Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Gryphon Smokehouse
Gryphon Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 20 at the Smokin in the City (2018). They are ranked #2165 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1532
peak 1541 · rated over 9 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Feb 4, 2017
latest Aug 6, 2022 · 5.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
73% of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
642.63 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 648.01 (-5.38)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.72 · weakest Chicken (160.06)
Road miles
1,768
across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
648.01 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #978 (122 pts) | #1009 (132 pts) | #787 (239 pts) | #689 (270 pts) | #1132 (112 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Gryphon Smokehouse, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 44%
- Peak
- 1533
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,181 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1559
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Gryphon Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,161 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1532
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,179 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1536
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Compare careers#2,180 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with Gryphon Smokehouse on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,175 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Gryphon Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin Steve's BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Boy BBQ Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Ribs n Pigs BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Perth BBQ School Varsity | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 166.8916 | 149.0972 | 160.06 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 173.7028 | 155.4516 | 163.72 | top 42% |
| Pork | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 148.5256 | 160.69 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 170.9028 | 150.2288 | 161.27 | top 51% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 57% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 33% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
9
a different one every time
Opponents faced
131
finished ahead 138 times, behind 61
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Nov 9, 2019 → Oct 30, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- 10th tracked contest Pork in the Valley-Pork OMC (One Meat Pork)
- Most recent contest Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley
20211 milestone
- Peak power rating (1541) Brew N Que Perth 2021
20184 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall podium Smokin in the City
- Career-best overall score667.4744 Smokin in the City
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7028 Smokin in the City
20174 milestones
- First tracked contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall top-10 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.2004 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.1 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 4, 2017 |
| +11.7 | Smokin in the City | Apr 21, 2018 |
| +8 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | Feb 3, 2018 |
| +3 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 | Dec 3, 2021 |
| +2.5 | Smokin in the Valley (International) | Oct 30, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.8 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley | Aug 6, 2022 |
| -1.4 | 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 89.8% | 89% |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 90.1% | 89.4% |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 27% | 92.7% | 90.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2022 | Smokin' BBQ Masters in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 9 / 12 (642.8228) | 8 (160.5600) | 12 (160) | 8 (163.9884) | 10 (158.2744) |
| Mar 13, 2022 | Pork in the Valley-Pork OMC (One Meat Pork) Perth, Western Australia | — | — | — | 7 (148.5256) | — |
| Mar 13, 2022 | Pork in the Valley-Pork Ribs OMC (One Meat Ribs) Perth, Western Australia | — | — | 7 (155.4516) | — | — |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Brew N Que Perth 2021 Claremont | 9 / 23 (646.8688) | 21 (149.0972) | 6 (166.8572) | 4 (170.2972) | 11 (160.6172) |
| Oct 30, 2021 | Smokin in the Valley (International) Perth | 6 / 14 (635.4176) | 2 (166.8916) | 6 (159.4400) | 7 (158.8572) | 12 (150.2288) |
| Nov 9, 2019 | Smokin in the Valley Herne Hill WA | 9 / 17 (639.3944) | 14 (151.4744) | 2 (166.8344) | 5 (161.7028) | 11 (159.3828) |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Brew N Que-Perth 2019 Ascot WA | 14 / 30 (648.6288) | 7 (166.2972) | 18 (158.8688) | 23 (154.2628) | 7 (169.2000) |
| Sep 15, 2018 | The Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Wa | 9 / 23 (642.7768) | 8 (165.7028) | 5 (163.4056) | 14 (156.5828) | 17 (157.0856) |
| Apr 21, 2018 | Smokin in the City Perth | 3 / 20 (667.4744) | 11 (162.2972) | 2 (173.7028) | 4 (168.5944) | 9 (162.8800) |
| Feb 3, 2018 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourn | 7 / 26 (651.4968) | 17 (158.8684) | 10 (159.4628) | 11 (162.2628) | 1 (170.9028) |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne | 4 / 43 (657.2004) | 23 (159.3716) | 2 (173.1888) | 14 (161.7828) | 13 (162.8572) |