A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
913 BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Bonehawk BBQ
Bonehawk BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 18th of 26 at the Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #4054 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 25, 2021
latest Jun 27, 2025 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 165.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.30)
Road miles
605
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 301 mi
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1521)
Purse competed for
$77K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
641.63 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
315.92 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Bonehawk BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,061 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Bonehawk BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Blueprint BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Bonehawk BBQ)
They've been 1523 at their best, 41 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,065 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1530
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Bonehawk BBQ)
23 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where Bonehawk BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Bonehawk BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Bonehawk BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,047 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1482
Level with Bonehawk BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Fired Up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Jonesy's Smoke Rangers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Most Wanted BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SLOW EXPECTATIONS BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| The Drizzlers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Beefer Madness | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Nice Rack | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Engineers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| C'mon Que | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LICKS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Beware of the Hog BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 145.6684 | 158.55 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 144.5144 | 157.30 | top 67% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 156.5372 | 159.98 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0344 | 160.5260 | 165.81 | top 35% |
“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 69% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 62% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 89 | 0 | top 62% | Jun 27, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
335
finished ahead 319 times, behind 508
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jun 21, 2024 → Jun 27, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20233 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0632 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score649.0632 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First call Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
20221 milestone
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.0344 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20212 milestones
- First tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1497) The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2025 |
| -4.7 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 25, 2023 |
| -3.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 25, 2021 |
| -2.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 24, 2022 |
| -0.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88% | 88% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 90.1% | 89% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 125 / 159 (633.6120) | 127 (157.7028) | 126 (156.5260) | 124 (156.5372) | 83 (162.8460) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 93 / 172 (646.2744) | 73 (165.1428) | 146 (152.5716) | 103 (161.1544) | 45 (167.4056) |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 18 / 26 (315.9200) | 7 (171.4056) | 25 (144.5144) | — | — |
| Jun 23, 2023 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 89 / 167 (649.0632) | 114 (159.4172) | 75 (164.5600) | 89 (164.5600) | 91 (160.5260) |
| Jun 24, 2022 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 98 / 164 (645.0632) | 145 (151.9544) | 89 (162.2400) | 121 (158.8344) | 17 (172.0344) |
| Jun 25, 2021 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 91 / 145 (634.1372) | 138 (145.6684) | 66 (163.3944) | 99 (158.8116) | 45 (166.2628) |