A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
3 EYZ BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
3 EYZ BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GRILLING FOR A CURE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-05-09
latest 2016-05-13
Best ToY finish
#2084
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
595.30
last 3 Master vs avg 595.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.15
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.45)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
595.30 / 720
3 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
MAMA MARY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
GRILLING FOR A CURE has 3 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 150 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.
#4486 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GRILLING FOR A CURE)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GRILLING FOR A CURE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4502 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1472
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after GRILLING FOR A CURE did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRILLING FOR A CURE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4497 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 145.7028 | 151.80 | top 76% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3944 | 133.5772 | 145.45 | top 82% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5484 | 140.5828 | 149.32 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4288 | 135.9428 | 148.74 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Jamboree | 3 | 55 | 0 | top 84% | 2016-05-13 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2014-05-09 → 2016-05-13
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 151.80 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.45)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
595.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
124
32–166 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-08 → 2016-05-13
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest BBQ Jamboree
- Peak power rating (1489) BBQ Jamboree
- 2016
- Career-best overall score603.8288 BBQ Jamboree
- Career-best single call (Chicken)158.2744 BBQ Jamboree
- Most recent contest BBQ Jamboree
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | BBQ Jamboree | 2014-05-09 |
| -9.1 | BBQ Jamboree | 2015-05-08 |
| -7.5 | BBQ Jamboree | 2016-05-13 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 82.3% | 82.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-13 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 59 / 72 (603.8288) | 44 (158.2744) | 70 (133.5772) | 51 (156.5484) | 44 (155.4288) |
| 2015-05-08 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 55 / 65 (592.5028) | 61 (145.7028) | 51 (151.3828) | 58 (140.5828) | 36 (154.8344) |
| 2014-05-09 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 55 / 64 (589.5772) | 47 (151.4172) | 45 (151.3944) | 44 (150.8228) | 61 (135.9428) |
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 | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2345 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |