Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
96.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.9084 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 96.1% of a perfect 720.
THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.79 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 13%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Hawg Wild in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Off the trail for 5.8 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2023-06-23).
THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES has out-cooked them in 3 of 4 shared chicken entries.
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,402 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,442 miles to The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship.
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.
82 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before D&D BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with D&D BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headBoth teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 154.8800 | 165.20 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 148.5028 | 160.41 | top 60% |
| Pork | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 142.8116 | 160.75 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 146.7884 | 160.97 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 5 | 0 | top 68% |
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 22% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 49% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 20% | 2024-06-21 |
| Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 55% | 2014-07-25 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.5 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2023-06-23 |
| +11.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2023-09-27 |
| +4.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2015-10-02 |
| -6.2 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2017-09-15 |
| -2.7 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship | 2016-09-16 |
| -0.2 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | 2014-07-25 |
| -0.2 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off | 2013-07-26 |
| 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 37% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 15% | 96.1% | 95.5% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85.3% | 85.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 54% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 63 / 172 (661.0284) | 26 (173.7028) | 159 (148.5028) | 51 (168.5372) | 29 (170.2856) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 126 / 487 (683.9428) | 128 (173.1200) | 264 (167.4288) | 75 (174.2856) | 186 (169.1084) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 6 / 167 (691.9084) | 54 (167.3828) | 20 (173.1200) | 15 (174.8456) | 6 (176.5600) |
| 2017-09-15 | 3rd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 39 / 48 (634.1944) | 23 (165.1200) | 31 (163.4172) | 45 (150.2516) | 35 (155.4056) |
| 2017-04-07 | Chillin n Grillin BBQ Festival Sands Springs, OK | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-16 | 2nd Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 42 / 61 (622.2176) | 24 (167.4400) | 35 (158.8804) | 56 (142.8116) | 45 (153.0856) |
| 2015-10-02 | 1st Annual Hot Q's & Cold Brews BBQ Championship Oroville, CA | 33 / 41 (614.1028) | 32 (157.1544) | 32 (158.2400) | 35 (151.9200) | 39 (146.7884) |
| 2014-07-25 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague, CA | 10 / 18 (639.3260) | 8 (162.8344) | 13 (150.8572) | 9 (161.0972) | 8 (164.5372) |
| 2013-07-26 | Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague, CA | 14 / 26 (631.9428) | 16 (154.8800) | 13 (162.8344) | 11 (162.2628) | 15 (151.9656) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1242 (60 pts) | #1317 (60 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |