Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team

Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) (2023), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2114 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,114

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1534

peak 1548 · rated over 8 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 5, 2013

latest Sep 25, 2026 · 13 years on the trail

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 10% of the time

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

703.9884 / 720

Master · Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)

Perfect 180s

Current form

679.23 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 673.62 (+5.61)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.3200

Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)

Consistency

±19.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.03 · weakest Pork Ribs (166.67)

Road miles

2,678

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 616 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)

Purse competed for

$29K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

673.62 / 720

10 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

7-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) (Jul 29, 2023) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 7-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.

Giant slayer

40 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Smoke on the Rail (Day 2).

Jul 29, 2023

High-water mark

703.9884 career-best overall

97.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 703.9884 at Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) — 97.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 29, 2023

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 6 entries at contests carrying the title.

6 state-championship entries

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings

Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 8 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (Oct 14, 2022).

last seen Oct 24, 2014
back Oct 14, 2022

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SWEET BELLY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.

69 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

EL SUPREMO BBQ

#2,120 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1534

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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Smoking Finns

#2,110 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1534

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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BUBBA JOE'S SMOKETOWN BBQ

#2,112 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1541

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

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Butts A Blaze

#2,121 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1534

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 14, 2019

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STOKIN SMOKE BBQ

#2,111 of the rated field

1534 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1540

Level with Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Apr 12, 2019

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RWQ/SKIP HIGHFILL

#2,107 of the rated field

1535 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1535

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
3 EYZ BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Castleton Q	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
FIRE & SHINE BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Oink N' Doink BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Capt. Blue BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
SWEET BELLY'S BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
4 BOXERS Q	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
UP IN SMOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
All About the Wood	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	0	175.4056	158.2628	170.03	top 42%
Pork Ribs	10	4	1	178.3200	155.4056	166.67	top 52%
Pork	10	1	0	173.7028	163.4056	168.49	top 46%
Brisket	10	2	1	176.5600	149.0744	168.42	top 44%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 45%
Large (40+)	7	1	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
PA	5	1	top 42%
TN	3	0	top 51%
DE	1	0	top 44%
NJ	1	0	top 40%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	2	1	1	top 31%	Jul 29, 2023
Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	2	25	0	top 71%	Jul 25, 2026
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	2	37	0	top 65%	Oct 13, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 4 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in PA 5 of 10 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 7 3 of them more than once

First title Jul 29, 2023 Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)

Opponents faced 455 finished ahead 373 times, behind 359

Longest layoff 8 yrs Oct 24, 2014 → Oct 14, 2022

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20262 milestones

Sep 25 10th tracked contest First State BBQ Bash
Sep 25 Most recent contest First State BBQ Bash

202310 milestones

Jun 16 First call York County BBQ Festival
Jun 16 First overall top-10 York County BBQ Festival
Jun 16 First overall podium York County BBQ Festival
Jun 16 First Reserve Championship York County BBQ Festival
Jul 29 First Grand Championship Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)
Jul 29 First state championship Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)
Jul 29 Biggest field won (40 teams) Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)
Jul 29 Career-best overall score703.9884 Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)
Jul 29 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.3200 Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)
Jul 29 Peak power rating (1548) Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)

20141 milestone

Oct 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score676.4912 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20131 milestone

Oct 5 First tracked contest DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.9	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2)	Jul 29, 2023
+15.4	York County BBQ Festival	Jun 16, 2023
+13.2	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 24, 2014
+4.4	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship	Oct 5, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2)	Jul 25, 2026
-4.5	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1)	Jul 28, 2023
-2.3	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1)	Jul 24, 2026

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	0	0	67%	top 62%	94.4%	93.9%
2023	4	1	2	50%	top 38%	97.8%	94.8%
2022	1	0	0	0%	top 45%	94%	94%
2014	1	0	0	0%	top 24%	94%	94%
2013	1	0	0	0%	top 40%	87%	87%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 25, 2026	First State BBQ Bash 🏅 Milford, DE	17 / 39 (679.9084)	23 (166.8228)	7 (174.8572)	22 (167.9772)	17 (170.2512)
Jul 25, 2026	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	33 / 39 (670.1256)	34 (165.0972)	31 (166.2400)	16 (173.1084)	30 (165.6800)
Jul 24, 2026	Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	25 / 43 (677.5888)	29 (168.5256)	10 (173.1316)	27 (167.3944)	26 (168.5372)
Oct 13, 2023	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	69 / 81 (664.5372)	26 (170.8572)	79 (156.5372)	26 (172.0344)	69 (165.1084)
Jul 29, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	1 / 40 (703.9884)	11 (175.4056)	2 (178.3200)	9 (173.7028)	4 (176.5600)
Jul 28, 2023	Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) 🏅 New Freedom, PA	30 / 51 (667.8628)	16 (174.2628)	41 (163.4172)	36 (163.9428)	27 (166.2400)
Jun 16, 2023	York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA	2 / 29 (693.0512)	5 (175.4056)	5 (173.1200)	15 (169.1200)	3 (175.4056)
Oct 14, 2022	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	37 / 83 (676.4912)	32 (170.8456)	64 (165.1316)	53 (167.4056)	18 (173.1084)
Oct 24, 2014	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	22 / 92 (676.4912)	12 (174.8572)	70 (160.5372)	42 (166.8340)	16 (174.2628)
Oct 5, 2013	DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship Atlantic City, NJ	34 / 85 (626.1484)	42 (158.2628)	36 (155.4056)	13 (163.4056)	52 (149.0744)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

High-water mark

State champions

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)