THE GRILL DOCTORS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1339

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1575

peak 1586 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-02-24

latest 2019-09-21

Best ToY finish

#429

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

691.9200 / 720

Master · *Downtown BBQ Showdown

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

670.84 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 670.24 (+0.59)

Walk rate

93%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · *Downtown BBQ Showdown

Consistency

±11.62

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 168.87 · weakest Chicken (166.01)

Road miles

1,450

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 383 mi

Schedule strength

65%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)

Purse competed for

$15K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.24 / 720

14 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines (9 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.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

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

Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

18-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 82 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at *Downtown BBQ Showdown (2017-10-20) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 18-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, South Pork.

They almost always walk

93% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 14 contests

A top-10 category call in 93% of their 14 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.9200 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.9200 at *Downtown BBQ Showdown — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2017-10-20

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 88% of their meetings

SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at *Downtown BBQ Showdown on 2017-10-20 — 8 contests and 8.9 years ago.

last GC 2017-10-20
8.9 years ago

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE BLUE BLOODS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 29% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 29% across 5 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

5 August contests
top 40% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.61% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.61% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.1% of a perfect score
14 contests

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.

34 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

JAMBRIE SMOKE BBQ

#1336 of the rated field

1575 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1575

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2015-10-09
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Berkee Raes BBQ

#1329 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1576

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2024-06-14

⚔ Head-to-head

RACK CITY BBQ

#1331 of the rated field

1575 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1575

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 22% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

⚔ Head-to-head

BACON & WHISKEY

#1330 of the rated field

1576 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1577

No shared contest yet.

Level with THE GRILL DOCTORS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2021-06-18

⚔ Head-to-head

AWESOME Q

#1341 of the rated field

1575 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1581

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 20 contests to 14.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2018-09-01

⚔ Head-to-head

RANCH 13 BBQ

#1338 of the rated field

1575 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1580

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before THE GRILL DOCTORS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE BLUE BLOODS	11	8	3	73%	⚔ compare
SOUTHSIDE BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
JordyQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Vallee AC Cold Smoke	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
CAJUN BLAZE	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BEER-B-QUE BOYS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BOOTLEGGERS BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Budro's BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smokin N The Bandits	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smokin' O's	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
MAGNOLIA	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	4	0	1	173.1084	159.3828	166.01	top 59%
Pork Ribs	14	7	1	1	180.0000 🔥	159.3600	167.56	top 42%
Pork	14	8	0	1	176.5600	154.8228	167.80	top 41%
Brisket	14	10	1	2	176.5716	160.4912	168.87	top 34%

“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
MS	11	1	top 36%
MO	1	0	top 89%
GA	1	0	top 34%
AL	1	0	top 46%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	1	top 38%
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 41%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 34%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	4	6	0	top 27%	2019-08-24
*Downtown BBQ Showdown	2	1	1	top 23%	2018-08-17
*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)	2	5	0	top 47%	2017-09-16

The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.6 yrs 2017-02-24 → 2019-09-21

Busiest season 2017 6 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 4.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 11 of 14 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 168.87 · weakest Chicken (166.01)

Walk rate 93% a top-10 call in 13 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 50% 7 of 14 contests

Wins it all 7% 1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve

First title 2017-10-20 *Downtown BBQ Showdown

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 670.24 out of 720 · 14 contests · 1 GC

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 237 246–149 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,450 14 mapped stops · furthest 383 mi

Schedule strength 1582 average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests

Purse competed for $15,000 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 3 state-championship entries

Power rating 1575 peak 1586 · #1339 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
Feb 24 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 24 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4912 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 28 First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival
Oct 20 First category win (Pork Ribs) *Downtown BBQ Showdown
Oct 20 First overall podium *Downtown BBQ Showdown
Oct 20 First Grand Championship *Downtown BBQ Showdown
Oct 20 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) *Downtown BBQ Showdown
Oct 20 Career-best overall score691.9200 *Downtown BBQ Showdown
2018
Aug 24 10th tracked contest *Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1)
2019
Aug 24 Peak power rating (1586) Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)
Sep 21 Most recent contest Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.7	*Downtown BBQ Showdown	2017-10-20
+11.6	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL)	2017-09-15
+10.4	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	2019-08-24
+9.2	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)	2018-08-25
+8.8	Flames on the Flint	2017-03-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.2	Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown	2019-09-21
-3.6	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL)	2017-09-16
-2.4	*D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL)	2018-02-23
-1.6	*Jack Town Throw Down	2018-03-02

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)
2019	3	0	2	0	67%	top 47%	93.8%	92.5%
2018	5	0	2	1	100%	top 42%	94.3%	92.3%
2017	6	1	3	1	100%	top 35%	96.1%	94%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-21	Bikes Boats & Bones BBQ & Steak Showdown 🏅 Kimberling City, MO	25 / 28 (657.5080)	26 (163.9428)	25 (162.2284)	18 (166.2512)	23 (165.0856)
2019-08-24	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) 🏅 Brandon, MS	6 / 28 (675.3028)	14 (166.8112)	4 (169.1316)	10 (167.3712)	5 (171.9888)
2019-08-23	Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) 🏅 Brandon, MS	9 / 29 (665.5884)	25 (160.5256)	9 (168.5372)	9 (166.2628)	7 (170.2628)
2018-08-25	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) Brandon, MS	7 / 28 (677.0400)	8 (171.9772)	15 (166.2628)	16 (166.2400)	2 (172.5600)
2018-08-24	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) Brandon, MS	8 / 28 (678.7428)	14 (169.6800)	13 (166.8344)	9 (167.9656)	1 (174.2628)
2018-08-17	*Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	12 / 30 (668.4456)	15 (165.1428)	11 (166.2400)	9 (169.6800)	12 (167.3828)
2018-03-02	*Jack Town Throw Down Ridgeland, MS	18 / 31 (656.4112)	26 (159.3828)	4 (172.5944)	18 (163.9428)	19 (160.4912)
2018-02-23	*D'Iberville BBQ Throw down Kids Q & Festival (JUDGES FULL) D'Iberville, MS	16 / 27 (642.1144)	14 (165.0972)	19 (159.3600)	21 (154.8228)	9 (162.8344)
2017-10-20	*Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS	1 / 19 (691.9200)	9 (168.5372)	1 (180.0000)	5 (173.1200)	5 (170.2628)
2017-09-16	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY2) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS	12 / 17 (670.1600)	15 (163.9544)	7 (168.5256)	11 (166.8228)	8 (170.8572)
2017-09-15	*Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) (JUDGES LIST FULL) Ridgeland, MS	5 / 22 (677.6228)	5 (172.5600)	8 (166.2628)	5 (171.9656)	9 (166.8344)
2017-04-28	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival Brookhaven, MS	8 / 27 (674.7656)	3 (173.1084)	21 (159.4172)	2 (176.5600)	15 (165.6800)
2017-03-10	Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA	23 / 67 (675.3144)	50 (160.5372)	34 (166.2400)	17 (171.9656)	6 (176.5716)
2017-02-24	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL	13 / 28 (672.4912)	23 (162.8228)	6 (174.2628)	10 (166.2856)	7 (169.1200)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#807 (360 pts)	#1182 (215 pts)	#812 (395 pts)	#870 (355 pts)	#799 (400 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#851 (365 pts)	#979 (320 pts)	#997 (320 pts)	#918 (350 pts)	#681 (535 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#429 (878 pts)	#536 (743 pts)	#457 (858 pts)	#409 (933 pts)	#457 (873 pts)