A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Vegas Grillbillies ahead in 100% of their meetings
Vegas Grillbillies has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BERNIE'S REBEL BOYZ SMOKIN' BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-10-13
latest 2019-11-01
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 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
535.06
last 3 Master vs avg 535.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±62.11
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 150.05 · weakest Brisket (131.36)
Road miles
102
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
535.06 / 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.
BERNIE'S REBEL BOYZ SMOKIN' BBQ 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 149 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.
#4796 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
Level with BERNIE'S REBEL BOYZ SMOKIN' BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#4814 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4818 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4812 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5256 | 144.5028 | 148.91 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0512 | 147.9772 | 150.05 | top 93% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.3828 | 136.5028 | 148.52 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.9888 | 114.7312 | 131.36 | top 98% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2019-11-01
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 150.05 · weakest Brisket (131.36)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
535.06
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
4–132 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
102
3 mapped stops · furthest 50 mi
Schedule strength
1591
average field rating faced — tougher than 72% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,300
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2018-10-12 → 2019-11-01
Power rating
1466
peak 1466 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *OC BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score603.3260 *OC BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1489) *OC BBQ Competition
- 2019
- Career-best single call (Pork)155.3828 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
- Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | *Temecula State BBQ Championship | 2018-10-12 |
| -11.1 | *OC BBQ Competition | 2017-10-13 |
| -9.8 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival | 2019-11-01 |
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 97% | 62.9% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 76.2% | 76.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-11-01 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA | 36 / 37 (453.0628) | 34 (149.7028) | 34 (147.9772) | 31 (155.3828) | — |
| 2018-10-12 | *Temecula State BBQ Championship Temecula, CA | 46 / 46 (548.7880) | 46 (144.5028) | 42 (153.0512) | 46 (136.5028) | 46 (114.7312) |
| 2017-10-13 | *OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA | 53 / 56 (603.3260) | 53 (152.5256) | 53 (149.1316) | 50 (153.6800) | 54 (147.9888) |
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) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |