High-water mark
691.3604
career-best overall
96.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 691.3604 at Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival — 96.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-11-05
The Grinnin Goat
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2021-11-05
latest 2023-11-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 37%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 173.70 · weakest Pork (170.26)
Road miles
0
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
689.35 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
The Grinnin Goat has 2 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 95 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.
#2567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where The Grinnin Goat's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before The Grinnin Goat's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Grinnin Goat on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2564 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1533
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before The Grinnin Goat's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before The Grinnin Goat'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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 170.8344 | 173.70 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 165.1088 | 171.98 | top 34% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 163.9544 | 170.26 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 173.1200 | 173.41 | top 21% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 21% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 53% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2021-11-05 → 2023-11-17
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 173.70 · weakest Pork (170.26)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 2 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
1 of 2 contests
Master average
689.35
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
56
45–26 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$19,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2021-11-05 → 2023-11-17
Power rating
1518
peak 1518 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
- First call Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
- First overall top-10 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score691.3604 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
- Career-best overall score691.3604 Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival
- 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Golden State Battle of Indio
- Most recent contest Golden State Battle of Indio
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 96% | 96% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-17 | Golden State Battle of Indio 🏅 Indio, CA | 21 / 40 (687.3488) | 26 (170.8344) | 2 (178.8572) | 38 (163.9544) | 11 (173.7028) |
| 2021-11-05 | Indio California State BBQ Championship & Festival 🏅 Indio, CA | 7 / 33 (691.3604) | 4 (176.5600) | 21 (165.1088) | 3 (176.5716) | 5 (173.1200) |