FUNNY BONES BBQ

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

Power ranking

#991

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1606

peak 1610 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-06

latest 2018-10-05

Best ToY finish

#519

Master 2017

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 12 contests

Avg finish

top 26%

overall standings

Best overall

686.2400 / 720

Master · Twin Valley Fire and Smoke

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.75 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.30 (+3.46)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

174.8456

Chicken · Twin Valley Fire And Smoke

Consistency

±16.10

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.17 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.40)

Road miles

366

mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi

Schedule strength

52%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

662.30 / 720

12 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

Happy hunting ground

Top 13% average finish here

Twin Valley Fire And Smoke is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 13%

They almost always walk

75% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 12 contests

A top-10 category call in 75% of their 12 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.2400 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.2400 at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-05-19

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 14%.

4 contests
2 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 14%

A tough matchup

9–3 behind in the head-to-head

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

12–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

9 of 12 shared brisket entries lost

LO' -N- SLO' BBQ ahead 75% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LO' -N- SLO' BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 12 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

ROCKIN ROBYNS BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An August team

Top 14% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 14% across 3 contests, versus top 26% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 26% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.24% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.24% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.0% of a perfect score
12 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

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

Piggy's Kin

#997 of the rated field

1605 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 89%
Peak: 1605

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-07-19

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Marty Party BBQ

#994 of the rated field

1605 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1620

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 27 contests to 12.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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Southern Swine

#988 of the rated field

1606 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1606

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 28 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2026-08-15
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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GRAND SLAM BBQ

#993 of the rated field

1605 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1605

No shared contest yet.

Level with FUNNY BONES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2024-03-01

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WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL

#992 of the rated field

1606 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1635

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1635 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2024-01-26

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TWISTED-Q

#987 of the rated field

1606 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1626

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 30 contests to 12.

rated over 30 contests
last seen 2023-03-24

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN' STUFF BBQ	12	12	0	100%	⚔ compare
LO' -N- SLO' BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
SMOKEN DUDES BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
DRILLING & GRILLING	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN FOOLZ	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
PIGHEADED BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
CAMP BACON BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
HAWG NATION BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
Smokestack Redemption	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-QUE MAYHAM	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
PIG PEN BBQ	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
CHRISTMAS CITY BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
WEEKEND SMOKERS	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GNOME BBQ	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	4	1	174.8456	146.2400	165.22	top 41%
Pork Ribs	12	4	2	171.9656	153.6228	164.40	top 36%
Pork	12	4	2	174.8456	150.8116	165.50	top 34%
Brisket	12	6	0	172.5600	160.5256	167.17	top 27%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 7%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 30%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)	3	3	top 14%	2018-08-24
Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2	25	top 57%	2018-10-05
Twin Valley Fire And Smoke	2	3	top 13%	2018-05-18
Smoke in the Park	2	3	top 18%	2017-09-22

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.4 yrs 2016-05-06 → 2018-10-05

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 4 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in PA 12 of 12 contests

Contests visited 7 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 12 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 167.17 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.40)

Walk rate 75% a top-10 call in 9 of 12 contests

Overall top-10 rate 42% 5 of 12 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 662.30 out of 720 · 12 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 228 468–147 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 366 12 mapped stops · furthest 73 mi

Schedule strength 1567 average field rating faced — tougher than 52% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Power rating 1606 peak 1610 · #991 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
May 6 First tracked contest Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition
May 6 First call Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition
Aug 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5144 New Holland Summer Fest
Sep 23 First overall top-10 Smoke in the Park
Sep 23 First overall podium Smoke in the Park
2017
May 19 Career-best overall score686.2400 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
Oct 6 First Reserve Championship Keystone Classic BBQ
2018
May 18 10th tracked contest Twin Valley Fire And Smoke
May 18 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Twin Valley Fire And Smoke
Aug 24 Peak power rating (1610) New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)
Oct 5 Most recent contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.8	Smoke in the Park	2016-09-23
+15.9	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	2017-05-19
+15.7	Keystone Classic BBQ	2017-10-06
+13.7	New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL)	2018-08-24
+11	New Holland Summer Fest	2016-08-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2018-10-05
-0.3	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	2016-10-07

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	3	2	67%	top 28%	94.3%	92.1%
2017	4	2	75%	top 14%	95.3%	93.2%
2016	5	1	80%	top 35%	94.6%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-05	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	25 / 42 (639.2340)	20 (164.5372)	34 (153.6228)	20 (160.5484)	23 (160.5256)
2018-08-24	New Holland Summer Fest(JUDGES FULL) New Holland, PA	3 / 71 (678.8568)	13 (169.1428)	15 (166.2512)	3 (172.5828)	7 (170.8800)
2018-05-18	Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA	10 / 47 (670.1940)	3 (174.8456)	37 (155.3828)	13 (168.5600)	8 (171.4056)
2017-10-06	Keystone Classic BBQ Harrisburg, PA	2 / 39 (677.6916)	8 (169.7372)	10 (165.1432)	5 (172.5484)	4 (170.2628)
2017-09-22	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	12 / 44 (662.7888)	12 (167.4172)	11 (166.8344)	15 (165.1200)	25 (163.4172)
2017-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	13 / 69 (658.7776)	28 (163.9772)	24 (163.3944)	7 (169.1544)	29 (162.2516)
2017-05-19	Twin Valley Fire and Smoke Morgantown, PA	3 / 53 (686.2400)	8 (173.7028)	9 (170.8572)	3 (174.8456)	11 (166.8344)
2016-10-07	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	26 / 47 (650.6972)	37 (161.0972)	27 (161.6800)	35 (158.2400)	6 (169.6800)
2016-09-23	Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA	3 / 38 (681.0628)	6 (170.8572)	2 (171.9656)	14 (165.6800)	6 (172.5600)
2016-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	13 / 66 (660.5144)	30 (162.8572)	24 (164.5600)	23 (165.6800)	13 (167.4172)
2016-06-03	Que for the Troops Levittown, PA	23 / 67 (640.4804)	65 (146.2400)	26 (162.8460)	19 (162.2400)	10 (169.1544)
2016-05-06	Smoke in the Valley BBQ competition Greenlane, PA	26 / 47 (641.0060)	35 (158.2516)	3 (170.2628)	41 (150.8116)	23 (161.6800)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#761 (430 pts)	#777 (440 pts)	#1218 (230 pts)	#788 (440 pts)	#860 (390 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#519 (740 pts)	#796 (495 pts)	#832 (475 pts)	#577 (695 pts)	#834 (460 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#698 (545 pts)	#894 (415 pts)	#597 (680 pts)	#955 (395 pts)	#597 (675 pts)