A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Q-BONES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Q-BONES BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Busted Knuckle BBQ
Busted Knuckle BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 26th of 34 at the Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1478
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2015
latest Jun 18, 2021 · 5.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.32
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.97 · weakest Brisket (148.82)
Road miles
438
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 385 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$8,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.45 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 159.3716 | 164.97 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 153.1316 | 160.69 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 157.0856 | 161.98 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 135.4288 | 148.82 | top 86% |
“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 76% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
1 of 4 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
915
finished ahead 225 times, behind 1,014
Longest layoff
4.6 yrs
Oct 29, 2016 → Jun 4, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20215 milestones
- First call DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6116 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score657.6116 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8800 DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
- Most recent contest DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off
20152 milestones
- First tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Peak power rating (1492) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
| -7.7 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | Oct 29, 2016 |
| -3.8 | Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest | Jun 4, 2021 |
| -2.6 | DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off | Jun 18, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 91.3% | 90.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 2021 | DeSoto Shrine Club 13th Annual BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Nesbit, MS | 33 / 48 (657.6116) | 10 (174.8800) | 40 (158.2172) | 32 (164.5600) | 37 (159.9544) |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Covington TN's World's Oldest BBQ Cooking Contest 🏅 Covington, TN | 26 / 34 (644.4572) | 31 (159.3716) | 15 (168.5600) | 28 (162.2628) | 27 (154.2628) |
| Oct 29, 2016 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 468 / 557 (620.9488) | 263 (165.0972) | 463 (153.1316) | 445 (157.0856) | 511 (145.6344) |
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 492 / 606 (622.7888) | 398 (160.5256) | 332 (162.8344) | 302 (164) | 585 (135.4288) |