Giant slayer
109
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 109-team field at Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League.
- Apr 6, 2020
Bone Yard BBQ
Bone Yard BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2021. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League (2020). They are ranked #5421 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Boneyard BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 5 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 11, 2014
latest Jul 23, 2021 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 17% of the time
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±37.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.48 · weakest Brisket (140.82)
Road miles
10,450
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 5,421 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Purse competed for
$2,420
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
600.06 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
464.01 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), 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.
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 Bone Yard BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 27
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 19%
- Peak
- 1559
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Bone Yard BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Bone Yard BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,431 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,438 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
They turned up 9 years after Bone Yard BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#5,423 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Level with Bone Yard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,416 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 138.8800 | 156.48 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.5256 | 123.3712 | 148.87 | top 83% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 149.1200 | 154.84 | top 73% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2516 | 124.5028 | 140.82 | top 92% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 96% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 1 | top 55% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IN
1 of 6 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
First title
Apr 6, 2020
Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
Opponents faced
279
finished ahead 134 times, behind 157
Longest layoff
2 yrs
May 27, 2016 → May 19, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20212 milestones
- First call Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY)
20205 milestones
- First overall top-10 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First overall podium Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First Grand Championship Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score180 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
- Biggest field won (109 teams) Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League
20181 milestone
- Career-best overall score630.8004 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20161 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1428 Best Dam Barbecue
20142 milestones
- First tracked contest Wine Country Big Q
- Peak power rating (1485) Wine Country Big Q
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.9 | Wine Country Big Q | Jul 11, 2014 |
| -11.3 | Brew N Q Open | May 25, 2019 |
| -10.4 | Best Dam Barbecue | May 27, 2016 |
| -7.8 | Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 23, 2021 |
| -2.4 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 19, 2018 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 86% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 1% | 100% | 100% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 74.4% | 74.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2021 | Hot Summer Nights Smoke n Sauce BBQ- (BACKYARD ONLY) Bloomington, IN | 12 / 14 (464.0112) | 9 (159.4628) | 10 (155.3944) | 11 (149.1540) | — |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO | 1 / 109 (180) | — | — | — | — |
| May 25, 2019 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire | 34 / 34 (612.4572) | 33 (150.3316) | 29 (156.5256) | 34 (151.3484) | 29 (154.2516) |
| May 19, 2018 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp | 39 / 60 (630.8004) | 24 (164.5716) | 44 (155.9656) | 22 (164.0116) | 53 (146.2516) |
| May 27, 2016 | Best Dam Barbecue Boulder City, NV | 33 / 36 (621.1200) | 14 (169.1428) | 30 (153.1088) | 26 (160.5828) | 35 (138.2856) |
| Jul 11, 2014 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 44 / 44 (535.8740) | 43 (138.8800) | 44 (123.3712) | 35 (149.1200) | 42 (124.5028) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.