TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL

TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL is a competition barbecue team with 63 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at the BBQ Capital Cook-Off (2015), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #298 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#298

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1724

peak 1727 · rated over 63 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest May 24, 2019 · 6.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#59

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

38 podiums

Overall top-10s

46% of 63 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 27%

overall standings

Best overall

704.5718 / 720

Master · Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

668.47 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 673.93 (-5.47)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)

Consistency

±11.90

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.76 · weakest Pork (166.03)

Road miles

12,920

across 63 mapped stops · furthest 643 mi

Schedule strength

42%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$49K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

673.93 / 720

63 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (22 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.8688 points from the title

Came within 2.8688 points of the Grand Championship at Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival (Jun 12, 2015).

Among the elite

#298 of 6,477 rated teams

In the top 5% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1724 puts them #298 of 6,477 rated teams — the top 5% of the field.

rating 1724
peak 1727
63 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Against the odds

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at BBQ Capital Cook-Off (Apr 24, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Killer B's BBQ.

Giant slayer

71 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 71-team field at BBQ Capital Cook-Off.

Apr 26, 2013

Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

BBQ Capital Cook-Off is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 2%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 3 category wins at Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off (Apr 19, 2013).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

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They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 52 of 63 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 63 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

704.5718 career-best overall

97.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 704.5718 at Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off — 97.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 19, 2013

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 2 Grand Championships

2013 was the year it came together: 19 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 8 category wins, at an average finish in the top 17%.

19 contests
13 overall top-10s
8 category wins
average top 17%

A tough matchup

21–4 behind in the head-to-head

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE ahead in 84% of their meetings

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has come out ahead in 21 of their 25 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.72 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 38%.

Pork avg 166.03
Chicken avg 170.76
13 calls in 63 entries

The drought

22 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at BBQ Capital Cook-Off on Apr 24, 2015 — 22 contests and 11.4 years ago.

last GC Apr 24, 2015
11.4 years ago

A strong matchup

23–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bald Hawg BBQ in 23 of their 28 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show (Aug 10, 2018).

last seen Jul 7, 2016
back Aug 10, 2018

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 55 at their very first tracked contest, Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off (Apr 19, 2013).

Apr 19, 2013
55-team field

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

SMOKE THIS has landed one call behind them 4 times.

An April team

Top 16% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 16% across 10 contests, versus top 27% the rest of the year.

10 April contests
top 27% the rest of the year

The long haul

12,920 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,920 miles across 63 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 643 miles to Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown.

63 mapped stops
furthest 643 mi

The metronome

±1.65% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.65% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.6% of a perfect score
63 contests

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 3rd

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#929 (296 pts)	#880 (346 pts)	#961 (306 pts)	#836 (376 pts)	#1187 (211 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1086 (240 pts)	#1013 (300 pts)	#1134 (250 pts)	#1254 (205 pts)	#1195 (230 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#490 (827 pts)	#515 (787 pts)	#434 (927 pts)	#655 (617 pts)	#482 (857 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#127 (1,895 pts)	#171 (1,535 pts)	#98 (1,835 pts)	#266 (1,195 pts)	#148 (1,705 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#199 (1,509 pts)	#106 (1,799 pts)	#102 (1,854 pts)	#176 (1,491 pts)	#196 (1,508 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#59 (2,224 pts)	#51 (2,123 pts)	#21 (2,334 pts)	#185 (1,345 pts)	#62 (2,098 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1725 power rating

Contests: 66
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 48%
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#301 of the rated field

1724 power rating

Contests: 77
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1729

77 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 40% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 73 contests
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#297 of the rated field

1725 power rating

Contests: 80
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1735

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#295 of the rated field

1725 power rating

Contests: 83
GCs: 10
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1758

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rated over 80 contests
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#302 of the rated field

1724 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 8
Top-10s: 69%
Peak: 1743

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Mulkey's BBQ

#294 of the rated field

1725 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1746

Careers of much the same size, 52 contests to 63, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKE THIS	46	23	23	50%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	43	15	28	35%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	40	26	14	65%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	40	19	21	48%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	38	15	23	39%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	32	23	9	72%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	32	17	15	53%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	30	21	9	70%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	28	23	5	82%	⚔ compare
CHECKERED PIG	27	8	19	30%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	26	9	17	35%	⚔ compare
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	25	4	21	16%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	24	10	14	42%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	23	17	6	74%	⚔ compare
CONTAGIOUS Q	22	13	9	59%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	63	24	5	12	180 🔥	162.8112	170.76	top 30%
Pork Ribs	63	30	8	12	179.4400	150.2172	168.98	top 31%
Pork	63	13	0	4	177.1428	152.5144	166.03	top 45%
Brisket	63	21	3	10	178.8800	149.6800	168.16	top 33%

“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)	15	0	top 35%
Large (40+)	48	3	top 24%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NC	39	3	top 25%
GA	9	0	top 31%
FL	5	0	top 24%
SC	3	0	top 9%
LA	3	0	top 30%
VA	3	0	top 64%
KY	1	0	top 8%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	4	8	0	top 30%	Aug 10, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	3	0	top 21%	Jun 3, 2016
SC Festival of Discovery	3	6	0	top 9%	Jul 7, 2016
Hog Happnin'	3	12	0	top 30%	Nov 6, 2015
Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	3	4	0	top 15%	May 8, 2015
BBQ Capital Cook-Off	2	1	2	top 2%	Apr 24, 2015
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2	22	0	top 40%	May 24, 2019
Smokin In The Square	2	13	0	top 30%	Mar 18, 2016
Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	2	20	0	top 34%	Sep 18, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2	21	0	top 72%	Sep 4, 2015
WNC BBQ Festival	2	24	0	top 51%	Jul 24, 2015
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2	2	0	top 13%	Jun 12, 2015
Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off	2	6	0	top 26%	Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 19 contests

Contests a season 10.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 39 of 63 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 43 13 of them more than once

First title Apr 19, 2013 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off

Opponents faced 1,140 finished ahead 2,488 times, behind 758

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Jul 7, 2016 → Aug 10, 2018

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

20191 milestone

May 24 Most recent contest Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

20161 milestone

Jul 7 Peak power rating (1727) SC Festival of Discovery

20153 milestones

Apr 17 First Reserve Championship 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off
Jul 9 First perfect 180 (Chicken) SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
Sep 18 50th tracked contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic

20142 milestones

Apr 18 25th tracked contest 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Jul 25 10th category win WNC BBQ Festival

201311 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First call Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First category win (Chicken) Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First overall top-10 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First overall podium Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First Grand Championship Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First multi-meat day Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score704.5718 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 Career-best overall score704.5718 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 26 Biggest field won (71 teams) BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Aug 23 10th tracked contest Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	Apr 19, 2013
+15.3	BBQ Capital Cook-Off	Apr 26, 2013
+13	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge	May 10, 2013
+11.5	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)	May 24, 2013
+11.2	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Aug 29, 2014
-8.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Sep 4, 2015
-7.9	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA)	Mar 14, 2014
-7.5	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	Sep 21, 2018
-6	WNC BBQ Festival	Jul 24, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	1	0	100%	top 22%	94.5%	94.4%
2018	3	0	0	0	33%	top 50%	93.3%	91.8%
2016	7	0	3	2	71%	top 30%	95.1%	94.2%
2015	13	1	7	4	100%	top 22%	97.2%	94.5%
2014	19	0	5	2	74%	top 35%	95.1%	92.8%
2013	19	2	13	8	89%	top 17%	97.9%	93.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 24, 2019	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 🏅 Evans, GA	22 / 72 (678.7540)	12 (174.8572)	66 (157.0856)	3 (177.1428)	33 (169.6684)
May 17, 2019	Stills and Grills Fest North Wilkesboro, NC	3 / 21 (680.5140)	3 (173.7256)	2 (174.8456)	8 (165.1200)	7 (166.8228)
Oct 19, 2018	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC	17 / 35 (663.3028)	16 (169.6800)	26 (163.3828)	20 (163.9772)	15 (166.2628)
Sep 21, 2018	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	27 / 45 (647.8740)	10 (172.5600)	24 (160.5716)	34 (159.3596)	35 (155.3828)
Aug 10, 2018	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	21 / 51 (671.8856)	26 (167.3828)	12 (173.7144)	36 (163.9772)	25 (166.8112)
Jul 7, 2016	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	7 / 82 (680.4224)	9 (171.9656)	1 (178.8572)	23 (167.3712)	40 (162.2284)
Jun 3, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	9 / 27 (674.1712)	10 (167.9884)	14 (168.5372)	17 (165.0972)	4 (172.5484)
May 27, 2016	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	33 / 66 (668.4344)	41 (165.0972)	34 (166.2400)	22 (169.1200)	28 (167.9772)
Apr 22, 2016	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	18 / 54 (678.7540)	30 (167.9656)	23 (169.7028)	23 (169.6800)	12 (171.4056)
Apr 15, 2016	20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	7 / 41 (684.4568)	23 (165.0856)	1 (178.8572)	11 (169.1084)	12 (171.4056)
Mar 25, 2016	Hamond BBQ Hammond, LA	19 / 58 (678.1712)	19 (171.4056)	27 (166.8344)	43 (163.3712)	6 (176.5600)
Mar 18, 2016	Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL	14 / 43 (682.1712)	3 (177.1428)	36 (161.6456)	13 (170.8228)	15 (172.5600)
Nov 6, 2015	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	12 / 60 (678.7884)	14 (171.9884)	2 (175.4516)	25 (168.5256)	43 (162.8228)
Sep 18, 2015	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	20 / 59 (669.5884)	26 (166.8228)	9 (171.9888)	32 (165.6684)	31 (165.1084)
Sep 4, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	21 / 30 (658.6856)	16 (167.9656)	28 (157.6572)	28 (155.3484)	1 (177.7144)
Aug 7, 2015	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	9 / 36 (686.7656)	16 (170.8228)	7 (173.1544)	22 (166.2284)	3 (176.5600)
Jul 24, 2015	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	24 / 49 (666.1368)	25 (167.3828)	8 (171.9772)	15 (169.6684)	37 (157.1084)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	6 / 90 (682.7544)	1 (180)	20 (167.3944)	4 (174.2628)	47 (161.0972)
Jun 12, 2015	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	2 / 78 (694.7884)	3 (177.7028)	15 (170.8228)	2 (175.4056)	15 (170.8572)
Jun 5, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	3 / 30 (687.9996)	15 (170.3084)	7 (173.1200)	16 (168.5484)	3 (176.0228)
May 22, 2015	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	3 / 65 (689.0284)	36 (167.3828)	1 (176.5600)	11 (170.8228)	9 (174.2628)
May 8, 2015	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	18 / 74 (673.0972)	8 (173.7144)	32 (165.7028)	37 (165.6800)	19 (168)
Apr 24, 2015	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	1 / 60 (699.9656)	4 (176.5828)	5 (175.4172)	11 (171.9656)	3 (176)
Apr 17, 2015	19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	2 / 41 (689.0856)	7 (174.2856)	1 (178.8572)	30 (160.5028)	2 (175.4400)
Apr 10, 2015	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	16 / 51 (671.4404)	6 (175.4516)	29 (164.5600)	17 (168.5372)	25 (162.8916)
Oct 31, 2014	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	21 / 61 (670.7428)	36 (165.0972)	24 (167.3828)	30 (165.1200)	11 (173.1428)
Oct 10, 2014	Eastern Carolina BBQ ThrowDown Rocky Mount, NC	7 / 53 (670.1484)	11 (169.6800)	7 (170.8228)	32 (158.7884)	9 (170.8572)
Sep 26, 2014	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Hickory, NC	11 / 24 (684.4684)	10 (170.8228)	10 (169.6800)	9 (173.1428)	12 (170.8228)
Sep 19, 2014	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally Salisbury, NC	9 / 64 (677.0628)	26 (170.2744)	12 (170.2744)	10 (170.8456)	30 (165.6684)
Aug 29, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	22 / 30 (653.6228)	6 (174.2628)	11 (167.4400)	30 (152.5144)	16 (159.4056)
Aug 22, 2014	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	15 / 40 (669.0396)	13 (170.2628)	13 (169.1084)	28 (162.2628)	20 (167.4056)
Aug 8, 2014	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Frankllin, NC	14 / 39 (681.0628)	2 (177.7144)	18 (166.8344)	28 (166.2284)	13 (170.2856)
Jul 25, 2014	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	24 / 46 (658.7772)	31 (162.8228)	1 (175.4400)	9 (170.8344)	41 (149.6800)
Jun 20, 2014	Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC	20 / 48 (651.3712)	19 (166.2628)	5 (170.8572)	30 (161.1084)	35 (153.1428)
Jun 13, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	5 / 30 (671.3484)	1 (173.7028)	18 (159.3828)	3 (173.1656)	12 (165.0972)
May 23, 2014	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	30 / 65 (655.2684)	44 (163.3712)	61 (150.2172)	15 (168.5372)	6 (173.1428)
May 9, 2014	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	11 / 80 (671.2912)	13 (171.9656)	19 (167.4172)	40 (161.6456)	13 (170.2628)
Apr 25, 2014	BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC	6 / 62 (676.5828)	8 (172)	4 (172.0344)	2 (174.2628)	32 (158.2856)
Apr 18, 2014	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	21 / 55 (662.1600)	11 (172.5600)	10 (170.8228)	30 (162.2744)	41 (156.5028)
Apr 11, 2014	Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival Winston-Salem, NC	6 / 30 (666.1940)	3 (171.4056)	4 (171.9884)	22 (156.5256)	10 (166.2744)
Mar 28, 2014	Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash (SBBQA) Ashburn, GA	17 / 35 (669.0056)	22 (168)	4 (173.1200)	24 (165.0856)	22 (162.8000)
Mar 21, 2014	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	26 / 61 (666.6972)	13 (173.1200)	38 (162.2516)	48 (159.3484)	15 (171.9772)
Mar 14, 2014	Flames on the Flint (SBBQA) Bainbridge, GA	26 / 43 (656.4572)	16 (168.5372)	29 (162.2744)	39 (154.8228)	12 (170.8228)
Mar 7, 2014	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	13 / 46 (679.8856)	20 (169.6684)	33 (160.5488)	5 (175.4056)	3 (174.2628)
Dec 6, 2013	Calhoun KOA's (GBC Qualifier) Calhoun, GA	11 / 65 (687.3140)	19 (173.1084)	3 (176.5600)	6 (173.7028)	41 (163.9428)
Nov 22, 2013	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	3 / 53 (674.7312)	3 (174.2628)	22 (164.5256)	6 (169.6800)	12 (166.2628)
Nov 15, 2013	The National BBQ Cup (GBC Qualifier) Cumming, GA	7 / 79 (691.3712)	29 (171.9656)	9 (174.8572)	24 (170.2628)	13 (174.2856)
Nov 1, 2013	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	26 / 75 (669.0056)	41 (167.3944)	37 (165.0856)	60 (159.3828)	8 (177.1428)
Oct 18, 2013	Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off Munfordville, KY	3 / 40 (685.6684)	2 (177.7028)	20 (162.8456)	22 (166.2400)	1 (178.8800)
Oct 11, 2013	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	7 / 55 (663.9656)	11 (168)	20 (163.4056)	20 (163.3828)	11 (169.1772)
Sep 27, 2013	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	6 / 38 (683.2912)	12 (169.6800)	3 (171.9656)	11 (169.6684)	5 (171.9772)
Sep 20, 2013	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	25 / 72 (665.5884)	24 (169.1200)	46 (161.1200)	26 (168.5256)	28 (166.8228)
Sep 6, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Chesapeake, VA	15 / 30 (653.6228)	9 (170.2628)	6 (168.5484)	27 (153.0972)	13 (161.7144)
Aug 23, 2013	Great Southern Tailgate Cook-off Amelia Island, FL	6 / 44 (678.1596)	17 (167.9656)	1 (179.4400)	16 (167.3828)	15 (163.3712)
Aug 9, 2013	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	8 / 49 (681.6116)	1 (176.5716)	4 (173.7144)	38 (161.6456)	14 (169.6800)
Jul 26, 2013	WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC	17 / 48 (662.7424)	39 (162.8112)	18 (165.6800)	36 (159.4056)	3 (174.8456)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	9 / 78 (669.6456)	1 (175.4172)	6 (170.2972)	17 (166.8456)	50 (157.0856)
Jun 14, 2013	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	22 / 97 (661.1426)	27 (168.5714)	47 (159.9998)	66 (158.2858)	10 (174.2856)
Jun 7, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	6 / 26 (657.1426)	4 (167.9998)	1 (176.5714)	17 (157.1428)	17 (155.4286)
May 24, 2013	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	6 / 47 (680.5710)	23 (168.5712)	7 (170.2858)	18 (168.5714)	6 (173.1426)
May 10, 2013	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	4 / 58 (676.5712)	16 (166.2858)	12 (167.4286)	8 (171.9998)	11 (170.8570)
Apr 26, 2013	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	1 / 71 (682.8566)	17 (166.2856)	4 (174.2856)	22 (167.9998)	2 (174.2856)
Apr 19, 2013	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	1 / 55 (704.5718)	1 (178.8572)	1 (178.2858)	13 (169.7144)	1 (177.7144)

TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (22 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)