A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Serial Griller ahead in 100% of their meetings
Serial Griller has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A.W.'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1440
peak 1440 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-04-19
latest 2016-05-20
Best ToY finish
#2127
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
604.83 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 597.50 (+7.32)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.75)
Road miles
770
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
597.50 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−15.1
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.10 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.
- Pork Ribs avg 141.75
- Chicken avg 156.85
- 0 calls in 8 entries
Chicken nemesis
4 of 5
shared chicken entries lost
4:20 Q ahead 80% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 4:20 Q has out-cooked them in 4 of 5 shared chicken entries.
The metronome
±1.93%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 83.0% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
75 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5832 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5827 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5833 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#5810 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Level with A.W.'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5812 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#5811 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1440
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.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serial Griller | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 4:20 Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCE THIS BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 146.1944 | 156.85 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8112 | 130.2858 | 141.75 | top 85% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 134.8570 | 153.05 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 122.2400 | 145.84 | top 73% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 5 | 0 | top 78% |
| MD | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltwater Brew 'N' Que | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 90% | 2016-05-20 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2013-04-19 → 2016-05-20
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.85 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.75)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 2 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
597.50
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
266
67–312 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
770
8 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2016-05-20
Power rating
1440
peak 1440 · #5819 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- Peak power rating (1490) Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival
- First call Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-off
- 2015
- Career-best overall score618.7200 Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5600 Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off
- 2016
- Most recent contest Saltwater Brew 'N' Que
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair | 2014-04-11 |
| -10 | Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival | 2014-05-30 |
| -9.6 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival | 2013-04-19 |
| -9.2 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que | 2016-05-20 |
| -8.6 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-off | 2013-05-17 |
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 91% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 85.9% | 85.5% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 84% | 81.7% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-20 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA | 21 / 23 (601.5428) | 14 (159.4400) | 23 (143.3716) | 20 (154.7884) | 22 (143.9428) |
| 2015-05-15 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-Off Chesapeake, VA | 24 / 36 (618.7200) | 29 (146.1944) | 27 (150.8112) | 7 (168.5600) | 21 (153.1544) |
| 2015-04-24 | Saltwater Brew 'N' Que Chincoteague, VA | 16 / 18 (611.9316) | 11 (160.6172) | 16 (140.4916) | 14 (156.5600) | 11 (154.2628) |
| 2014-05-30 | Pig and A Jig BBQ Festival Snow Hill, MD | 27 / 30 (586.8692) | 19 (157.1888) | 28 (132.5372) | 27 (145.6916) | 22 (151.4516) |
| 2014-05-16 | Chesapeake Jubilee Chesapeake, VA | 20 / 32 (605.0628) | 12 (158.8344) | 23 (149.7372) | 23 (151.3828) | 21 (145.1084) |
| 2014-04-11 | Delaware's Triple Threat BBQ Festival at the Fair Harrington, DE | 101 / 109 (572.4576) | 76 (153.1316) | 95 (140.5144) | 47 (156.5716) | 108 (122.2400) |
| 2013-05-17 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-off Chesapeake, VA | 27 / 34 (591.4286) | 4 (167.4288) | 23 (146.2856) | 34 (134.8570) | 27 (142.8572) |
| 2013-04-19 | Pork in the Park Barbeque Festival Salisbury, MD | 85 / 106 (592.0000) | 79 (152.0002) | 103 (130.2858) | 58 (155.9996) | 55 (153.7144) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2231 (68 pts) | #2114 (103 pts) | #2888 (58 pts) | #2260 (73 pts) | #2336 (63 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2127 (65 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1577 (165 pts) | #2079 (80 pts) |