High-water mark
668.5140
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5140 at 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 3, 2013
Sucka Bone BBQ
Sucka Bone BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 12th of 26 at the Marietta River City BBQ (2019). They finished #1121 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Apr 28, 2023 · 9.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.10
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.83 · weakest Brisket (160.41)
Road miles
783
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 691 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$5,575
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.91 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1121 (219 pts) | #1251 (194 pts) | #966 (304 pts) | #1706 (114 pts) | #1021 (279 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Sucka Bone BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Sucka Bone 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 78 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1542
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Sucka Bone BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Sucka Bone BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
They turned up 6 years after Sucka Bone BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Compare careers#2,602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Sucka Bone BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
Level with Sucka Bone BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Sucka Bone 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 163.3828 | 168.83 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 161.6456 | 167.53 | top 38% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 153.0744 | 160.68 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 147.3600 | 160.41 | top 53% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 37% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marietta River City BBQ | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 55% | Apr 28, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OH
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
608
finished ahead 525 times, behind 102
Longest layoff
5.6 yrs
Oct 3, 2013 → Apr 26, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20233 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) Marietta River City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Marietta River City BBQ
- Most recent contest Marietta River City BBQ
20192 milestones
- First call Marietta River City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1519) Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5140 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score668.5140 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 2013 |
| +3.1 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 26, 2019 |
| +1.8 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival | Oct 18, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.2 | Marietta River City BBQ | Apr 28, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 64% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 92.1% | 91.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 10% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2023 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 27 / 42 (650.7432) | 1 (178.8572) | 16 (166.2516) | 32 (158.2744) | 40 (147.3600) |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Marietta River City BBQ (ONE MEAT RIBS) Marietta, OH | — | — | 16 (161.6456) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2019 | Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival 🏅 Nelsonville, OH | 15 / 28 (662.7664) | 15 (167.9888) | 10 (168.5488) | 26 (159.3944) | 15 (166.8344) |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Marietta River City BBQ 🏅 Marietta, OH | 12 / 26 (653.6344) | 17 (163.3828) | 5 (169.7372) | 23 (153.0744) | 5 (167.4400) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 52 / 535 (668.5140) | 185 (165.1084) | 40 (171.4516) | 44 (171.9656) | 240 (159.9884) |