PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS

PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2014), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1456 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “PORK PULLIN' PLOWBOYS”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,456

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1568

peak 1588 · rated over 23 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 12, 2013

latest Sep 27, 2023 · 10.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#382

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

692 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.34 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.79 (+0.55)

Walk rate

37%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

Consistency

±35.98

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.62 · weakest Chicken (161.28)

Road miles

1,680

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 272 mi

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$205K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.79 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

692.0000 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.0000 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 9, 2014

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

17–1 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.33 points below their pork, and turns into a call 16% of the time against 24%.

Chicken avg 161.28
Pork avg 167.62
4 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DUSTY ROADS BBQ in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (Sep 16, 2021).

last seen Sep 12, 2019
back Sep 16, 2021

Pork nemesis

13 of 18 shared pork entries lost

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIRT ROAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 18 shared pork entries.

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Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 71 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke In The Spring (Apr 12, 2013).

Apr 12, 2013
71-team field

An April team

Top 27% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 27% across 5 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

5 April contests
top 40% the rest of the year

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1287 (60 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#428 (901 pts)	#414 (911 pts)	#356 (1,021 pts)	#235 (1,291 pts)	#506 (741 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#382 (795 pts)	#486 (660 pts)	#573 (580 pts)	#453 (725 pts)	#553 (580 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

CROSSCUT BBQ2

#1,448 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1568

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 14 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

BAR-B-Q 101

#1,452 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1583

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 46 contests to 27.

rated over 44 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN YANKEES

#1,451 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1572

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 7 years before PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

HAWG DOCTORS

#1,459 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1568

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

⚔ Head-to-head

Natural Born Grillers

#1,446 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1604

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 50 contests, alongside a 38% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 50 contests
last seen Aug 7, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Big Horn Cookers

#1,455 of the rated field

1568 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1568

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS)

They turned up 5 years after PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRT ROAD BBQ	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	17	9	8	53%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
CHOP QUEY	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
CAVEMAN CUISINE	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' SAUCED	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON WHEELS	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKING HILLS	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	4	0	0	176.5716	20	161.28	top 42%
Pork Ribs	27	6	0	0	177.1428	153.0744	166.37	top 45%
Pork	25	6	1	2	179.4400	152.5140	167.62	top 37%
Brisket	25	4	0	0	175.4056	147.9084	164.88	top 44%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	21	0	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	12	top 37%
MO	12	top 41%
OK	1	top 66%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	3	209	0	top 64%	Sep 27, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 9 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 13 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 23 1 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 27 entries · 0 wins · 6 calls

Opponents faced 2,320 finished ahead 3,540 times, behind 2,476

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021

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

20231 milestone

Sep 27 Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest

20221 milestone

Sep 29 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

20191 milestone

Sep 12 Peak power rating (1588) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

20144 milestones

May 9 First category win (Pork) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 9 Career-best overall score692 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 11 10th tracked contest Johnson County Fair BBQ
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational

20136 milestones

Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First call Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall top-10 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.9996 Smoke In The Spring
Apr 19 First overall podium 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)
Apr 19 First Reserve Championship 5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 9, 2014
+15.4	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015
+15	5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL)	Apr 19, 2013
+14.5	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 1, 2017
+14.4	Smoke In The Spring	Apr 12, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	The Fountain's Blaze Off & Senior Q	Oct 17, 2014
-13.1	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest	Sep 27, 2023
-6.7	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ	Jul 18, 2014
-5.7	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST	Sep 16, 2021
-2.8	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	Oct 2, 2014

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 92%	86.6%	86.6%
2022	3	0	0	33%	top 56%	92.2%	92.2%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 45%	92.4%	92.4%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 19%	94.3%	94.3%
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 36%	94.5%	93.8%
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 7%	96%	96%
2016	2	0	0	0%	top 44%	91.7%	91.5%
2015	1	0	0	0%	top 4%	95.4%	95.4%
2014	9	1	1	56%	top 51%	96.1%	89.5%
2013	6	3	0	50%	top 26%	94.8%	93%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 27, 2023	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS	447 / 487 (623.2912)	478 (143.4172)	355 (162.8344)	456 (152.5140)	306 (164.5256)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	282 / 505 (663.8740)	428 (158.8000)	291 (166.2400)	178 (169.7256)	166 (169.1084)
May 1, 2022	KCBS Media Pro-Am Presented by Prairie Fresh Kansas City, MO	—	—	6 (170.8460)	—	—
Sep 16, 2021	American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	209 / 467 (665.5884)	226 (166.2744)	196 (167.9656)	190 (166.8228)	232 (164.5256)
Sep 12, 2019	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	88 / 468 (679.2796)	201 (167.3712)	182 (167.3828)	96 (171.4056)	68 (173.1200)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	177 / 467 (669.6456)	206 (167.4056)	11 (177.1428)	325 (159.9772)	204 (165.1200)
Apr 27, 2018	Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest -Re-Boot (JUDGES FULL) Sugar Creek, MO	18 / 53 (680.4796)	22 (168.5828)	16 (171.4056)	27 (165.0856)	6 (175.4056)
Sep 1, 2017	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	29 / 407 (691.3944)	40 (175.4288)	85 (171.9656)	37 (175.4400)	131 (168.5600)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	252 / 557 (657.6112)	462 (154.8228)	235 (166.8228)	249 (165.7028)	109 (170.2628)
Apr 1, 2016	Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO	31 / 72 (660.5032)	16 (172.5716)	57 (155.3944)	42 (164.5600)	17 (167.9772)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	26 / 606 (686.8116)	14 (176.5716)	111 (170.8344)	119 (170.2628)	137 (169.1428)
Oct 17, 2014	The Fountain's Blaze Off & Senior Q Independence, MO	25 / 25 (504.4340)	25 (20)	7 (166.8456)	6 (169.6800)	23 (147.9084)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	315 / 552 (650.1488)	260 (165.6800)	328 (161.1204)	343 (161.1200)	276 (162.2284)
Oct 2, 2014	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	17 / 165 (689.0856)	41 (172.5600)	21 (174.2628)	2 (179.4400)	123 (162.8228)
Sep 19, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Midwest City, OK	19 / 29 (666.6968)	6 (174.2628)	11 (168.5600)	28 (160.5028)	19 (163.3712)
Jul 18, 2014	10th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	29 / 41 (637.5084)	21 (164.5256)	36 (153.0744)	12 (171.4400)	36 (148.4684)
Jul 11, 2014	Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO	20 / 36 (648.9944)	12 (168.5372)	16 (160.5832)	22 (160.5256)	24 (159.3484)
Jun 6, 2014	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	21 / 54 (660.4684)	34 (163.3944)	34 (159.4172)	9 (170.2856)	20 (167.3712)
May 9, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour St. Charles, MO	2 / 30 (692)	5 (173.1200)	4 (170.8916)	1 (178.2972)	9 (169.6912)
Apr 4, 2014	Smokin On Big Creek - Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief Pleasant Hill, MO	38 / 75 (649.0400)	40 (164)	16 (169.1200)	30 (165.6800)	63 (150.2400)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	141 / 535 (654.7540)	115 (167.9656)	361 (154.8228)	130 (166.8456)	131 (165.1200)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	95 / 174 (659.2912)	41 (170.8228)	105 (161.7144)	114 (162.2284)	91 (164.5256)
Jul 26, 2013	Racing For The BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	26 / 58 (659.2452)	38 (162.7884)	25 (164.5256)	19 (167.9656)	32 (163.9656)
Jul 19, 2013	9th Annual WildBlue BBQ Burlington, KS	7 / 40 (681.6456)	15 (167.3944)	7 (171.4056)	6 (171.4400)	8 (171.4056)
Apr 19, 2013	5th Annual VFW Post 846 BBQ Challenge (FULL) Overland Park, KS	2 / 73 (682.8570)	4 (174.2856)	7 (169.1428)	12 (168.5714)	9 (170.8572)
Apr 12, 2013	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	5 / 71 (679.9996)	8 (171.4284)	24 (166.8570)	4 (174.8572)	18 (166.8570)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

PORK PULLIN PLOWBOYS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

An April team

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

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