The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
HEAVY HITTERS BBQ has finished one call ahead of SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2021-08-27
latest 2022-08-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
441.80
last 3 Backyard vs avg 441.80 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±78.65
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.10 · weakest Brisket (156.82)
Road miles
104
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
41%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1554)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.32 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
441.80 / 360
3 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 tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
BUBBA'S BARBECUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
92 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
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#2562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
Level with SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before SQUEELIN 'N' WHEELIN's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUBBA'S BARBECUE | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 BOXERS Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BOB'S SMOKIN QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| DRILLING & GRILLING | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 160.5256 | 168.10 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0116 | 162.8572 | 167.29 | top 29% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 151.9428 | 158.37 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 149.6344 | 156.82 | top 64% |
“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 29% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 0 | top 45% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Holland Summer Fest | 2 | 23 | 0 | top 53% | 2022-08-26 |
| Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 37% | 2022-07-30 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2021-08-27 → 2022-08-26
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.10 · weakest Brisket (156.82)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
649.32
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
441.80
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
170–133 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
104
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1554
average field rating faced — tougher than 41% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,800
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1518
peak 1518 · #2561 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest New Holland Summer Fest
- 2022
- First call York County BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 York County BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score330.7540 York County BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1518) Smoke in the Grove (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score659.3148 New Holland Summer Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 New Holland Summer Fest
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) | 2022-07-30 |
| +7.5 | York County BBQ Festival | 2022-06-17 |
| +1.5 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) | 2022-07-29 |
| +0.7 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2021-08-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.2 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2022-08-26 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75% | top 39% | 139.7% | 114.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-26 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 26 / 49 (659.3148) | 17 (170.8688) | 3 (176.0116) | 25 (162.8000) | 42 (149.6344) |
| 2022-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 2) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 12 / 42 (502.7888) | 9 (172.0000) | 17 (164.5372) | 13 (166.2516) | — |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA | 24 / 54 (491.8628) | 16 (169.7028) | 12 (169.6800) | 32 (152.4800) | — |
| 2022-06-17 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 10 / 34 (330.7540) | 9 (167.3828) | 13 (163.3712) | — | — |
| 2021-08-27 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 23 / 44 (639.3256) | 28 (160.5256) | 16 (162.8572) | 35 (151.9428) | 19 (164.0000) |