A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings
Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Owens Cross Bones
Owens Cross Bones is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 7th of 54 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Sep 8, 2022 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.21
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.98 · weakest Chicken (152.35)
Road miles
4
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
312.33 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Owens Cross Bones, each with one reason worth a look.
Owens Cross Bones has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 108 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,300 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1504
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Owens Cross Bones)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Owens Cross Bones has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Level with Owens Cross Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Owens Cross Bones's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Owens Cross Bones's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Owens Cross Bones'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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9312 | 148.5484 | 152.35 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 147.9544 | 159.98 | top 61% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 120% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 37 | 0 | top 98% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
218
finished ahead 152 times, behind 160
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20196 milestones
- First call The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall top-10 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1428 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score325.1428 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1514) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.7 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| -6.3 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 120% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 42 / 35 (307.9544) | 45 (152.5600) | 33 (155.3944) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 37 / 49 (303.8856) | 27 (155.9312) | 42 (147.9544) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 7 / 54 (325.1428) | 43 (148.5484) | 2 (176.5944) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |