Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Kamado BONO
Kamado BONO is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 26 at the Smoke in the North (Day 2) (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #1728 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1551
peak 1551 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2023
latest Aug 22, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
3 reserve
Category wins
3
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
83% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
691.84 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 676.52 (+15.32)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±35.30
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.71 · weakest Brisket (164.93)
Road miles
2,418
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
676.52 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Kamado BONO, each with one reason worth a look.
67 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1551
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1551
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,722 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1551
They were already cooking in 2018, 5 years before Kamado BONO's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,725 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1551
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Kamado BONO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1551
Level with Kamado BONO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,724 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1551
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Kamado BONO's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 154.8800 | 171.71 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 179.4400 | 138.8232 | 169.99 | top 32% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 149.7144 | 169.89 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 171.4172 | 156.5256 | 164.93 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 34% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the North (Day 2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 20% | Aug 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
92
finished ahead 98 times, behind 31
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Aug 5, 2023 → Apr 11, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20269 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.0172 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- First overall podium Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- First Reserve Championship Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- First multi-meat day Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- First perfect 180 (Pork) Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score703.9888 Cars & BBQ Festival 2026
- Peak power rating (1551) Smoke in the North (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North (Day 2)
20233 milestones
- First tracked contest Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
- First call Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
- First overall top-10 Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| +14.4 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | Aug 22, 2026 |
| +14 | Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships | Jun 5, 2026 |
| +6 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | Aug 21, 2026 |
| +5.5 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Apr 11, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.8 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters | Aug 5, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 100% | top 21% | 97.8% | 96.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 83.3% | 83.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) Boras | 2 / 26 (694.2512) | 6 (175.4056) | 1 (179.4400) | 12 (167.9884) | 7 (171.4172) |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) Boras | 9 / 28 (686.2056) | 8 (172.5484) | 5 (176.5600) | 9 (173.1200) | 22 (163.9772) |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Cars & BBQ Festival 2026 Tallinn | 2 / 17 (703.9888) | 2 (177.1428) | 3 (178.2972) | 3 (178.8572) | 9 (169.6916) |
| Jun 5, 2026 | Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships Mazowieckie | 2 / 14 (697.7372) | 4 (173.7028) | 1 (177.7144) | 1 (180) | 7 (166.3200) |
| Apr 11, 2026 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma | 16 / 42 (677.0172) | 7 (176.5600) | 19 (169.1200) | 15 (169.6800) | 28 (161.6572) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | Fire in the Valley at Valleyfest 2023 - Smoke Masters Chew Magna, Near Bristol | 6 / 8 (599.9432) | 7 (154.8800) | 8 (138.8232) | 5 (149.7144) | 3 (156.5256) |