GRILLA WARFARE BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1639

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1555

peak 1555 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2017-04-08

latest 2022-10-21

Best ToY finish

#247

Master 2020

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

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

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

177.2000

Brisket · *Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

Consistency

±16.44

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)

Road miles

21,452

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 10655 mi

Schedule strength

10%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)

Master avg

651.34 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (14 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.

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 (2021-12-03).

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
2019-05-04

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

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 (2017-04-08).

2017-04-08
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

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

RIB CAGE BBQ

#1638 of the rated field

1555 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1557

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to GRILLA WARFARE BBQ)

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

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

DAND BBQ

#1642 of the rated field

1555 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

⚔ Head-to-head

Neighbor's Brewin' & Quein'

#1635 of the rated field

1555 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1562

No shared contest yet.

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 2022-09-08

⚔ Head-to-head

HOWLING HOG BARBECUE

#1647 of the rated field

1555 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1555

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2017-09-09

⚔ Head-to-head

Szendo Smoke BBQ Team

#1645 of the rated field

1555 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 68%
Peak: 1573

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 4 Grand Championships in 19 contests, alongside a 68% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-08-08

⚔ Head-to-head

Hillbilly Hoggers

#1646 of the rated field

1555 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2025-06-06

⚔ Head-to-head

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
Perth BBQ School Varsity	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BSA	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN HOT JAGRD EDGE	8	5	3	63%	⚔ 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	5	2	3	40%	⚔ 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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	8	top 45%
Medium (20–39)	5	top 26%
Large (40+)	2	top 93%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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%	2018-09-15

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.5 yrs 2017-04-08 → 2022-10-21

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 2 of 15 contests

Contests visited 14 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 15 entries · 2 wins · 9 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.12)

Walk rate 87% a top-10 call in 13 of 15 contests

Overall top-10 rate 67% 10 of 15 contests

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests — and still running

Master average 651.34 out of 720 · 15 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 579 217–649 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 21,452 15 mapped stops · furthest 10,655 mi

Schedule strength 1514 average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.4 yrs 2017-04-08 → 2018-09-14

Power rating 1555 peak 1555 · #1639 of 6,413 rated

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

2017
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
2019
May 4 Career-best overall score671.4288 Spit in the Hills
2020
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
2022
Oct 21 Peak power rating (1555) Brew N Que - LITE EDITION
Oct 21 Most recent contest Brew N Que - LITE EDITION

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Bare Bones BBQ Comp	2020-10-30
+13.4	Brew N Que Perth 2021	2021-12-03
+11.7	CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival	2021-09-11
+11.5	*Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival	2017-04-08
+9.3	Brew N Que - LITE EDITION	2022-10-21

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.9	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2018-09-15
-8.8	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup	2020-02-08
-8.3	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019	2019-09-14
-6.3	Smokin in the Valley	2019-11-09

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	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
2022-10-21	Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon, 6010	3 / 15 (670.2512)	11 (162.2512)	10 (161.7144)	2 (171.4056)	1 (174.8800)
2021-12-03	Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont, 6010	2 / 23 (669.0628)	1 (176.5944)	3 (171.4056)	13 (161.0856)	12 (159.9772)
2021-10-30	Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth,	4 / 14 (649.6800)	10 (159.4172)	9 (153.7144)	3 (165.1084)	1 (171.4400)
2021-09-11	CBBF-Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western, 6558	3 / 16 (654.2172)	8 (166.8572)	9 (158.2628)	1 (171.4516)	4 (157.6456)
2020-10-30	Bare Bones BBQ Comp Perth,	2 / 10 (657.6688)	5 (162.2860)	3 (163.9772)	4 (162.8228)	2 (168.5828)
2020-02-08	Western Australia's Smokin Charity BBQ Governors Cup Perth, 6000	9 / 11 (638.8572)	8 (161.1772)	8 (156.5600)	5 (163.9656)	9 (157.1544)
2019-11-09	Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA, 6056	12 / 17 (629.5432)	12 (159.3944)	6 (161.6916)	13 (152.4800)	13 (155.9772)
2019-10-04	Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA, 6104	8 / 30 (658.1828)	6 (166.8228)	15 (160.5372)	7 (166.8228)	16 (164.0000)
2019-09-14	The Chidlow BBQ Festival 2019 Chidlow, 6558	13 / 17 (646.6628)	9 (166.2400)	13 (161.0972)	16 (157.0628)	12 (162.2628)
2019-05-04	Spit in the Hills Chidlow,Western, 6556	6 / 21 (671.4288)	1 (171.9888)	9 (165.7144)	11 (162.8456)	4 (170.8800)
2019-04-06	Smokin in the city Perth WA, 6962	8 / 19 (632.5028)	7 (158.8344)	15 (153.6572)	13 (155.4056)	7 (164.6056)
2018-11-03	Smokin on the Water Bayswater,	11 / 23 (662.2168)	13 (164.5256)	7 (166.8456)	8 (168.0000)	12 (162.8456)
2018-09-15	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)
2018-09-14	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)
2017-04-08	*Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth, 8008	4 / 22 (670.3316)	13 (162.8572)	10 (164.0116)	6 (166.2628)	1 (177.2000)

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
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)