A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
GRUNTS 11 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1451
peak 1451 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-08-01
latest 2017-08-04
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.70
last 5 Master vs avg 628.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.06)
Road miles
141
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 56 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Master avg
628.70 / 720
5 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
−10.4
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.42 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 152.06
- Chicken avg 162.49
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CHARNOBLE in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 47th
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.
130 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5478 of the rated field
- Contests
- 89
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1513
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GRUNTS 11 BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GRUNTS 11 BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after GRUNTS 11 BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#5484 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRUNTS 11 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1451
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5508 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1450
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOO CHOO TRAIN BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WICKED QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAREKNUCKLES BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HAWGPOUND SMOKERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 157.1084 | 162.49 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9660 | 142.2400 | 152.06 | top 94% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 151.3140 | 159.48 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6684 | 146.7772 | 154.67 | top 87% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival | 4 | 47 | 0 | top 93% | 2017-08-04 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2014-08-01 → 2017-08-04
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.06)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
628.70
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
18–243 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
141
5 mapped stops · furthest 56 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-07-31 → 2016-08-05
Power rating
1451
peak 1451 · #5489 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Peak power rating (1488) Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4172 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- 2017
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.6000 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival
- Career-best overall score649.6000 Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival
- Most recent contest Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2014-08-01 |
| -11.4 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) | 2014-09-12 |
| -10.8 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-08-05 |
| -10 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-07-31 |
| -5 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival | 2017-08-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 88.1% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-04 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival Dillard, GA | 47 / 57 (649.6000) | 30 (167.4056) | 48 (159.9660) | 47 (160.5600) | 41 (161.6684) |
| 2016-08-05 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA | 56 / 56 (624.9256) | 52 (157.1084) | 55 (154.8000) | 39 (166.2400) | 56 (146.7772) |
| 2015-07-31 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA | 52 / 55 (622.1028) | 38 (167.4172) | 55 (142.2400) | 51 (158.8000) | 50 (153.6456) |
| 2014-09-12 | Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA | 39 / 42 (634.0340) | 38 (161.6684) | 39 (155.9544) | 36 (160.5028) | 36 (155.9084) |
| 2014-08-01 | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival (GBC Qualifier) Dillard, GA | 54 / 56 (612.8568) | 45 (158.8344) | 53 (147.3600) | 54 (151.3140) | 48 (155.3484) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 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) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |