BAD TO THE BONE TOO

BAD TO THE BONE TOO is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 8th of 29 at the Hot Springs Blues & BBQ (2015). They are ranked #3488 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,488

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1493

peak 1517 · rated over 9 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 2, 2014

latest Apr 28, 2017 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#871

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

20% of 10 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8000 / 720

Master · Hot Springs Blues & BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.11 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 655.22 (-11.11)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4288

Pork Ribs · Bucks, Ducks & BBQ

Consistency

±16.45

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.51 · weakest Brisket (160.47)

Road miles

651

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$35K

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

655.22 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 6 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

678.8000 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8000 at Hot Springs Blues & BBQ — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 19, 2015

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 45%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 45%

A tough matchup

7–2 behind in the head-to-head

DAD'S GRILLIN CREW ahead in 78% of their meetings

DAD'S GRILLIN CREW has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.04 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 160.47
Chicken avg 165.51
3 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHICK'N BUTTS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

1.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship (Feb 8, 2019).

last seen Apr 28, 2017
back Feb 8, 2019

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Chicken nemesis

8 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

DAD'S GRILLIN CREW ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DAD'S GRILLIN CREW has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±2.28% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.28% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.0% of a perfect score
10 contests

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1708 (124 pts)	#1533 (179 pts)	#1494 (184 pts)	#1395 (204 pts)	#1965 (114 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1450 (181 pts)	#1484 (191 pts)	#1646 (166 pts)	#1302 (246 pts)	#1636 (161 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#871 (385 pts)	#959 (355 pts)	#1032 (325 pts)	#923 (390 pts)	#769 (475 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1290 (220 pts)	#1430 (205 pts)	#1142 (280 pts)	#1535 (180 pts)	#1163 (270 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BAD TO THE BONE TOO, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BBQ Bravado

#3,484 of the rated field

1494 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1506

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2022

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SOUTH COAST BBQ

#3,476 of the rated field

1494 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before BAD TO THE BONE TOO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

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Jessie Raes BBQ

#3,502 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1528

They've been 1528 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Nov 21, 2025

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3 Master Basters

#3,478 of the rated field

1494 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1510

Level with BAD TO THE BONE TOO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 23, 2023

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PIG PEN ENTERPRISES

#3,507 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 13, 2022

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BIG SLAB BBQ

#3,489 of the rated field

1493 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
BBQR'S DELIGHT	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN KRUNK BBQ SOCIETY	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LOTTA BULL BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	3	0	173.7256	157.0972	165.51	top 56%
Pork Ribs	9	1	0	175.4288	155.3944	164.11	top 57%
Pork	9	2	0	172	153.1084	165.13	top 54%
Brisket	9	3	1	174.2744	145.6572	160.47	top 57%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 63%
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 58%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	2	10	0	top 61%	Sep 23, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 10 of 10 contests

Contests visited 8 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 149 finished ahead 105 times, behind 133

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs Apr 28, 2017 → Feb 8, 2019

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

20192 milestones

Feb 8 10th tracked contest KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship
Feb 8 Most recent contest KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship

20153 milestones

Sep 19 First overall top-10 Hot Springs Blues & BBQ
Sep 19 Career-best overall score678.8000 Hot Springs Blues & BBQ
Oct 2 Peak power rating (1517) Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship

20144 milestones

May 2 First tracked contest Smokelawn
May 2 First call Smokelawn
May 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.2744 Smokelawn
Jul 18 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4288 Bucks, Ducks & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.5	Hot Springs Blues & BBQ	Sep 19, 2015
+7.3	Smokelawn	May 2, 2014
+2.9	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship	Oct 2, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.1	Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship	Sep 16, 2016
-7.6	Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off	Apr 28, 2017
-6.2	Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce	Apr 1, 2017
-2.8	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash	Sep 25, 2015
-1.7	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash	Sep 23, 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)
2019	1	0	0%	—	—	—
2017	2	0	0%	top 77%	91.4%	90.2%
2016	2	0	50%	top 73%	88.2%	88%
2015	3	2	100%	top 45%	94.3%	91.9%
2014	2	0	100%	top 47%	94%	93.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 8, 2019	KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR	—	—	—	—	—
Apr 28, 2017	Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off Stuttgart, AR	23 / 29 (658.2632)	12 (170.8572)	21 (165.7260)	11 (169.7372)	27 (151.9428)
Apr 1, 2017	Smoke on the Border Gravette Chambers of Commerce Gravette, AR	28 / 37 (640.9712)	30 (159.3940)	15 (167.4172)	21 (165.6800)	30 (148.4800)
Sep 23, 2016	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	15 / 25 (631.8860)	16 (157.0972)	18 (158.2744)	5 (170.8572)	22 (145.6572)
Sep 16, 2016	Smoke On the Water Arkansas State Barbecue Championship Pine Bluff, AR	18 / 21 (634.7084)	15 (165.7028)	18 (155.3944)	20 (153.1084)	15 (160.5028)
Oct 2, 2015	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	11 / 25 (654.7200)	10 (166.8112)	12 (162.2516)	12 (164.5600)	13 (161.0972)
Sep 25, 2015	Bryant's Buzzin' BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	10 / 16 (650.7772)	7 (169.7144)	13 (156.5372)	12 (160.5600)	8 (163.9656)
Sep 19, 2015	Hot Springs Blues & BBQ Hot Springs, AR	8 / 29 (678.8000)	19 (163.9884)	14 (168.5372)	6 (172)	3 (174.2744)
Jul 18, 2014	Bucks, Ducks & BBQ Conway, AR	16 / 26 (676.5488)	9 (173.7256)	6 (175.4288)	26 (159.9544)	13 (167.4400)
May 2, 2014	Smokelawn Hot Springs, AR	13 / 39 (670.2744)	24 (162.2744)	15 (167.4172)	12 (169.7372)	8 (170.8456)

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

BAD TO THE BONE TOO

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)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

The metronome

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

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)