High-water mark
666.1256
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.1256 at Chillin & Grillin in the Glades — 92.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-07-17
Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2023-09-22
latest 2026-07-17
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.97 · weakest Brisket (154.51)
Road miles
103
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.68 / 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.
Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ 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 119 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 8 years before Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Hala%22Q%22Yah BBQ'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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 165.0972 | 165.97 | top 79% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 150.2172 | 159.95 | top 73% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 155.9888 | 162.26 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8228 | 146.1944 | 154.51 | top 86% |
“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.
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2023-09-22 → 2026-07-17
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
1 of 2 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.97 · weakest Brisket (154.51)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
642.68
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
57
5–61 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
103
2 mapped stops · furthest 103 mi
Purse competed for
$19,280
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
2023-09-22 → 2026-07-17
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.1256 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- Career-best overall score666.1256 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.6800 Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
- Most recent contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86% | 86% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 30 / 35 (666.1256) | 28 (165.0972) | 17 (169.6800) | 23 (168.5256) | 25 (162.8228) |
| 2023-09-22 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC | 33 / 33 (619.2348) | 26 (166.8344) | 32 (150.2172) | 32 (155.9888) | 33 (146.1944) |