The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
WHY YOU GRILLIN' ME ...DAWG? has finished one call ahead of CB & S Bank 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
CB & S Bank
CB & S Bank is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 8th of 49 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021). Also listed in KCBS results as “CB&S Bank”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest Sep 8, 2022 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.28
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.69 · weakest Chicken (150.63)
Road miles
4
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$32K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
316.32 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to CB & S Bank, each with one reason worth a look.
CB & S Bank has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 112 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before CB & S Bank's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before CB & S Bank's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,998 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Level with CB & S Bank on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 139.3828 | 150.63 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 164.5372 | 165.69 | top 22% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 41% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 54% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
217
finished ahead 165 times, behind 146
Longest layoff
2.3 yrs
May 3, 2019 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4288 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20215 milestones
- First call Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall top-10 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score329.0856 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score329.0856 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1511) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.7 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.4 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| -1.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | May 3, 2019 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 91% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 16% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 32 / 35 (315.9660) | 51 (148.5372) | 10 (167.4288) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 8 / 49 (329.0856) | 10 (163.9772) | 5 (165.1084) | — | — |
| May 3, 2019 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 36 / 54 (303.9200) | 58 (139.3828) | 14 (164.5372) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |