Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ

Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (2025). They are ranked #3216 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Rob's Smokin' and Grillin' BBQ” and “Robs Smokin and Grillin BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,216

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1500

peak 1505 · rated over 20 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 4, 2014

latest May 23, 2026 · 12.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#769

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

701.0972 / 720

Master · 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

674.75 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.69 (+15.07)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · 2024 Icebox Cookoff

Consistency

±22.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.83 · weakest Pork (163.95)

Road miles

6,346

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 2,171 mi

Schedule strength

24%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Purse competed for

$248K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.69 / 720

20 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition (Aug 16, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Small Axe BBQ.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition.

Aug 16, 2025

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

2024 Icebox Cookoff is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 4th
average top 17%

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 16 of 21 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 21 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

701.0972 career-best overall

97.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 701.0972 at 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition — 97.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 16, 2025

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 13 entries at contests carrying the title.

13 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Marcoe's Black Jack BBQ has finished one call ahead of Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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A tough matchup

12–3 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST ahead in 80% of their meetings

SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST has come out ahead in 12 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Old Dirty Basters in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

2.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.9 years, then back at Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 (Jul 2, 2022).

last seen Aug 17, 2019
back Jul 2, 2022

Chicken nemesis

10 of 15 shared chicken entries lost

SLOW PORKIN ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SLOW PORKIN has out-cooked them in 10 of 15 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

503BACKYARDBBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A July team

Top 27% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 27% across 3 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 59% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,346 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,346 miles across 21 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,171 miles to Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION).

21 mapped stops
furthest 2,171 mi

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Sam's Club National BBQ Tour every year from 2014 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 16th

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
2023 ↗	Master	#1116 (95 pts)	#857 (175 pts)	#1368 (75 pts)	#1589 (55 pts)	#1150 (100 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#769 (203 pts)	#783 (228 pts)	#848 (208 pts)	#875 (178 pts)	#737 (238 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1310 (167 pts)	#1756 (107 pts)	#1029 (277 pts)	#1541 (127 pts)	#1648 (117 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1949 (62 pts)	#2565 (52 pts)	#1863 (92 pts)	#1894 (87 pts)	#2560 (52 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1981 (100 pts)	#2214 (70 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#1603 (160 pts)	#2079 (90 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2060 (95 pts)	#2916 (55 pts)	#1854 (125 pts)	#2061 (110 pts)	#1799 (125 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1527 (162 pts)	#1896 (127 pts)	#1575 (167 pts)	#958 (372 pts)	#1188 (262 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

Cold Beer BBQ

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1500 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1505

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Apr 25, 2026

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All Four Aces BBQ

#3,206 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1523

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2024

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FAT BOTTOM BBQ

#3,213 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1526

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 18 contests

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CRESCENT MOON BBQ

#3,230 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1522

Level with Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 18, 2021

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FLATLANDER BARBECUE

#3,221 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

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 Sep 28, 2019

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AFRO SMOKE BBQ

#3,219 of the rated field

1500 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1514

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
SLOW PORKIN	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
RJs Smokehouse	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
J&C BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Small Axe BBQ	12	3	9	25%	⚔ compare
Old Dirty Basters	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
LAKE HOUSE BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Alderfire BBQ	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
SLO.MO.QUE	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BOOTIES BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
DND BBQ	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
Wine Country Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	7	0	1	177.7144	145.6344	165.83	top 57%
Pork Ribs	21	5	1	3	178.8572	135.3828	164.63	top 57%
Pork	21	6	0	2	178.2972	153.1084	163.95	top 62%
Brisket	21	9	0	1	178.3200	151.9544	165.02	top 47%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 61%
Medium (20–39)	20	1	top 59%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
WA	12	1	top 59%
OR	8	0	top 56%
GA	1	0	top 97%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	4	16	top 70%	Mar 31, 2017
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	3	16	top 68%	May 23, 2026
The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	2	20	top 80%	May 31, 2025
2024 Icebox Cookoff	2	4	top 17%	Jul 6, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 4 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 1.9 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in WA 12 of 21 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 14 4 of them more than once

First title Aug 16, 2025 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

Opponents faced 245 finished ahead 255 times, behind 335

Longest layoff 2.9 yrs Aug 17, 2019 → Jul 2, 2022

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

20261 milestone

May 23 Most recent contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

20255 milestones

Aug 16 First overall podium 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 First Grand Championship 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 First state championship 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 Biggest field won (30 teams) 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition
Aug 16 Career-best overall score701.0972 8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition

20242 milestones

Jul 6 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 2024 Icebox Cookoff
Jul 6 Peak power rating (1505) 2024 Icebox Cookoff

20221 milestone

Aug 20 10th tracked contest 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

20192 milestones

Aug 17 First category win (Pork Ribs) 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
Aug 17 First overall top-10 3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff

20171 milestone

Aug 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5488 Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off

20142 milestones

Apr 4 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 4 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.9	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition	Aug 16, 2025
+15.7	2024 Icebox Cookoff	Jul 6, 2024
+12.1	3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff	Aug 17, 2019
+11	Icebox Cookoff	Jul 1, 2023
+3.6	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022	Jul 2, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 3, 2015
-9.4	2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off	Aug 18, 2018
-9.1	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2)	May 31, 2025
-8.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 4, 2014
-4.9	7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition	Aug 24, 2024

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	0	100%	top 70%	93%	93%
2025	4	1	1	0	100%	top 58%	97.4%	93.9%
2024	3	0	1	0	67%	top 59%	96%	93.1%
2023	3	0	1	0	100%	top 51%	95.3%	92.8%
2022	2	0	0	0	50%	top 51%	94%	93.8%
2019	1	0	1	1	100%	top 22%	93%	93%
2018	1	0	0	0	0%	top 85%	87.7%	87.7%
2017	2	0	0	0	100%	top 57%	91.2%	90.2%
2016	1	0	0	0	0%	top 57%	89%	89%
2015	1	0	0	0	0%	top 89%	86%	86%
2014	2	0	0	0	100%	top 72%	88.5%	86.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 23, 2026	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	23 / 33 (669.5656)	14 (170.2628)	23 (168.5372)	30 (157.0628)	9 (173.7028)
Aug 16, 2025	8th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	1 / 30 (701.0972)	8 (175.4056)	12 (173.1200)	2 (178.2972)	7 (174.2744)
May 31, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	26 / 28 (664.4460)	28 (157.0744)	28 (163.3944)	25 (167.3828)	4 (176.5944)
May 30, 2025	The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	20 / 30 (667.8972)	6 (173.7144)	20 (167.3828)	27 (161.0972)	20 (165.7028)
May 24, 2025	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	18 / 26 (670.7656)	19 (165.1200)	22 (161.1200)	5 (173.1200)	8 (171.4056)
Oct 17, 2024	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	32 / 33 (654.1372)	16 (174.8572)	33 (159.3944)	30 (163.9428)	32 (155.9428)
Aug 24, 2024	7th Annual DuPont BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	19 / 27 (664.4688)	7 (174.2744)	10 (170.8228)	24 (153.6572)	16 (165.7144)
Jul 6, 2024	2024 Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	4 / 37 (691.3828)	32 (165.0856)	2 (178.8572)	25 (169.1200)	2 (178.3200)
Aug 19, 2023	DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA	20 / 30 (659.9084)	20 (167.4172)	12 (168.5600)	27 (154.2512)	6 (169.6800)
Jul 1, 2023	Icebox Cookoff 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	9 / 38 (686.3088)	9 (173.7144)	2 (175.4172)	28 (164)	6 (173.1772)
May 27, 2023	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	16 / 25 (657.5428)	5 (175.4172)	20 (161.0972)	24 (156.5028)	15 (164.5256)
Aug 20, 2022	5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	16 / 29 (677.0856)	10 (170.8684)	18 (167.3944)	19 (167.4056)	9 (171.4172)
Jul 2, 2022	Sweet Home Icebox Cookoff 2022 🏅 Sweet Home, OR	16 / 34 (673.6796)	17 (169.7256)	13 (170.2744)	18 (166.8340)	17 (166.8456)
Aug 17, 2019	3rd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA	6 / 27 (669.6576)	14 (165.0972)	1 (173.1316)	10 (167.4516)	12 (163.9772)
Aug 18, 2018	2nd Annual Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA	23 / 27 (631.7716)	27 (154.2400)	17 (161.1088)	18 (163.9428)	25 (152.4800)
Aug 19, 2017	Hudson Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cook Off DuPont, WA	11 / 18 (656.5488)	2 (177.7144)	9 (164.5944)	13 (162.2400)	18 (152)
Mar 31, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	16 / 30 (642.8000)	22 (162.3200)	24 (156.5484)	7 (166.8344)	18 (157.0972)
Apr 1, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	17 / 30 (640.5372)	27 (152.5144)	11 (163.4516)	14 (162.8456)	11 (161.7256)
Apr 3, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	25 / 28 (619.3144)	19 (157.1200)	21 (157.1316)	25 (153.1084)	22 (151.9544)
Apr 25, 2014	Washington State Spring BBQ Championship Monroe, WA	14 / 22 (637.1204)	22 (145.6344)	12 (160.5716)	3 (168.0344)	5 (162.8800)
Apr 4, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Renton, WA	24 / 30 (611.8744)	23 (154.7888)	29 (135.3828)	8 (165.7256)	18 (155.9772)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Rob's Smokin and Grillin BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (15 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

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 — 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)