TU BONES BBQ
TU BONES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 19th of 29 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015). They finished #2070 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1494
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Feb 27, 2014
latest May 22, 2015 · 1.2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.82 · weakest Chicken (151.39)
Road miles
679
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 679 mi
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
635.09 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2070 (77 pts) | #2686 (62 pts) | #2689 (62 pts) | #2114 (87 pts) | #2589 (67 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8000 | 147.3828 | 151.39 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 153.6456 | 161.68 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 159.3600 | 162.82 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 152.5372 | 159.21 | top 55% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 61% | Feb 26, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
119
finished ahead 48 times, behind 76
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20155 milestones
- First call Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4172 Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3028 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score655.3028 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1498) Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA | 19 / 29 (655.3028) | 28 (154.8000) | 22 (159.9656) | 9 (169.6800) | 10 (170.8572) |
| Feb 26, 2015 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 38 / 61 (632.4572) | 53 (147.3828) | 10 (171.4172) | 38 (159.4172) | 40 (154.2400) |
| Feb 27, 2014 | Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX | 22 / 37 (617.5200) | 25 (151.9772) | 27 (153.6456) | 20 (159.3600) | 24 (152.5372) |