Grill Sergeant Barbecue

Grill Sergeant Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 7th of 20 at the Smokin in the City (2018).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1511

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 8, 2017

latest Apr 6, 2019 · 2 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

75% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

667.4060 / 720

Master · Smokin on the Water

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1544

Pork · Smokin on the Water

Consistency

±15.37

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.13)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1503)

Master avg

650.10 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

667.4060 career-best overall

92.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 667.4060 at Smokin on the Water — 92.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 3, 2018

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

FASTLANE BBQ CREW ahead in 100% of their meetings

FASTLANE BBQ CREW has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Rib Racks BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	3	1	173.1200	159.4172	166.69	top 31%
Pork Ribs	4	0	0	160.0116	155.3944	157.13	top 65%
Pork	4	3	1	173.1544	154.2056	162.56	top 43%
Brisket	4	2	0	171.4400	152.5484	163.72	top 48%

“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 63%
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 38%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Smokin in the city	2	7	0	top 49%	Apr 6, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 56 finished ahead 47 times, behind 32

Longest layoff 1 yrs Apr 8, 2017 → Apr 21, 2018

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20191 milestone

Apr 6 Most recent contest Smokin in the city

20183 milestones

Nov 3 Career-best overall score667.4060 Smokin on the Water
Nov 3 Career-best single call (Pork)173.1544 Smokin on the Water
Nov 3 Peak power rating (1514) Smokin on the Water

20174 milestones

Apr 8 First tracked contest Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First call Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First overall top-10 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival
Apr 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2172 Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.9	Smokin in the City	Apr 21, 2018
+5.4	Smokin on the Water	Nov 3, 2018
+2.3	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival	Apr 8, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.2	Smokin in the city	Apr 6, 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	100%	top 63%	86.9%	86.9%
2018	2	2	100%	top 35%	92.7%	92%
2017	1	1	100%	top 45%	90.3%	90.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 6, 2019	Smokin in the city Perth WA	12 / 19 (625.6800)	6 (159.4172)	11 (155.9888)	9 (157.7256)	16 (152.5484)
Nov 3, 2018	Smokin on the Water Bayswater	8 / 23 (667.4060)	11 (167.4172)	17 (155.3944)	3 (173.1544)	5 (171.4400)
Apr 21, 2018	Smokin in the City Perth	7 / 20 (657.0856)	2 (173.1200)	12 (157.1084)	7 (165.1428)	11 (161.7144)
Apr 8, 2017	Yak Ales Perth Barbecue Festival Perth	10 / 22 (650.2172)	8 (166.8228)	15 (160.0116)	17 (154.2056)	7 (169.1772)