A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
BIG BAD WOLVES ahead in 75% of their meetings
BIG BAD WOLVES has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Broken Bones
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-08-20
latest 2024-08-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
309.82
last 4 Backyard vs avg 309.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.12
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.13)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1503)
Purse competed for
$2K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
309.82 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Two Blind Pigs in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
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.
Broken Bones 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 160 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.
#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3651 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Broken Bones's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Broken Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Broken Bones's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Broken Bones's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Broken Bones's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 149.6572 | 158.70 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.7260 | 144.5940 | 151.13 | top 69% |
| 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 57% | 2024-08-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2024-08-24
Busiest season
—
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 158.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.13)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Backyard average
309.82
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
75
64–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1503
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$2,400
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2022-08-20 → 2023-09-16
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- First tracked contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1493) Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2024
- First overall top-10 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.2860 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score330.2860 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168.5600 Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.2 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-08-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-09-16 |
| -6.7 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-08-20 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-24 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 9 / 36 (330.2860) | 9 (168.5600) | 16 (161.7260) | — | — |
| 2023-09-16 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 33 / 35 (301.0400) | 33 (149.6572) | 29 (151.3828) | — | — |
| 2022-08-20 | Vine St. BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 29 / 41 (300.5256) | 18 (153.7256) | 32 (146.8000) | — | — |
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 15 / 38 (307.4396) | 7 (162.8456) | 27 (144.5940) | — | — |