A multi-meat day
1
contest with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition (Sep 10, 2021).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
BONE LICK-N BBQ
BONE LICK-N BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition (2021). They finished #736 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1529
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Dec 1, 2017
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 8.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
2
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 174.56 · weakest Pork (164.25)
Road miles
1,190
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 621 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$3,620
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.61 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.25 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 1 GC
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BONE LICK-N BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
BONE LICK-N BBQ has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 73 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,258 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1529
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before BONE LICK-N BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1529
Level with BONE LICK-N BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,266 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1539
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before BONE LICK-N BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1542
They turned up 7 years after BONE LICK-N BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before BONE LICK-N BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 175.4056 | 167.4056 | 172.36 | top 11% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 171.9772 | 161.0856 | 167.17 | top 50% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 163.9428 | 164.25 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 173.1084 | 174.56 | top 24% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 1 | top 27% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
First title
Sep 10, 2021
Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
Opponents faced
92
finished ahead 69 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
5 yrs
Sep 10, 2021 → Sep 11, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score687.9544 September Fest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.0116 September Fest
- Peak power rating (1529) September Fest
- Most recent contest September Fest
20216 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- First overall podium Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- First Grand Championship Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- First state championship Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- First multi-meat day Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin up the Campground (GBC Qualifier)
- First call Smokin up the Campground (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.2568 Smokin up the Campground (GBC Qualifier)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.9 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition | Sep 10, 2021 |
| +7.2 | September Fest | Sep 11, 2026 |
| +4.5 | Smokin up the Campground (GBC Qualifier) | Dec 1, 2017 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50% | top 4% | 94% | 94% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 5 / 16 (687.9544) | 3 (175.4056) | 7 (171.9772) | 15 (164.5600) | 3 (176.0116) |
| Sep 11, 2026 | September Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Coldwater, MI | — | — | 6 (167.9772) | — | — |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition 🏅 Mears, MI | 1 / 25 (338.2512) | 1 (167.4056) | 1 (170.8456) | — | — |
| Jul 16, 2021 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl - One Meat Rib Contest Sault Ste Marie, MI | — | — | 18 (161.0856) | — | — |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Smokin up the Campground (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA | 15 / 30 (675.2568) | 3 (174.2628) | 23 (163.9428) | 23 (163.9428) | 9 (173.1084) |