WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?

WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 12th of 29 at the Christmas on the River State Championship (2013). They are ranked #4735 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Why You Grillin Me Dawg”, “Why You Grillin' Me. . . Dawg?!”, “Why You Grillin Me Dawg!?!”, “Why You Grillin MeÃ¯Â¿Â½Dawg?”, “Why You Grillin Me, Dawg?”, “Why You Grillin Me Dawg?!?”, “Why You Grillin Me?Dawg?” and “Why You Grillin' Me ... Dawg?!”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,735

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1468

peak 1517 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 15, 2013

latest Sep 8, 2022 · 9.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#779

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2850 / 720

Master · The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Perfect 180s

Current form

639.94 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 653.08 (-13.14)

Walk rate

36%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7142

Pork · The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

Consistency

±14.98

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.29 · weakest Brisket (157.72)

Road miles

2,017

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 135 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1545)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

653.08 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

674.2850 career-best overall

93.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2850 at The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 3, 2013

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOKING BROKE has finished one call ahead of WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.

6 contests
0 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 48%

A tough matchup

23–0 behind in the head-to-head

Organizer Portal ahead in 100% of their meetings

Organizer Portal has come out ahead in 23 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.57 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 157.72
Pork avg 167.29
0 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SWINEFELD in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

2.3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (Aug 13, 2021).

last seen May 3, 2019
back Aug 13, 2021

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Pork nemesis

18 of 23 shared pork entries lost

JIGGY PIGGY ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, JIGGY PIGGY has out-cooked them in 18 of 23 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BUTTS, BELLIES & BUDDIES has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.08% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.08% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
25 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 18th

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	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1462 (185 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2175 (65 pts)	#1985 (105 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#1535 (180 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#779 (396 pts)	#1071 (286 pts)	#398 (786 pts)	#554 (596 pts)	#982 (306 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Too Sauced to Pork

#4,732 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1503

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025

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ALL AMERICA CITY HOGGERS

#4,743 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1468

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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BENCHWARMERS BAR B QUE

#4,733 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1468

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?)

Fewer contests behind them than WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? has cooked, 5 to 25, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 13, 2016

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Making Meat BBQ

#4,738 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1510

They've been 1510 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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SWEET WATER BAR-B-QUE

#4,746 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1505

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen May 31, 2019

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BACKDRAFT BAR B Q SD

#4,745 of the rated field

1468 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1506

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
JIGGY PIGGY	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare
South Pork	19	0	19	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE OF THE SHOALS	18	11	7	61%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
BIG BLUE QUE	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
The Specialists	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
TEAM HOGWEISER	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
Chokin "N" tha Smoke	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BUTT CREW	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	13	0	13	0%	⚔ compare
BEES KNEES BBQ TEAM	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	2	0	0	173.7144	135.8856	162.66	top 63%
Pork Ribs	25	6	1	3	177.1544	144.5028	165.41	top 49%
Pork	25	5	1	2	177.7142	157.0856	167.29	top 45%
Brisket	25	0	0	0	168.5600	133.6232	157.72	top 71%

“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)	7	0	top 66%
Large (40+)	18	0	top 60%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	19	top 60%
MS	4	top 63%
TN	2	top 78%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	6	18	top 61%	May 3, 2019
Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	2	31	top 85%	Sep 8, 2022
Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2	56	top 87%	Mar 17, 2017
Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ	2	18	top 70%	Dec 4, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 6 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 19 of 25 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 17 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 701 finished ahead 636 times, behind 947

Longest layoff 2.3 yrs May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021

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

20222 milestones

Sep 8 25th tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Sep 8 Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

20151 milestone

Sep 11 Peak power rating (1517) Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest

20141 milestone

May 16 10th tracked contest Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff

20136 milestones

Mar 15 First tracked contest Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7136 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
May 3 First call The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 First category win (Pork) The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Career-best overall score674.2850 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
May 3 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7142 The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.2	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)	May 2, 2014
+7.3	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 3, 2013
+5.7	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre	Mar 14, 2014
+5.6	Christmas on the River State Championship	Dec 6, 2013
+3.9	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest	Sep 11, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12	High on the Hog Festival	Apr 18, 2014
-10.9	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	Mar 18, 2016
-7.9	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 6, 2016
-7.4	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	May 4, 2018
-6.3	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ	Aug 13, 2021

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2022	1	0	0%	top 89%	86.8%	86.8%
2021	1	0	0%	top 82%	88.1%	88.1%
2019	1	0	0%	top 65%	90.1%	90.1%
2018	1	0	100%	top 85%	89.8%	89.8%
2017	3	0	0%	top 71%	91.5%	90.4%
2016	3	0	0%	top 78%	92.3%	88.4%
2015	3	0	33%	top 57%	92.8%	91.5%
2014	6	0	67%	top 53%	93.5%	91.8%
2013	6	2	50%	top 48%	93.7%	91.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 8, 2022	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	31 / 35 (624.8916)	29 (157.6572)	34 (153.6572)	31 (159.3716)	26 (154.2056)
Aug 13, 2021	Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	40 / 49 (634.1372)	37 (161.1200)	47 (144.5028)	32 (164.5372)	30 (163.9772)
May 3, 2019	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL	35 / 54 (648.4688)	38 (161.6688)	22 (166.8572)	31 (165.0972)	44 (154.8456)
May 4, 2018	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	52 / 61 (646.6740)	60 (151.9084)	10 (174.2628)	31 (167.4172)	56 (153.0856)
Sep 15, 2017	Big Brother Big Sister Riverfest Decatur, AL	29 / 39 (645.5428)	28 (162.8112)	26 (163.9888)	26 (161.6800)	33 (157.0628)
May 5, 2017	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	39 / 69 (658.7312)	57 (156.5600)	49 (161.6684)	12 (174.2628)	34 (166.2400)
Mar 17, 2017	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	56 / 68 (649.0172)	42 (166.8228)	35 (166.2628)	20 (171.4172)	66 (144.5144)
Sep 9, 2016	Decatur Jaycee's 22nd Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	25 / 41 (664.4684)	24 (166.2284)	24 (165.7144)	29 (163.9656)	16 (168.5600)
May 6, 2016	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	54 / 67 (629.5084)	66 (135.8856)	26 (166.2400)	32 (165.6800)	38 (161.7028)
Mar 18, 2016	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	88 / 95 (615.7824)	90 (149.0856)	79 (155.9428)	79 (157.0856)	77 (153.6684)
Dec 4, 2015	Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL	28 / 36 (645.4628)	25 (165.0856)	23 (162.8000)	21 (162.8116)	29 (154.7656)
Sep 11, 2015	Decatur Jaycee's 21st Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	23 / 55 (668.4572)	20 (169.7144)	4 (176.5600)	42 (162.8228)	46 (159.3600)
May 1, 2015	The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	32 / 63 (662.6968)	43 (163.9428)	24 (168.5372)	16 (171.4056)	50 (158.8112)
Dec 5, 2014	Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL	18 / 29 (663.2916)	4 (173.7144)	2 (177.1428)	16 (163.9544)	26 (148.4800)
Sep 19, 2014	20th Annual Decatur Jaycee's Riverfest Decatur, AL	35 / 75 (657.5888)	50 (162.2744)	51 (160.5260)	31 (167.3828)	29 (167.4056)
May 16, 2014	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL	14 / 26 (666.7540)	9 (170.8112)	17 (163.9772)	8 (170.8228)	16 (161.1428)
May 2, 2014	The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL	18 / 62 (673.0744)	39 (162.8344)	23 (167.4172)	3 (177.7028)	25 (165.1200)
Apr 18, 2014	High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN	56 / 62 (638.1032)	41 (166.2400)	35 (164.5372)	7 (173.7028)	62 (133.6232)
Mar 14, 2014	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Benefiting Link Centre Tupelo, MS	32 / 95 (666.1600)	16 (171.9772)	39 (164.5256)	26 (169.6916)	56 (159.9656)
Dec 6, 2013	Christmas on the River State Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL	12 / 29 (662.1256)	26 (160.5256)	1 (177.1544)	10 (167.3828)	25 (157.0628)
Sep 13, 2013	Decatur Jaycees 19th Annual Riverfest Decatur, AL	38 / 80 (652.4460)	27 (167.3828)	41 (162.2400)	30 (166.8572)	62 (155.9660)
Jul 26, 2013	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	36 / 54 (655.9088)	24 (167.3944)	40 (159.9772)	11 (170.8800)	44 (157.6572)
May 17, 2013	Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	17 / 27 (665.7142)	22 (162.2854)	7 (172.5716)	17 (166.2858)	15 (164.5714)
May 3, 2013	The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL	18 / 62 (674.2850)	39 (162.8568)	2 (176.5714)	1 (177.7142)	40 (157.1426)
Mar 15, 2013	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	43 / 100 (657.7136)	22 (169.7142)	57 (161.7140)	53 (162.2856)	53 (163.9998)

WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG?

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

A standing appointment

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)