GRILLDROIDS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1891

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1543

peak 1547 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-03-04

latest 2025-03-14

Best ToY finish

#889

Master 2023

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

675.4056 / 720

Master · BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022

Perfect 180s

Current form

655.81

last 5 Master vs avg 655.64 (+0.17)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

176.5716

Pork Ribs · BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023

Consistency

±13.10

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 168.33 · weakest Brisket (160.25)

Road miles

9,617

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 1799 mi

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1505)

Purse competed for

$3K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

655.64 / 720

8 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (13 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.

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

They almost always walk

100% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 9 contests

A top-10 category call in 100% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

675.4056 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.4056 at BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
2022-03-25

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Justice BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Justice BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.07 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 70%.

Brisket avg 160.25
Pork Ribs avg 168.33
4 calls in 8 entries

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at BBQ Fest Costa Rica on 2017-03-04 — 8 contests and 9.5 years ago.

last GC 2017-03-04
9.5 years ago

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Holics in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Fuego y Humo 2021 (2021-04-23).

last seen 2019-03-23
back 2021-04-23

Pork Ribs nemesis

3 of 5 shared pork ribs entries lost

Club Carbon CR ahead 60% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Club Carbon CR has out-cooked them in 3 of 5 shared pork ribs entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 18 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Fest Costa Rica (2017-03-04).

2017-03-04
18-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BBQ Costa Rica has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The long haul

9,617 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,617 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,799 miles to BBQ Fest Costa Rica.

9 mapped stops
furthest 1,799 mi

The metronome

±1.82% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.82% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% of a perfect score
9 contests

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.

64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BBQ Costa Rica

#1882 of the rated field

1544 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 83%
Peak: 1547

4–2 in 6 shared contests (67% to GRILLDROIDS)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — GRILLDROIDS ahead 4–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2024-04-06

⚔ Head-to-head

BAMA-QUE

#1887 of the rated field

1543 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1543

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.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2021-05-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Bumpy Pickle BBQ

#1896 of the rated field

1543 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1543

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-03-20

⚔ Head-to-head

Slice to Meat You

#1888 of the rated field

1543 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1546

No shared contest yet.

Level with GRILLDROIDS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-10-17

⚔ Head-to-head

DR. LOVE'S BBQ

#1890 of the rated field

1543 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1544

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Small Batch BBQ MD

#1889 of the rated field

1543 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1561

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
88 BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BBQ Costa Rica	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
CLUB CARBONCITO	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ Holics	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
DARTH GRILLERS	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
TEC BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
The Grillers	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Comparrillas	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Club Carbon CR	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Justice BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	7	0	1	172.5828	148.5256	163.91	top 42%
Pork Ribs	10	7	2	5	176.5716	156.5484	168.33	top 33%
Pork	8	4	0	0	169.1772	150.8572	162.13	top 51%
Brisket	8	4	1	2	174.2628	145.0744	160.25	top 50%

“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)	3	1	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 31%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023	2	8	0	top 32%	2023-04-15

The story so far (19 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 8 yrs 2017-03-04 → 2025-03-14

Busiest season 2023 2 contests

Contests a season 1.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TN 1 of 9 contests

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 10 entries · 2 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 168.33 · weakest Brisket (160.25)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 9 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 78% 7 of 9 contests

Wins it all 11% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2017-03-04 BBQ Fest Costa Rica

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests — and still running

Master average 655.64 out of 720 · 8 contests · 1 GC

Opponents faced 86 117–48 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 9,617 9 mapped stops · furthest 1,799 mi

Schedule strength 1505 average field rating faced — tougher than 4% of rated contests

Purse competed for $2,625 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs 2019-03-23 → 2021-04-23

Power rating 1543 peak 1547 · #1891 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2017
Mar 4 First tracked contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Mar 4 First call BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Mar 4 First category win (Brisket) BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Mar 4 First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Mar 4 First overall podium BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Mar 4 First Grand Championship BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Mar 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score665.0512 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
2022
Mar 25 Career-best overall score675.4056 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
2023
Apr 15 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
2024
Apr 6 Peak power rating (1547) BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024
2025
Mar 14 Most recent contest Masters BBQ Challenge CR

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.8	BBQ Fest Costa Rica	2017-03-04
+10.5	BBQFest Costa Rica 2019	2019-03-23
+7.7	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024	2024-04-06
+6.5	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022	2022-03-25
+4.9	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023	2023-04-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4	Masters BBQ Challenge CR	2025-03-14
-0.7	Fuego y Humo 2021	2021-04-23

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)
2025	1	0	1	0	100%	top 59%	89.2%	89.2%
2024	1	0	1	0	100%	top 25%	90.9%	90.9%
2023	2	0	1	1	100%	top 35%	92.1%	92.1%
2022	1	0	1	0	100%	top 29%	93.8%	93.8%
2021	1	0	0	1	100%	top 50%	89.4%	89.4%
2019	1	0	1	0	100%	top 18%	92.5%	92.5%
2018	1	0	1	0	100%	top 44%	88.2%	88.2%
2017	1	1	1	1	100%	top 6%	92.4%	92.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-03-14	Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose, 10104	10 / 17 (642.2172)	17 (148.5256)	11 (164.5716)	7 (164.0000)	4 (165.1200)
2024-04-06	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 Heredia, 40703	6 / 24 (654.1368)	6 (166.2628)	14 (161.6684)	13 (159.9428)	3 (166.2628)
2023-05-20	Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN	—	—	8 (166.2628)	—	—
2023-04-15	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 San Jose,	9 / 26 (663.4060)	6 (169.7028)	1 (176.5716)	10 (169.1772)	26 (145.0744)
2022-03-25	BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose,	8 / 28 (675.4056)	5 (169.1428)	9 (173.1428)	15 (166.2628)	19 (166.8572)
2021-04-23	Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose,	11 / 22 (643.8740)	22 (149.6684)	1 (174.2856)	7 (167.9656)	16 (151.9544)
2019-03-23	BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 San Jose, 1000	4 / 22 (665.6568)	6 (167.9656)	2 (176.0000)	6 (166.2856)	17 (155.4056)
2018-04-07	Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018 San Jose, 1000	7 / 16 (635.3372)	7 (161.1200)	3 (166.2628)	14 (150.8572)	6 (157.0972)
2017-03-04	BBQ Fest Costa Rica Costa Rica,	1 / 18 (665.0512)	2 (170.2628)	3 (167.9772)	14 (152.5484)	1 (174.2628)

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	#930 (117 pts)	#1140 (82 pts)	#1110 (112 pts)	#860 (147 pts)	#746 (192 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#889 (136 pts)	#907 (156 pts)	#710 (276 pts)	#962 (126 pts)	#1620 (51 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#916 (148 pts)	#880 (178 pts)	#1057 (138 pts)	#1178 (103 pts)	#1242 (83 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#988 (117 pts)	#1274 (62 pts)	#637 (272 pts)	#864 (152 pts)	#1120 (92 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1180 (197 pts)	#1387 (162 pts)	#1108 (247 pts)	#1392 (162 pts)	#1831 (87 pts)