A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Grizzlies big deal barbecue
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2020-10-29
latest 2022-05-13
Best ToY finish
#1309
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
447.48
last 4 Backyard vs avg 447.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.73
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 149.58 · weakest Brisket (134.19)
Road miles
521
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
81%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1606)
Purse competed for
$39K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
584.94 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
447.48 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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.
A strong matchup
4–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1606
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 81% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1606 power rating — a tougher draw than 81% of every rated contest in the data.
- 5 rated 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.
113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Grizzlies big deal barbecue on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
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#4035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Grizzlies big deal barbecue's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 7 years before Grizzlies big deal barbecue's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIG DOG BBQ VA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| KenzielouQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1084 | 145.1316 | 149.10 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7600 | 141.6344 | 149.58 | top 59% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 130.8000 | 149.45 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134.1944 | 134.1944 | 134.19 | 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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 4 | 0 | top 56% |
| NC | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 65% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2 | 21 | 0 | top 49% | 2021-03-27 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.5 yrs
2020-10-29 → 2022-05-13
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 149.58 · weakest Brisket (134.19)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
584.94
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
447.48
out of 360 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
77–202 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
521
5 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
1606
average field rating faced — tougher than 81% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$38,725
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2021-03-27 → 2022-05-13
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #4040 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2020
- First tracked contest The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score450.1944 The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q
- Peak power rating (1500) The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)165.7600 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)
- 2022
- Career-best overall score584.9372 Jiggy With The Piggy
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.7 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) | 2021-03-26 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 2022-05-13 |
| -5.2 | Zom-B-Q | 2020-10-30 |
| -1.1 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 2021-03-27 |
| -0.2 | The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q | 2020-10-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 127.6% | 126.9% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 125.1% | 121.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 45 / 46 (584.9372) | 44 (153.1084) | 44 (141.6344) | 43 (156.0000) | 45 (134.1944) |
| 2021-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 21 / 40 (459.3028) | 22 (150.2284) | 22 (148.5372) | 14 (160.5372) | — |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA | 21 / 46 (454.2628) | 24 (145.6800) | 11 (165.7600) | 23 (142.8228) | — |
| 2020-10-30 | Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 23 / 33 (426.1484) | 22 (151.3712) | 22 (143.9772) | 23 (130.8000) | — |
| 2020-10-29 | The Nightmare Before Zom-B-Q 🏅 Wytheville, VA | 18 / 33 (450.1944) | 19 (145.1316) | 18 (147.9772) | 14 (157.0856) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #196 (117 pts) | #137 (182 pts) | — | — |