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GRILLIN' GRINDES MO

Power ranking

#2468
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1458
peak 1458

Contests

24
in the data

First seen

2019-04-12
latest 2026-04-17

Best ToY finish

#426
Master 2023

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

2
of 24 contests

Avg finish

top 68%
overall standings

Best overall

687.9432

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

679.44 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 659.73 (+19.71)

Walk rate

46%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Consistency

±19.45
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 165.81 · weakest Brisket (164.34)

Road miles

3230
mi across 24 mapped stops · furthest 202 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

Split Borders BBQ has finished one call ahead of GRILLIN' GRINDES 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

TEAM BREW & QUE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

TEAM CRAWFORD has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MO first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 24 4 0 2 178.2972 142.2284 165.81 top 63%
Pork Ribs 24 4 0 0 173.7028 150.2744 164.89 top 66%
Pork 24 3 0 0 176.0344 142.7772 164.69 top 65%
Brisket 24 4 0 2 176.0000 150.2628 164.34 top 60%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO100top 74%
IA90top 64%
NE30top 64%
KS20top 64%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 62%
Medium (20–39)160top 64%
Large (40+)60top 83%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026200 681.0628 678.19
2025300 687.9432 680.27
2024400 674.2284 660.29
2023600 674.7884 661.01
2022400 679.3488 667.32
2021200 632.9712 627.50
2019300 665.0628 634.94

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-04-17 Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke Edina, MO 12 / 25 (681.0628) 3 (176.5600) 9 (170.2628) 13 (171.4400) 21 (162.8000)
2026-01-30 SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE 16 / 38 (675.3140) 34 (162.8112) 9 (173.1200) 16 (170.8228) 15 (168.5600)
2025-09-19 Tri-City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 7 / 26 (687.9432) 2 (178.2972) 15 (166.2516) 7 (174.8572) 16 (168.5372)
2025-07-18 Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA 19 / 30 (676.4568) 28 (161.6456) 20 (168.5256) 6 (176.0344) 13 (170.2512)
2025-04-25 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO 30 / 40 (676.4228) 16 (173.1200) 28 (169.6800) 35 (162.8000) 14 (170.8228)
2024-10-25 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO 53 / 53 (654.6972) 42 (169.1084) 49 (162.8116) 49 (163.9772) 51 (158.8000)
2024-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 22 / 30 (659.2572) 25 (163.3828) 29 (154.7888) 15 (169.6684) 14 (171.4172)
2024-07-19 Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ Shenandoah, IA 24 / 36 (674.2284) 13 (172.0000) 30 (165.6684) 29 (161.1428) 2 (175.4172)
2024-04-26 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest Sugar Creek, MO 36 / 44 (652.9604) 22 (170.8344) 34 (166.2400) 44 (153.6344) 33 (162.2516)
2023-10-27 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO 45 / 47 (642.6748) 47 (153.0628) 34 (169.6916) 40 (163.9544) 44 (155.9660)
2023-10-06 Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) Edgerton, KS 15 / 19 (674.7884) 9 (174.2628) 14 (167.4400) 12 (168.5256) 16 (164.5600)
2023-09-15 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 23 / 32 (664.4688) 27 (163.9772) 10 (171.4172) 15 (167.9772) 26 (161.0972)
2023-07-21 Shenandoah ShenDig Shenandoah, IA 19 / 37 (670.1484) 15 (171.4172) 21 (167.3828) 18 (170.8228) 21 (160.5256)
2023-04-21 Smokin in the Creek BBQ Sugar Creek, MO 34 / 51 (655.2336) 33 (162.8112) 41 (160.5140) 37 (165.6684) 26 (166.2400)
2023-01-27 SJV Winter Rub Omaha, NE 18 / 31 (658.7312) 19 (165.1084) 12 (170.2744) 17 (167.9656) 25 (155.3828)
2022-10-21 Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS 15 / 30 (679.3488) 24 (161.6916) 11 (173.7028) 11 (171.9772) 9 (171.9772)
2022-09-16 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 19 / 25 (654.2400) 4 (174.3200) 19 (159.4172) 20 (155.9772) 18 (164.5256)
2022-07-29 Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship Shenandoah, IA 13 / 27 (667.3256) 19 (164.5600) 15 (166.8228) 23 (159.9428) 2 (176.0000)
2022-04-22 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) Sugar Creek, MO 21 / 35 (668.3652) 17 (169.6684) 25 (162.7884) 25 (165.0972) 13 (170.8112)
2021-08-13 GOBS Que (DAY 1) Arlington, NE 24 / 26 (622.0228) 17 (166.2400) 24 (155.3600) 26 (142.7772) 22 (157.6456)
2021-07-16 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off Day 1 Cameron, MO 31 / 33 (632.9712) 28 (164.5600) 29 (158.2400) 29 (155.9428) 31 (154.2284)
2019-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 34 / 34 (610.2056) 34 (142.2284) 33 (150.2744) 18 (167.4400) 30 (150.2628)
2019-07-27 Hannibal Bar-B-Q-Festival Hannibal, MO 8 / 18 (665.0628) 13 (159.3940) 7 (166.8344) 8 (169.1544) 4 (169.6800)
2019-04-12 The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO 41 / 54 (629.5656) 43 (158.2628) 41 (159.9544) 45 (154.8572) 38 (156.4912)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #450 (220 pts) #434 (285 pts) #455 (280 pts) #484 (215 pts) #534 (180 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #560 (301 pts) #516 (411 pts) #738 (241 pts) #502 (386 pts) #554 (326 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #636 (255 pts) #605 (310 pts) #750 (235 pts) #629 (285 pts) #449 (490 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #426 (462 pts) #440 (502 pts) #439 (552 pts) #409 (527 pts) #489 (402 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #538 (377 pts) #501 (442 pts) #607 (367 pts) #614 (322 pts) #392 (597 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1011 (114 pts) #890 (149 pts) #1100 (114 pts) #1076 (109 pts) #944 (124 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1020 (257 pts) #1168 (222 pts) #1059 (267 pts) #993 (292 pts) #955 (312 pts)

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