A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE GOOD CUE CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE GOOD CUE CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BEER N BONES BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-05-05
latest 2019-08-31
Best ToY finish
#1246
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.30
last 4 Master vs avg 638.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±9.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.68 · weakest Chicken (150.83)
Road miles
186
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
34%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
638.30 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
BEER N BONES BBQ has 4 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 122 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.
#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after BEER N BONES BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with BEER N BONES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BEER N BONES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before BEER N BONES BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153.1316 | 146.2288 | 150.83 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 162.2516 | 163.83 | top 46% |
| Pork | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 169.6684 | 161.0972 | 165.68 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 150.7888 | 157.96 | 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.
By state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| NY | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ in The Valley | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 57% | 2018-05-04 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2017-05-05 → 2019-08-31
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 165.68 · weakest Chicken (150.83)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
638.30
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
45
31–44 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
186
4 mapped stops · furthest 62 mi
Schedule strength
1545
average field rating faced — tougher than 34% 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
1.3 yrs
2018-05-04 → 2019-08-31
Power rating
1496
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest BBQ In the Valley
- First call BBQ In the Valley
- First overall top-10 *Conquer The Grill
- Career-best overall score647.9316 *Conquer The Grill
- 2018
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.6684 BBQ in The Valley
- Peak power rating (1502) BBQ in The Valley
- 2019
- Most recent contest Route Six Ribfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | BBQ in The Valley | 2018-05-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | Route Six Ribfest | 2019-08-31 |
| -4.5 | BBQ In the Valley | 2017-05-05 |
| -0.4 | *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 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 90% | 90% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 90% | 88.9% |
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 | 12 / 16 (624.9604) | 15 (146.2288) | 5 (166.2400) | 9 (161.0972) | 10 (151.3944) |
| 2018-05-04 | BBQ in The Valley Jamestown, NY | 10 / 25 (647.9088) | 24 (150.8572) | 9 (164.5488) | 4 (169.6684) | 13 (162.8344) |
| 2017-06-02 | *Conquer The Grill Coudersport, PA | 7 / 12 (647.9316) | 9 (153.1316) | 6 (162.2744) | 3 (165.7028) | 4 (166.8228) |
| 2017-05-05 | BBQ In the Valley Jamestown, NY | 19 / 26 (632.4120) | 21 (153.1088) | 17 (162.2516) | 8 (166.2628) | 19 (150.7888) |
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 | #1684 (106 pts) | #1851 (91 pts) | #1363 (166 pts) | #1546 (126 pts) | #1657 (116 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1500 (125 pts) | #2535 (55 pts) | #1540 (135 pts) | #1273 (200 pts) | #1753 (110 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1246 (223 pts) | #1452 (193 pts) | #1282 (243 pts) | #1012 (358 pts) | #1184 (268 pts) |