A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1434
peak 1434 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2022-01-14
latest 2025-03-28
Best ToY finish
#723
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 91%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
628.19 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 582.51 (+45.67)
Walk rate
13%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±84.38
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.98 · weakest Brisket (150.24)
Road miles
1,482
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Purse competed for
$69K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 8 state-championship entries
Master avg
582.51 / 720
8 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
−11.7
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.74 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 150.24
- Pork avg 161.98
- 0 calls in 8 entries
Pork nemesis
7 of 8
shared pork entries lost
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ ahead 88% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork entries.
Boom or bust
±11.72%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±11.72% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 80.9% of a perfect score
- best 89.0%
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.
55 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5966 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5948 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5967 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5959 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
No shared contest yet.
Level with Old Man Grillin' and The Chain Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5962 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1434
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LADY OF Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| B' Mackin BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MYA&DJ'S BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 142.1828 | 156.34 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5716 | 135.8972 | 153.03 | top 88% |
| Pork | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 133.0972 | 161.98 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3712 | 130.2172 | 150.24 | top 87% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 6 | 0 | top 89% |
| AZ | 2 | 0 | top 95% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 95% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Boots & Brew | 3 | 29 | 0 | top 95% | 2024-04-12 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.2 yrs
2022-01-14 → 2025-03-28
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
6 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.98 · weakest Brisket (150.24)
Walk rate
13%
a top-10 call in 1 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 8 contests
Master average
582.51
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
166
26–257 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,482
8 mapped stops · furthest 238 mi
Schedule strength
1583
average field rating faced — tougher than 66% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$69,000
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 8 state-championship entries
Power rating
1434
peak 1434 · #5957 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Peak power rating (1489) Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4400 Horse Town Brew N Que Festival
- Career-best overall score640.4916 The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out
- 2023
- First call Field, Fire Fork!
- 2025
- Most recent contest Q's & Brews
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2022-04-08 |
| -11.2 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2022-01-14 |
| -11 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival | 2022-06-03 |
| -9.4 | BBQ, Boots & Brew | 2023-04-28 |
| -8 | BBQ Boots & Brew | 2024-04-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 89% | 87.4% | 87.1% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 89% | 75% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews 🏅 Lake Havasu, AZ | 24 / 26 (608.3088) | 26 (142.1828) | 25 (151.9544) | 19 (161.6572) | 23 (152.5144) |
| 2024-04-12 | BBQ Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 36 / 39 (637.5540) | 38 (156.5028) | 33 (157.1200) | 26 (166.8112) | 37 (157.1200) |
| 2023-09-29 | Field, Fire Fork! 🏅 Los Banos, CA | 16 / 19 (629.0172) | 9 (167.9772) | 14 (160.5484) | 15 (164.5716) | 17 (135.9200) |
| 2023-04-28 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 31 / 33 (625.5544) | 30 (159.4172) | 33 (135.8972) | 15 (170.8688) | 25 (159.3712) |
| 2022-09-23 | The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out 🏅 Fresno, CA | 30 / 43 (640.4916) | 39 (153.6572) | 26 (164.5716) | 20 (164.5944) | 30 (157.6684) |
| 2022-06-03 | Horse Town Brew N Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA | 35 / 37 (638.2400) | 31 (158.3200) | 37 (154.2172) | 15 (171.4400) | 35 (154.2628) |
| 2022-04-08 | BBQ, Boots & Brew 🏅 Perris, CA | 29 / 29 (475.3260) | — | 26 (157.6688) | 23 (162.8228) | 24 (154.8344) |
| 2022-01-14 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 58 / 59 (405.6000) | — | 58 (142.2856) | 59 (133.0972) | 58 (130.2172) |
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 ↗ | Master | #1423 (56 pts) | #1515 (51 pts) | #1572 (51 pts) | #1124 (81 pts) | #1186 (61 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #862 (147 pts) | #817 (187 pts) | #989 (157 pts) | #758 (202 pts) | #934 (142 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #723 (234 pts) | #1051 (120 pts) | #809 (234 pts) | #622 (319 pts) | #733 (239 pts) |