A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Bone Suckin' Good BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2019-08-09
latest 2025-10-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
312.07
last 5 Backyard vs avg 312.07 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.20
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.46 · weakest Chicken (152.34)
Road miles
0
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$75K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
312.07 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (5 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.
The weak link
−4.1
points behind their best meat
Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.12 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Chicken avg 152.34
- Pork Ribs avg 156.46
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Kampy's Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2021-10-15).
- last seen 2019-08-09
- back 2021-10-15
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
G. Henn BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
138 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4950 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Bone Suckin' Good BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4929 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bone Suckin' Good BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4960 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4958 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Bone Suckin' Good BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4941 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Bone Suckin' Good BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pig Kahunas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Meat Coma | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Estancia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Oink N' Doink BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Pool Crew BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Make BBQ Great Again | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Sticky Bones BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LAKEVIEW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Line BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FAT MAXINE'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Hair of the Hog | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Barrel Proof BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Top Hat Smoking BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2744 | 145.0628 | 152.34 | top 103% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2972 | 147.4172 | 156.46 | top 75% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 4 | 24 | 0 | top 99% | 2023-10-13 |
| MD State BBQ Bash | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 84% | 2025-10-10 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2025-10-10
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.46 · weakest Chicken (152.34)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Backyard average
312.07
out of 360 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
204
95–287 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$75,000
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 6 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2021-10-15
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #4943 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1494) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2024
- Career-best overall score323.3600 MD State BBQ Bash
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.2972 MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2021-10-15 |
| -7.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2023-10-13 |
| -6 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2022-10-14 |
| -5.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
| -4.2 | MD State BBQ Bash | 2024-10-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 104% | 87% | 87% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 120% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-10 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 24 / 29 (317.7144) | 34 (151.4172) | 12 (166.2972) | — | — |
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 22 / 26 (323.3600) | 21 (162.2744) | 21 (161.0856) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 24 / 23 (313.0744) | 31 (151.9544) | 14 (161.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 27 / 30 (310.2516) | 26 (156.5372) | 27 (153.7144) | — | — |
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 30 / 25 (295.9660) | 28 (146.8228) | 28 (149.1432) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 25 / 30 (292.4800) | 26 (145.0628) | 20 (147.4172) | — | — |