Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
93.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 673.0744 at The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) — 93.5% of a perfect 720.
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.
Why You Grillin Me Dawg!?! has 2 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 99 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.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Why You Grillin Me Dawg!?! on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headA longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Why You Grillin Me Dawg!?!'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Why You Grillin Me Dawg!?!'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Why You Grillin Me Dawg!?!'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 162.8344 | 166.82 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 163.9772 | 165.70 | top 51% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 170.8228 | 174.26 | top 18% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 161.1428 | 163.13 | top 51% |
“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.
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 29% |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.5% | 93% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-16 | Cotton Pickin' BBQ Cookoff Hartselle, AL | 14 / 26 (666.7540) | 9 (170.8112) | 17 (163.9772) | 8 (170.8228) | 16 (161.1428) |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 18 / 62 (673.0744) | 39 (162.8344) | 23 (167.4172) | 3 (177.7028) | 25 (165.1200) |