Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff (2024).
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Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 71 rated teams sit within a point of it.
Fewer contests behind them than Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersLevel with Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersTheir last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersCareers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersThey were already cooking in 2016, 7 years before Chillin & Grillin Texas BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BULLHORN BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| The Pitfather BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Los BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Kanned Heat | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RENEGADE BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Regi-Q BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| LC BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 165.6684 | 170.27 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 168.5256 | 171.99 | top 37% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178.2972 | 159.9428 | 168.55 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 175.4972 | 169.7028 | 171.71 | top 28% |
“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.
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff | Sep 13, 2024 |
| +4.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| +3.3 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff | Sep 11, 2026 |
| +1.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 96.1% | 95% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 1% | 96.4% | 96.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 95.1% | 94.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 30 / 75 (673.6684) | 20 (171.9656) | 32 (169.7144) | 60 (160) | 15 (171.9884) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 215 / 401 (675.9316) | 291 (165.6684) | 150 (171.4288) | 207 (169.1200) | 149 (169.7144) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 46 / 158 (691.9316) | 126 (167.3828) | 66 (173.1316) | 11 (178.2972) | 41 (173.1200) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX | 1 / 67 (694.3772) | 19 (170.8800) | 9 (174.8800) | 16 (173.1200) | 1 (175.4972) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 97 / 211 (685.0512) | 44 (175.4400) | 149 (168.5256) | 112 (170.8228) | 108 (170.2628) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 232 / 487 (674.1944) | 189 (170.2744) | 78 (174.2744) | 387 (159.9428) | 164 (169.7028) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.