High-water mark
677.1428
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.1428 at Westmont Red, White & BBQ — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-24
Bone-Head BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1520
peak 1520 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-04
latest 2013-06-27
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
661.90
last 3 Master vs avg 661.90 (-0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.43)
Road miles
586
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 186 mi
Schedule strength
8%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)
Master avg
661.90 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series) (2015-09-26).
- last seen 2013-06-27
- back 2015-09-26
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.
Bone-Head BBQ 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 81 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.
#2480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2479 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Bone-Head BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#2482 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Level with Bone-Head BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2473 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#2475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7142 | 158.2512 | 164.42 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 169.7146 | 150.2856 | 159.43 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.2858 | 161.7144 | 171.24 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1430 | 150.2856 | 164.00 | top 42% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 24% |
| IN | 1 | 0 | top 46% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 4% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2013-05-04 → 2013-06-27
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.24 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.43)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
661.90
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
103–29 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
586
4 mapped stops · furthest 186 mi
Schedule strength
1511
average field rating faced — tougher than 8% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2013-06-27 → 2015-09-26
Power rating
1520
peak 1520 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Water
- First call Smokin' on the Water
- First category win (Brisket) Smokin' on the Water
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.5714 Smokin' on the Water
- First overall top-10 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- First overall podium Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Career-best overall score677.1428 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2858 Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1520) Legacy BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Most recent contest Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.4 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ | 2013-05-24 |
| +3.1 | Legacy BBQ Championship | 2013-06-27 |
| +1.9 | Smokin' on the Water | 2013-05-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 31% | 94% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-26 | Barbeque on the Hill (Competitor's Series) Blue Island, IL | — | 8 (158.2512) | 6 (157.1316) | — | — |
| 2013-06-27 | Legacy BBQ Championship Effingham, IL | 12 / 28 (656.0002) | 15 (162.2858) | 3 (169.7146) | 5 (173.7142) | 25 (150.2856) |
| 2013-05-24 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL | 3 / 70 (677.1428) | 5 (173.7142) | 31 (160.5716) | 1 (178.2858) | 23 (164.5712) |
| 2013-05-04 | Smokin' on the Water Liberty, IN | 17 / 37 (652.5714) | 11 (163.4284) | 28 (150.2856) | 22 (161.7144) | 1 (177.1430) |