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.
DOAN'S BONES BARBECUE has 2 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 142 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team DOAN'S BONES BARBECUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 12 years after DOAN'S BONES BARBECUE did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with DOAN'S BONES BARBECUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 155.4056 | 159.14 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1084 | 154.8456 | 155.98 | top 55% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5716 | 143.4060 | 145.99 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4056 | 134.7772 | 145.09 | top 75% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-31 | The Ironman Greencastle, PA | 51 / 59 (598.1716) | 24 (162.8800) | 38 (157.1084) | 56 (143.4060) | 58 (134.7772) |
| 2013-09-20 | Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY | 43 / 71 (614.2284) | 41 (155.4056) | 33 (154.8456) | 59 (148.5716) | 36 (155.4056) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2257 (65 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |