2 ROLLING BONES

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

Power ranking

#2121

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1533

peak 1556 · rated over 19 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-01

latest 2017-08-25

Best ToY finish

#1775

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 47%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8916 / 720

Master · 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

637.28 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 642.69 (-5.41)

Walk rate

53%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7372

Chicken · Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way

Consistency

±21.50

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.87 · weakest Brisket (159.39)

Road miles

2,522

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 324 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Master avg

642.69 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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 15% average finish here

Smoke on the River is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 6th
average top 15%

High-water mark

678.8916 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8916 at 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-09-16

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HOG EAT HOG BBQ has finished one call ahead of 2 ROLLING BONES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.

6 contests
2 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 35%

A tough matchup

14–1 behind in the head-to-head

SON OF SMOKE ahead in 93% of their meetings

SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

8–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHERRY LANE SMOKERS in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

15 of 18 shared chicken entries lost

RBQ ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RBQ has out-cooked them in 15 of 18 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Ric's Righteous Ribs has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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.

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

Smoke'Em All

#2120 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1550

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

QUE BIZ

#2106 of the rated field

1534 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1565

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1565 at their best, 32 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2019-06-22

⚔ Head-to-head

MUST B SMOKIN' SOMETHING

#2122 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1558

No shared contest yet.

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 19% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2018-06-01

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Can Do BBQ

#2136 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 9 years after 2 ROLLING BONES did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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RFS Barbecue Team

#2112 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1538

No shared contest yet.

Level with 2 ROLLING BONES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2022-06-25

⚔ Head-to-head

WarPig BBQ

#2127 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1541

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-03-28

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
RBQ	18	10	8	56%	⚔ compare
PIRATES OF THE PIG	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
Smokey and the Pirate	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
BAR-B-Q'S-2GO	15	4	11	27%	⚔ compare
SON OF SMOKE	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
FLAME THROWER BBQ CO.	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
TOO ASHAMED TO NAME	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
SMOKED SEDUCTION	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
PORK DADDY'S BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
GIT-R-SMOKED	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
SMOKE SHOW	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
ROYAL SMOKIN' HOT	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	19	4	1	1	177.7372	148.4912	161.87	top 53%
Pork Ribs	19	4	2	2	176.6172	138.7772	161.67	top 47%
Pork	19	3	0	1	172.5944	150.2284	159.75	top 54%
Brisket	19	5	0	0	171.4172	141.7372	159.39	top 47%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
CA	18	0	top 46%
NV	1	0	top 76%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	10	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 44%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival	2	13	top 46%	2017-07-07
Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship	2	14	top 67%	2017-05-05
Smoke on the River	2	6	top 15%	2016-10-14

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2015-05-01 → 2017-08-25

Busiest season 2016 8 contests

Contests a season 6.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in CA 18 of 19 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 16 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 19 entries · 1 win · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 161.87 · weakest Brisket (159.39)

Walk rate 53% a top-10 call in 10 of 19 contests

Overall top-10 rate 21% 4 of 19 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests

Master average 642.69 out of 720 · 19 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 334 453–360 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,522 19 mapped stops · furthest 324 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Power rating 1533 peak 1556 · #2121 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 1 First tracked contest Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
May 1 First call Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
Aug 7 First category win (Chicken) Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
Aug 7 First overall top-10 Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
Aug 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4972 Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
Aug 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7372 Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way
2016
Jun 24 10th tracked contest Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships
Sep 16 Career-best overall score678.8916 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship
2017
Mar 31 Peak power rating (1556) 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship
Aug 25 Most recent contest Grills N Grills

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.6	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship	2016-09-16
+12.9	Smoke on the River	2015-09-18
+11.3	Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way	2015-08-07
+10.1	Smoke on the River	2016-10-14
+7.9	5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship	2016-04-01

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship	2017-05-05
-10	Grills 'N' Grilles(presented by the United Way of Nevada Country)	2016-08-26
-8.3	Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships	2016-06-24
-7.2	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship	2017-06-23
-6.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-03-25

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	5	0	1	20%	top 63%	93.7%	88.5%
2016	8	2	0	50%	top 47%	94.3%	89.3%
2015	6	2	2	83%	top 35%	91.6%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-08-25	Grills N Grills penn Valley, CA	16 / 27 (650.8568)	23 (157.7028)	1 (176.0000)	10 (166.2856)	23 (150.8684)
2017-07-07	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	29 / 50 (642.1144)	24 (165.1200)	23 (165.1316)	29 (159.9428)	38 (151.9200)
2017-06-23	Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA	48 / 62 (618.2512)	35 (159.9656)	27 (162.2512)	45 (153.7600)	57 (142.2744)
2017-05-05	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	29 / 33 (600.4228)	29 (148.4912)	20 (158.8000)	27 (151.3944)	30 (141.7372)
2017-03-31	6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA	24 / 77 (674.7540)	61 (161.0740)	12 (173.1200)	30 (169.1428)	19 (171.4172)
2016-10-14	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	7 / 38 (655.9084)	15 (164.0000)	12 (166.8228)	9 (161.7028)	8 (163.3828)
2016-09-16	2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	7 / 61 (678.8916)	5 (172.5600)	8 (170.3316)	12 (169.7028)	18 (166.2972)
2016-08-26	Grills 'N' Grilles(presented by the United Way of Nevada Country) Penn Valley, CA	23 / 28 (614.7996)	21 (158.2628)	26 (146.8112)	24 (153.1428)	16 (156.5828)
2016-07-08	Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA	13 / 38 (643.3832)	21 (157.6572)	29 (149.1316)	3 (172.5944)	8 (164.0000)
2016-06-24	Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA	42 / 54 (611.8392)	42 (149.6684)	44 (150.8340)	44 (152.5256)	29 (158.8112)
2016-04-29	Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	14 / 30 (629.1200)	9 (164.5944)	22 (153.1544)	20 (150.2284)	11 (161.1428)
2016-04-01	5th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship Arciadia, CA	20 / 72 (668.0112)	37 (166.2972)	33 (165.7256)	18 (170.8456)	30 (165.1428)
2016-03-25	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Reno, NV	22 / 29 (642.2060)	19 (161.1544)	19 (162.8572)	27 (154.8000)	18 (163.3944)
2015-10-02	1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA	16 / 41 (656.0000)	22 (163.9772)	17 (164.6172)	23 (161.7028)	8 (165.7028)
2015-09-18	Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA	6 / 49 (656.5260)	35 (155.9544)	1 (176.6172)	34 (155.3828)	4 (168.5716)
2015-08-07	Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way Penn Valley, CA	5 / 24 (659.4972)	1 (177.7372)	7 (169.1312)	16 (157.7372)	14 (154.8916)
2015-07-10	Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA	16 / 38 (645.7144)	13 (166.2744)	17 (161.7256)	22 (157.7144)	16 (160.0000)
2015-06-26	Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA	30 / 49 (618.2060)	29 (156.5372)	43 (138.7772)	29 (155.4516)	8 (167.4400)
2015-05-01	Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA	12 / 32 (644.5484)	10 (168.5600)	12 (159.9656)	11 (161.1772)	17 (154.8456)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#2228 (80 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#1345 (235 pts)	#1655 (155 pts)