Bull & Bones is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 25 at the COTR BBQ (2019).
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
The teams rated closest to Bull & Bones, each with one reason worth a look.
Bull & Bones has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 71 rated teams sit within a point of it.
Fewer contests behind them than Bull & Bones has cooked, 5 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersThey turned up 9 years after Bull & Bones did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with Bull & Bones on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than Bull & Bones has cooked, 5 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersFewer contests behind them than Bull & Bones has cooked, 7 to 17, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 166.2512 | 171.07 | top 26% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 177.7144 | 162.2628 | 169.24 | top 26% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 168.5484 | 173.55 | top 14% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 18% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 12% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 18% | 69.8% | 69.8% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2019 | COTR BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 3 / 25 (343.3828) | 2 (177.7028) | 10 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Nov 30, 2018 | Christmas on the River Demoplis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 13 (169.1200) | 1 (177.7144) | 14 (168.5484) | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 15, 2017 | Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2, 2016 | Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) Lynchburg, TN | — | 8 (172.5484) | 18 (165.1084) | 2 (175.4056) | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 16 (169.7028) | 2 (175.4172) | 4 (176) | — |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 15, 2015 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 10, 2015 | Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 13, 2015 | 2015 BBQ & Brew (BACKYARD CONTEST ONLY) Fairhope, AL | 3 / 17 (502.7768) | 5 (166.2512) | 7 (162.2628) | 1 (174.2628) | — |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 19, 2014 | 20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2014 | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL | — | — | — | — | — |