A tough matchup
12–1
behind in the head-to-head
Smokey and the Pirate ahead in 92% of their meetings
Smokey and the Pirate has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.
BONES SAUCE & HARMONY
BONES SAUCE & HARMONY is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 49 at the Smoke on the River (2015). They are ranked #3268 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1505 · rated over 14 contests
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Jun 27, 2014
latest Apr 26, 2024 · 9.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.14 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 629.09 (+6.05)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.03 · weakest Brisket (155.11)
Road miles
1,050
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 101 mi
Schedule strength
36%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)
Purse competed for
$6,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
629.09 / 720
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #731 (515 pts) | #700 (575 pts) | #752 (530 pts) | #771 (510 pts) | #721 (550 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1259 (220 pts) | #1552 (170 pts) | #928 (380 pts) | #1577 (165 pts) | #1629 (145 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1940 (102 pts) | #1653 (152 pts) | #2044 (97 pts) | #2062 (97 pts) | #2030 (97 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BONES SAUCE & HARMONY, each with one reason worth a look.
112 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1565
4–3 in 7 shared contests (57% to BONES SAUCE & HARMONY)
These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — BONES SAUCE & HARMONY ahead 4–3 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,283 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1526
Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,278 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1531
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 23% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Compare careers#3,264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1509
They turned up 9 years after BONES SAUCE & HARMONY did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#3,280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before BONES SAUCE & HARMONY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey and the Pirate | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| PIRATES OF THE PIG | 12 | 2 | 10 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RBQ | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| NUTIN2IT BUT2QIT | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| SON OF SMOKE | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAR-B-Q'S-2GO | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| TOO ASHAMED TO NAME | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Ric's Righteous Ribs | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE SHOW | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| CANYON RIDERS BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| PORK DADDY'S BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Pops BBQ 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| STARVIN MARVINS BAY AREA BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| 2 ROLLING BONES | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Burnin and Lootin | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 150.8344 | 158.26 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7600 | 131.3828 | 159.03 | top 52% |
| Pork | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 149.7028 | 156.69 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 144.5484 | 155.11 | top 56% |
“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) | 8 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 62% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
6 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
14 of 14 contests
Contests visited
14
a different one every time
Opponents faced
275
finished ahead 243 times, behind 322
Longest layoff
6.6 yrs
Sep 15, 2017 → Apr 26, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship
20162 milestones
- 10th tracked contest San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1505) San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition
20153 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.3772 Smoke on the River
- Career-best overall score654.3772 Smoke on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7600 Smoke on the River
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- First call Oaktown Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.8 | Smoke on the River | Sep 18, 2015 |
| +5.7 | San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition | Oct 21, 2016 |
| +2.4 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 16, 2016 |
| +2 | Wine Country Big Q | Jul 10, 2015 |
| +1.9 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | Apr 26, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | Sep 15, 2017 |
| -7.3 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Jun 27, 2014 |
| -5.6 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships | Jun 24, 2016 |
| -2.1 | Oaktown Throwdown | Aug 1, 2014 |
| -1.3 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 48.7% | 48.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88% | 87.4% |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 56% | 89.5% | 87.8% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 90.9% | 89.6% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 85.9% | 83.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2024 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 12 / 34 (175.4972) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 40 / 48 (623.9428) | 46 (153.1084) | 39 (156.5372) | 40 (157.1084) | 34 (157.1888) |
| Jul 28, 2017 | Gilroy Garli-Que Challenge Gilroy, CA | 15 / 26 (630.8456) | 20 (155.9428) | 11 (164.0228) | 15 (157.7600) | 18 (153.1200) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA | 40 / 62 (633.7144) | 51 (152) | 24 (162.8572) | 36 (160.6056) | 33 (158.2516) |
| Oct 21, 2016 | San Francisco BBQ Festival BBQ Competition San Francisco, CA | 15 / 38 (644.4460) | 28 (153.6800) | 13 (168.5488) | 19 (158.8116) | 10 (163.4056) |
| Sep 16, 2016 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 32 / 61 (642.7656) | 49 (153.0856) | 34 (161.6800) | 27 (161.7372) | 19 (166.2628) |
| Jul 29, 2016 | 2016 Gilroy Garli-Que BBQ Challenge Gilroy, CA | 12 / 20 (644.5144) | 6 (166.2744) | 13 (159.9884) | 15 (154.8116) | 8 (163.4400) |
| Jul 8, 2016 | Wine Country Big Q Competition and Festival Petaluma, CA | 22 / 38 (615.8512) | 22 (157.0856) | 24 (151.9772) | 11 (162.2400) | 28 (144.5484) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Silicon Valley Barbeque Championships Santa Clara, CA | 40 / 54 (617.0972) | 41 (150.8344) | 38 (154.8572) | 45 (151.4400) | 26 (159.9656) |
| Apr 29, 2016 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 16 / 30 (626.9260) | 7 (171.4400) | 12 (161.2116) | 21 (149.7144) | 23 (144.5600) |
| Sep 18, 2015 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 11 / 49 (654.3772) | 25 (158.8572) | 3 (173.7600) | 16 (162.3200) | 20 (159.4400) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 19 / 38 (635.3140) | 15 (164.5600) | 9 (165.7256) | 29 (153.0740) | 27 (151.9544) |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA | 14 / 22 (618.2172) | 7 (166.2628) | 15 (154.8344) | 15 (149.7028) | 15 (147.4172) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 37 / 48 (590.2056) | 27 (154.2628) | 45 (131.3828) | 23 (157.7028) | 30 (146.8572) |