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
- Mar 13, 2015
25/35 GLORY GRILLERS
25/35 GLORY GRILLERS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 21st of 94 at the Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel (2015). They are ranked #4438 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1504 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 15, 2014
latest Sep 29, 2016 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 73%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.75
last 5 Master vs avg 645.08 (-0.32)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.08
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.26 · weakest Brisket (153.75)
Road miles
114
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 40 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)
Master avg
645.08 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS, each with one reason worth a look.
142 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,430 of the rated field
- 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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,442 of the rated field
- 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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,461 of the rated field
- 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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,448 of the rated field
- 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.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
They turned up 8 years after 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1474
Level with 25/35 GLORY GRILLERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 151.3484 | 160.82 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4516 | 154.2288 | 166.26 | top 52% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 157.0972 | 164.25 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 70% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stand By Your Grill | 2 | 43 | 0 | top 77% | Aug 14, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2016
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
214
finished ahead 126 times, behind 268
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20161 milestone
- Most recent contest Hog Wild BBQ Festival
20155 milestones
- First call Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8116 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Career-best overall score678.8116 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4516 Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
- Peak power rating (1504) Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Stand By Your Grill
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel | Mar 13, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.8 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | Sep 29, 2016 |
| -8.3 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 | Mar 19, 2016 |
| -6.9 | Stand By Your Grill | Aug 15, 2014 |
| -6.6 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 | Mar 18, 2016 |
| -5.2 | Stand By Your Grill | Aug 14, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.7% | 87.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 49% | 94.3% | 92.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2016 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Corinth, MS | 25 / 28 (620.9600) | 20 (164.5600) | 16 (168.5372) | 26 (157.0972) | 28 (130.7656) |
| Mar 19, 2016 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 2 Tupelo, MS | 57 / 61 (628.3540) | 60 (152.5372) | 36 (166.8228) | 49 (161.0856) | 58 (147.9084) |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Tupelo BBQ Duel- Comp 1 Tupelo, MS | 77 / 95 (638.6624) | 89 (151.3484) | 54 (163.3828) | 41 (167.4172) | 69 (156.5140) |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 43 / 57 (656.9828) | 55 (160.5372) | 22 (169.1200) | 13 (171.9656) | 53 (155.3600) |
| Mar 13, 2015 | Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel Tupelo, MS | 21 / 94 (678.8116) | 46 (166.2628) | 2 (175.4516) | 40 (166.2628) | 24 (170.8344) |
| Aug 15, 2014 | Stand By Your Grill Fulton, MS | 51 / 65 (646.6856) | 28 (169.6684) | 65 (154.2288) | 49 (161.6800) | 43 (161.1084) |