The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? has finished one call ahead of CB&S Bank 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
CB&S Bank
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1511 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-05-03
latest 2022-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
316.32
last 3 Backyard vs avg 316.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.28
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.69 · weakest Chicken (150.63)
Road miles
4
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
316.32 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (4 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 tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CHOOCHOO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
CHOOCHOO BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Boob-B-Q in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.3 years, then back at Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021-08-13).
- last seen 2019-05-03
- back 2021-08-13
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.
CB&S Bank 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 114 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.
#2967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2985 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before CB&S Bank's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with CB&S Bank on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2968 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before CB&S Bank's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2976 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before CB&S Bank's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2975 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before CB&S Bank'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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 139.3828 | 150.63 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 164.5372 | 165.69 | top 22% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 54% | 2022-09-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2022-09-08
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.69 · weakest Chicken (150.63)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Backyard average
316.32
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
218
165–146 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$32,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
2019-05-03 → 2021-08-13
Power rating
1506
peak 1511 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2021
- First call Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall top-10 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.0856 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score329.0856 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1511) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4288 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.8 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
| -1.6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2019-05-03 |
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 | 100% | top 91% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 32 / 35 (315.9660) | 51 (148.5372) | 10 (167.4288) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 8 / 49 (329.0856) | 10 (163.9772) | 5 (165.1084) | — | — |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 36 / 54 (303.9200) | 58 (139.3828) | 14 (164.5372) | — | — |