Up In Your Grill

Up In Your Grill is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 31 at the Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) (2023). They are ranked #5409 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,409

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1453

peak 1453 · rated over 19 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 20, 2015

latest Aug 17, 2024 · 9.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#370

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 28 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 72%

overall standings

Best overall

690.1944 / 720

Master · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

671.46 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 633.26 (+38.20)

Walk rate

43%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Chicken · Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)

Consistency

±32.23

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.10 · weakest Brisket (155.00)

Road miles

2,135

across 28 mapped stops · furthest 194 mi

Schedule strength

40%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)

Purse competed for

$59K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

633.26 / 720

19 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

690.1944 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.1944 at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 22, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Beantown Smokers has finished one call ahead of Up In Your Grill 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 their best year

2023 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 45%.

10 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 45%

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.09 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 155.00
Chicken avg 162.10
4 calls in 19 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Bandits in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The comeback

3.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Jun 4, 2022).

last seen Aug 17, 2018
back Jun 4, 2022

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Chicken nemesis

17 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has out-cooked them in 17 of 17 shared chicken entries.

A September team

Top 51% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 51% across 4 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 72% the rest of the year

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
2024 ↗	Master	—	#858 (163 pts)	—	—	—
2023 ↗	Master	#370 (546 pts)	#220 (957 pts)	#270 (891 pts)	#425 (496 pts)	#353 (606 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1061 (116 pts)	#775 (231 pts)	#974 (166 pts)	#886 (176 pts)	#1100 (116 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1338 (190 pts)	#1435 (195 pts)	#1304 (235 pts)	#1296 (235 pts)	#1458 (185 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1441 (183 pts)	#1584 (178 pts)	#1581 (178 pts)	#1022 (358 pts)	#1301 (238 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2848 (50 pts)	#2837 (50 pts)	#1897 (115 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2783 (55 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Up In Your Grill, each with one reason worth a look.

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

SHOOT TO GRILL

#5,429 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Up In Your Grill)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2016

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Fowl Ballz

#5,427 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2022

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MISSISSIPPI MEAT MAFIA

#5,420 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 28, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Apr 24, 2026

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LYIN' PIGS

#5,390 of the rated field

1454 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1454

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Up In Your Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 20 contests

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DIXIE MOON

#5,394 of the rated field

1454 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1454

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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HOLY SMOQUE BBQ

#5,419 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

Level with Up In Your Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jul 12, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
FOUR SMOKING GUYS	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Up-2 BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
A MAZIE Q	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Let It Smoke Barbecue	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
CycloneBBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BBQ Bandits	8	7	1	88%	⚔ compare
SUWHEE Q	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
What the Pork?	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	6	1	1	177.7028	132.5028	162.10	top 58%
Pork Ribs	25	4	0	1	175.4288	146.7656	159.51	top 69%
Pork	19	2	0	0	170.9028	138.1712	159.46	top 63%
Brisket	19	4	0	0	171.9656	131.3600	155.00	top 66%

“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)	1	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	13	top 75%
Large (40+)	5	top 68%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MA	6	top 63%
NH	4	top 75%
ME	3	top 72%
VT	3	top 72%
NY	2	top 78%
CT	1	top 100%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	3	21	top 86%	Oct 6, 2017
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	8	top 34%	Sep 23, 2023
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	10	top 67%	Sep 8, 2023
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2	22	top 74%	Jun 3, 2023
Hudson Valley Ribfest	2	38	top 78%	Aug 17, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 10 contests

Contests a season 4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MA 7 of 28 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 13 5 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 25 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Opponents faced 269 finished ahead 185 times, behind 467

Longest layoff 3.8 yrs Aug 17, 2018 → Jun 4, 2022

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

20241 milestone

Aug 17 Most recent contest Kora Kares for Kids

20235 milestones

May 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.0284 Somerset Sizzle
Sep 10 First category win (Chicken) Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
Sep 10 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN)
Sep 22 Career-best overall score690.1944 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Sep 23 25th tracked contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

20181 milestone

Aug 17 10th tracked contest Hudson Valley Ribfest

20154 milestones

Jun 20 First tracked contest Rock'N RibFest 2015
Jun 20 First call Rock'N RibFest 2015
Jun 20 First overall top-10 Rock'N RibFest 2015
Jun 20 Peak power rating (1499) Rock'N RibFest 2015

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	Sep 22, 2023
+10.3	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Sep 8, 2023
+6.2	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	Sep 23, 2023
+5.7	Somerset Sizzle	May 20, 2023
+3.8	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Jun 3, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.6	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival	Oct 9, 2015
-12.1	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	Apr 30, 2016
-9.2	Granite State BBQ Championship	Jun 10, 2017
-8.7	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Jun 4, 2022
-8.7	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	Sep 17, 2022

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2024	3	0	0	33%	top 79%	90.1%	90.1%
2023	10	2	1	60%	top 45%	95.9%	93.3%
2022	5	0	0	40%	top 90%	89.1%	86%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 91%	83.8%	83.8%
2017	3	0	0	0%	top 81%	87.4%	86.3%
2016	3	0	0	67%	top 85%	86.9%	83.6%
2015	3	1	0	33%	top 78%	87.1%	84.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 17, 2024	Kora Kares for Kids 🏅 Hiram, ME	31 / 39 (649.0400)	30 (162.8344)	28 (162.2744)	29 (161.1084)	26 (162.8228)
Aug 17, 2024	Kora Kares for Kids (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	14 (171.4172)	—	—
Apr 12, 2024	Southern New England Barbecue Throwdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bristol, CT	—	5 (170.2512)	—	—	—
Sep 23, 2023	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	18 / 42 (678.7660)	13 (171.9772)	20 (169.6800)	22 (169.7144)	21 (167.3944)
Sep 23, 2023	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) 🏅 Southwick, MA	—	—	12 (165.6916)	—	—
Sep 22, 2023	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	8 / 31 (690.1944)	13 (173.1200)	2 (175.4288)	13 (169.6800)	8 (171.9656)
Sep 10, 2023	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT	—	1 (177.7028)	—	—	—
Sep 10, 2023	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT	—	—	10 (165.0972)	—	—
Sep 8, 2023	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	10 / 26 (673.6460)	5 (174.8572)	17 (162.8116)	12 (168)	9 (167.9772)
Aug 19, 2023	Kora Shriners BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	26 / 46 (665.6572)	6 (176.5600)	46 (150.2284)	18 (169.1316)	13 (169.7372)
Aug 19, 2023	Kora Shriners BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	24 (157.1656)	—	—
Jun 3, 2023	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	22 / 39 (661.0172)	21 (167.9656)	24 (164.5372)	31 (159.3944)	10 (169.1200)
May 20, 2023	Somerset Sizzle 🏅 Somerset, MA	12 / 24 (661.0284)	13 (166.8228)	11 (166.2972)	16 (164.5256)	11 (163.3828)
Sep 17, 2022	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	25 / 26 (611.1432)	18 (162.8116)	25 (153.0628)	25 (141.6344)	24 (153.6344)
Sep 17, 2022	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - Master of Ribs - Saturday Night (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT	—	—	10 (167.3828)	—	—
Aug 27, 2022	Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition 🏅 Hiram, ME	25 / 31 (641.5428)	6 (174.2972)	30 (149.6572)	13 (165.6684)	28 (151.9200)
Aug 27, 2022	Kora Shriner's BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hiram, ME	—	—	14 (159.9772)	—	—
Jun 4, 2022	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	34 / 37 (604.9492)	34 (152.5372)	15 (165.7144)	37 (146.7660)	35 (139.9316)
Aug 17, 2018	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	53 / 58 (603.2116)	29 (164.5372)	55 (146.7656)	31 (159.9772)	58 (131.9316)
Oct 6, 2017	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	21 / 25 (629.6228)	20 (159.3828)	12 (165.1544)	23 (151.3828)	22 (153.7028)
Aug 18, 2017	Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY	38 / 59 (625.6460)	30 (161.1544)	50 (148.5144)	14 (165.7144)	42 (150.2628)
Jun 10, 2017	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	33 / 35 (608.4340)	32 (153.1200)	35 (147.9084)	26 (158.8228)	27 (148.5828)
Oct 7, 2016	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	24 / 33 (625.5544)	30 (147.9656)	29 (152.5488)	9 (165.0856)	13 (159.9544)
Jun 25, 2016	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	33 / 40 (619.4176)	37 (147.9656)	38 (147.9660)	8 (170.9028)	31 (152.5832)
Apr 30, 2016	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	39 / 39 (560.9140)	39 (132.5028)	35 (149.1200)	39 (138.1712)	35 (141.1200)
Oct 9, 2015	Riverside Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA	25 / 25 (594.6972)	25 (146.2056)	12 (164.5488)	23 (152.5828)	24 (131.3600)
Jun 27, 2015	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	—	—	—	—	—
Jun 20, 2015	Rock'N RibFest 2015 Merrimack, NH	9 / 16 (627.4172)	6 (159.4284)	6 (158.8572)	12 (151.4516)	10 (157.6800)

Up In Your Grill

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

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

A September team

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)