High-water mark
682.1828
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 682.1828 at Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown — 94.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 25, 2015
Grill Team Six
Grill Team Six is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2022. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2013
latest Oct 28, 2022 · 9.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.43
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.99 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.38)
Road miles
532
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 415 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.91 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Grill Team Six, each with one reason worth a look.
Grill Team Six 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 91 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#2,364 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 8 years before Grill Team Six's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,353 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1525
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#2,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1531
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 43% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with Grill Team Six on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,361 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 160 | 167.99 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 142.8112 | 156.38 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 160.5600 | 167.69 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 151.4060 | 166.85 | top 36% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 1 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LA
2 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
First title
May 24, 2019
Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 88 times, behind 62
Longest layoff
3.7 yrs
Sep 25, 2015 → May 24, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20222 milestones
- Peak power rating (1525) Back The Blue BBQ
- Most recent contest Back The Blue BBQ
20194 milestones
- First overall top-10 Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- First overall podium Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- First Grand Championship Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
- First state championship Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival
20154 milestones
- First call Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.1828 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score682.1828 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Music City Festival & BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +17.2 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | May 24, 2019 |
| +10.3 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown | Sep 25, 2015 |
| +7.7 | Back The Blue BBQ | Oct 28, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship | Aug 23, 2013 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 4% | 93% | 93% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 94.7% | 94.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022 | Back The Blue BBQ 🏅 Vidalia, LA | 7 / 22 (681.6340) | 5 (170.8572) | 8 (173.1084) | 13 (165.6684) | 6 (172) |
| May 24, 2019 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 1 / 26 (167.4628) | 7 (170.2856) | 23 (149.0628) | 12 (166.8344) | 6 (170.8684) |
| Sep 25, 2015 | Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA | 11 / 45 (682.1828) | 10 (170.8228) | 33 (160.5488) | 2 (177.7028) | 8 (173.1084) |
| Aug 22, 2014 | Music City BBQ Festival Nashville, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Music City Festival & BBQ Championship Nashville, TN | 47 / 55 (614.7772) | 38 (160) | 52 (142.8112) | 36 (160.5600) | 42 (151.4060) |