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.
SNAFU BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1514 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-08-11
latest 2021-10-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (140.51)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
301.37 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
303.33 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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 (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 strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bush River BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2021-10-15).
- last seen 2019-08-09
- back 2021-10-15
An August team
Top 61%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 61% across 3 contests, versus top 73% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 73% the rest of the year
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.
SNAFU BBQ 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 145 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
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#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after SNAFU BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with SNAFU BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
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#3599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 3 years before SNAFU BBQ'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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 159.4972 | 161.44 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.0860 | 139.9428 | 140.51 | top 116% |
| 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) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 13% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 4 | 6 | 0 | top 73% | 2021-10-15 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2017-08-11 → 2021-10-15
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.44 · weakest Pork Ribs (140.51)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
301.37
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
303.33
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
195
129–175 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$25,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2021-10-15
Power rating
1491
peak 1514 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score320.5488 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1514) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2019
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.3828 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.6 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2017-08-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
| -8.8 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2021-10-15 |
| -1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 108% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 103% | 39.2% | 39.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 13% | 44.5% | 44.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-15 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 27 / 25 (303.3256) | 17 (163.3828) | 33 (139.9428) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 20 / 30 (300.5832) | 6 (159.4972) | 30 (141.0860) | — | — |
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 39 / 38 (282.1832) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-11 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 6 / 47 (320.5488) | — | — | — | — |