A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BULL IN THE RING ahead in 100% of their meetings
BULL IN THE RING has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smokin Phone Bones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-03
latest 2022-05-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
496.07
last 3 Master vs avg 496.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±128.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.49 · weakest Brisket (141.39)
Road miles
5
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
496.07 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival (2021-05-07).
- last seen 2019-05-03
- back 2021-05-07
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.
Smokin Phone Bones has 3 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 144 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.
#4616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smokin Phone Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Smokin Phone Bones's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4615 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smokin Phone Bones's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Smokin Phone Bones's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8688 | 150.8116 | 157.49 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0004 | 141.6572 | 148.35 | top 93% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3716 | 136.5256 | 143.95 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.0972 | 137.6800 | 141.39 | top 90% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2022-05-06
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
2 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 157.49 · weakest Brisket (141.39)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
496.07
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
102
13–131 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1574
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$36,150
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2021-05-07
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best overall score599.3148 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8688 Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- Peak power rating (1491) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival
- 2022
- Most recent contest Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2022-05-06 |
| -9.3 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival | 2021-05-07 |
| -8.7 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival | 2019-05-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 43.7% | 43.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-06 | Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 38 / 38 (314.8004) | 29 (158.8000) | 35 (156.0004) | — | — |
| 2021-05-07 | Bixby Rotary BBQ'N Blues Festival 🏅 Bixby, OK | 48 / 53 (574.0916) | 43 (150.8116) | 51 (141.6572) | 52 (136.5256) | 46 (145.0972) |
| 2019-05-03 | Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival 🏅 | 48 / 56 (599.3148) | 29 (162.8688) | 51 (147.3944) | 46 (151.3716) | 52 (137.6800) |