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.
Appleswine
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1522
peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-08-11
latest 2019-08-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.59 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.31)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
313.13 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bush River BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Appleswine 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 86 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.
#2451 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Appleswine's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Level with Appleswine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2445 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#2444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2439 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before Appleswine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 164.5944 | 164.5944 | 164.59 | top 3% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.3084 | 142.3084 | 142.31 | top 93% |
| 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) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 32% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 3 | 12 | 0 | top 34% | 2019-08-09 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2017-08-11 → 2019-08-09
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
1 entries · 1 win · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.59 · weakest Pork Ribs (142.31)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
313.13
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
156
169–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$12,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1522
peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2018
- Career-best overall score315.4288 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2019
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First category win (Chicken) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)164.5944 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1522) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| +8.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
| +7.5 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2017-08-11 |
| +5.9 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 43.8% | 43.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 32% | 43.2% | 43.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 12 / 30 (306.9028) | 1 (164.5944) | 28 (142.3084) | — | — |
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 12 / 38 (315.4288) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-11 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 15 / 47 (310.8228) | — | — | — | — |