A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-19
latest 2017-03-03
Best ToY finish
#2175
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.75
last 3 Master vs avg 638.75 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.83 · weakest Pork (155.21)
Road miles
145
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 145 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Master avg
638.75 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON 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 127 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
Level with HICK BEACH BBQ SQUADRON on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 150.8228 | 157.87 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 157.1200 | 162.83 | top 63% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 136.5484 | 155.21 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 158.8344 | 162.83 | top 58% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 76% | 2017-03-03 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2015-09-19 → 2017-03-03
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
LA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.83 · weakest Pork (155.21)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
638.75
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
18–67 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
145
3 mapped stops · furthest 145 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Hot Springs Blues & BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.1316 Hot Springs Blues & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1491) Hot Springs Blues & BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best overall score642.1828 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Hot Springs Blues & BBQ | 2015-09-19 |
| -5.8 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-03-03 |
| -2.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-03-04 |
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 83% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 89% | 89% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 88% | 88% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-03 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA | 24 / 29 (642.1828) | 22 (162.8456) | 27 (157.1200) | 22 (163.3828) | 20 (158.8344) |
| 2016-03-04 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA | 21 / 30 (640.4684) | 29 (150.8228) | 16 (162.2400) | 11 (165.7028) | 17 (161.7028) |
| 2015-09-19 | Hot Springs Blues & BBQ Hot Springs, AR | 25 / 29 (633.5884) | 22 (159.9428) | 12 (169.1316) | 29 (136.5484) | 14 (167.9656) |
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 | #2781 (59 pts) | #2234 (69 pts) | #2895 (54 pts) | #2221 (69 pts) | #2151 (79 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2175 (75 pts) | #2916 (55 pts) | #2138 (100 pts) | #1840 (125 pts) | #2143 (95 pts) |