#3,501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersOld Bones BBQ
Old Bones BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 25th of 54 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 14, 2015
latest May 3, 2019 · 3.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.83 · weakest Brisket (130.86)
Road miles
2,165
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,082 mi
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
598.79 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
314.21 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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Old Bones BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Old Bones BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,494 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Compare careers#3,467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before Old Bones BBQ'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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 149.1200 | 155.12 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0856 | 151.9772 | 152.53 | top 83% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 166.8344 | 166.83 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130.8572 | 130.8572 | 130.86 | top 100% |
“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 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
152
finished ahead 76 times, behind 75
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score598.7888 Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8344 Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 25 / 54 (314.2056) | 14 (161.1200) | 44 (153.0856) | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Conifer Mountain BBQ Challenge Conifer, CO | 28 / 31 (598.7888) | 29 (149.1200) | 26 (151.9772) | 12 (166.8344) | 31 (130.8572) |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |