THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#2934

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1507

peak 1508 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-02-22

latest 2016-06-24

Best ToY finish

#1356

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

679.3028 / 720

Master · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Perfect 180s

Current form

668.01 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 640.70 (+27.31)

Walk rate

70%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Brisket · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±55.74

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 167.58 · weakest Chicken (150.84)

Road miles

1,333

mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)

Master avg

640.70 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

They almost always walk

70% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 70% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.3028 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.3028 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-05-22

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−16.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 16.73 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 40% of the time against 40%.

Chicken avg 150.84
Brisket avg 167.58
4 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

3 of 5 shared brisket entries lost

Killer B's BBQ ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Killer B's BBQ has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared brisket entries.

Boom or bust

±7.74% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.74% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 89.0% of a perfect score
best 94.3%

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

VanHoozen BBQ

#2951 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG DOG BBQ CANADA

#2926 of the rated field

1507 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-11-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Jarheadbbq

#2929 of the rated field

1507 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-07-25

⚔ Head-to-head

SMELL WHATS COOKIN

#2950 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE ROLLING GRILL BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-10-14

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PRO-BONE-OH

#2947 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

BIG DADDY DAN'S BBQ

#2938 of the rated field

1507 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-06-09

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DEEP SOUTH BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	4	0	0	175.4172	0.0000	150.84	top 46%
Pork Ribs	10	1	1	1	176.0000	151.3716	160.77	top 63%
Pork	10	0	0	0	167.3828	147.9200	161.50	top 64%
Brisket	10	4	0	2	176.5600	155.4284	167.58	top 35%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
GA	5	top 49%
SC	3	top 46%
AL	2	top 82%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	7	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 41%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	9	0	top 48%	2015-05-22
SC Festival of Discovery	2	18	0	top 39%	2014-07-10

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2013-02-22 → 2016-06-24

Busiest season 2013 6 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 5 of 10 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 167.58 · weakest Chicken (150.84)

Walk rate 70% a top-10 call in 7 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 10% 1 of 10 contests

Master average 640.70 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 277 203–191 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,333 10 mapped stops · furthest 303 mi

Schedule strength 1528 average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2015-05-22 → 2016-06-24

Power rating 1507 peak 1508 · #2934 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Feb 22 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jul 11 First call SC Festival of Discovery
Sep 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.5196 Whole Hawg Happenin'
Oct 11 First category win (Pork Ribs) The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2015
May 22 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 22 Career-best overall score679.3028 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
May 22 Peak power rating (1508) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2016
Jun 24 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 24 Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Jun 24 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.7	SC Festival of Discovery	2014-07-10
+8.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-05-22
+2.6	Whole Hawg Happenin'	2013-09-28
+2.4	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival	2013-09-13
+1.9	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-10-11

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-02-22
-3.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-05-17
-1.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-06-24
-0.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-06-06
-0.4	SC Festival of Discovery	2013-07-11

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 67%	93.6%	93.6%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 31%	94.3%	94.3%
2014	2	0	0	100%	top 41%	92.6%	92.2%
2013	6	0	1	50%	top 61%	93%	86.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-06-24	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Birmingham, AL	20 / 30 (673.6116)	24 (166.2400)	16 (168.0116)	25 (162.8000)	2 (176.5600)
2015-05-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	9 / 29 (679.3028)	12 (168.5256)	14 (167.3944)	11 (167.3828)	2 (176.0000)
2014-07-10	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	18 / 86 (666.7428)	10 (173.7256)	32 (165.1200)	45 (160.5028)	19 (167.3944)
2014-06-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	17 / 28 (661.6112)	6 (172.5828)	20 (162.2628)	19 (161.6800)	15 (165.0856)
2013-10-11	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	13 / 25 (658.7656)	23 (154.2628)	1 (176.0000)	19 (157.6800)	9 (170.8228)
2013-09-28	Whole Hawg Happenin' Marietta, GA	15 / 30 (669.5196)	6 (175.4172)	28 (154.7540)	15 (166.2400)	7 (173.1084)
2013-09-13	Atlanta BarB-Q Festival Atlanta, GA	19 / 41 (642.6856)	16 (162.8228)	27 (155.3944)	14 (167.3712)	27 (157.0972)
2013-07-11	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	44 / 78 (640.4344)	5 (171.4400)	62 (151.3716)	73 (147.9200)	13 (169.7028)
2013-05-17	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	18 / 28 (635.4280)	14 (163.4284)	23 (154.2856)	16 (162.2856)	20 (155.4284)
2013-02-22	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	28 / 29 (478.8572)	29 (0.0000)	27 (153.1430)	24 (161.1428)	14 (164.5714)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2140 (80 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2138 (100 pts)	#2918 (55 pts)	#1234 (255 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1356 (203 pts)	#1057 (318 pts)	#1638 (153 pts)	#1639 (158 pts)	#1391 (208 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#2671 (54 pts)	#2676 (54 pts)	#2674 (54 pts)	#2598 (59 pts)	#1846 (109 pts)