The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
THE SMOKIN' GRILL has finished one call ahead of CD's BBQ & More 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
CD's BBQ & More
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1453
peak 1453 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-11
latest 2018-10-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
516.87
last 4 Master vs avg 516.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±76.95
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 151.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.52)
Road miles
23
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Master avg
516.87 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Nards Backyard BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Nards Backyard BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.2 years, then back at Squealin' on the Square (2016-09-30).
- last seen 2013-07-11
- back 2016-09-30
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.
CD's BBQ & More 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 119 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.
#5393 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
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#5379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after CD's BBQ & More did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#5385 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Level with CD's BBQ & More on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1453
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#5381 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
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#5390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1453
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 | 158.7996 | 143.3600 | 151.81 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7028 | 137.0972 | 141.52 | top 95% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 137.0968 | 150.11 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 133.7260 | 146.85 | top 74% |
“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 | 0 | top 100% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 90% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squealin in the Square | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 100% | 2018-10-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5.2 yrs
2013-07-11 → 2018-10-05
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 151.81 · weakest Pork Ribs (141.52)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
516.87
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
110
8–145 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
23
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1569
average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
2013-07-11 → 2016-09-30
Power rating
1453
peak 1453 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest SC Festival of Discovery
- Career-best overall score606.7316 SC Festival of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1488) SC Festival of Discovery
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)159.9772 Squealin' on the Square
- 2018
- Most recent contest Squealin in the Square
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Squealin' on the Square | 2016-09-30 |
| -12 | SC Festival of Discovery | 2013-07-11 |
| -11.4 | Squealin in the Square(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) | 2017-10-06 |
| -10.1 | Squealin in the Square | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.4% | 80.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 59.6% | 59.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 62.9% | 62.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-05 | Squealin in the Square Laurens, SC | 27 / 27 (578.6740) | 23 (158.7996) | 25 (141.0628) | 27 (145.0856) | 27 (133.7260) |
| 2017-10-06 | Squealin in the Square(PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Laurens, SC | 26 / 26 (429.0168) | 25 (154.8228) | 25 (137.0972) | 26 (137.0968) | — |
| 2016-09-30 | Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC | 26 / 26 (453.0400) | 26 (143.3600) | 24 (149.7028) | 20 (159.9772) | — |
| 2013-07-11 | SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 70 / 78 (606.7316) | 68 (150.2744) | 77 (138.2056) | 44 (158.2744) | 37 (159.9772) |