A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Smokin' Ain't EZ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Smokin' Ain't EZ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Suckin Bones BBQ
Suckin Bones BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 25 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 22, 2019
latest Jan 26, 2024 · 4.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.93
spread of their Backyard (4-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.15 · weakest Brisket (154.96)
Road miles
5
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Purse competed for
$58K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
323.37 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
631.51 / 720
3 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
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The teams rated closest to Suckin Bones BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Suckin Bones BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 150 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Suckin Bones BBQ)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Suckin Bones BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,540 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
They turned up 6 years after Suckin Bones BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careers#3,572 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Suckin Bones BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Suckin Bones BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Suckin Bones BBQ'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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 152.5372 | 161.11 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 137.0744 | 154.97 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 156.5716 | 164.15 | top 38% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 150.1944 | 154.96 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 65% | Jan 26, 2024 |
| Plant City Pig Jam | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 52% | Nov 18, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
224
finished ahead 123 times, behind 209
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Nov 22, 2019 → Nov 18, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20233 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2060 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score650.2060 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Lakeland Pig Festival
20221 milestone
- Peak power rating (1496) Plant City Pig Jam
20191 milestone
- First call Plant City Pig Jam
20181 milestone
- First tracked contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 18, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.1 | Plant City Pig Jam | Nov 22, 2019 |
| -2.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -2.3 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
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 64% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 39 / 61 (323.3716) | 42 (159.9772) | 36 (163.3944) | 42 (156.5716) | 14 (166.2628) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 34 / 51 (650.2060) | 11 (168.5484) | 35 (162.8344) | 16 (168.5600) | 45 (150.2632) |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 12 / 25 (636.9944) | 10 (163.3828) | 17 (156.5600) | 7 (166.8572) | 14 (150.1944) |
| Nov 22, 2019 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 22 / 39 (607.3260) | 23 (152.5372) | 27 (137.0744) | 10 (164.5944) | 16 (153.1200) |
| Nov 16, 2018 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |