A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GILLY'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
GILLY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big Chief BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2024-07-26
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.10
last 4 Master vs avg 636.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.28 · weakest Pork (156.14)
Road miles
598
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 345 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.10 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
10.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 10.8 years, then back at Smokin on the Route (2024-07-26).
- last seen 2013-10-11
- back 2024-07-26
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.
Big Chief BBQ has 4 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 116 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after Big Chief BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Chief BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Big Chief BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 169.7142 | 156.0116 | 164.28 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 148.5712 | 156.69 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 146.8568 | 156.14 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4290 | 156.0000 | 158.99 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IL | 2 | 0 | top 54% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 84% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11.2 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2024-07-26
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.28 · weakest Pork (156.14)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
636.10
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
42–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
598
4 mapped stops · furthest 345 mi
Schedule strength
1538
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$14,450
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
10.8 yrs
2013-10-11 → 2024-07-26
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest 2013 Optimist Kick-Off Cook-Off
- First call Randolph County Pig Party
- Career-best overall score643.4284 Randolph County Pig Party
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7142 Randolph County Pig Party
- Peak power rating (1491) Randolph County Pig Party
- 2024
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Route
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.1 | Randolph County Pig Party | 2013-05-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | 2013 Optimist Kick-Off Cook-Off | 2013-05-10 |
| -8.6 | Smokin on the Route | 2024-07-26 |
| -0.3 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights | 2013-10-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 64% | 89.4% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-26 | Smokin on the Route 🏅 Miami, OK | 24 / 27 (639.3488) | 23 (156.0116) | 22 (163.9656) | 24 (160.5600) | 25 (158.8116) |
| 2013-10-11 | Central Illinois Bragging Rights Arthur, IL | 30 / 53 (638.7772) | 24 (165.6916) | 42 (150.8000) | 21 (164.5828) | 28 (157.7028) |
| 2013-05-17 | Randolph County Pig Party Steeleville, IL | 13 / 25 (643.4284) | 2 (169.7142) | 9 (163.4284) | 24 (146.8568) | 9 (163.4290) |
| 2013-05-10 | 2013 Optimist Kick-Off Cook-Off Florissant, MO | 21 / 25 (622.8568) | 11 (165.7142) | 22 (148.5712) | 21 (152.5714) | 16 (156.0000) |