Sticks & Bones

Sticks & Bones is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 26th of 35 at the Border War BBQ (2015). They are ranked #5343 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,343

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1455

peak 1455 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 24, 2014

latest Oct 23, 2015 · 1.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 84%

overall standings

Best overall

635.3832 / 720

Master · Border War BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

607.53 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 610.74 (-3.21)

Walk rate

17%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4172

Chicken · Border War BBQ

Consistency

±27.20

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 156.64 · weakest Brisket (148.34)

Road miles

228

across 6 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)

Master avg

610.74 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Theslabs.com ahead in 100% of their meetings

Theslabs.com has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.30 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 148.34
Chicken avg 156.64
0 calls in 6 entries

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San Lorenzo BBQ

#5,344 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1455

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2025
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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Sweaty Pig

#5,351 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

They turned up 5 years after Sticks & Bones did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2024

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Rub N' Sauce

#5,339 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

Level with Sticks & Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 7, 2024

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BLUE SMOKE BLAIRE'S BBQ

#5,331 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 19, 2021

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MDT SMOKERS

#5,362 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 4, 2017

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HIT THE PIT BBQ CO.

#5,335 of the rated field

1455 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1455

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jul 22, 2016

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Theslabs.com	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PELLET ENVY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	1	171.4172	129.6800	156.64	top 68%
Pork Ribs	6	0	164.5716	141.1088	151.69	top 77%
Pork	6	0	166.2972	145.6912	154.08	top 78%
Brisket	6	0	159.3828	127.8744	148.34	top 78%

“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 74%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 85%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
KS	4	0	top 81%
MO	2	0	top 89%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Border War BBQ	2	26	top 76%	Oct 23, 2015
Smokin' on the Summit	2	63	top 89%	Jun 5, 2015
Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	2	59	top 86%	May 23, 2015

More numbers

Contests a season 3 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 3 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 245 finished ahead 59 times, behind 317

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20152 milestones

Oct 23 Career-best overall score635.3832 Border War BBQ
Oct 23 Most recent contest Border War BBQ

20144 milestones

May 24 First tracked contest Sugar Mound BBQ Festival
May 24 Peak power rating (1495) Sugar Mound BBQ Festival
Oct 24 First call Border War BBQ
Oct 24 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 Border War BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.3	Smokin on the Summit	Jun 6, 2014
-9.7	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	May 23, 2015
-7.2	Smokin' on the Summit	Jun 5, 2015
-5.7	Border War BBQ	Oct 24, 2014
-5.5	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival	May 24, 2014

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)
2015	3	0	0	0	0%	top 83%	88.2%	86.1%
2014	3	0	0	0	33%	top 84%	87.1%	83.6%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 23, 2015	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	26 / 35 (635.3832)	27 (163.4516)	34 (146.2516)	16 (166.2972)	20 (159.3828)
Jun 5, 2015	Smokin' on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO	63 / 78 (610.6852)	66 (150.7884)	52 (152.5256)	59 (154.2628)	56 (153.1084)
May 23, 2015	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	59 / 62 (613.0404)	35 (167.3828)	61 (141.1088)	59 (150.8456)	49 (153.7032)
Oct 24, 2014	Border War BBQ Osawatomie, KS	32 / 41 (625.6572)	6 (171.4172)	34 (156.5716)	41 (145.6912)	31 (151.9772)
Jun 6, 2014	Smokin on the Summit Lee's Summit, MO	77 / 79 (552.8800)	78 (129.6800)	65 (149.0856)	74 (146.2400)	79 (127.8744)
May 24, 2014	Sugar Mound BBQ Festival Mound City, KS	66 / 87 (626.7888)	66 (157.0972)	30 (164.5716)	51 (161.1428)	75 (143.9772)

Sticks & Bones

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (2 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)