05 → 2025-02-21
Busiest season
2017
4 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MN
6 of 14 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
12
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
14 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.49 · weakest Brisket (159.43)
Walk rate
29%
a top-10 call in 4 of 14 contests
Overall top-10 rate
7%
1 of 14 contests
Master average
645.64
out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
288.65
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
322
201–455 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11,335
14 mapped stops · furthest 9,423 mi
Schedule strength
1567
average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$36,275
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.2 yrs
2019-07-19 → 2024-09-27
Power rating
1469
peak 1514 · #4659 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First call The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First overall podium The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.7716 The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1514) The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Cookin On Kampeska
- 2018
- 10th tracked contest SMSU Smokefest
- 2025
- Career-best overall score669.5424 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Fire on Ice BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | 2016-02-05 |
| +3.5 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | 2017-03-03 |
| +2.2 | Fire on Ice BBQ Championship | 2025-02-21 |
| +1.6 | *The Original SD BBQ Championships | 2018-06-01 |
| +0.8 | ND BBQ Championship | 2024-09-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.9 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship | 2016-03-04 |
| -9.6 | Minnesota in May | 2017-05-12 |
| -6 | SMSU Smokefest | 2018-08-17 |
| -5.1 | Cookin On Kampeska | 2019-07-19 |
| -5.1 | Cookin' on Kampeska | 2016-07-15 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 93% | 93% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 88.6% | 84.4% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 70% | 90.5% | 89.9% |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 72% | 90.9% | 89.4% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 57% | 92.5% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-21 | Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN | 26 / 42 (669.5424) | 38 (163.9312) | 26 (165.0856) | 10 (172.0000) | 22 (168.5256) |
| 2024-09-27 | ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND | 29 / 47 (656.4460) | 11 (171.4056) | 18 (167.4172) | 34 (162.2516) | 39 (155.3716) |
| 2019-07-19 | Cookin On Kampeska 🏅 Watertown, SD | 33 / 40 (638.0796) | 35 (154.7884) | 36 (157.6916) | 34 (158.2284) | 15 (167.3712) |
| 2019-05-10 | Minnesota in May 🏅 | 35 / 57 (288.6516) | 35 (139.4744) | 23 (149.1772) | — | — |
| 2018-08-17 | SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN | 33 / 40 (647.2916) | 27 (165.7028) | 25 (165.0972) | 38 (158.2516) | 27 (158.2400) |
| 2018-07-20 | *Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 31 / 45 (642.1604) | 12 (172.0000) | 40 (154.2516) | 38 (157.0972) | 31 (158.8116) |
| 2018-06-01 | *The Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD | 19 / 33 (651.8744) | 26 (159.9888) | 14 (165.1200) | 29 (157.6572) | 7 (169.1084) |
| 2017-07-21 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Eagan, MN | 23 / 30 (643.2572) | 12 (167.9656) | 24 (157.0972) | 15 (165.0972) | 27 (153.0972) |
| 2017-07-14 | Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD | 36 / 48 (654.6512) | 43 (159.9312) | 43 (159.3600) | 2 (177.7144) | 44 (157.6456) |
| 2017-05-12 | Minnesota in May Falcon Heights, MN | 61 / 71 (621.0520) | 50 (158.8228) | 43 (160.5260) | 39 (161.1772) | 68 (140.5260) |
| 2017-03-03 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Onamia, MN | 23 / 47 (654.7776) | 44 (157.6572) | 12 (169.1544) | 21 (164.5716) | 20 (163.3944) |
| 2016-07-15 | Cookin' on Kampeska Watertown, SD | 30 / 41 (646.1600) | 35 (157.6684) | 31 (162.2400) | 30 (161.7144) | 20 (164.5372) |
| 2016-03-04 | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship Isle, MN | 53 / 59 (602.2400) | 39 (161.1200) | 55 (147.4056) | 58 (146.2972) | 53 (147.4172) |
| 2016-02-05 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU | 3 / 34 (665.7716) | 6 (165.1428) | 6 (161.7600) | 3 (170.2744) | 4 (168.5944) |
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 | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #897 (135 pts) | #1127 (75 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #944 (130 pts) | #1175 (95 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #1698 (110 pts) |