GRILLA WARFARE BBQ

GRILLA WARFARE BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 23 at the Brew N Que Perth 2021 (2021), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #1644 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,644

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1555

peak 1555 · rated over 14 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 8, 2017

latest Oct 21, 2022 · 5.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#247

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

67% of 15 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

671.4288 / 720

Master · Spit in the Hills

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.18 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.34 (+8.83)

Walk rate

87%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.2000

Brisket · Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

Consistency

±16.44

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)

Road miles

21,452

across 15 mapped stops · furthest 10,655 mi

Schedule strength

10%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)

Master avg

651.34 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

6 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 6-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 6

The heartbreaker

0.1716 points from the title

Came within 0.1716 points of the Grand Championship at Brew N Que Perth 2021 (Dec 3, 2021).

They almost always walk

87% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 15 contests

A top-10 category call in 87% of their 15 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

671.4288 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.4288 at Spit in the Hills — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 4, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Perth BBQ School Varsity has finished one call ahead of GRILLA WARFARE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 19%.

3 contests
3 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 19%

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.01 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 67% of the time against 60%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.12
Chicken avg 165.13
10 calls in 15 entries

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A strong matchup

6–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BSA in 6 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

Smokin Steve's BBQ ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Smokin Steve's BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 22 at their very first tracked contest, Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival (Apr 8, 2017).

Apr 8, 2017
22-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 24% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 24% across 4 contests, versus top 45% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 45% the rest of the year

The long haul

21,452 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 21,452 miles across 15 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 10,655 miles to Brew N Que Perth 2021.

15 mapped stops
furthest 10,655 mi

The metronome

±2.28% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.28% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.5% of a perfect score
15 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
2022 ↗	Master	#460 (463 pts)	#560 (383 pts)	#640 (338 pts)	#580 (348 pts)	#552 (378 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#448 (405 pts)	#659 (250 pts)	#678 (250 pts)	#400 (480 pts)	#434 (455 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#247 (463 pts)	#313 (398 pts)	#245 (498 pts)	#276 (448 pts)	#258 (458 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#500 (659 pts)	#397 (824 pts)	#591 (589 pts)	#599 (569 pts)	#512 (654 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1110 (238 pts)	#1197 (228 pts)	#1089 (273 pts)	#1096 (263 pts)	#1190 (233 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to GRILLA WARFARE BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

DAND BBQ

#1,650 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1559

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before GRILLA WARFARE BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

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Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'

#1,642 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1563

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2022

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Rucking Fidiculous BBQ

#1,648 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 73%
Peak: 1555

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2026
on an 8-contest top-10 run

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PITT SMOKERS

#1,640 of the rated field

1556 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1563

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Jun 24, 2022

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STUCK PIGS BBQ

#1,647 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1555

Level with GRILLA WARFARE BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2018

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Ghost River Smoke-A-Holics

#1,643 of the rated field

1555 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1555

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2014

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Ribs n Pigs BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
Smokin Steve's BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Perth BBQ School Varsity	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BSA	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Rib Racks BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
Big Boy BBQ Australia	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Smokin Genius	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Molly s Bbq Smoke House	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
FASTLANE BBQ CREW	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	9	2	2	176.5944	158.8344	165.13	top 48%
Pork Ribs	15	10	0	2	171.4056	147.2684	160.12	top 57%
Pork	15	8	1	3	171.4516	147.9200	162.21	top 50%
Brisket	15	8	3	4	177.2000	154.8000	163.88	top 46%

“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)	8	top 45%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 26%
Large (40+)	2	top 93%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2	159	0	top 93%	Sep 15, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 2 of 15 contests

Contests visited 14 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 576 finished ahead 217 times, behind 649

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs Apr 8, 2017 → Sep 14, 2018

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

20222 milestones

Oct 21 Peak power rating (1555) Brew N Que - LITE EDITION
Oct 21 Most recent contest Brew N Que - LITE EDITION

20203 milestones

Feb 8 10th tracked contest Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup
Oct 30 First overall podium Bare Bones BBQ Comp
Oct 30 First Reserve Championship Bare Bones BBQ Comp

20191 milestone

May 4 Career-best overall score671.4288 Spit in the Hills

20176 milestones

Apr 8 First tracked contest Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First call Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First category win (Brisket) Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First overall top-10 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.3316 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 Career-best single call (Brisket)177.2000 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Bare Bones BBQ Comp	Oct 30, 2020
+13.4	Brew N Que Perth 2021	Dec 3, 2021
+11.8	CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival	Sep 11, 2021
+11.5	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival	Apr 8, 2017
+9.3	Brew N Que - LITE EDITION	Oct 21, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	Sep 15, 2018
-8.8	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup	Feb 8, 2020
-8.2	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019	Sep 14, 2019
-6.3	Smokin in the Valley	Nov 9, 2019

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)
2022	1	1	1	100%	top 20%	93.1%	93.1%
2021	3	3	3	100%	top 19%	92.9%	91.3%
2020	2	2	0	100%	top 51%	91.3%	90%
2019	5	3	1	100%	top 49%	93.3%	90%
2018	3	0	0	33%	top 78%	92%	89%
2017	1	1	1	100%	top 18%	93.1%	93.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 21, 2022	Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon	3 / 15 (670.2512)	11 (162.2512)	10 (161.7144)	2 (171.4056)	1 (174.8800)
Dec 3, 2021	Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont	2 / 23 (669.0628)	1 (176.5944)	3 (171.4056)	13 (161.0856)	12 (159.9772)
Oct 30, 2021	Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth	4 / 14 (649.6800)	10 (159.4172)	9 (153.7144)	3 (165.1084)	1 (171.4400)
Sep 11, 2021	CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western	3 / 16 (654.2172)	8 (166.8572)	9 (158.2628)	1 (171.4516)	4 (157.6456)
Oct 30, 2020	Bare Bones BBQ Comp Perth	2 / 10 (657.6688)	5 (162.2860)	3 (163.9772)	4 (162.8228)	2 (168.5828)
Feb 8, 2020	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup Perth	9 / 11 (638.8572)	8 (161.1772)	8 (156.5600)	5 (163.9656)	9 (157.1544)
Nov 9, 2019	Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA	12 / 17 (629.5432)	12 (159.3944)	6 (161.6916)	13 (152.4800)	13 (155.9772)
Oct 4, 2019	Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA	8 / 30 (658.1828)	6 (166.8228)	15 (160.5372)	7 (166.8228)	16 (164)
Sep 14, 2019	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow	13 / 17 (646.6628)	9 (166.2400)	13 (161.0972)	16 (157.0628)	12 (162.2628)
May 4, 2019	Spit in the Hills Chidlow, Western	6 / 21 (671.4288)	1 (171.9888)	9 (165.7144)	11 (162.8456)	4 (170.8800)
Apr 6, 2019	Smokin in the city Perth WA	8 / 19 (632.5028)	7 (158.8344)	15 (153.6572)	13 (155.4056)	7 (164.6056)
Nov 3, 2018	Smokin on the Water Bayswater	11 / 23 (662.2168)	13 (164.5256)	7 (166.8456)	8 (168)	12 (162.8456)
Sep 15, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	419 / 467 (614.5368)	270 (164.5484)	437 (147.2684)	440 (147.9200)	372 (154.8000)
Sep 14, 2018	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS	159 / 164 (644.9940)	56 (173.1428)	161 (155.3944)	151 (160.5256)	161 (155.9312)
Apr 8, 2017	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth	4 / 22 (670.3316)	13 (162.8572)	10 (164.0116)	6 (166.2628)	1 (177.2000)

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

GRILLA WARFARE BBQ

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

Master avg

Storylines (14 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

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

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)