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.
Granny Q
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2017-08-11
latest 2021-10-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.55 · weakest Chicken (146.29)
Road miles
0
mi across 6 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
293.47 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
297.65 / 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 (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.
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 70%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 70% across 3 contests, versus top 80% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 80% 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.
Granny Q 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 116 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Granny Q did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with Granny Q on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.4400 | 145.1316 | 146.29 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 162.8912 | 150.2056 | 156.55 | top 57% |
| 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 79% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 85% |
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 | 11 | 0 | top 80% | 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 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.55 · weakest Chicken (146.29)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
293.47
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
297.65
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
195
89–214 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
6 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
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets
- 2019
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score308.0228 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.8912 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1491) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2021
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.2 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2017-08-11 |
| -9 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2021-10-15 |
| -7.8 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
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 112% | 82.7% | 82.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 41.2% | 41.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 40.3% | 40.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
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 | 28 / 25 (297.6456) | 26 (147.4400) | 27 (150.2056) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 11 / 30 (308.0228) | 25 (145.1316) | 2 (162.8912) | — | — |
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 33 / 38 (296.6744) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-11 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 40 / 47 (290.2632) | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-08-12 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-08-08 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |