Redneck Grillers

Redneck Grillers is a competition barbecue team with 17 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 22 at the Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff (2014). They are ranked #1695 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,695

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1552

peak 1585 · rated over 17 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest May 8, 2026 · 13.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#951

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

47% of 17 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 44%

overall standings

Best overall

696.5714 / 720

Master · Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

671.88 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 674.27 (-2.39)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

Consistency

±11.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.17 · weakest Chicken (166.50)

Road miles

1,227

across 17 mapped stops · furthest 368 mi

Schedule strength

57%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.27 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

Happy hunting ground

Top 11% average finish here

Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 11%

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 17 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

696.5714 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 696.5714 at Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 7, 2013

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

QUE-N-BREW has finished one call ahead of Redneck Grillers 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 18%.

4 contests
3 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 18%

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

RAZORRACKS ahead in 86% of their meetings

RAZORRACKS has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

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The weak link

−4.7 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.67 points below their brisket, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 59%.

Chicken avg 166.50
Brisket avg 171.17
3 calls in 17 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE PORKCHOP MAFIA in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at 39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off (May 1, 2021).

last seen May 3, 2019
back May 1, 2021

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 44 at their very first tracked contest, Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff (Apr 5, 2013).

Apr 5, 2013
44-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

QUE-N-BREW has landed one call behind them 3 times.

The metronome

±1.58% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.58% 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
17 contests

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
2026 ↗	Master	#984 (70 pts)	#1066 (70 pts)	#1125 (70 pts)	#960 (95 pts)	#940 (100 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1141 (62 pts)	#1190 (67 pts)	#1075 (117 pts)	#1428 (57 pts)	#1160 (67 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1073 (86 pts)	#1239 (61 pts)	#1141 (106 pts)	#834 (166 pts)	#1120 (81 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1143 (86 pts)	#1212 (86 pts)	#1386 (71 pts)	#1282 (61 pts)	#894 (156 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#951 (133 pts)	#1042 (123 pts)	#1069 (133 pts)	#1210 (98 pts)	#944 (143 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1144 (82 pts)	#1264 (67 pts)	#1304 (62 pts)	#1241 (67 pts)	#746 (207 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1814 (80 pts)	#1508 (135 pts)	#1967 (70 pts)	#2000 (65 pts)	#1745 (100 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1209 (219 pts)	#1746 (129 pts)	#1052 (294 pts)	#1955 (99 pts)	#1341 (194 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Redneck Grillers, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Smokin with an Attitude

#1,707 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1561

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Redneck Grillers)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Redneck Grillers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 10, 2022

⚔ Head-to-head

GETTA QUE

#1,698 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1555

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Redneck Grillers)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 4, 2019

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BAD INVESTMENT BBQ

#1,710 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1555

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Redneck Grillers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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STICKS-N-CHICKS BBQ

#1,696 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1571

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 1, 2017

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RIB TIP TUESDAY

#1,694 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1552

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 21% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jul 21, 2017

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RIB CRIB PIGMEN

#1,702 of the rated field

1552 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1563

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Smokin Through The Night	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
QUE-N-BREW	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
WARDEN'S Q	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Q-BONES BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE PORKCHOP MAFIA	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Party Q	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
PORK AVENUE	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
SWINE CRUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
GILLY'S BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	3	0	0	171.4400	161.0856	166.50	top 56%
Pork Ribs	17	5	2	3	178.8572	153.6916	167.85	top 49%
Pork	17	5	0	0	177.7028	162.2400	168.75	top 48%
Brisket	17	10	3	5	180 🔥	163.3828	171.17	top 35%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 62%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 56%
Large (40+)	6	top 20%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MO	13	top 49%
AR	2	top 12%
TN	1	top 34%
IL	1	top 43%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off	2	18	top 69%	May 10, 2024
Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	2	5	top 12%	Jun 13, 2014
Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	2	3	top 11%	Apr 4, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 13 of 17 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 14 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 370 finished ahead 368 times, behind 211

Longest layoff 2 yrs May 3, 2019 → May 1, 2021

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

20261 milestone

May 8 Most recent contest 44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off

20182 milestones

May 4 10th tracked contest 37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's
May 4 Peak power rating (1585) 37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's

20141 milestone

Apr 4 First overall podium Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff

20137 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 First call Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 First category win (Pork Ribs) Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 First overall top-10 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.7138 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff
Jun 7 Career-best overall score696.5714 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)
Aug 23 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Apr 5, 2013
+13.2	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	Aug 23, 2013
+12.6	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL)	Jun 7, 2013
+12.5	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	Apr 4, 2014
+11.6	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest	Jun 13, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.4	43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off	May 9, 2025
-7.1	38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff	May 3, 2019
-5.1	44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off	May 8, 2026
-3.8	Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off	May 10, 2024
-3.1	Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off	May 5, 2023

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0%	top 84%	94.1%	94.1%
2025	1	0	0	0%	top 85%	92.2%	92.2%
2024	1	0	0	100%	top 69%	94%	94%
2023	1	0	0	100%	top 69%	92.6%	92.6%
2022	1	1	0	100%	top 62%	93.7%	93.7%
2021	1	0	0	100%	top 63%	91.6%	91.6%
2019	1	0	0	100%	top 76%	91.4%	91.4%
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 44%	92.7%	92.7%
2017	1	1	1	100%	top 29%	93.6%	93.6%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 31%	94.3%	94.3%
2014	3	2	1	67%	top 20%	96.3%	94.5%
2013	4	3	3	100%	top 18%	96.7%	94.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 8, 2026	44th Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	21 / 25 (677.6000)	21 (166.8344)	21 (168.5140)	16 (171.4172)	15 (170.8344)
May 9, 2025	43rd Annual Kennett Jaycees BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	23 / 27 (663.8400)	22 (167.3828)	12 (169.1316)	24 (162.2400)	22 (165.0856)
May 10, 2024	Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	18 / 26 (676.4916)	23 (161.0856)	14 (170.8572)	6 (177.7028)	19 (166.8460)
May 5, 2023	Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	18 / 26 (666.7428)	18 (166.2400)	21 (165.1432)	23 (163.3712)	7 (171.9884)
May 6, 2022	40th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	8 / 13 (674.7200)	9 (169.1200)	8 (169.6800)	13 (163.9428)	7 (171.9772)
May 1, 2021	39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kennett, MO	20 / 32 (659.3256)	23 (161.7144)	24 (161.0856)	23 (162.2628)	4 (174.2628)
May 3, 2019	38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Kennett, MO	19 / 25 (658.1828)	9 (169.1084)	21 (162.2972)	22 (163.3944)	15 (163.3828)
May 4, 2018	37th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Kennett, MO	11 / 25 (667.3484)	20 (161.1428)	9 (167.9772)	11 (170.2628)	10 (167.9656)
May 5, 2017	36th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Kennett, MO	10 / 34 (674.1828)	24 (161.1200)	12 (166.8228)	8 (170.8228)	1 (175.4172)
May 22, 2015	34th Annual Kennett Jaycee Show-Me State BBQ CookOff Kennett, MO	10 / 32 (678.7312)	12 (169.1200)	15 (167.9772)	6 (173.1084)	13 (168.5256)
Jul 25, 2014	BBQ Fest Cooking Contest Dyersburg, TN	15 / 44 (669.0744)	14 (171.4400)	28 (163.9656)	16 (168.5600)	28 (165.1088)
Jun 13, 2014	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR	6 / 49 (693.6800)	25 (165.7028)	2 (178.2972)	15 (170.8228)	1 (178.8572)
Apr 4, 2014	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	3 / 22 (679.3484)	6 (169.1428)	11 (167.3944)	7 (167.9656)	3 (174.8456)
Sep 19, 2013	Murphysboro Barbecue Cook-off Murphysboro, IL	33 / 76 (657.6572)	39 (164.5600)	67 (153.6916)	5 (174.8456)	34 (164.5600)
Aug 23, 2013	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	4 / 56 (679.4060)	16 (168)	16 (164.5716)	14 (166.8344)	1 (180)
Jun 7, 2013	Delta Smoke BBQ Contest (JUDGES FULL) Wynne, AR	5 / 40 (696.5714)	15 (169.7144)	1 (178.8572)	14 (172.5712)	3 (175.4286)
Apr 5, 2013	Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff Kennett, MO	4 / 44 (689.7138)	13 (169.1426)	1 (177.1430)	19 (168.5712)	5 (174.8570)

Redneck Grillers

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 (13 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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 — 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)