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
PFALZ BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 14th of 15 at the Vienna BBQ Days (2018). They finished #1784 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1465
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 25, 2015
latest Jul 14, 2018 · 2.8 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.59
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.97 · weakest Brisket (143.77)
Road miles
477
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
603.33 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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) |
By 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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
121
finished ahead 15 times, behind 130
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 25, 2015 → Sep 22, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20183 milestones
- First call Vienna BBQ Days
- Career-best overall score623.3600 Vienna BBQ Days
- Most recent contest Vienna BBQ Days
20153 milestones
- 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
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2018 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna | 14 / 15 (623.3600) | 15 (147.3828) | 11 (159.4172) | 8 (164.5828) | 11 (151.9772) |
| Sep 22, 2017 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany | 63 / 66 (589.0284) | 65 (145.1200) | 63 (145.6456) | 46 (153.1656) | 58 (145.0972) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW | 56 / 67 (597.6004) | 65 (144.5140) | 50 (153.6916) | 16 (165.1544) | 64 (134.2404) |