A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLKUNST ahead in 100% of their meetings
GRILLKUNST has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
PFALZ BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1465
peak 1465 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2018-07-14
Best ToY finish
#1784
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
603.33
last 3 Master vs avg 603.33 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.97 · weakest Brisket (143.77)
Road miles
477
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
603.33 / 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.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 (2017-09-22).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2017-09-22
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.
PFALZ 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 139 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.
#4848 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Level with PFALZ BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4862 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4849 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4857 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1502 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | 147.3828 | 144.5140 | 145.67 | top 98% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 145.6456 | 152.92 | top 81% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1544 | 153.1656 | 160.97 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9772 | 134.2404 | 143.77 | top 86% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2018-07-14
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 160.97 · weakest Brisket (143.77)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
603.33
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
15–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
477
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2017-09-22
Power rating
1465
peak 1465 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.1544 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Peak power rating (1490) 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- 2018
- First call Vienna BBQ Days
- Career-best overall score623.3600 Vienna BBQ Days
- Most recent contest Vienna BBQ Days
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
| -12.1 | Vienna BBQ Days | 2018-07-14 |
| -10.1 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.8% | 81.8% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 83% | 83% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-14 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna , 1210 | 14 / 15 (623.3600) | 15 (147.3828) | 11 (159.4172) | 8 (164.5828) | 11 (151.9772) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 63 / 66 (589.0284) | 65 (145.1200) | 63 (145.6456) | 46 (153.1656) | 58 (145.0972) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 56 / 67 (597.6004) | 65 (144.5140) | 50 (153.6916) | 16 (165.1544) | 64 (134.2404) |
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 | #1784 (95 pts) | #1863 (90 pts) | #1771 (110 pts) | #1519 (135 pts) | #1753 (110 pts) |