The comeback
7.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.2 years, then back at 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) (2021-10-08).
- last seen 2014-07-25
- back 2021-10-08
Willy's Smoke N' Grill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1481
peak 1481 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-10-18
latest 2021-10-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Best overall
647.2916
Competitor Series · 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.63)
Road miles
166
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Master avg
609.06 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Willy's Smoke N' Grill has 2 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 134 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.
#4098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Willy's Smoke N' Grill did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Level with Willy's Smoke N' Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1481
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before Willy's Smoke N' Grill'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 | 165.1428 | 144.0000 | 153.89 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2288 | 136.5372 | 150.63 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 152.5372 | 159.01 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 142.8344 | 154.28 | top 71% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 87% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2021-10-08
Busiest season
2021
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.63)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
609.06
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
100
27–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
166
3 mapped stops · furthest 60 mi
Longest layoff
7.2 yrs
2014-07-25 → 2021-10-08
Power rating
1481
peak 1481 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8228 6th Annual Vista Q Classic
- 2021
- First call 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall top-10 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score647.2916 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Most recent contest 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 80% | 80% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-08 | 17th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Riverside, CA | 7 / 19 (647.2916) | 7 (165.1428) | 11 (158.2288) | 13 (157.6572) | — |
| 2014-07-25 | 6th Annual Vista Q Classic Vista, CA | 46 / 60 (642.2056) | 59 (152.5372) | 46 (157.1200) | 27 (166.8228) | 28 (165.7256) |
| 2013-10-18 | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ Lancaster, CA | 40 / 41 (575.9088) | 39 (144.0000) | 40 (136.5372) | 38 (152.5372) | 39 (142.8344) |