Happy hunting ground
Top 6%
average finish here
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST is their spot: an average finish in the top 6% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 28th
- average top 6%
KC GRILLING COMPANY
KC GRILLING COMPANY is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 28th of 467 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021). They finished #1236 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1544
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2019
latest Sep 29, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 8%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.78
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.62 · weakest Chicken (168.73)
Road miles
12
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1589)
Purse competed for
$129K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
681.47 / 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 164.5256 | 168.73 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 158.8116 | 169.69 | top 33% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 166.2516 | 171.62 | top 23% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 167.4516 | 171.43 | top 21% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 6% | Sep 29, 2022 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
853
finished ahead 1,248 times, behind 188
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 12, 2019 → Sep 16, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20224 milestones
- Career-best overall score693.7028 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5944 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1544) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score497.6568 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| +15.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | Sep 16, 2021 |
| +12.1 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | Sep 12, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 7% | 96.3% | 96.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 6% | 95.6% | 95.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 12% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 34 / 505 (693.7028) | 138 (171.9656) | 89 (173.7028) | 33 (176.5944) | 103 (171.4400) |
| Sep 16, 2021 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 28 / 467 (688.4912) | 261 (164.5256) | 25 (176.5600) | 73 (172) | 28 (175.4056) |
| Sep 12, 2019 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 56 / 468 (497.6568) | 128 (169.7028) | 356 (158.8116) | 219 (166.2516) | 170 (167.4516) |