A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
GILLY'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
GILLY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BERGIE BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1500 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-24
latest 2014-07-25
Best ToY finish
#997
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Best overall
660.5488 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.96
last 4 Master vs avg 636.96 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
172.5828
Consistency
±15.76
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.29 · weakest Brisket (147.81)
Road miles
274
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
636.96 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Silver Bullet Smokers in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
BERGIE BBQ has 4 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 125 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.
#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
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#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after BERGIE BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
Level with BERGIE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
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#3342 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
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#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 162.2854 | 168.29 | top 29% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 149.1660 | 160.87 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6912 | 154.8568 | 159.99 | top 59% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7888 | 136.5144 | 147.81 | top 79% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morton BBQ Throwdown | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 42% | 2014-07-25 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2013-05-24 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.29 · weakest Brisket (147.81)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.96
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
151
85–126 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
274
4 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
1522
average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests
Power rating
1496
peak 1500 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- First call Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5488 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- Career-best overall score660.5488 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5828 Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- Peak power rating (1500) Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist)
- 2014
- Most recent contest Morton BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) | 2013-07-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.6 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ | 2013-05-24 |
| -2.5 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | 2013-10-11 |
| -1.5 | Morton BBQ Throwdown | 2014-07-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 60% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67% | top 56% | 91.7% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | Morton BBQ Throwdown Morton, IL | 29 / 48 (638.1944) | 12 (168.5484) | 42 (149.1660) | 15 (165.6912) | 33 (154.7888) |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL | 33 / 53 (632.5376) | 14 (169.7600) | 4 (169.7260) | 35 (156.5372) | 51 (136.5144) |
| 2013-07-26 | Morton BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL - May email to be put on waitlist) Morton, IL | 11 / 45 (660.5488) | 4 (172.5828) | 9 (170.8572) | 25 (162.8800) | 29 (154.2288) |
| 2013-05-24 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL | 57 / 70 (616.5708) | 39 (162.2854) | 51 (153.7142) | 59 (154.8568) | 61 (145.7144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2458 (73 pts) | #1807 (138 pts) | #2505 (73 pts) | #1919 (123 pts) | #2494 (73 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #997 (290 pts) | #770 (425 pts) | #732 (455 pts) | #1254 (220 pts) | #1251 (220 pts) |