High-water mark
680.4456
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.4456 at International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 6, 2019
GRILLBILLIES
GRILLBILLIES is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 8th of 32 at the International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (2019). They are ranked #3552 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “GRILL-BILLIES”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1501 · rated over 6 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Apr 15, 2016
latest Sep 6, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Best overall
680.4456 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
641.46 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 644.21 (-2.75)
Walk rate
43%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
174.2628
Consistency
±29.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.17 · weakest Brisket (157.61)
Road miles
2,817
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 944 mi
Schedule strength
47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
644.21 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to GRILLBILLIES, each with one reason worth a look.
141 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 108
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1569
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to GRILLBILLIES)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SMOKIN' BUTTS ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,529 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1501
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,539 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
They turned up 5 years after GRILLBILLIES did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#3,553 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Level with GRILLBILLIES on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,569 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before GRILLBILLIES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,533 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before GRILLBILLIES's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 150.7656 | 166.17 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 140.4572 | 159.47 | top 57% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 147.3828 | 160.95 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 146.8572 | 157.61 | top 68% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | 3 | 8 | 0 | top 45% | Sep 6, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
5 of 7 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
187
finished ahead 75 times, behind 161
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20193 milestones
- Career-best overall score680.4456 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2628 International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
- Most recent contest International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN
20165 milestones
- First tracked contest Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
- First call Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
- First overall top-10 Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4684 Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
- Peak power rating (1501) Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.9 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | Sep 6, 2019 |
| +1.4 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) | Sep 7, 2018 |
| +0.9 | Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest | Apr 15, 2016 |
| +0.2 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN | Sep 8, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | Hudson Valley Ribfest | Aug 16, 2019 |
| -10 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest | Mar 31, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 94.5% | 88.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 73% | 91.6% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2019 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN 🏅 Millington, TN | 8 / 32 (680.4456) | 10 (174.2628) | 18 (163.9544) | 8 (171.9656) | 11 (170.2628) |
| Aug 16, 2019 | Hudson Valley Ribfest 🏅 New Paltz, NY | 49 / 53 (594.0344) | 48 (150.7656) | 52 (140.4572) | 49 (147.3828) | 35 (155.4288) |
| Sep 7, 2018 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN (JUDGES FULL) Millington, TN | 18 / 34 (658.1144) | 12 (169.6800) | 16 (166.8344) | 27 (158.2172) | 18 (163.3828) |
| Sep 8, 2017 | International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest-SMOKIN IN THE GOAT PEN Millington, TN | 24 / 42 (659.2804) | 18 (169.6800) | 15 (167.3944) | 24 (167.4172) | 35 (154.7888) |
| May 5, 2017 | UMB Smokin' Vault (Competitors Invitational Series) unrated Kansas City, MO | 11 / 17 (615.4284) | 8 (157.1200) | 7 (159.4056) | 16 (147.4056) | 13 (151.4972) |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Blues Hog BBQ & Music Fest Savannah, TN | 46 / 48 (629.7028) | 11 (173.1772) | 48 (146.2628) | 44 (163.4056) | 45 (146.8572) |
| Apr 15, 2016 | Shelby Forest Spring Fest Smokin' In the Forest Millington, TN | 9 / 16 (672.4684) | 7 (168.5256) | 3 (172) | 6 (170.8572) | 11 (161.0856) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.