High-water mark
690.2856
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2856 at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-09-08
Chillin and Grillin
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1515
peak 1515 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-04-28
latest 2023-09-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 174.57 · weakest Pork (164.54)
Road miles
1,652
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1597 mi
Purse competed for
$35K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
674.23 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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 comeback
6.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.4 years, then back at Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2023-09-08).
- last seen 2017-04-28
- back 2023-09-08
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.
Chillin and Grillin 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 90 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.
#2648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Chillin and Grillin did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2642 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Chillin and Grillin on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2646 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 9 years before Chillin and Grillin's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 158.2516 | 165.42 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 168.5600 | 169.71 | top 37% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5828 | 152.5028 | 164.54 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.5716 | 172.5600 | 174.57 | top 10% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 1 | 0 | top 5% |
| MS | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 5% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.4 yrs
2017-04-28 → 2023-09-08
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
1 of 3 contests · 3 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
Brisket
averages 174.57 · weakest Pork (164.54)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
674.23
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
124
105–19 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,652
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,597 mi
Purse competed for
$35,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.4 yrs
2017-04-28 → 2023-09-08
Power rating
1515
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First call Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1832 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
- 2023
- First overall top-10 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best overall score690.2856 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5828 Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff
- 2026
- Most recent contest IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
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% | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 5% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 59% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | IBEW So Cal BBQ & Chili Cook-Off (COMPETITOR SERIES) Santa Ana, CA | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-08 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 5 / 99 (690.2856) | 17 (172.5828) | 44 (168.5600) | 8 (176.5828) | 13 (172.5600) |
| 2017-04-28 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS | 16 / 27 (658.1832) | 23 (158.2516) | 8 (170.8572) | 24 (152.5028) | 2 (176.5716) |