Signature meat
33%
pork ribs entries won
2 wins from 6 entries
When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 33% of their entries (2 of 6).
- best 177.1544
- average 169.03
- 5 calls
A Guy & A Grill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1558
peak 1558 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2023-03-03
latest 2026-03-06
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
374.02 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 394.71 (-20.70)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±78.31
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.36 · weakest Pork (167.69)
Road miles
144
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Purse competed for
$66K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
394.71 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 1 GC
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 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.
Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championships here
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 9%
High-water mark
511.9544
career-best overall
142.2% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 511.9544 at Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival — 142.2% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2023-08-18
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 6 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 6 state-championship entries
A tough matchup
5–1
behind in the head-to-head
Dogpatch Q ahead in 83% of their meetings
Dogpatch Q has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
A strong matchup
6–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Quenut BBQ in 6 of their 6 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.
46 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1560
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to A Guy & A Grill)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team A Guy & A Grill has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1591 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
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#1599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1561
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before A Guy & A Grill's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 11 years before A Guy & A Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1562
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 38% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quenut BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| 3D BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 165.1084 | 170.36 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 177.1544 | 157.0860 | 169.03 | top 21% |
| Pork | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 159.9544 | 167.69 | top 25% |
| 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 | 1 | top 17% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 26% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 26% | 2026-03-06 |
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 9% | 2024-08-16 |
The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-03-03 → 2026-03-06
Busiest season
2024
2 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 170.36 · weakest Pork (167.69)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 6 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
4 of 6 contests
Wins it all
17%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2024-08-16
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests
Backyard average
394.71
out of 360 · 6 contests · 1 GC
Opponents faced
215
294–102 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
144
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1570
average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$66,300
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 6 state-championship entries
Power rating
1558
peak 1558 · #1597 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score498.1944 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score511.9544 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- 2024
- First overall podium Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First Grand Championship Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First state championship Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- 2026
- Peak power rating (1558) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.8 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 2024-08-16 |
| +12.9 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 2023-08-18 |
| +11.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2024-03-01 |
| +7.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2023-03-03 |
| +5.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2026-03-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 97.1% | 95.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 142.2% | 140.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 15 / 44 (338.8112) | 22 (165.1084) | 7 (173.7028) | 10 (171.9656) | — |
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 9 / 27 (331.9428) | 8 (168.0000) | 9 (163.9428) | 11 (159.9544) | — |
| 2024-08-16 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 1 / 26 (349.6916) | 3 (175.4172) | 1 (174.2744) | 9 (165.6916) | — |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 10 / 59 (337.6916) | 10 (169.6800) | 10 (168.0116) | 2 (176.5944) | — |
| 2023-08-18 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 4 / 27 (511.9544) | 4 (171.4056) | 1 (177.1544) | 9 (163.3944) | — |
| 2023-03-03 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 18 / 65 (498.1944) | 14 (172.5600) | 34 (157.0860) | 9 (168.5484) | — |