A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE EYED BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE EYED BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
SHAKEY BONES BBQ
SHAKEY BONES BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 29th of 29 at the Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2018). They finished #1346 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1463
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 3, 2017
latest Nov 3, 2018 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Best overall
632.4460 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
168
Consistency
±24.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 149.97 · weakest Brisket (146.69)
Road miles
198
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
92%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1634)
Master avg
593.90 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 SHAKEY BONES BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
SHAKEY BONES BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 143 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Level with SHAKEY BONES BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
They turned up 6 years after SHAKEY BONES BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#4,997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 135.9772 | 149.27 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9316 | 140.5372 | 149.97 | top 90% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 136.5028 | 147.97 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4400 | 140.4916 | 146.69 | top 93% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
66
finished ahead 5 times, behind 121
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20183 milestones
- Career-best overall score632.4460 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL)
20172 milestones
- First tracked contest SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1491) Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | May 25, 2018 |
| -8.7 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL) | Nov 3, 2017 |
| -7.6 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) | Nov 2, 2018 |
| -6.4 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) | Nov 3, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 87.8% | 83.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 78.8% | 78.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2018 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 2 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA | 31 / 33 (632.4460) | 22 (168) | 30 (155.9316) | 31 (153.0744) | 31 (155.4400) |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival DAY 1 (JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA | 32 / 33 (597.6348) | 32 (153.7144) | 31 (149.1544) | 32 (154.2744) | 32 (140.4916) |
| May 25, 2018 | Big Bear Memorial Weekend BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Big Bear Lake, CA | 29 / 29 (578.1600) | 28 (139.4056) | 22 (154.2516) | 29 (136.5028) | 26 (148) |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival ( JUDGES FULL) Indio, CA | 33 / 35 (567.3488) | 35 (135.9772) | 35 (140.5372) | 35 (148.0228) | 32 (142.8116) |
| May 19, 2017 | SoCal BBQ Bash and Expo (JUDGES FULL) Pomona, CA | — | — | — | — | — |