A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MORT'S MEAT MAFIA ahead in 100% of their meetings
MORT'S MEAT MAFIA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Bones N Banter
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-03
latest 2019-08-31
Best ToY finish
#1440
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.33
last 3 Master vs avg 631.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Consistency
±9.16
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.27 · weakest Chicken (151.39)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
631.33 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Route Six Ribfest (2019-08-31).
- last seen 2017-06-02
- back 2019-08-31
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.
Bones N Banter has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 126 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Bones N Banter did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bones N Banter on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 144.5600 | 151.39 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 154.2516 | 157.89 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2628 | 153.0744 | 155.78 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 173.1428 | 161.6456 | 166.27 | top 37% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Conquer The Grill | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 67% | 2017-06-02 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2016-06-03 → 2019-08-31
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.27 · weakest Chicken (151.39)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Master average
631.33
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
32
18–25 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1519
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,200
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2017-06-02 → 2019-08-31
Power rating
1493
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Conquer The Grill
- First call Conquer The Grill
- First overall top-10 Conquer The Grill
- Peak power rating (1501) Conquer The Grill
- 2019
- First category win (Brisket) Route Six Ribfest
- Career-best overall score643.8744 Route Six Ribfest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1428 Route Six Ribfest
- Most recent contest Route Six Ribfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.2 | Route Six Ribfest | 2019-08-31 |
| +0.8 | Conquer The Grill | 2016-06-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.4 | *Conquer The Grill | 2017-06-02 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 56% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-31 | Route Six Ribfest 🏅 Coudersport, PA | 9 / 16 (643.8744) | 9 (163.4056) | 14 (154.2516) | 14 (153.0744) | 1 (173.1428) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Conquer The Grill Coudersport, PA | 10 / 12 (622.2744) | 11 (144.5600) | 9 (155.4172) | 8 (158.2628) | 8 (164.0344) |
| 2016-06-03 | Conquer The Grill Coudersport, PA | 9 / 18 (627.8396) | 16 (146.2056) | 6 (164.0000) | 11 (155.9884) | 7 (161.6456) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1440 (126 pts) | #1548 (126 pts) | #1819 (96 pts) | #1813 (96 pts) | #1050 (266 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1924 (112 pts) | #2008 (107 pts) | #1811 (122 pts) | #1737 (132 pts) | #1736 (132 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1731 (128 pts) | #2200 (88 pts) | #1683 (158 pts) | #2049 (113 pts) | #1698 (148 pts) |