Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) (2023-07-29) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 7-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, GETTIN' BASTED.
Took the Grand Championship over a 40-team field at Smoke on the Rail (Day 2).
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.
They've taken 1 state championship from 5 entries at contests carrying the title.
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ ahead in 83% of their meetings
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.63 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 11%.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Mullen It Over BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Off the trail for 8 years, then back at Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2022-10-14).
3 EYZ BBQ ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, 3 EYZ BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared chicken entries.
SWEET BELLY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
70 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir 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.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 12 years after Drilling And Grilling BBQ Team did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 EYZ BBQ | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Mullen It Over BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| 4 BOXERS Q | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Castleton Q | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SUSQUEHANNA SMOKERS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| COAL CRACKER BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE & SHINE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Leaning Jowler BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Oink N' Doink BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKECRAFT - MD | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 158.2628 | 170.39 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 178.3200 | 155.4056 | 165.76 | top 55% |
| Pork | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 163.4056 | 168.55 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 149.0744 | 168.22 | 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 5 | 1 | top 42% |
| TN | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
| NJ | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 1 | top 45% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 31% | 2023-07-29 |
| Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 71% | 2026-07-25 |
| Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2 | 37 | 0 | top 65% | 2023-10-13 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.9 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) | 2023-07-29 |
| +15.4 | York County BBQ Festival | 2023-06-16 |
| +13 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2014-10-24 |
| +4.4 | DO AC Smokin' Hot Atlantic City BBQ Championship | 2013-10-05 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 2026-07-25 |
| -4.5 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) | 2023-07-28 |
| -2.3 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 2026-07-24 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 71% | 94.1% | 93.6% |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50% | top 38% | 97.8% | 94.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 94% | 94% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 24% | 94% | 94% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 87% | 87% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | 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) |
| 2026-07-24 | 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) |
| 2023-10-13 | 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) |
| 2023-07-29 | 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) |
| 2023-07-28 | 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) |
| 2023-06-16 | York County BBQ Festival 🏅 Delta, PA | 2 / 29 (693.0512) | 5 (175.4056) | 5 (173.1200) | 15 (169.1200) | 3 (175.4056) |
| 2022-10-14 | 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) |
| 2014-10-24 | 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) |
| 2013-10-05 | 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) |