A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
DRILLING & GRILLING ahead in 100% of their meetings
DRILLING & GRILLING has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BUSHNIK BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1491 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-10-20
latest 2019-08-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.48
last 3 Master vs avg 630.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 160.55 · weakest Pork (155.18)
Road miles
193
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
630.48 / 720
3 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.
BUSHNIK BBQ 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 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.
#3607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 54
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1552
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BUSHNIK BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BUSHNIK BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ 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 BUSHNIK 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 BUSHNIK 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3712 | 147.8856 | 155.74 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 151.3484 | 159.01 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5260 | 150.2400 | 155.18 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 158.8112 | 160.55 | top 58% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 2 | 0 | top 72% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2017-10-20 → 2019-08-23
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 160.55 · weakest Pork (155.18)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
630.48
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
134
50–112 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
193
3 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$9,675
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1491
peak 1491 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Boo-B-Que
- Career-best overall score636.3540 Boo-B-Que
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.3712 Boo-B-Que
- Peak power rating (1498) Boo-B-Que
- 2019
- Most recent contest New Holland Summer Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.2 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2019-08-23 |
| -2.2 | Boo-B-Que | 2017-10-20 |
| -1.9 | Smoke in the Park | 2018-09-28 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 87.7% | 87.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 48 / 65 (623.8512) | 56 (151.9544) | 37 (162.8456) | 59 (150.2400) | 38 (158.8112) |
| 2018-09-28 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 22 / 31 (631.2348) | 30 (147.8856) | 14 (162.8344) | 17 (160.5260) | 20 (159.9888) |
| 2017-10-20 | Boo-B-Que Rehobeth Beach, DE | 45 / 69 (636.3540) | 30 (167.3712) | 52 (151.3484) | 53 (154.7772) | 35 (162.8572) |