Grilling with Short AB
Rating
1467
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-07-26
latest 2026-07-25
Best ToY finish
#192
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.17
last 4 Master vs avg 637.17 (-0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.73
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.90 · weakest Brisket (156.96)
Road miles
335
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 111 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
637.17 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
332.48 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
ELBOW GREASE has finished one call ahead of Grilling with Short 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Bottle Hill BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.9372 points of the Grand Championship at Barbeque on the Bow Festival (2025-08-30).
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Bottle Hill BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| EFFIN'EH GRAY'S | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| KillerbunnyBBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| No Measurements BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 171.9772 | 159.3484 | 164.90 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 153.6688 | 158.02 | top 76% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 154.2744 | 159.68 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 149.6456 | 156.96 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 94% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 94% | 2026-07-25 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (5 of 5 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (5 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 637.17 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 332.48 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2025-07-26 — First tracked contest · Didsbury Lions BBQ
- 📣 2025-08-30 — First call · Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- 📈 2025-08-30 — Peak power rating (1503) · Barbeque on the Bow Festival
- ⭐ 2025-09-27 — Career-best overall score (645.0972) · Smoke in the Valley
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.1 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival | 2025-08-30 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) | 2026-07-24 |
| -11.8 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | 2025-07-26 |
| -11.2 | Smoke in the Valley | 2025-09-27 |
| -10.5 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) | 2026-07-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 94% | 89.5% | 87.6% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 62% | 92.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) Didsbury, AB | 16 / 18 (644.3884) | 7 (169.1428) | 14 (161.6800) | 16 (157.0628) | 16 (156.5028) |
| 2026-07-24 | The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) Didsbury, AB | 18 / 18 (616.9372) | 17 (159.3484) | 17 (153.6688) | 16 (154.2744) | 18 (149.6456) |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 21 / 23 (645.0972) | 16 (164.0000) | 23 (157.1316) | 19 (161.1084) | 15 (162.8572) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 2 / 38 (332.4800) | 1 (171.9772) | 6 (160.5028) | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 29 / 32 (642.2404) | 27 (160.0116) | 29 (157.1088) | 20 (166.2744) | 27 (158.8456) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #192 (234 pts) | #190 (259 pts) | #283 (149 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #856 (125 pts) | #879 (150 pts) | #1085 (115 pts) | #829 (160 pts) | #830 (155 pts) |