GRILL DOCTOR'S

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1528

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1562

peak 1568 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-03-27

latest 2019-03-22

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

686.7312 / 720

Master · Hammond BBQ

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

675.54 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.35 (+3.19)

Walk rate

73%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival

Consistency

±11.68

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 173.59 · weakest Chicken (161.96)

Road miles

966

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 339 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)

Purse competed for

$12K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.35 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

They almost always walk

73% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 73% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.7312 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.7312 at Hammond BBQ — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2018-03-23

A tough matchup

7–2 behind in the head-to-head

CAJUN BLAZE ahead in 78% of their meetings

CAJUN BLAZE has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.6 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.63 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 70%.

Chicken avg 161.96
Brisket avg 173.59
2 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

6–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 86% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Smokin' Good Times in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

6 of 9 shared brisket entries lost

CAJUN BLAZE ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CAJUN BLAZE has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKIN TRIGGERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.62% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.62% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
11 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.

54 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Sweet Bayou BBQ

#1539 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1562

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to GRILL DOCTOR'S)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

⚔ Head-to-head

NEW SOUTH BBQ

#1527 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1570

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GRILL DOCTOR'S)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 22 contests to 11.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2019-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

KOKOMO Q

#1531 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1576

4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to GRILL DOCTOR'S)

25 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 36% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2021-05-01

⚔ Head-to-head

Blended Smoke BBQ

#1529 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1564

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Sweetie's Bar-B-Q

#1540 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1562

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 7 years after GRILL DOCTOR'S did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Land Locked BBQ

#1538 of the rated field

1562 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1567

No shared contest yet.

Level with GRILL DOCTOR'S on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-06-11

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BAYOU BOOGIE BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
CAJUN BLAZE	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
COCHON 225	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Smokin' Good Times	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
LIBERTY BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
PLUMB CRAZY Q	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
KOKOMO Q	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
C4-Que	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
GIVE IT TO GOD	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TRIGGERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	2	0	1	177.1428	144.5256	161.96	top 67%
Pork Ribs	10	2	0	0	172.0228	163.9312	168.20	top 40%
Pork	10	2	0	1	175.4056	153.6916	168.60	top 39%
Brisket	10	7	1	1	180.0000 🔥	169.7144	173.59	top 17%

“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	Avg finish
LA	6	top 33%
MS	3	top 44%
AL	1	top 48%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 43%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 36%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hammond BBQ	3	6	0	top 40%	2019-03-22

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2015-03-27 → 2019-03-22

Busiest season 2016 4 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in LA 7 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 173.59 · weakest Chicken (161.96)

Walk rate 73% a top-10 call in 8 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 36% 4 of 11 contests

Master average 672.35 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 265 289–183 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 966 11 mapped stops · furthest 339 mi

Schedule strength 1580 average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests

Purse competed for $12,000 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1 yrs 2014-03-21 → 2015-03-27

Power rating 1562 peak 1568 · #1528 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2014
Mar 21 First tracked contest Hammond BBQ
2015
Mar 27 First overall top-10 Smokin Blues & BBQ
Mar 27 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.3600 Smokin Blues & BBQ
May 29 First call Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
May 29 First category win (Brisket) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
May 29 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
2018
Mar 23 10th tracked contest Hammond BBQ
Mar 23 Career-best overall score686.7312 Hammond BBQ
Mar 23 Peak power rating (1568) Hammond BBQ
2019
Mar 22 Most recent contest Hammond BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	Hammond BBQ	2018-03-23
+14.7	Hamond BBQ	2016-03-25
+14	Smokin Blues & BBQ	2015-03-27
+12.9	Downtown BBQ Throwdown	2016-10-07
+5.6	Hammond BBQ	2017-03-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.5	Hammond BBQ	2019-03-22
-2.9	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	2015-05-29

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 67%	92.2%	92.2%
2018	1	1	0	100%	top 13%	95.4%	95.4%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 40%	93.7%	93.7%
2016	4	2	0	100%	top 33%	95.2%	93.9%
2015	3	1	1	67%	top 42%	94.4%	92.4%
2014	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-03-22	Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA	32 / 48 (663.8280)	46 (158.2628)	35 (163.9312)	14 (169.6684)	17 (171.9656)
2018-03-23	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	6 / 48 (686.7312)	7 (175.4056)	21 (167.3828)	13 (168.5256)	5 (175.4172)
2017-03-24	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	22 / 55 (674.7200)	50 (158.2288)	12 (171.9772)	15 (171.4056)	5 (173.1084)
2016-10-07	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Hattiesburg, MS	4 / 26 (673.6684)	14 (162.7884)	8 (166.2628)	2 (174.2856)	4 (170.3316)
2016-07-29	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	16 / 33 (678.7428)	24 (165.6800)	17 (168.5256)	19 (169.1200)	5 (175.4172)
2016-04-08	'Que at the View Gulfport, MS	22 / 43 (665.5884)	42 (154.7772)	7 (172.0228)	25 (165.6684)	5 (173.1200)
2016-03-25	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	10 / 58 (685.0972)	3 (177.1428)	18 (170.2628)	29 (167.9772)	20 (169.7144)
2015-09-25	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	20 / 45 (671.2680)	40 (156.5256)	28 (163.9312)	6 (175.4056)	6 (175.4056)
2015-05-29	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	20 / 31 (644.4572)	31 (144.5256)	15 (166.2400)	26 (153.6916)	1 (180.0000)
2015-03-27	Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA	10 / 56 (679.3600)	29 (166.2516)	13 (171.4400)	21 (170.2628)	11 (171.4056)
2014-03-21	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—

GRILL DOCTOR'S

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in this team's record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By state / province

By contest size

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)