High-water mark
665.6112
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.6112 at *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-09-02
Suck The Bone
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1528 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-08-31
latest 2017-09-02
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.49
last 3 Master vs avg 655.49 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.12 · weakest Pork (162.80)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
655.49 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BUTT FIRST BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) (2017-09-02).
- last seen 2014-08-30
- back 2017-09-02
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.
Suck The Bone 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 77 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.
#2270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Suck The Bone did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#2264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#2280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
Level with Suck The Bone on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before Suck The Bone'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 161.1084 | 165.12 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 152.5372 | 163.02 | top 39% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 158.1940 | 162.80 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 161.1084 | 164.54 | top 27% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 25% | 2014-08-30 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-08-31 → 2017-09-02
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.12 · weakest Pork (162.80)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
655.49
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
170
162–46 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2014-08-30 → 2017-09-02
Power rating
1528
peak 1528 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9940 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- 2017
- First overall top-10 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score665.6112 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2744 *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Peak power rating (1528) *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-09-02 |
| +9.8 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2013-08-31 |
| +7.4 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 29% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 90% | 90% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-02 | *Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX | 8 / 46 (665.6112) | 6 (170.2744) | 10 (168.5600) | 16 (165.6684) | 21 (161.1084) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 22 / 76 (652.9940) | 30 (163.9884) | 16 (167.9772) | 50 (158.1940) | 22 (162.8344) |
| 2013-08-31 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 19 / 89 (647.8628) | 35 (161.1084) | 67 (152.5372) | 23 (164.5372) | 7 (169.6800) |