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94.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 681.1084 at 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) — 94.6% of a perfect 720.
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 BONES COMPETING & CATERING TEAM has 1 rated contest — 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 82 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.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where SMOKIN BONES COMPETING & CATERING TEAM's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 5 years after SMOKIN BONES COMPETING & CATERING TEAM did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with SMOKIN BONES COMPETING & CATERING TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where SMOKIN BONES COMPETING & CATERING TEAM's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where SMOKIN BONES COMPETING & CATERING TEAM's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 161.1200 | 161.12 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2972 | 174.2972 | 174.30 | top 6% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2856 | 174.2856 | 174.29 | top 7% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 171.4056 | 171.41 | top 16% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 11% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-29 | 37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue(OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 63 / 557 (681.1084) | 356 (161.1200) | 35 (174.2972) | 38 (174.2856) | 90 (171.4056) |