A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
PICKIN & GRILLIN
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-11-07
latest 2018-10-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 76%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
645.82
last 4 Master vs avg 645.82 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.96
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 163.11 · weakest Pork (158.66)
Road miles
329
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Master avg
645.82 / 720
4 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.
The comeback
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at *Jack Town Throw Down (2018-03-02).
- last seen 2015-09-25
- back 2018-03-02
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.
PICKIN & GRILLIN has 4 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.
#4208 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PICKIN & GRILLIN)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PICKIN & GRILLIN has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after PICKIN & GRILLIN did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with PICKIN & GRILLIN on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 156.5028 | 161.53 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 154.8000 | 162.52 | top 62% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5140 | 155.9428 | 158.66 | top 86% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1084 | 159.9428 | 163.11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 85% |
| AR | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| LA | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2014-11-07 → 2018-10-05
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 163.11 · weakest Pork (158.66)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
645.82
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
31–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
329
4 mapped stops · furthest 157 mi
Schedule strength
1560
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2018-03-02
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1490) Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic
- 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.7824 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score655.7824 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- 2018
- First call *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic | 2014-11-07 |
| -5.3 | *Jack Town Throw Down | 2018-03-02 |
| -4.9 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown | 2015-09-25 |
| -0.4 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL) | 2018-10-05 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 89.9% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-05 | *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL) Helena, AR | 16 / 25 (647.2344) | 18 (159.3600) | 10 (168.5372) | 23 (155.9428) | 12 (163.3944) |
| 2018-03-02 | *Jack Town Throw Down Ridgeland, MS | 24 / 31 (643.8284) | 15 (168.5716) | 27 (154.8000) | 23 (160.5140) | 21 (159.9428) |
| 2015-09-25 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA | 32 / 45 (655.7824) | 41 (156.5028) | 11 (170.8228) | 40 (159.3484) | 17 (169.1084) |
| 2014-11-07 | Country Pleasin Grillin & Chillin BBQ Classic Florence, MS | 27 / 29 (636.4232) | 25 (161.6916) | 28 (155.9200) | 26 (158.8344) | 23 (159.9772) |