A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Fat&Dumb BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Fat&Dumb BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Beer Bones BBQ
Beer Bones BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 10 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off (2024). They are ranked #5571 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “.Beer & Bones BBQ”, “BEER, BONES, & BBQ” and “Beer & Bones BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1450
peak 1450 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2013
latest Mar 22, 2024 · 10.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
8% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.47
last 5 Master vs avg 608.38 (+0.09)
Walk rate
8%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.37
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.76 · weakest Brisket (151.89)
Road miles
11,791
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 1,470 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
608.38 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
338.22 / 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Beer Bones BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Beer Bones BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Beer Bones BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 58
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1450
0–4 in 4 shared contests (0% to Beer Bones BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 55 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Fewer contests behind them than Beer Bones BBQ has cooked, 8 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#5,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
Level with Beer Bones BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1449
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1450
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big D & The Briquettes | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Fat&Dumb BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| RUB'N WOOD | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1084 | 145.0628 | 154.32 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 135.9772 | 154.76 | top 72% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 144.5256 | 152.27 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4284 | 134.2628 | 151.89 | top 72% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 30% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 92% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | 2 | 92 | 0 | top 89% | Sep 21, 2018 |
| Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | 2 | 103 | 0 | top 94% | Sep 23, 2016 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 12 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
287
finished ahead 64 times, behind 489
Longest layoff
5.5 yrs
Sep 21, 2018 → Mar 22, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20246 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall top-10 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall podium American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score178.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1084 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
20181 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
20171 milestone
- Career-best overall score622.7312 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1488) 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.2 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off | Mar 22, 2024 |
| +3.9 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 22, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 23, 2016 |
| -12.1 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque | Sep 21, 2018 |
| -12 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 25, 2015 |
| -11.9 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway | Aug 8, 2014 |
| -11.7 | 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off | Sep 13, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 42% | 99.4% | 96.7% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 17 / 31 (338.2168) | 22 (165.1084) | 6 (173.1084) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 3 / 10 (178.8572) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 21, 2018 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 103 / 107 (605.6688) | 91 (155.3716) | 97 (150.3088) | 46 (165.7256) | 106 (134.2628) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 92 / 112 (622.7312) | 75 (159.9772) | 54 (162.8684) | 109 (150.8112) | 99 (149.0744) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 106 / 111 (602.6968) | 108 (147.9428) | 95 (151.9656) | 107 (144.5256) | 58 (158.2628) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 103 / 112 (599.9312) | 91 (154.8456) | 112 (135.9772) | 85 (154.2628) | 68 (154.8456) |
| Aug 8, 2014 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS | 51 / 53 (611.3256) | 53 (145.0628) | 42 (155.9888) | 51 (146.8456) | 28 (163.4284) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 13, 2013 | 5th Annual Hay Capital BBQ Cook Off Yates Center, KS | 22 / 25 (607.9544) | 21 (151.9084) | 21 (153.1316) | 21 (151.4628) | 20 (151.4516) |