A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HOT COLE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOT COLE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
GRILLIONAIRES
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1490 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-05-05
latest 2019-05-03
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
651.42
last 3 Master vs avg 651.42 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.95 · weakest Chicken (161.48)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
651.42 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIG'N & CHIK'N in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
GRILLIONAIRES 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 153 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.
#3626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1490
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to GRILLIONAIRES)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GRILLIONAIRES has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after GRILLIONAIRES did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRILLIONAIRES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
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 | 166.2400 | 157.6456 | 161.48 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 152.4800 | 163.38 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 160.4912 | 162.61 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 156.5028 | 163.95 | top 55% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 3 | 40 | 0 | top 71% | 2019-05-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-05-05 → 2019-05-03
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
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
Brisket
averages 163.95 · weakest Chicken (161.48)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
651.42
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
174
78–171 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1490
peak 1490 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.9372 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1498) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2018
- Career-best overall score662.1600 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1316 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2019
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.9 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2019-05-03 |
| -2.2 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
| -1.6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2018-05-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 66% | 92% | 92% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 45 / 54 (639.1652) | 49 (157.6456) | 35 (164.5256) | 43 (160.4912) | 40 (156.5028) |
| 2018-05-04 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 40 / 61 (662.1600) | 52 (160.5600) | 11 (173.1316) | 46 (163.9428) | 40 (164.5256) |
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 45 / 69 (652.9372) | 32 (166.2400) | 63 (152.4800) | 46 (163.3944) | 17 (170.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #2012 (60 pts) | #1555 (130 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2030 (100 pts) |