The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
W.Oink.C has finished one call ahead of OFF THE BONE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
OFF THE BONE BBQ
OFF THE BONE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 27th of 27 at the Smoke on the Ohio (2025). They are ranked #6329 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1406
peak 1406 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Oct 11, 2013
latest Jul 9, 2026 · 12.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
500.39 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 529.79 (-29.40)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±132.45
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 149.47 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.86)
Road miles
2,294
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 411 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1585)
Purse competed for
$121K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
529.79 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2761 (57 pts) | #2686 (62 pts) | #2762 (57 pts) | #2693 (62 pts) | #2757 (57 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to OFF THE BONE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
#6,327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1406
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OFF THE BONE BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team OFF THE BONE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#6,326 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1406
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#6,330 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1405
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before OFF THE BONE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#6,331 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1405
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 21 contests to 11.
⚔ Compare careers#6,325 of the rated field
- Contests
- 43
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1525
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 43 contests, alongside a 19% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#6,328 of the rated field
- Contests
- 52
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1406
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 270 SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 137.6800 | 149.47 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2172 | 126.8344 | 141.86 | top 96% |
| Pork | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 126.8000 | 149.05 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 110.7656 | 143.04 | top 90% |
“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) | 5 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 93% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Ohio | 2 | 27 | 0 | top 100% | Sep 12, 2025 |
| Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 98% | Jun 18, 2021 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.1
across 10 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WV
4 of 11 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited
8
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Brisket
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
347
finished ahead 24 times, behind 436
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jun 19, 2015 → Jun 15, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20251 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Smoke on the Ohio
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5716 Smoke on the Ohio
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- Career-best overall score625.7368 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- Peak power rating (1493) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Jun 7, 2019 |
| -10.4 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 13, 2024 |
| -10.4 | Smoke on the Ohio | Sep 12, 2025 |
| -9.9 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Jun 18, 2021 |
| -9.7 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | Jun 19, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 82% | 82% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81.7% | 81.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 78.6% | 78.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 71.1% | 64.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.8% | 78.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.1% | 82.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 86.9% | 86.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 73 / 75 (590.6628) | 75 (142.8800) | 73 (144.5372) | 74 (142.6856) | 62 (160.5600) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 27 / 27 (608.5828) | 26 (150.3312) | 26 (154.2172) | 21 (161.1772) | 26 (142.8572) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Smoke on the Ohio 🏅 Mt. Vernon, IN | 28 / 28 (588.4688) | 18 (164.5716) | 28 (145.6916) | 28 (132.5484) | 27 (145.6572) |
| Jul 6, 2023 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 18, 2021 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 28 / 28 (566.2052) | 28 (140.5484) | 28 (144.0112) | 27 (149.1084) | 27 (132.5372) |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash 🏅 Roanoke, WV | 30 / 31 (511.8056) | 30 (137.6800) | 30 (136.5600) | 30 (126.8000) | 25 (148.0228) |
| May 24, 2019 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA | 72 / 72 (421.5884) | — | 72 (131.9428) | 70 (154.8228) | 72 (134.8228) |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Weston, WV | 57 / 59 (567.4632) | 57 (142.3200) | 57 (126.8344) | 54 (149.0972) | 54 (149.2116) |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash Buckhannon, WV | 39 / 41 (591.3372) | 41 (145.7028) | 39 (137.0972) | 35 (158.2972) | 36 (150.2400) |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 27 / 32 (607.8520) | 24 (157.7260) | 27 (151.3944) | 24 (153.6572) | 26 (145.0744) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC | 42 / 55 (625.7368) | 26 (163.4628) | 51 (146.2856) | 22 (162.3200) | 42 (153.6684) |