The heartbreaker
1.0744
points from the title
Came within 1.0744 points of the Grand Championship at The Golden State Battle VIII (2026-01-30).
GRILL WORTHY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1517 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2022-10-07
latest 2026-01-30
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Best overall
603.9540
Competitor Series · The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.14)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$10K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
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 multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at The Golden State Battle VIII (2026-01-30).
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 1st
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.
GRILL WORTHY has 1 rated contest — 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 94 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.
#2582 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where GRILL WORTHY's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRILL WORTHY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1531
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where GRILL WORTHY's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2585 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before GRILL WORTHY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2589 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before GRILL WORTHY's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2592 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
7 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where GRILL WORTHY's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 162.2628 | 152.5828 | 157.42 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 165.1428 | 145.1312 | 155.14 | top 51% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 170.8572 | 154.2628 | 162.56 | top 36% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 5% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2026-01-30
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.14)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
2 of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Opponents faced
51
41–11 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$10,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
2022-10-07 → 2026-01-30
Power rating
1517
peak 1517 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First call The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- First overall top-10 The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score603.9540 The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- 2026
- First category win (Pork Ribs) The Golden State Battle VIII
- First overall podium The Golden State Battle VIII
- First Reserve Championship The Golden State Battle VIII
- First multi-meat day The Golden State Battle VIII
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8572 The Golden State Battle VIII
- Most recent contest The Golden State Battle VIII
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 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 5% | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | The Golden State Battle VIII 🏅 Riverside, CA | 2 / 41 (498.2628) | 3 (162.2628) | 1 (165.1428) | 1 (170.8572) | — |
| 2022-10-07 | The 18th Annual Burnt Offering BBQ Contest (COMPETITORS SERIES) 🏅 unrated Riverside, CA | 10 / 10 (603.9540) | 9 (152.5828) | 10 (145.1312) | 7 (154.2628) | — |