LONGBONE BBQ

LONGBONE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 30 at the Harper County Bullseye BBQ (2014). They are ranked #2171 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,171

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1532

peak 1544 · rated over 27 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Jul 14, 2017 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#494

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

15% of 27 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

681.1656 / 720

Master · Harper County Bullseye BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.79 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.68 (+2.12)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Derby BBQ Festival

Consistency

±20.36

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.40 · weakest Chicken (162.25)

Road miles

3,778

across 27 mapped stops · furthest 154 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

653.68 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

681.1656 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.1656 at Harper County Bullseye BBQ — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 16, 2015

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS has finished one call ahead of LONGBONE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

13–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 93% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 15 shared pork entries lost

JP CUSTOM SMOKE ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, JP CUSTOM SMOKE has out-cooked them in 12 of 15 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

GREAT PLAINS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 34% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 34% across 4 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 53% the rest of the year

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The long haul

3,778 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,778 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 154 miles to Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon.

27 mapped stops
furthest 154 mi

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#648 (594 pts)	#638 (644 pts)	#735 (544 pts)	#591 (684 pts)	#656 (604 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#664 (547 pts)	#564 (687 pts)	#690 (552 pts)	#807 (457 pts)	#588 (642 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#494 (783 pts)	#640 (593 pts)	#427 (918 pts)	#428 (888 pts)	#423 (898 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#669 (461 pts)	#685 (481 pts)	#708 (471 pts)	#707 (471 pts)	#558 (571 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LONGBONE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

ROCK N BLUES BBQ

#2,163 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1533

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to LONGBONE BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LONGBONE BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 52 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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SMOKE ON THE LAKES

#2,185 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1538

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to LONGBONE BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before LONGBONE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

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FIRE & SPICE

#2,177 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1621

They've been 1621 at their best, 89 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2021

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Pop's Smoke on the Hill

#2,169 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1532

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 24 contests
last seen Apr 17, 2026
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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SMOKING ACES BBQ SWEDEN

#2,184 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1544

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2026

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ONE PIT WONDER

#2,180 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1549

They turned up 10 years after LONGBONE BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
GREAT PLAINS BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
JP CUSTOM SMOKE	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
Smoke-A-Holics	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
WICHITA SWINEMEN	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
RUBBING BUTTS BBQ KS	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ	11	5	6	45%	⚔ compare
Lucky D's BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
TRAVELIN' SMOKE BBQ	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
TACKLE THE TABLE BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
CHIP ON OUR SHOULDER	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	4	0	1	175.4400	141.6916	162.25	top 56%
Pork Ribs	27	4	0	1	174.8800	145.7032	163.38	top 53%
Pork	27	4	1	1	177.7028	154.2056	165.40	top 46%
Brisket	27	6	0	1	174.2972	127.9544	162.65	top 48%

“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)	18	0	top 52%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 57%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
KS	21	top 58%
OK	5	top 36%
MO	1	top 51%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Harper County Bullseye BBQ	3	3	top 29%	Oct 14, 2016
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	17	top 76%	May 8, 2015
Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	2	34	top 78%	Jul 14, 2017
Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off	2	11	top 44%	Jul 1, 2016
Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic	2	13	top 60%	Jun 10, 2016
Blues, BBQ & Bargains	2	8	top 57%	Jul 18, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 7 contests

Contests a season 5.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 21 of 27 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 19 6 of them more than once

Opponents faced 951 finished ahead 734 times, behind 791

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20171 milestone

Jul 14 Most recent contest Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest

20162 milestones

Sep 16 25th tracked contest Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off
Oct 14 Peak power rating (1544) Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20151 milestone

Oct 16 Career-best overall score681.1656 Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20145 milestones

Jul 18 First overall top-10 Blues, BBQ & Bargains
Jul 18 10th tracked contest Blues, BBQ & Bargains
Sep 12 First category win (Pork) Derby BBQ Festival
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Derby BBQ Festival
Oct 17 First overall podium Harper County Bullseye BBQ

20133 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon
Apr 26 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5716 Valley Center Spring Fling

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 17, 2014
+11.6	Harper County Bullseye BBQ	Oct 16, 2015
+11.1	Blues, BBQ & Bargains	Jul 18, 2014
+10.4	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff	Sep 18, 2015
+8.7	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 3, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.3	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest	Jul 14, 2017
-12.2	Blues, BBQ & Bargains	Jul 19, 2013
-10.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	May 8, 2015
-7.4	National Bar-B-Que Derby	Sep 6, 2013
-6	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ	Aug 19, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	0%	top 95%	86.4%	86.4%
2016	7	0	0	29%	top 51%	93.3%	92.3%
2015	6	2	0	67%	top 51%	94.6%	91.9%
2014	7	2	1	71%	top 47%	94.2%	91.5%
2013	6	0	0	33%	top 58%	91.7%	87.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 14, 2017	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	55 / 58 (622.0340)	57 (150.7656)	36 (165.6800)	56 (154.2056)	50 (151.3828)
Oct 14, 2016	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	21 / 38 (668.6056)	21 (170.8572)	21 (170.8800)	20 (166.8684)	30 (160)
Sep 16, 2016	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cook-Off Ponca City, OK	15 / 43 (671.9996)	16 (169.1428)	15 (167.4400)	17 (168.5828)	15 (166.8340)
Aug 19, 2016	Flint Hills Beef Fest BBQ Emporia, KS	27 / 33 (651.8860)	17 (168.0232)	29 (157.6800)	30 (160.5028)	19 (165.6800)
Jul 1, 2016	Hutchfest BBQ Cook-off Hutchinson, KS	20 / 38 (664.4456)	21 (167.9772)	31 (160.5372)	11 (169.6684)	20 (166.2628)
Jun 10, 2016	Fire On the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	13 / 31 (670.7996)	23 (161.6912)	13 (166.8456)	10 (169.7028)	9 (172.5600)
Jun 3, 2016	Keepers of the Fire BBQ Contest Mayetta, KS	34 / 55 (654.1596)	35 (162.8228)	44 (156.5256)	15 (171.4056)	27 (163.4056)
Apr 15, 2016	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	20 / 63 (670.2740)	8 (174.2856)	35 (161.1200)	23 (167.9656)	27 (166.9028)
Oct 16, 2015	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	7 / 34 (681.1656)	2 (175.4400)	12 (168.5828)	20 (162.8456)	4 (174.2972)
Sep 18, 2015	Cherokee Strip BBQ Cookoff Ponca City, OK	9 / 32 (671.8744)	7 (171.9772)	4 (172.5600)	20 (162.8000)	11 (164.5372)
Aug 7, 2015	Smokin on the Smoky Salina, KS	16 / 33 (669.0740)	22 (163.9656)	13 (168.5828)	4 (175.4172)	23 (161.1084)
Jul 3, 2015	HutchFest BBQ Cook-Off Hutchinson, KS	11 / 31 (669.0052)	8 (171.4056)	15 (165.1084)	16 (165.0856)	11 (167.4056)
Jun 12, 2015	Fire on the Frontier BBQ Classic Hays, KS	27 / 35 (647.3940)	32 (150.8228)	28 (160)	21 (167.4284)	14 (169.1428)
May 8, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	29 / 30 (630.8572)	30 (141.6916)	25 (161.1656)	14 (166.3200)	23 (161.6800)
Oct 17, 2014	Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS	3 / 30 (670.3884)	13 (161.1772)	2 (174.8800)	11 (163.4284)	3 (170.9028)
Sep 12, 2014	Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS	13 / 38 (678.3084)	25 (164)	13 (170.3084)	1 (177.7028)	18 (166.2972)
Aug 22, 2014	When Pigs Fly BBQ Contest & Fly In McPherson, KS	24 / 36 (653.6000)	34 (153.1084)	4 (174.8800)	21 (167.3828)	27 (158.2288)
Jul 18, 2014	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	8 / 33 (673.6804)	16 (166.2744)	13 (168.0116)	7 (170.2744)	8 (169.1200)
Jun 20, 2014	Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS	26 / 42 (665.0056)	33 (160.5372)	26 (166.2400)	25 (166.2628)	8 (171.9656)
May 2, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	22 / 29 (631.2912)	14 (163.4056)	22 (159.3600)	18 (155.4056)	19 (153.1200)
Apr 11, 2014	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	37 / 64 (639.9548)	48 (155.4400)	37 (158.2632)	32 (161.6800)	18 (164.5716)
Oct 3, 2013	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	272 / 535 (637.1204)	364 (155.9772)	325 (157.1088)	35 (172.0344)	367 (152)
Sep 6, 2013	National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS	27 / 35 (633.1320)	11 (165.7144)	34 (145.7032)	20 (162.2972)	23 (159.4172)
Jul 19, 2013	Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS	38 / 42 (603.2684)	25 (158.2284)	25 (159.4172)	26 (157.6684)	41 (127.9544)
May 31, 2013	Valley Center Spring Fling Valley Center, KS	16 / 34 (660.5716)	21 (162.8570)	7 (169.1428)	11 (166.8572)	14 (161.7146)
Apr 26, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	17 / 30 (641.7142)	16 (162.2858)	23 (151.4286)	22 (158.8570)	4 (169.1428)
Apr 5, 2013	Stillwater Elks 25th Annual Blazathon Stillwater, OK	13 / 52 (617.7140)	19 (150.8572)	17 (153.7142)	16 (157.1426)	17 (156)

LONGBONE BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)