PORK-N-BONES

PORK-N-BONES is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 7th of 25 at the Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship (2015). They are ranked #6348 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,348

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1403

peak 1403 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2013

latest Aug 10, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#759

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

4% of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 78%

overall standings

Best overall

665.6228 / 720

Master · WNC BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

641.39 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 643.99 (-2.60)

Walk rate

26%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley)

Consistency

±13.20

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.12 · weakest Brisket (156.09)

Road miles

4,730

across 23 mapped stops · furthest 538 mi

Schedule strength

48%

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

Master avg

643.99 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

665.6228 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.6228 at WNC BBQ Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 24, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GRILLIN' GANGSTERS has finished one call ahead of PORK-N-BONES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 60%.

5 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 60%

A tough matchup

19–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKE THIS has come out ahead in 19 of their 19 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.03 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 4% of the time against 4%.

Brisket avg 156.09
Chicken avg 163.12
1 call in 23 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRILLIN' GANGSTERS in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

16 of 19 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKE THIS ahead 84% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE THIS has out-cooked them in 16 of 19 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Quenut BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

4,730 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,730 miles across 23 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 538 miles to Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown.

23 mapped stops
furthest 538 mi

The metronome

±1.83% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.83% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.4% of a perfect score
23 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 28th

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1443 (179 pts)	#1213 (264 pts)	#1368 (219 pts)	#1522 (179 pts)	#1516 (179 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1231 (239 pts)	#1319 (239 pts)	#1320 (239 pts)	#1334 (239 pts)	#1298 (239 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#847 (395 pts)	#1020 (325 pts)	#702 (540 pts)	#912 (395 pts)	#894 (395 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1071 (285 pts)	#1046 (325 pts)	#1132 (285 pts)	#842 (435 pts)	#1116 (285 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#759 (405 pts)	#730 (450 pts)	#840 (385 pts)	#701 (475 pts)	#838 (375 pts)

Overall rank by season

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LUCKY BRISKET

#6,345 of the rated field

1403 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1403

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2017

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On The Brink BBQ

#6,347 of the rated field

1403 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1403

Fewer contests behind them than PORK-N-BONES has cooked, 16 to 23, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE

#6,344 of the rated field

1403 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1403

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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JJ QUE

#6,346 of the rated field

1403 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1403

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 9, 2022

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Mad Cow Angry Beaver

#6,343 of the rated field

1403 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1403

Level with PORK-N-BONES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2025

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FLAT BOTTOM BBQ

#6,340 of the rated field

1404 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1404

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE THIS	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BAREKNUCKLES BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Quenut BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
OLD PLANTATION BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BAYOU POKER SMOKERS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	1	175.4172	153.6344	163.12	top 70%
Pork Ribs	23	3	172.5944	150.2400	162.25	top 63%
Pork	23	3	173.7372	144.4572	162.53	top 67%
Brisket	23	1	168.5256	138.1828	156.09	top 79%

“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)	7	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	16	0	top 82%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	11	top 84%
GA	5	top 80%
LA	5	top 76%
AR	2	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	6	28	top 91%	Aug 10, 2018
Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival	5	40	top 80%	Aug 4, 2017
WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley)	4	25	top 75%	Jul 21, 2017
Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	2	7	top 46%	Oct 2, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 5 contests

Contests a season 3.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 11 of 23 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 10 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 447 finished ahead 215 times, behind 841

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

20181 milestone

Aug 10 Most recent contest Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

20171 milestone

Jul 21 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley)

20152 milestones

Jul 24 Career-best overall score665.6228 WNC BBQ Festival
Oct 2 First overall top-10 Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship

20141 milestone

Oct 3 10th tracked contest Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship

20134 milestones

Mar 22 First tracked contest Hammond Blues and BBQ
Mar 22 Peak power rating (1490) Hammond Blues and BBQ
Sep 27 First call Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
Sep 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.6740 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.6	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	Oct 2, 2015
+5.5	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	Sep 27, 2013
+4.9	WNC BBQ Festival	Jul 24, 2015
+0.6	Smokin Blues & BBQ	Mar 27, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.3	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Aug 9, 2013
-10.4	Hammond Blues and BBQ	Mar 22, 2013
-9.9	Hamond BBQ	Mar 25, 2016
-9	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Aug 8, 2014
-8.5	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Aug 12, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0%	top 96%	87.7%	87.7%
2017	3	0	33%	top 82%	91.1%	89.9%
2016	4	0	0%	top 95%	90%	88.3%
2015	5	1	40%	top 60%	92.4%	91.5%
2014	5	0	40%	top 80%	90.3%	88.9%
2013	5	0	20%	top 77%	91.5%	88.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 10, 2018	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	49 / 51 (631.2004)	47 (158.2288)	49 (154.2172)	35 (163.9772)	46 (154.7772)
Aug 11, 2017	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	30 / 34 (631.7368)	31 (160.4912)	17 (163.9428)	29 (159.4056)	34 (147.8972)
Aug 4, 2017	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival Dillard, GA	43 / 57 (655.2340)	53 (162.2400)	39 (165.0740)	35 (165.1200)	38 (162.8000)
Jul 21, 2017	WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley) Maggie Valley, NC	39 / 47 (655.8284)	9 (175.4172)	44 (154.8000)	40 (160.5256)	28 (165.0856)
Aug 12, 2016	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	33 / 34 (632.9488)	33 (154.8000)	26 (162.8344)	29 (159.9544)	26 (155.3600)
Aug 5, 2016	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	53 / 56 (636.9256)	53 (157.0628)	26 (167.9772)	56 (154.2400)	50 (157.6456)
Jul 22, 2016	WNC BBQ Festival- Maggie Valley, NC	43 / 49 (647.7944)	28 (167.3828)	35 (162.8116)	35 (163.9544)	45 (153.6456)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	58 / 58 (624.8800)	32 (167.3828)	54 (157.1316)	58 (144.4572)	53 (155.9084)
Oct 2, 2015	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	7 / 25 (665.0284)	18 (158.8228)	5 (171.9772)	10 (165.7028)	7 (168.5256)
Aug 7, 2015	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	28 / 36 (659.9200)	30 (161.1428)	25 (165.6916)	19 (167.9884)	28 (165.0972)
Jul 31, 2015	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	42 / 55 (657.0288)	41 (166.8572)	33 (167.3944)	39 (165.1200)	46 (157.6572)
Jul 24, 2015	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	25 / 49 (665.6228)	33 (164.5372)	5 (172.5944)	31 (164.5484)	29 (163.9428)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	37 / 56 (646.1252)	36 (165.0856)	27 (163.9656)	44 (158.8112)	38 (158.2628)
Oct 3, 2014	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	16 / 25 (650.1828)	17 (161.6800)	9 (165.7028)	12 (166.8572)	17 (155.9428)
Aug 8, 2014	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Frankllin, NC	37 / 39 (619.8056)	35 (157.0740)	37 (150.2400)	30 (165.0972)	37 (147.3944)
Aug 1, 2014	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	40 / 56 (650.1604)	24 (170.2628)	44 (156.5260)	31 (166.2744)	43 (157.0972)
Jul 25, 2014	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	36 / 46 (648.4912)	18 (167.4056)	39 (154.8000)	4 (173.7372)	38 (152.5484)
Mar 21, 2014	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	55 / 61 (631.7488)	59 (153.6344)	32 (163.9544)	44 (159.9428)	52 (154.2172)
Sep 27, 2013	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	16 / 38 (658.6740)	15 (168.5256)	20 (158.8000)	6 (172)	22 (159.3484)
Aug 9, 2013	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	46 / 49 (624.4112)	39 (159.9656)	35 (160.5600)	27 (165.7028)	48 (138.1828)
Aug 2, 2013	Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA	51 / 61 (644.4000)	38 (165.6800)	25 (168.5372)	57 (155.9428)	57 (154.2400)
Jul 26, 2013	WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC	39 / 48 (637.6228)	43 (160)	39 (158.2516)	28 (161.7028)	37 (157.6684)
Mar 22, 2013	Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA	42 / 50 (635.9996)	17 (168.0002)	25 (164)	43 (157.1426)	49 (146.8568)

PORK-N-BONES

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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 — 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)