A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLDROIDS ahead in 100% of their meetings
GRILLDROIDS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
BBQ Holics
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1503 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2015-02-21
latest 2024-04-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.41
last 5 Master vs avg 630.17 (+0.23)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.16 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Road miles
7,384
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 3591 mi
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
630.17 / 720
6 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
−6.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.90 points below their pork, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 50%.
- Brisket avg 154.26
- Pork avg 161.16
- 2 calls in 6 entries
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 (2022-03-25).
- last seen 2019-03-23
- back 2022-03-25
The long haul
7,384
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,384 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 3,591 miles to Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018.
- 6 mapped stops
- furthest 3,591 mi
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.
136 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4894 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4905 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#4918 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1506 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4908 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ Holics on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4884 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before BBQ Holics's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4897 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before BBQ Holics'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRILLDROIDS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Costa Rica | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.9028 | 146.8456 | 156.67 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 148.5600 | 158.08 | top 68% |
| Pork | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 171.4856 | 148.5484 | 161.16 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 132.5144 | 154.26 | top 56% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 48% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 83% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.1 yrs
2015-02-21 → 2024-04-06
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PR
1 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.16 · weakest Brisket (154.26)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
630.17
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
100
38–97 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7,384
6 mapped stops · furthest 3,591 mi
Schedule strength
1504
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-03-23 → 2022-03-25
Power rating
1464
peak 1503 · #4906 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- 2017
- First call BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Peak power rating (1503) BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1996 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- Career-best overall score653.1996 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4856 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- 2024
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.6 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | 2017-03-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 | 2019-03-23 |
| -12.9 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | 2022-03-25 |
| -11.6 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 | 2024-04-06 |
| -1.4 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico | 2015-02-21 |
| -1.3 | Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018 | 2018-04-07 |
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 | 100% | top 92% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 91% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 39% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-06 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 Heredia, 40703 | 22 / 24 (606.8228) | 14 (160.0228) | 9 (165.7372) | 22 (148.5484) | 24 (132.5144) |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose, | 26 / 28 (653.1996) | 26 (157.7256) | 28 (153.7028) | 9 (171.4856) | 11 (170.2856) |
| 2019-03-23 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 San Jose, 1000 | 20 / 22 (629.1084) | 22 (146.8456) | 16 (163.3828) | 19 (153.1656) | 6 (165.7144) |
| 2018-04-07 | Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018 San Jose, 1000 | 9 / 16 (627.4284) | 13 (151.9656) | 13 (148.5600) | 2 (166.3428) | 4 (160.5600) |
| 2017-03-04 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Costa Rica, | 7 / 18 (635.4740) | 5 (162.9028) | 10 (158.8456) | 2 (170.3084) | 14 (143.4172) |
| 2015-02-21 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | 19 / 33 (629.0060) | 18 (160.5372) | 20 (158.2400) | 18 (157.1316) | 22 (153.0972) |