Happy hunting ground
1×
Grand Championship here
BBQ Fest Panama is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 1st
- average top 7%
Grill and Chill
Grill and Chill is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the BBQ Fest Panama (2025), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1800 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1548
peak 1548 · rated over 5 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Mar 2, 2024
latest Oct 9, 2026 · 2.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
1 reserve · wins it all 14% of the time
Category wins
3
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
57% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.40 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 638.90 (+0.50)
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±54.33
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.39 · weakest Brisket (161.78)
Road miles
6,591
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 2,280 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1524)
Purse competed for
$99K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
638.90 / 720
7 Master contests · 1 GC
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Grill and Chill, each with one reason worth a look.
64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,789 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1548
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Grill and Chill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,792 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1548
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,809 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 75%
- Peak
- 1547
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,804 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1548
Level with Grill and Chill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1552
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 10 contests, alongside a 60% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,797 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 78%
- Peak
- 1560
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 176.5716 | 151.9196 | 165.50 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 177.7144 | 157.7028 | 169.39 | top 31% |
| Pork | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 175.4400 | 145.1428 | 165.87 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 142.8228 | 161.78 | top 42% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 23% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 1 | top 18% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 69% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Fest Panama | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 7% | Mar 21, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
First title
Apr 26, 2025
BBQ Fest Panama
Opponents faced
509
finished ahead 348 times, behind 384
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Mar 2, 2024 → Apr 26, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- First Reserve Championship BBQ Fest Panama
- Peak power rating (1548) BBQ Fest Market Plaza
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20254 milestones
- First overall podium BBQ Fest Panama
- First Grand Championship BBQ Fest Panama
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6912 BBQ Fest Panama
- Career-best overall score683.3488 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Panama BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | BBQ Fest Panama | Apr 26, 2025 |
| +13.6 | BBQ Fest Panama | Mar 21, 2026 |
| +9.8 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza | Jul 12, 2026 |
| +4.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| +4 | Panama BBQ Fest | Mar 2, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 67% | top 44% | 92.8% | 84.9% |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 37% | 94.9% | 93.5% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 41% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 99 / 99 (515.4172) | — | 84 (167.9772) | 61 (170.2972) | 11 (177.1428) |
| Jul 12, 2026 | BBQ Fest Market Plaza La Chorrera, PO | 3 / 13 (667.9428) | 5 (159.9656) | 2 (170.2972) | 2 (175.4400) | 6 (162.2400) |
| Mar 21, 2026 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 2 / 23 (650.8800) | 1 (173.7372) | 8 (157.7028) | 2 (170.8800) | 14 (148.5600) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 182 / 401 (679.4172) | 140 (172.5600) | 92 (173.7372) | 328 (162.2400) | 126 (170.8800) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 95 / 158 (683.3488) | 22 (176.5716) | 61 (173.7144) | 131 (166.2400) | 115 (166.8228) |
| Apr 26, 2025 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 1 / 23 (657.6912) | 11 (158.2168) | 3 (164.5944) | 1 (170.8800) | 2 (164) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City | 9 / 22 (617.5996) | 13 (151.9196) | 1 (177.7144) | 14 (145.1428) | 14 (142.8228) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.