A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings
TOAD HOLLAR BBQ CREW has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2016-07-29
latest 2020-09-05
Best ToY finish
#1079
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 88%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
572.45
last 5 Master vs avg 572.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±117.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.39)
Road miles
21,477
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 10617 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
572.45 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Mozingo Lake BBQ (2020-09-05).
- last seen 2018-09-15
- back 2020-09-05
The long haul
21,477
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 21,477 miles across 5 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 10,617 miles to The Chidlow BBQ Festival.
- 5 mapped stops
- furthest 10,617 mi
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.
114 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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#5353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRILL SERGEANT BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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#5381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
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#5343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 159.4172 | 160.83 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 149.6800 | 154.39 | top 88% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.8688 | 154.7656 | 159.06 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7256 | 154.8116 | 161.22 | top 64% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.1 yrs
2016-07-29 → 2020-09-05
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 161.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.39)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
572.45
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
146
19–139 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
21,477
5 mapped stops · furthest 10,617 mi
Schedule strength
1568
average field rating faced — tougher than 53% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,200
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2018-09-15 → 2020-09-05
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #5358 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1489) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2018
- First call The Chidlow BBQ Festival
- First category win (Brisket) The Chidlow BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7256 The Chidlow BBQ Festival
- 2020
- Career-best overall score633.0060 Mozingo Lake BBQ
- Most recent contest Mozingo Lake BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.4 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival | 2018-09-15 |
| -11.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2016-07-29 |
| -10.3 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2017-04-28 |
| -6.3 | Mozingo Lake BBQ | 2020-09-05 |
| -3 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q | 2017-05-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 100% | 46.7% | 46.7% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.8% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-09-05 | Mozingo Lake BBQ 🏅 Maryville, MO | 25 / 34 (633.0060) | 25 (159.4172) | 28 (155.4288) | 24 (161.6572) | 26 (156.5028) |
| 2018-09-15 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Wa, 6556 | 23 / 23 (336.5944) | — | — | 7 (162.8688) | 1 (173.7256) |
| 2017-05-05 | Apple Blossom Bar-B-Q St. Joseph, MO | 28 / 39 (628.4568) | 23 (160.5256) | 35 (149.6800) | 31 (155.4400) | 22 (162.8112) |
| 2017-04-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS | 29 / 30 (632.3196) | 25 (159.9428) | 26 (159.3828) | 28 (154.7656) | 27 (158.2284) |
| 2016-07-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Des Moines, IA | 27 / 28 (631.8632) | 18 (163.4172) | 26 (153.0744) | 19 (160.5600) | 26 (154.8116) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #1079 (59 pts) | #1091 (59 pts) | #1103 (59 pts) | #891 (64 pts) | #1083 (59 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1890 (115 pts) | #1768 (125 pts) | #1970 (115 pts) | #1937 (115 pts) | #1741 (130 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2967 (53 pts) | #2200 (88 pts) | #2965 (53 pts) | #2198 (83 pts) | #2964 (53 pts) |