High-water mark
685.6460
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6460 at Art of Barbeque — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-06-30
BULL SLAP BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1467
peak 1467 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2023-01-27
latest 2024-08-09
Best ToY finish
#300
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.87 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 655.71 (+4.16)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.28)
Road miles
2,651
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 592 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$78K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.71 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
A tough matchup
9–0
behind in the head-to-head
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.7
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.68 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 20%.
- Pork Ribs avg 161.28
- Pork avg 166.96
- 2 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Hooligans Barbecue in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
7 of 9
shared pork entries lost
Colorado Bulldawg BBQ ahead 78% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, Colorado Bulldawg BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared pork entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
ROCKIN' D BARBEQUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
A June team
Top 55%
average finish in June
Something about June: average finish in the top 55% across 3 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.
- 3 June contests
- top 72% the rest of the year
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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4794 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before BULL SLAP BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4795 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
12 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#4803 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before BULL SLAP BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4798 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with BULL SLAP BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Needs More Cowbell BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| BRACKEN RACKS BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Brinkerhoff BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Bushmaster BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Cluster Cluck Barbecue | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| AMERICAN HEROES BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKET BOYS PYRO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| POPPA PIG AND PORKCHOP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' BOXERS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 151.3372 | 163.79 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 147.3716 | 161.28 | top 72% |
| Pork | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 159.9772 | 166.96 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 146.7888 | 163.68 | top 63% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| MT | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2023-01-27 → 2024-08-09
Busiest season
2023
9 contests
Contests a season
5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CO
4 of 10 contests · 6 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
10
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
10 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.96 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.28)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 5 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
10%
1 of 10 contests
Master average
655.71
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
240
90–269 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,651
10 mapped stops · furthest 592 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 59% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$77,840
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 10 state-championship entries
Power rating
1467
peak 1467 · #4797 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest SJV Winter Rub
- Peak power rating (1488) SJV Winter Rub
- First call Iowa State BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4800 Iowa State BBQ Championship
- First category win (Pork) Art of Barbeque
- First overall top-10 Art of Barbeque
- Career-best overall score685.6460 Art of Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Art of Barbeque
- 2024
- 10th tracked contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
- Most recent contest Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.1 | Art of Barbeque | 2023-06-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12 | SJV Winter Rub | 2023-01-27 |
| -9.7 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2023-03-31 |
| -8.3 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews | 2024-08-09 |
| -5.6 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition | 2023-04-21 |
| -4 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 2023-05-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 56% | top 71% | 95.2% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-09 | Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews 🏅 Alamosa, CO | 25 / 29 (632.3892) | 23 (159.3716) | 23 (159.4060) | 16 (166.8228) | 28 (146.7888) |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 21 / 28 (652.3772) | 28 (151.3372) | 9 (172.0000) | 16 (167.3828) | 22 (161.6572) |
| 2023-06-30 | Art of Barbeque 🏅 Sterling, CO | 8 / 35 (685.6460) | 4 (175.4288) | 26 (163.9544) | 1 (179.4400) | 21 (166.8228) |
| 2023-06-16 | Miles City Cowtown Cookoff 🏅 Miles City, MT | 15 / 22 (682.2400) | 16 (169.1200) | 7 (174.2744) | 11 (170.8800) | 17 (167.9656) |
| 2023-06-09 | Montana BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Absarokee, MT | 27 / 36 (646.6972) | 28 (157.6456) | 28 (161.6800) | 29 (159.9888) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2023-05-27 | Veterans of Foreign Wars Colorado KCBS Pitmaster BBQ Contest 🏅 Castle Rock, CO | 25 / 37 (670.1828) | 22 (168.5372) | 18 (168.5600) | 28 (165.6800) | 21 (167.4056) |
| 2023-05-12 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Lamar, CO | 23 / 30 (642.2060) | 24 (161.6572) | 27 (156.5372) | 23 (160.5716) | 20 (163.4400) |
| 2023-04-21 | Rod Trowbridge Memorial Cook Flyin BBQ Competition 🏅 Derby, KS | 19 / 28 (674.7544) | 14 (171.4172) | 25 (158.2172) | 9 (173.1544) | 10 (171.9656) |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 40 / 47 (656.4800) | 29 (167.4172) | 44 (150.8000) | 32 (165.6800) | 8 (172.5828) |
| 2023-01-27 | SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE | 30 / 31 (614.0804) | 28 (155.9544) | 31 (147.3716) | 24 (159.9772) | 28 (150.7772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1523 (54 pts) | #1232 (64 pts) | #1304 (64 pts) | #1073 (99 pts) | #1528 (54 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #300 (709 pts) | #293 (774 pts) | #349 (729 pts) | #225 (944 pts) | #260 (829 pts) |