High-water mark
669.1432
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.1432 at Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-11-13
GRILLaTactics
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1502
peak 1506 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-27
latest 2015-11-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
648.94
last 3 Master vs avg 648.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.37
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.91 · weakest Brisket (154.83)
Road miles
3
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
35%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)
Master avg
648.94 / 720
3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL (2015-11-13).
- last seen 2014-02-21
- back 2015-11-13
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.
GRILLaTactics 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 106 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.
#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3131 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3134 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRILLaTactics on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3129 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3123 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3118 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 154.2856 | 163.42 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 158.8572 | 165.91 | top 40% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.2858 | 156.0000 | 164.77 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 149.1428 | 154.83 | top 73% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.5 yrs
2013-04-27 → 2015-11-13
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.91 · weakest Brisket (154.83)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
648.94
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
46–63 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1547
average field rating faced — tougher than 35% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2014-02-21 → 2015-11-13
Power rating
1502
peak 1506 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- First call 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.8572 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- Peak power rating (1506) 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest
- 2015
- Career-best overall score669.1432 Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL
- Most recent contest Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.4 | 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest | 2013-04-27 |
| +3.1 | Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL | 2015-11-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.6 | The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series) | 2014-02-21 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 92.9% | 92.9% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 86.5% | 86.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-13 | Indio California State BBQ Championship- JUDGES FULL Indio, CA | 18 / 34 (669.1432) | 9 (176.5600) | 19 (166.8800) | 21 (164.0116) | 24 (161.6916) |
| 2014-02-21 | The Guinea Pig (Competitor's Series) Indio, CA | 38 / 48 (622.8112) | 43 (154.2856) | 21 (158.8572) | 34 (156.0000) | 36 (153.6684) |
| 2013-04-27 | 7th Stagecoach BBQ Fest Indio, CA | 10 / 30 (654.8572) | 21 (159.4286) | 6 (172.0000) | 2 (174.2858) | 22 (149.1428) |