High-water mark
671.3028
career-best overall
93.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 671.3028 at The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ — 93.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-05-06
The Serial Grillers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-03-19
latest 2017-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
658.78
last 3 Master vs avg 658.78 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.48
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.48 · weakest Chicken (155.77)
Road miles
2,050
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2050 mi
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)
Master avg
658.78 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
The Serial Grillers has 3 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 124 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.
#2738 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to The Serial Grillers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team The Serial Grillers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2719 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Serial Grillers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after The Serial Grillers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2735 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2709 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0856 | 146.2740 | 155.77 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 160.0460 | 166.09 | top 42% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 163.3828 | 166.45 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 164.6060 | 170.48 | top 16% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 40% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 40% | 2017-05-05 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2016-03-19 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 170.48 · weakest Chicken (155.77)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
658.78
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
93–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,050
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,050 mi
Schedule strength
1542
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Power rating
1513
peak 1513 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Barn Burner BBQ
- First call Barn Burner BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3028 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score671.3028 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8572 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1513) The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2016-05-06 |
| +3.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
| +1.6 | Barn Burner BBQ | 2016-03-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 46% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.2% | 91.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 32 / 69 (664.9712) | 47 (161.0856) | 29 (168.5372) | 47 (163.3828) | 12 (171.9656) |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 22 / 67 (671.3028) | 49 (159.9428) | 20 (169.6800) | 29 (166.8228) | 3 (174.8572) |
| 2016-03-19 | Barn Burner BBQ Chilliwack, British of Columbi, CA | 11 / 22 (640.0688) | 21 (146.2740) | 12 (160.0460) | 4 (169.1428) | 6 (164.6060) |