25/35 GLORY GRILLERS

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

Power ranking

#4420

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1504 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-08-15

latest 2016-09-29

Best ToY finish

#1775

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8116 / 720

Master · Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.75

last 5 Master vs avg 645.08 (-0.32)

Walk rate

17%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4516

Pork Ribs · Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel

Consistency

±19.08

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (153.75)

Road miles

114

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi

Schedule strength

54%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Master avg

645.08 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

High-water mark

678.8116 career-best overall

94.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.8116 at Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel — 94.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-03-13

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

KILLER HOGS ahead in 100% of their meetings

KILLER HOGS has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−12.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 12.51 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 17%.

Brisket avg 153.75
Pork Ribs avg 166.26
0 calls in 6 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Misfits of Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared 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.

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

Coop de Grill

#4404 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2016-10-07

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BIG TASTY BBQ

#4427 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2016-08-19

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HOGG UGLY

#4434 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1474

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 6.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2025-10-17
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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SMOKIN TRIGGERS

#4431 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 152
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1708

0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS)

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 152 contests, alongside a 24% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 144 contests
last seen 2023-08-11

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Cousins Que

#4410 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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McDonald Family BBQ

#4432 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Level with 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
KILLER HOGS	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
HOGG LEGG SMOKERS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
FIRE DANCER BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BEAN BANDITS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN SMOKERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BUTTS A'BLAZE BATESVILLE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
1709 BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Organizer Portal	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
SWIGGIN PIG	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
HOTTY TOTTY BBQ CREW	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	0	0	169.6684	151.3484	160.82	top 75%
Pork Ribs	6	1	1	175.4516	154.2288	166.26	top 52%
Pork	6	0	0	171.9656	157.0972	164.25	top 60%
Brisket	6	0	0	170.8344	130.7656	153.75	top 75%

“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)	1	0	top 89%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 70%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Stand By Your Grill	2	43	0	top 77%	2015-08-14

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.1 yrs 2014-08-15 → 2016-09-29

Busiest season 2016 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MS 6 of 6 contests

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 166.26 · weakest Brisket (153.75)

Walk rate 17% a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 645.08 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 214 126–268 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 114 6 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi

Schedule strength 1569 average field rating faced — tougher than 54% of rated contests

Power rating 1474 peak 1504 · #4420 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
Aug 15 First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
2015
Mar 13 First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8116 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 13 Career-best overall score678.8116 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4516 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
Mar 13 Peak power rating (1504) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
2016
Sep 29 Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel	2015-03-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	Hog Wild BBQ Festival	2016-09-29
-8.4	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2	2016-03-19
-6.9	Stand By Your Grill	2014-08-15
-6.6	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1	2016-03-18
-5.2	Stand By Your Grill	2015-08-14

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	3	0%	top 88%	88.7%	87.4%
2015	2	50%	top 49%	94.3%	92.8%
2014	1	0%	top 78%	89.8%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2016-09-29	Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS	25 / 28 (620.9600)	20 (164.5600)	16 (168.5372)	26 (157.0972)	28 (130.7656)
2016-03-19	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS	57 / 61 (628.3540)	60 (152.5372)	36 (166.8228)	49 (161.0856)	58 (147.9084)
2016-03-18	Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS	77 / 95 (638.6624)	89 (151.3484)	54 (163.3828)	41 (167.4172)	69 (156.5140)
2015-08-14	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	43 / 57 (656.9828)	55 (160.5372)	22 (169.1200)	13 (171.9656)	53 (155.3600)
2015-03-13	Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS	21 / 94 (678.8116)	46 (166.2628)	2 (175.4516)	40 (166.2628)	24 (170.8344)
2014-08-15	Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS	51 / 65 (646.6856)	28 (169.6684)	65 (154.2288)	49 (161.6800)	43 (161.1084)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1884 (120 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1839 (120 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2111 (75 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)