SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2743

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1512

peak 1609 · rated over 38 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-12

latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#491

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 40 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

686.7660 / 720

Master · Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

654.38 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 657.16 (-2.78)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · PigMania Lima

Consistency

±29.60

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (164.29)

Road miles

10,036

mi across 40 mapped stops · furthest 642 mi

Schedule strength

38%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1550)

Purse competed for

$58K

listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 14 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.16 / 720

38 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (12 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.

They almost always walk

60% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 40 contests

A top-10 category call in 60% of their 40 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.7660 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.7660 at Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-10-16

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

BO B Q BBQ has finished one call ahead of SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 28%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 28%

A tough matchup

18–3 behind in the head-to-head

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 21 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FOOMANCHOO BBQ in 9 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport (2023-10-13).

last seen 2021-04-23
back 2023-10-13

Built for the big stage

Top 43% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 43% finish in large fields against top 53% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 43% (15)
Small (<20 teams): top 53% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 30% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 30% across 5 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

5 July contests
top 48% the rest of the year

The long haul

10,036 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,036 miles across 40 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 642 miles to 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN).

40 mapped stops
furthest 642 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked *Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 9th

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

MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE

#2744 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1533

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2019-08-16

⚔ Head-to-head

ALBURNT EINSWINE

#2760 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

GOIN' FOR SMOKE

#2745 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1512

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM has cooked, 5 to 40, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2016-10-29

⚔ Head-to-head

Broken Toe BBQ

#2748 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1522

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2015-05-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Notch 9

#2747 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 34
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1531

No shared contest yet.

34 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 15% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 33 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

F.O.M.S.B.

#2746 of the rated field

1512 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1528

No shared contest yet.

Level with SUCKA BONE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 52 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SLIPPERY PETE'S BBQ	21	3	18	14%	⚔ compare
HISTORIC BBQ	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
BRUTUS AND COMPANY	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
BARK BROTHERS BBQ	14	8	6	57%	⚔ compare
TIRE SMOKE BBQ	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
Smitty's Real Pit BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SPITTIN' FEATHERS BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
FOOMANCHOO BBQ	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
ELEGANTLY VIOLENT BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
TEAM RINE-O	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
CIRCLE L BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' 4-PLAY BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
BUCKEYE BBQ TROY OH	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
Backwoods Grillin'	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	39	10	1	1	179.4400	138.2516	165.85	top 52%
Pork Ribs	39	11	0	0	174.8572	150.2516	164.49	top 53%
Pork	38	14	0	4	177.7144	143.3600	166.26	top 45%
Brisket	38	11	1	1	177.7372	150.8000	164.29	top 50%

“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	Avg finish
OH	26	top 50%
NY	5	top 35%
PA	2	top 55%
MI	2	top 87%
MO	2	top 22%
KS	1	top 26%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 53%
Medium (20–39)	19	top 51%
Large (40+)	15	top 43%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Marietta River City BBQ	5	7	top 58%	2024-04-26
Oinktoberfest	4	7	top 39%	2018-09-22
*Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	4	9	top 30%	2017-10-20
Grizzly BBQ Brawl	2	28	top 78%	2026-06-26
PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival	2	21	top 60%	2018-08-31

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 13 yrs 2013-07-12 → 2026-06-26

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OH 27 of 40 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 26 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 39 entries · 1 win · 10 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.26 · weakest Brisket (164.29)

Walk rate 60% a top-10 call in 24 of 40 contests

Overall top-10 rate 28% 11 of 40 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 657.16 out of 720 · 38 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,496 1,928–993 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 10,036 40 mapped stops · furthest 642 mi

Schedule strength 1550 average field rating faced — tougher than 38% of rated contests

Purse competed for $58,250 listed at 13 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 14 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 2.5 yrs 2021-04-23 → 2023-10-13

Power rating 1512 peak 1609 · #2743 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jul 12 First tracked contest Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off
Jul 12 First call Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off
Jul 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0172 Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off
2014
Oct 17 First overall top-10 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2015
May 29 First category win (Chicken) PigMania Lima
May 29 Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 PigMania Lima
Jul 10 10th tracked contest 9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff
Oct 16 Career-best overall score686.7660 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2016
May 27 First overall podium PigMaina Lima
Oct 29 Peak power rating (1609) 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN)
2018
May 18 25th tracked contest PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival
2026
Jun 26 Most recent contest Grizzly BBQ Brawl

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.3	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+11.9	PigMaina Lima	2016-05-27
+11.6	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff	2015-07-10
+10.5	Oinktoberfest	2015-09-19
+8.8	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off	2016-07-08

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.1	Marietta River City BBQ	2021-04-23
-11.9	Oinktoberfest	2018-09-22
-10.1	Smoke in the Mitten	2025-05-09
-9.5	Grizzly BBQ Brawl	2024-09-06
-8.8	Grizzly BBQ Brawl	2025-09-05

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 72%	92.2%	92.2%
2025	4	1	0	25%	top 75%	92.7%	90.6%
2024	5	1	0	60%	top 71%	93.3%	91.7%
2023	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	91.5%	91.5%
2021	1	0	0	0%	top 79%	88.6%	88.6%
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 76%	89.7%	89.7%
2018	3	0	0	67%	top 69%	93%	89.1%
2017	5	2	0	60%	top 43%	94.4%	92.1%
2016	6	3	1	83%	top 28%	95%	93.4%
2015	6	3	1	83%	top 28%	95.4%	89.6%
2014	4	1	0	75%	top 32%	93.4%	91.5%
2013	3	0	0	67%	top 44%	93%	91.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-26	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH	28 / 39 (663.8740)	26 (165.6912)	29 (164.5372)	23 (166.2400)	18 (167.4056)
2025-09-05	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wellington, OH	35 / 42 (658.2176)	30 (167.9772)	31 (161.6916)	31 (166.8344)	32 (161.7144)
2025-05-23	Big Knob BBQ Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA	6 / 12 (667.3256)	4 (171.4400)	10 (160.4912)	6 (169.7144)	7 (165.6800)
2025-05-09	Smoke in the Mitten 🏅 Westland, MI	24 / 26 (630.6628)	25 (153.6684)	22 (157.0744)	15 (169.1200)	25 (150.8000)
2025-05-09	Smoke in the Mitten (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI	—	—	18 (164.0000)	—	—
2024-09-06	Grizzly BBQ Brawl 🏅 Wadsworth, OH	26 / 30 (651.8400)	13 (170.2972)	23 (162.8000)	30 (157.6456)	24 (161.0972)
2024-05-24	Big Knob BBQ & Brew Fest 🏅 Rochester, PA	14 / 23 (657.5660)	11 (170.8344)	14 (165.6916)	15 (161.0972)	15 (159.9428)
2024-05-03	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI	21 / 26 (660.4116)	16 (171.4172)	26 (158.2172)	10 (169.6800)	20 (161.0972)
2024-04-26	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	7 / 13 (671.8856)	7 (167.4056)	5 (173.7144)	10 (159.9428)	4 (170.8228)
2024-04-26	Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Marietta, OH	—	5 (157.6684)	—	—	—
2023-10-13	BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport 🏅 Wadsworth, OH	15 / 20 (658.7544)	14 (165.1428)	15 (164.5716)	17 (165.0972)	18 (163.9428)
2021-04-23	Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH	23 / 29 (638.1484)	22 (158.8344)	19 (163.4056)	22 (162.8112)	25 (153.0972)
2020-09-18	Smokin in the Hills 🏅 Hillsboro, OH	31 / 41 (646.1372)	21 (169.1200)	28 (162.2744)	34 (157.0972)	33 (157.6456)
2018-09-22	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	40 / 51 (594.1260)	51 (138.2516)	39 (150.2516)	43 (143.3600)	10 (162.2628)
2018-08-31	PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lebanon, OH	31 / 46 (669.6228)	36 (165.0972)	19 (168.5256)	15 (170.8800)	32 (165.1200)
2018-05-18	PigMania Lima State Championship BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lima, OH	20 / 32 (661.0400)	21 (165.1088)	6 (174.8572)	28 (160.5256)	23 (160.5484)
2017-10-20	*Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	9 / 39 (679.9428)	24 (164.5484)	19 (167.4172)	4 (173.7144)	6 (174.2628)
2017-09-22	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	18 / 53 (642.7888)	28 (162.8000)	38 (154.2972)	11 (164.5600)	17 (161.1316)
2017-09-01	PigMania Lebanon State Championship BBQ & Music Festival( TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) 🏅 Lebanon, OH	21 / 40 (665.5772)	9 (172.5600)	27 (163.9544)	20 (167.3828)	25 (161.6800)
2017-07-07	*Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	18 / 41 (665.0168)	29 (161.1084)	13 (169.1084)	11 (167.9772)	13 (166.8228)
2017-06-09	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	10 / 16 (662.7200)	9 (166.8344)	11 (160.5028)	9 (163.3828)	7 (172.0000)
2016-10-29	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS	145 / 557 (669.1428)	386 (159.4172)	227 (166.8456)	146 (169.1428)	44 (173.7372)
2016-10-14	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	16 / 37 (670.1944)	25 (166.8228)	20 (164.0000)	16 (166.2400)	5 (173.1316)
2016-09-23	Ointoberfest BBQ Cookoff Clarence, NY	11 / 54 (653.0744)	31 (158.8344)	37 (151.3944)	14 (165.1084)	1 (177.7372)
2016-07-08	Ohio Veterans Barbecue Cook-Off Kettering, OH	7 / 34 (683.9316)	4 (174.2744)	26 (161.0972)	3 (175.4172)	8 (173.1428)
2016-06-10	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	9 / 20 (675.8856)	10 (169.7028)	4 (172.5600)	13 (167.3944)	13 (166.2284)
2016-05-27	PigMaina Lima Lima, OH	3 / 29 (681.6228)	9 (170.8344)	6 (169.7028)	8 (167.9656)	4 (173.1200)
2015-10-16	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	11 / 36 (686.7660)	15 (170.8228)	24 (161.6688)	2 (177.7144)	5 (176.5600)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	34 / 606 (506.8228)	33 (175.4172)	177 (168.5484)	233 (166.2628)	257 (164.0000)
2015-09-19	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	7 / 52 (657.6228)	22 (159.9772)	4 (168.5600)	5 (166.8112)	12 (162.2744)
2015-07-10	9th Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	6 / 39 (682.2860)	24 (167.9772)	4 (174.2860)	3 (176.0000)	18 (164.0228)
2015-06-12	Marietta River City BBQ Marietta, OH	8 / 17 (665.6576)	14 (162.2400)	13 (160.5488)	2 (177.1544)	10 (165.7144)
2015-05-29	PigMania Lima Lima, OH	15 / 27 (669.6112)	1 (179.4400)	18 (163.3828)	22 (162.2284)	18 (164.5600)
2014-10-17	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	9 / 36 (672.4684)	7 (170.8228)	7 (171.4056)	6 (171.4172)	23 (158.8228)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	216 / 552 (661.1656)	182 (168.5484)	141 (169.1428)	298 (162.8800)	308 (160.5944)
2014-09-20	Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY	20 / 66 (637.6232)	23 (161.1316)	6 (169.1544)	38 (154.2400)	35 (153.0972)
2014-07-11	8th Annual Ohio Veterans BBQ Cookoff Kettering, OH	14 / 42 (664.4800)	14 (167.9772)	7 (169.7144)	12 (169.1200)	27 (157.6684)
2013-10-18	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival Nelsonville, OH	12 / 35 (669.5884)	11 (169.6800)	6 (172.5600)	6 (171.4056)	26 (155.9428)
2013-09-27	Ohio Veteran Battle of the Barbecue Xenia, OH	21 / 35 (652.4916)	19 (165.1200)	28 (154.8000)	15 (166.2972)	14 (166.2744)
2013-07-12	Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-off Kettering, OH	16 / 41 (649.0172)	19 (163.4060)	27 (158.2284)	10 (167.9772)	20 (159.4056)

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
2026 ↗	Master	#927 (60 pts)	#1010 (60 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)	#940 (70 pts)	#879 (95 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#598 (268 pts)	#619 (298 pts)	#609 (319 pts)	#576 (313 pts)	#633 (253 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#504 (372 pts)	#370 (628 pts)	#570 (382 pts)	#510 (392 pts)	#490 (422 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1116 (95 pts)	#1158 (100 pts)	#1302 (95 pts)	#1188 (85 pts)	#1207 (80 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1223 (64 pts)	#1262 (69 pts)	#1222 (84 pts)	#1238 (69 pts)	#1546 (54 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#851 (80 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1202 (202 pts)	#1274 (197 pts)	#994 (322 pts)	#1205 (227 pts)	#1097 (262 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#709 (531 pts)	#858 (456 pts)	#885 (441 pts)	#590 (681 pts)	#663 (601 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#493 (818 pts)	#627 (648 pts)	#649 (628 pts)	#535 (768 pts)	#402 (993 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#491 (769 pts)	#568 (684 pts)	#530 (734 pts)	#326 (1049 pts)	#557 (669 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#771 (443 pts)	#815 (448 pts)	#635 (603 pts)	#808 (458 pts)	#1105 (288 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#928 (316 pts)	#992 (316 pts)	#1026 (301 pts)	#780 (426 pts)	#1092 (266 pts)