A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Grate Expectations ahead in 100% of their meetings
Grate Expectations has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Chili Pepper BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-08-07
latest 2015-08-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
595.52
last 3 Master vs avg 595.52 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.22 · weakest Brisket (143.01)
Road miles
200
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
595.52 / 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.
Chili Pepper BBQ 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 139 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.
#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Chili Pepper BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Chili Pepper BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4956 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
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 | 160.5372 | 150.8684 | 155.22 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.9032 | 150.8116 | 152.55 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6800 | 141.6572 | 144.74 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6916 | 135.8860 | 143.01 | top 95% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2015-08-07 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
WY
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.22 · weakest Brisket (143.01)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
595.52
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
51
2–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
200
3 mapped stops · furthest 64 mi
Schedule strength
1556
average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' on the Prairie
- Peak power rating (1488) Smokin' on the Prairie
- Career-best single call (Chicken)160.5372 Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
- Career-best overall score597.5316 Best of the West BBQ Fest
- Most recent contest Best of the West BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival | 2015-08-14 |
| -11.8 | Smokin' on the Prairie | 2015-08-07 |
| -11.6 | Best of the West BBQ Fest | 2015-08-28 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83% | 82.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | Best of the West BBQ Fest Sheridan, WY | 24 / 25 (597.5316) | 20 (154.2400) | 24 (151.9428) | 25 (141.6572) | 21 (149.6916) |
| 2015-08-14 | Pepsi WY State Championship BBQ & Bluegrass Festival 🏅 Worland, WY | 26 / 26 (596.9148) | 19 (160.5372) | 25 (150.8116) | 25 (149.6800) | 26 (135.8860) |
| 2015-08-07 | Smokin' on the Prairie Gillette, WY | 25 / 26 (592.1144) | 25 (150.8684) | 23 (154.9032) | 26 (142.8800) | 26 (143.4628) |