Happy hunting ground
Top 15%
average finish here
Downtown BBQ Showdown is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 15%
Grill Team 6
Grill Team 6 is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 28 at the Downtown BBQ Showdown (2019). They are ranked #2573 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1533 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 17, 2018
latest Apr 8, 2022 · 3.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
3
5 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±77.84
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.46 · weakest Brisket (139.41)
Road miles
782
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 697 mi
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.68 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Grill Team 6, each with one reason worth a look.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,576 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,572 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
Level with Grill Team 6 on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,567 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,562 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1520
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Grill Team 6's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before Grill Team 6's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,560 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
They turned up 7 years after Grill Team 6 did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.3088 | 150.2056 | 165.23 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5944 | 159.3832 | 165.46 | top 56% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 149.0856 | 162.58 | top 62% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 177.7028 | 20 | 139.41 | top 49% |
“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
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 58% | Aug 24, 2019 |
| Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 15% | Jul 19, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
130
finished ahead 73 times, behind 96
Longest layoff
2.6 yrs
Aug 24, 2019 → Apr 8, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition
20194 milestones
- First overall podium Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First multi-meat day Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score685.1320 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1533) Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2)
20186 milestones
- First tracked contest Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First call Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.3256 Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | Jul 19, 2019 |
| +14.1 | Downtown BBQ Showdown | Aug 17, 2018 |
| +6.6 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) | Aug 24, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.2 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | Apr 8, 2022 |
| -5.9 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) | Aug 23, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 66.5% | 66.5% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 42% | 95.2% | 92.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 20% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2022 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Stem, NC | 36 / 36 (478.6744) | 35 (150.2056) | 34 (159.3832) | 36 (149.0856) | 36 (20) |
| Aug 24, 2019 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) 🏅 Brandon, MS | 11 / 28 (668.4916) | 10 (169.1200) | 13 (165.6800) | 16 (164.5372) | 13 (169.1544) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) 🏅 Brandon, MS | 22 / 29 (651.7708) | 2 (174.3088) | 17 (163.3712) | 20 (160.4912) | 25 (153.5996) |
| Jul 19, 2019 | Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Hattiesburg, MS | 3 / 28 (685.1320) | 11 (170.2860) | 22 (162.2516) | 1 (176) | 1 (176.5944) |
| Aug 17, 2018 | Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS | 6 / 30 (679.3256) | 20 (162.2284) | 1 (176.5944) | 24 (162.8000) | 2 (177.7028) |