Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
2013 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 65%.
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Squealin in the Square (2018-10-05).
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.
Grillin n' Chillin has 2 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 130 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.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 8 years after Grillin n' Chillin did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Grillin n' Chillin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2628 | 149.7140 | 149.99 | top 95% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 123.4516 | 144.87 | top 74% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5714 | 164.5372 | 168.55 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 160.5710 | 161.70 | top 62% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 83.5% | 83.5% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 65% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-05 | Squealin in the Square Laurens, SC | 25 / 27 (601.0744) | 25 (150.2628) | 27 (123.4516) | 17 (164.5372) | 16 (162.8228) |
| 2014-12-05 | Christmas on the River State Championship BBQ 🏅 Demopolis, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-10-11 | Cullman Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Cullman, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-08-16 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-05-31 | Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN | 28 / 43 (649.1420) | 42 (149.7140) | 21 (166.2856) | 8 (172.5714) | 28 (160.5710) |