A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters ahead in 100% of their meetings
Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
County Line Barbeque
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1447
peak 1447 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-05-24
latest 2026-06-19
Best ToY finish
#496
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.48
last 5 Master vs avg 633.48 (+0.00)
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 160.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.95)
Road miles
722
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 270 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
633.48 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−4.5
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.49 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 155.95
- Brisket avg 160.45
- 1 calls in 5 entries
Going the wrong way
-30
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 30 points across 4 contests since 2025-08-23 — from 1477 down to 1447.
- 4 contests since 2025-08-23
- now 1447
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Stanley's Competition BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
110 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before County Line Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5634 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 10 years before County Line Barbeque's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Level with County Line Barbeque on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5633 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before County Line Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before County Line Barbeque's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Grillin' & Chillin' Pitmasters | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAN MOE'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| What For BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 150.8112 | 159.29 | top 88% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 140.4000 | 155.95 | top 81% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 147.9084 | 157.79 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 157.0744 | 160.45 | top 84% |
“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 97% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 85% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 78% | 2026-05-23 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2025-05-24 → 2026-06-19
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ON
4 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 160.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.95)
Walk rate
40%
a top-10 call in 2 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
633.48
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
11–82 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
722
5 mapped stops · furthest 270 mi
Schedule strength
1523
average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests
Power rating
1447
peak 1447 · #5620 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- First call Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1492) Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7540 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Career-best overall score658.7540 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2972 JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle | 2025-08-23 |
| -13.8 | Spencerville Smoke Ring | 2025-09-27 |
| -11 | New Lowell True North BBQ Bash | 2026-06-19 |
| -8.5 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2025-05-24 |
| -5.4 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition | 2026-05-23 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 84% | 91.5% | 90.2% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 94% | 89.4% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON | 15 / 16 (639.8968) | 15 (160.5484) | 14 (158.2400) | 16 (158.2400) | 15 (162.8684) |
| 2026-05-23 | JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 15 / 20 (658.7540) | 13 (165.6684) | 8 (170.2972) | 15 (165.6684) | 18 (157.1200) |
| 2025-09-27 | Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville, K0E 1X0 | 14 / 14 (602.5140) | 13 (157.1312) | 14 (140.4000) | 14 (147.9084) | 13 (157.0744) |
| 2025-08-23 | Rock N Hogs BBQ Battle London, ON | 22 / 22 (643.9772) | 21 (162.2744) | 20 (162.8456) | 22 (151.4172) | 15 (167.4400) |
| 2025-05-24 | Jack9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON | 21 / 26 (622.2624) | 24 (150.8112) | 23 (147.9884) | 9 (165.7256) | 19 (157.7372) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #496 (280 pts) | #547 (290 pts) | #521 (330 pts) | #536 (275 pts) | #510 (295 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #661 (227 pts) | #734 (222 pts) | #772 (227 pts) | #600 (292 pts) | #601 (277 pts) |