On the rise
+31
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 31 points across 4 contests since 2022-06-10 — from 1494 up to 1524.
- 4 contests since 2022-06-10
- now 1524
Dog Bone BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1524
peak 1524 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2022-06-10
latest 2023-06-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
295.37
last 4 Backyard vs avg 295.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
best run (overall)
Consistency
±72.16
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.98 · weakest Brisket (155.97)
Road miles
232
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 186 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
295.37 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Swine-O-licious BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Swine-O-licious BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Split Borders BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Dog Bone 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 91 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.
#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 8 years before Dog Bone BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2382 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Dog Bone BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with Dog Bone BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 164.5372 | 170.84 | top 23% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 157.6224 | 168.67 | top 27% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 171.9772 | 171.98 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 155.9656 | 155.97 | top 89% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 34% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 35% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2022-06-10 → 2023-06-09
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.98 · weakest Brisket (155.97)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 5 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
60%
3 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests
Backyard average
295.37
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
108–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
232
5 mapped stops · furthest 186 mi
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$67,040
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1524
peak 1524 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score342.2400 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1524) Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2
- 2023
- Career-best overall score675.3372 Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.3 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | 2022-10-28 |
| +8.8 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 | 2022-10-29 |
| +6.4 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-09-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 2022-06-10 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | — | — |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 95.1% | 82% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-09 | Made for KC BBQ Championship (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Kansas City, MO | 24 / 44 (675.3372) | 5 (175.4172) | 17 (171.9772) | 17 (171.9772) | 39 (155.9656) |
| 2022-10-29 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship Day 2 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 9 / 32 (326.7536) | 6 (169.1312) | 9 (157.6224) | — | — |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship 🏅 Oak Grove, MO | 6 / 40 (341.6568) | 3 (174.2856) | 10 (167.3712) | — | — |
| 2022-09-09 | Car-B-Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Belton, MO | 5 / 13 (342.2400) | 8 (164.5372) | 2 (177.7028) | — | — |
| 2022-06-10 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 17 / 29 (170.8456) | 5 (170.8456) | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #69 (667 pts) | #101 (475 pts) | — | — |