A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Monster2dog BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2022-04-01
latest 2023-07-21
Best ToY finish
#978
Master 2022
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
607.28
last 3 Master vs avg 607.28 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±25.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 153.30 · weakest Pork (149.12)
Road miles
116
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$21K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
607.28 / 720
3 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.
Monster2dog BBQ has 4 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 129 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.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with Monster2dog BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Monster2dog BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Monster2dog BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4579 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 6 years before Monster2dog 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2400 | 142.2400 | 151.95 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 139.9544 | 152.91 | top 77% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4056 | 147.9544 | 149.12 | top 98% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4172 | 141.6344 | 153.30 | top 76% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 100% | 2022-04-01 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2022-04-01 → 2023-07-21
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 153.30 · weakest Pork (149.12)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
607.28
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
90
16–110 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
116
4 mapped stops · furthest 58 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$21,200
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)
- First overall top-10 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)
- Peak power rating (1490) Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)
- Career-best overall score640.5028 Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)172.0000 Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship
- 2023
- Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.1 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) | 2022-04-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 2022-04-01 |
| -10.3 | Shenandoah ShenDig | 2023-07-21 |
| -8.6 | Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship | 2022-07-29 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 | 0% | top 92% | 83.7% | 83.7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 89% | 84.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-21 | Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 34 / 37 (602.6860) | 29 (155.3600) | 35 (139.9544) | 37 (147.9544) | 23 (159.4172) |
| 2022-07-29 | Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship 🏅 Shenandoah, IA | 23 / 27 (640.5028) | 25 (158.2400) | 11 (172.0000) | 26 (151.4056) | 19 (158.8572) |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 48 / 48 (578.6400) | 48 (142.2400) | 46 (146.7772) | 47 (147.9884) | 46 (141.6344) |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA | 9 (166.8800) | — | — | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1249 (70 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #978 (122 pts) | #1151 (112 pts) | #901 (182 pts) | #1140 (112 pts) | #948 (142 pts) |