They almost always walk
80%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 8 of 10 contests
A top-10 category call in 80% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
GRILL-BILLY_BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1501 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ
Contests
10
in the data
First seen
2015-06-13
latest 2019-06-08
Best ToY finish
#1093
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 10 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.79
last 5 Master vs avg 632.38 (+0.41)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.45
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.11 · weakest Pork (154.52)
Road miles
3,464
mi across 10 mapped stops · furthest 1627 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Purse competed for
$2K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
632.38 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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.
A tough matchup
8–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMELLAQUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.6
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.60 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 67%.
- Pork avg 154.52
- Chicken avg 166.11
- 2 calls in 10 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Rub Me Tender Crew in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
4.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.9 years, then back at The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) (2024-05-04).
- last seen 2019-06-08
- back 2024-05-04
Chicken nemesis
6 of 8
shared chicken entries lost
SMELLAQUE ahead 75% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 6 of 8 shared chicken entries.
The long haul
3,464
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,464 miles across 10 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,627 miles to The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK).
- 10 mapped stops
- furthest 1,627 mi
The metronome
±2.15%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 87.8% of a perfect score
- 10 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.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1482
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-head#4022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4023 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with GRILL-BILLY_BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3994 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before GRILL-BILLY_BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4006 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before GRILL-BILLY_BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3998 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before GRILL-BILLY_BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMELLAQUE | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE DEVIL MADE ME Q IT | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUCY DAWG BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN SMOKERS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BORDERTOWN BAR B QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BIGG SMOAK BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 179.4400 | 153.1544 | 166.11 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 146.2860 | 158.23 | top 57% |
| Pork | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 146.8800 | 154.52 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.2744 | 137.0972 | 154.76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
| MT | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| AB | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
| CA | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 64% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ in the Badlands | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 77% | 2018-09-28 |
| Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 68% | 2017-08-12 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2015-06-13 → 2019-06-08
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
SK
3 of 10 contests · 5 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork
10 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.11 · weakest Pork (154.52)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 8 of 10 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
2 of 10 contests
Master average
632.38
out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
115
78–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,464
10 mapped stops · furthest 1,627 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$2,250
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
Longest layoff
4.9 yrs
2019-06-08 → 2024-05-04
Power rating
1483
peak 1501 · #4007 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- First call Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- First category win (Chicken) Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1501) Pile of Bones BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2744 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score662.2744 These Were the Days BBQ Showdown
- 2016
- First overall top-10 Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4400 BBQ in the Badlands
- 2024
- 10th tracked contest The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK)
- Most recent contest The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff | 2019-06-08 |
| +4.5 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch | 2017-05-13 |
| +1.6 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2016-08-06 |
| +0.5 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship | 2015-06-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown | 2017-08-12 |
| -6.7 | These Were the Days BBQ Showdown | 2015-08-08 |
| -5.8 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch | 2016-05-14 |
| -5.6 | BBQ in the Badlands | 2018-09-28 |
| -3.8 | BBQ in the Badlands | 2017-09-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 89% | 89% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 66% | 89.7% | 87.5% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 62% | 88.3% | 87% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 64% | 92% | 88.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-04 | The Great Alabama Public Television BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Birmingham, AL | — | — | — | 12 (165.6916) | — |
| 2019-06-08 | Bare Bones BBQ Cookoff Pilot Butte, SK | 8 / 19 (632.7088) | 4 (169.1772) | 14 (150.9144) | 14 (146.9144) | 4 (165.7028) |
| 2018-09-28 | BBQ in the Badlands Glendive, MT | 21 / 26 (640.9712) | 10 (169.7144) | 10 (168.5600) | 25 (150.2400) | 22 (152.4568) |
| 2017-09-29 | BBQ in the Badlands Glendive, MT | 19 / 26 (645.7260) | 1 (179.4400) | 23 (149.7144) | 23 (150.2972) | 14 (166.2744) |
| 2017-08-12 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 15 / 18 (613.1660) | 7 (161.1772) | 15 (149.7260) | 14 (153.1428) | 13 (149.1200) |
| 2017-05-13 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Okotoks, AB | 14 / 34 (631.3832) | 11 (165.1316) | 19 (157.1316) | 17 (156.5600) | 20 (152.5600) |
| 2016-08-06 | Those Were The Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, Saskatchewan, CA | 9 / 17 (635.4168) | 14 (153.1656) | 4 (165.1428) | 10 (160.0000) | 9 (157.1084) |
| 2016-05-14 | Smokin Q at Lynnwood Ranch Aldersyde, Alberta Canada, T0L1T0 | 24 / 34 (617.1544) | 28 (153.1544) | 7 (167.4400) | 26 (146.8800) | 22 (149.6800) |
| 2015-08-08 | These Were the Days BBQ Showdown North Battleford, SK | 11 / 15 (662.2744) | 9 (169.7372) | 8 (169.1544) | 12 (160.5484) | 10 (162.8344) |
| 2015-06-13 | Pile of Bones BBQ Championship Regina, Saskatchewan Canada, | 12 / 22 (612.5948) | 1 (174.3316) | 17 (146.2860) | 10 (154.8800) | 17 (137.0972) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1387 (139 pts) | #1251 (194 pts) | #1800 (99 pts) | #1801 (99 pts) | #1238 (194 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1890 (71 pts) | #1561 (126 pts) | #1580 (126 pts) | #2570 (51 pts) | #1958 (66 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1093 (288 pts) | #728 (553 pts) | #1282 (243 pts) | #1236 (258 pts) | #1129 (293 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1415 (191 pts) | #1689 (156 pts) | #1006 (356 pts) | #1609 (176 pts) | #1435 (201 pts) |