A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bad to the Brisket ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bad to the Brisket has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Iron Grill BBQ
Iron Grill BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 29 at the BBQ on the Bow (2021). They finished #902 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 3, 2021
latest Jun 3, 2022
Avg finish
top 87%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.43
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 160.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.88)
Road miles
94
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Master avg
603.52 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 157.7028 | 160.74 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8344 | 127.9544 | 137.88 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 153.1084 | 155.59 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4400 | 132.4916 | 149.31 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
45
finished ahead 11 times, behind 71
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta
20215 milestones
- First tracked contest Didsbury Lions BBQ
- First call Didsbury Lions BBQ
- Peak power rating (1488) Didsbury Lions BBQ
- Career-best overall score619.3488 BBQ on the Bow
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.4172 BBQ on the Bow
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2022 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano Alberta Bassano, AB | 29 / 31 (616.5484) | 21 (157.7028) | 29 (138.8572) | 24 (160.5484) | 19 (159.4400) |
| Sep 4, 2021 | BBQ on the Bow Didsbury, AB | 23 / 29 (619.3488) | 12 (163.4172) | 24 (146.8344) | 22 (153.1084) | 20 (155.9888) |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 23 / 26 (574.6740) | 7 (161.1084) | 25 (127.9544) | 16 (153.1196) | 25 (132.4916) |