Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2022 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 45%.
Big Ten Bones ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Ten Bones has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Off the trail for 7.9 years, then back at Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition (2021-08-20).
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,037 miles across 7 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,111 miles to Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition.
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.
146 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Motley Q has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Motley Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after Motley Q did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 156.5368 | 162.56 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 151.4972 | 160.94 | top 57% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 138.8684 | 151.22 | top 88% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4512 | 152.5144 | 156.16 | top 69% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MN | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
| ME | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| IA | 1 | 0 | top 81% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | Minnesota in May (Backyard) | 2022-05-13 |
| +4.2 | Minnesota in May | 2023-05-12 |
| +1.4 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-09-10 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.8 | Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition | 2021-08-20 |
| -7.7 | Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede | 2013-08-16 |
| -4.8 | Bikes Blues & BBQ | 2013-09-20 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 88.2% | 86.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-12 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 23 / 59 (324.5144) | 18 (164.5600) | 29 (159.9544) | — | — |
| 2022-09-10 | Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN | 16 / 30 (330.7772) | 19 (163.3944) | 13 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN | 14 / 38 (330.8344) | 13 (167.4172) | 16 (163.4172) | — | — |
| 2022-05-13 | Minnesota in May (Masters) 🏅 Cambridge, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021-08-20 | Kora Kare For Kids Shriner's Ride-In and BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME | 25 / 26 (635.9200) | 21 (158.8568) | 18 (162.2744) | 23 (158.2744) | 22 (156.5144) |
| 2013-09-20 | Bikes Blues & BBQ Fayetteville, AR | 35 / 49 (634.7772) | 26 (164.5944) | 35 (161.1428) | 39 (156.5256) | 39 (152.5144) |
| 2013-08-16 | Lynch Livestock Pig Stampede Waucoma, IA | 17 / 21 (606.3536) | 15 (156.5368) | 14 (151.4972) | 20 (138.8684) | 9 (159.4512) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #301 (95 pts) | #344 (60 pts) | — | — |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #304 (85 pts) | #269 (115 pts) | — | — |