A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
M2BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1454
peak 1454 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2021-04-16
latest 2023-05-19
Best ToY finish
#984
Master 2021
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
578.47
last 4 Master vs avg 578.47 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±71.19
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.12)
Road miles
108
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
578.47 / 720
4 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.
M2BBQ Team has 4 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 126 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.
#5327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5317 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before M2BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before M2BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Level with M2BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before M2BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before M2BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 145.1544 | 156.57 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.1316 | 142.2516 | 152.12 | top 88% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 147.9428 | 155.69 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 146.8000 | 153.24 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| MD | 2 | 0 | top 98% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2 | 33 | 0 | top 89% | 2023-05-19 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2021-04-16 → 2023-05-19
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.12)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
578.47
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
148
10–234 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
108
4 mapped stops · furthest 108 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$33,900
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2021-04-17 → 2022-05-13
Power rating
1454
peak 1454 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- Peak power rating (1487) Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1
- 2022
- Career-best overall score630.1832 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4400 Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
- 2023
- Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire and Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | 2021-04-16 |
| -12.2 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 | 2021-04-17 |
| -10.7 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2022-05-13 |
| -10.1 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 2023-05-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 83.2% | 73.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 33 / 37 (627.8972) | 30 (157.1200) | 28 (156.5372) | 29 (160.0000) | 30 (154.2400) |
| 2022-05-13 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke 🏅 Morgantown, PA | 35 / 39 (630.1832) | 26 (167.4400) | 35 (152.5488) | 38 (147.9428) | 25 (162.2516) |
| 2021-04-17 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 34 / 34 (457.0516) | — | 34 (142.2516) | 20 (165.1428) | 31 (149.6572) |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 🏅 Hagerstown, MD | 45 / 47 (598.7544) | 45 (145.1544) | 40 (157.1316) | 42 (149.6684) | 44 (146.8000) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #984 (119 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1076 (119 pts) | #891 (144 pts) | #1018 (119 pts) |