Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championships here
BBQ Fest Panama is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 7%
Grill and Chill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1548
peak 1548 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2024-03-02
latest 2026-07-12
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
3
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
667.86 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 659.48 (+8.38)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±21.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.63 · weakest Brisket (159.22)
Road miles
4,721
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 2280 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$99K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.48 / 720
6 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines (5 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.
High-water mark
683.3488
career-best overall
94.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.3488 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 94.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2025-11-05
The weak link
−10.4
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.41 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 67%.
- Brisket avg 159.22
- Pork Ribs avg 169.63
- 2 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Fire Family BBQ PTY in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The long haul
4,721
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,721 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,280 miles to BBQ Fest Market Plaza.
- 6 mapped stops
- furthest 2,280 mi
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.
59 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1781 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1566
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Grill and Chill)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Grill and Chill has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1774 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1548
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Grill and Chill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1548
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1779 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1560
No shared contest yet.
Level with Grill and Chill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1787 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1547
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1780 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1556
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Grill and Chill's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5716 | 151.9196 | 165.50 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 177.7144 | 157.7028 | 169.63 | top 22% |
| Pork | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 175.4400 | 145.1428 | 165.14 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170.8800 | 142.8228 | 159.22 | top 47% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
| PO | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 1 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 53% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Fest Panama | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 7% | 2026-03-21 |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2024-03-02 → 2026-07-12
Busiest season
2025
3 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 6 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 169.63 · weakest Brisket (159.22)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 4 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
4 of 6 contests
Wins it all
17%
1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve
First title
2025-04-26
BBQ Fest Panama
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
659.48
out of 720 · 6 contests · 1 GC
Opponents faced
446
348–286 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,721
6 mapped stops · furthest 2,280 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$98,875
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
2024-03-02 → 2025-04-26
Power rating
1548
peak 1548 · #1782 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Panama BBQ Fest
- 2025
- First overall podium BBQ Fest Panama
- First Grand Championship BBQ Fest Panama
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6912 BBQ Fest Panama
- Career-best overall score683.3488 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- 2026
- First Reserve Championship BBQ Fest Panama
- Peak power rating (1548) BBQ Fest Market Plaza
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Market Plaza
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | BBQ Fest Panama | 2025-04-26 |
| +13.6 | BBQ Fest Panama | 2026-03-21 |
| +9.8 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza | 2026-07-12 |
| +4.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2025-11-05 |
| +4 | Panama BBQ Fest | 2024-03-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 16% | 92.8% | 91.6% |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 37% | 94.9% | 93.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 41% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza La Chorrera, PO | 3 / 13 (667.9428) | 5 (159.9656) | 2 (170.2972) | 2 (175.4400) | 6 (162.2400) |
| 2026-03-21 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 2 / 23 (650.8800) | 1 (173.7372) | 8 (157.7028) | 2 (170.8800) | 14 (148.5600) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 95 / 158 (683.3488) | 22 (176.5716) | 61 (173.7144) | 131 (166.2400) | 115 (166.8228) |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 182 / 401 (679.4172) | 140 (172.5600) | 92 (173.7372) | 328 (162.2400) | 126 (170.8800) |
| 2025-04-26 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 1 / 23 (657.6912) | 11 (158.2168) | 3 (164.5944) | 1 (170.8800) | 2 (164.0000) |
| 2024-03-02 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 9 / 22 (617.5996) | 13 (151.9196) | 1 (177.7144) | 14 (145.1428) | 14 (142.8228) |