A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BONE RUBBIN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BONE RUBBIN BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Battle Born Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1477
peak 1477 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-07-01
latest 2023-05-26
Best ToY finish
#838
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
635.72
last 3 Master vs avg 635.72 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.43
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.78 · weakest Brisket (152.89)
Road miles
354
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
635.72 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Battle Born Smokers 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 140 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.
#4299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Battle Born Smokers)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Battle Born Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4293 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
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#4274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before Battle Born Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4281 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 8 years before Battle Born Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4303 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Battle Born Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4289 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Battle Born Smokers'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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 145.1200 | 156.55 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 156.5372 | 162.11 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 159.4172 | 164.78 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 146.7772 | 152.89 | top 85% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| NV | 1 | 0 | top 82% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 74% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.9 yrs
2022-07-01 → 2023-05-26
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.78 · weakest Brisket (152.89)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
635.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
45
11–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
354
4 mapped stops · furthest 138 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 45% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,250
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Power rating
1477
peak 1477 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS)
- First call 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS)
- Peak power rating (1493) 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS)
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8000 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score650.8000 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1656 Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest All American Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off | 2023-05-26 |
| -6.6 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) | 2022-07-01 |
| -5.9 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | 2023-04-28 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 84% | 90.4% | 87.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 82% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-11 | All American Rib Cookoff (ONE MEAT RIBS) Auburn, CA | — | — | 4 (163.9428) | — | — |
| 2023-05-26 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Felton, CA | 18 / 19 (611.2916) | 19 (145.1200) | 16 (156.5372) | 17 (159.4172) | 18 (150.2172) |
| 2023-04-28 | Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 20 / 27 (650.8000) | 25 (157.1200) | 23 (162.8344) | 12 (169.1656) | 16 (161.6800) |
| 2022-07-01 | 2nd Annual VFW Post 3396 Armed Forces BBQ Challenge (MASTERS) Sparks, NV | 14 / 17 (645.0744) | 10 (167.4172) | 11 (165.1200) | 13 (165.7600) | 17 (146.7772) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #838 (156 pts) | #997 (126 pts) | #628 (337 pts) | #761 (201 pts) | #839 (176 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1163 (97 pts) | #1116 (117 pts) | #1197 (112 pts) | #1181 (102 pts) | #1246 (82 pts) |