BM Grils & Smokers

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#1249

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1582

peak 1582 · rated over 24 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-05-23

latest 2026-06-05

Best ToY finish

#301

Master 2018

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

687.8852 / 720

Master · Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.98 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 654.06 (+15.92)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7600

Pork · Brew N Q Invitational

Consistency

±19.21

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.31 · weakest Brisket (161.92)

Road miles

8,800

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 906 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

654.06 / 720

25 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

They almost always walk

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 20 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

687.8852 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.8852 at Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2026-06-05

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q has finished one call ahead of BM Grils & Smokers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

7 contests
4 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WETTELS ON FIRE in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa (2023-08-18).

last seen 2019-08-17
back 2023-08-18

Pork nemesis

13 of 16 shared pork entries lost

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 81% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 13 of 16 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SMOKING FINNS FI has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 25% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 25% across 5 contests, versus top 41% the rest of the year.

5 September contests
top 41% the rest of the year

The long haul

8,800 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 8,800 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 906 miles to BBQ Festival Vanamoisa.

25 mapped stops
furthest 906 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

42 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

What’cha Got BBQ

#1253 of the rated field

1582 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1596

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 25 contests
last seen 2025-06-14

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET DIXIE BBQ

#1248 of the rated field

1582 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1585

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen 2023-10-06

⚔ Head-to-head

Vallee AC Cold Smoke

#1252 of the rated field

1582 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1582

No shared contest yet.

29 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 27 contests
last seen 2025-10-24

⚔ Head-to-head

MAD DAWGZ BBQ

#1257 of the rated field

1581 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1581

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before BM Grils & Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 21 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

BALONEY JOE'S BBQ

#1251 of the rated field

1582 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1586

No shared contest yet.

Level with BM Grils & Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2018-10-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Homestead Smoke Shack

#1254 of the rated field

1582 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 31
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1599

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after BM Grils & Smokers did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2026-06-19

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUNCH OF SWINES	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SMOKING FINNS FI	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	11	1	2	176.5944	150.8228	164.07	top 51%
Pork Ribs	25	12	2	4	177.7028	138.8116	162.76	top 48%
Pork	25	12	2	3	177.7600	147.3944	165.31	top 41%
Brisket	25	11	1	3	177.7028	142.3544	161.92	top 45%

“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

Where	Contests	Avg finish
LT	1	top 39%
DE	1	top 12%
CZ	1	top 55%
NL	1	top 38%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	9	top 40%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 36%
Large (40+)	7	top 48%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	3	25	0	top 57%	2017-06-03
Q'Fest	2	2	0	top 25%	2018-06-16

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 11 yrs 2015-05-23 → 2026-06-05

Busiest season 2018 7 contests

Contests a season 3.1 across 8 seasons in the data

Cooks most in LT 1 of 25 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 22 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 25 entries · 1 win · 11 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.31 · weakest Brisket (161.92)

Walk rate 80% a top-10 call in 20 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 60% 15 of 25 contests

Best top-10 run 4 straight contests

Master average 654.06 out of 720 · 25 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 408 471–310 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 8,800 25 mapped stops · furthest 906 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Longest layoff 4 yrs 2019-08-17 → 2023-08-18

Power rating 1582 peak 1582 · #1249 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
May 23 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Sep 5 First call Grillstock
Sep 5 First overall top-10 Grillstock
2016
May 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6000 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
2017
Apr 29 First category win (Pork Ribs) Q Fest
2018
Jun 16 First overall podium Q'Fest
Jun 16 First Reserve Championship Q'Fest
Jun 16 10th tracked contest Q'Fest
2019
May 24 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7600 Brew N Q Invitational
2026
Jun 5 25th tracked contest Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
Jun 5 Career-best overall score687.8852 Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
Jun 5 Peak power rating (1582) Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
Jun 5 Most recent contest Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Q'Fest	2018-06-16
+13.6	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	2016-09-24
+10.6	RegahFest 2018 Yellow	2018-08-25
+10.3	Smoke on the Quiet Waters	2018-09-08
+8.7	Brew N Q	2018-05-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Smoke and Fire Festival	2019-08-17
-6.2	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV	2017-05-13
-6.2	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2015-05-23
-5.2	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge	2026-04-11
-3.1	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2017-06-03

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	2	0	100%	top 42%	95.5%	92.9%
2024	3	3	0	100%	top 41%	95.1%	93.9%
2023	1	1	1	100%	top 33%	91.3%	91.3%
2019	3	2	2	100%	top 47%	92.1%	90.6%
2018	7	4	2	86%	top 31%	94%	90.8%
2017	3	1	1	33%	top 55%	89.8%	88.5%
2016	3	1	0	67%	top 35%	92.5%	91.1%
2015	2	1	0	50%	top 55%	86.9%	86.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-05	Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships Mazowieckie, 05-090	4 / 14 (687.8852)	12 (160.5140)	2 (177.7028)	4 (171.9656)	3 (177.7028)
2026-05-15	Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT	9 / 23 (651.9656)	13 (165.1428)	9 (167.4744)	14 (159.9772)	16 (159.3712)
2026-04-11	BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126	25 / 42 (666.1944)	4 (176.5944)	26 (165.7028)	30 (161.6456)	26 (162.2516)
2024-09-21	Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO),	5 / 19 (679.4284)	8 (169.1200)	4 (173.7828)	9 (169.1428)	5 (167.3828)
2024-08-23	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp,	9 / 23 (664.4340)	5 (170.8800)	17 (161.6572)	13 (163.3712)	8 (168.5256)
2024-08-16	BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish, 76505	9 / 16 (685.0400)	7 (174.2628)	16 (162.8000)	5 (174.8572)	7 (173.1200)
2023-08-18	BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505	5 / 15 (657.0168)	10 (159.4056)	1 (172.5600)	7 (162.2628)	7 (162.7884)
2019-08-17	Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ	14 / 16 (633.0628)	14 (155.9540)	16 (143.4632)	7 (165.6800)	2 (167.9656)
2019-05-25	Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY	10 / 34 (661.6112)	28 (158.8228)	13 (166.2628)	1 (176.0228)	17 (160.5028)
2019-05-24	Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire, LE672FY	6 / 26 (663.3480)	15 (162.7768)	7 (165.7028)	1 (177.7600)	21 (157.1084)
2018-10-13	*Bataille Sur La Sorgue L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 84800	9 / 16 (609.5200)	10 (150.8228)	13 (138.8116)	5 (163.3828)	7 (156.5028)
2018-09-22	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop,	17 / 73 (649.1312)	28 (164.5484)	54 (153.1544)	24 (162.2856)	5 (169.1428)
2018-09-08	Smoke on the Quiet Waters Devon, EX37 9HZ	3 / 13 (676.4800)	1 (175.4056)	4 (166.8572)	5 (169.1084)	6 (165.1088)
2018-08-25	RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague, 2266HA	8 / 29 (660.0000)	17 (164.0000)	10 (166.2972)	11 (169.1428)	14 (160.5600)
2018-08-25	Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague, 2266HA	13 / 35 (654.7772)	20 (165.7028)	8 (166.8688)	21 (159.3828)	12 (162.8228)
2018-06-16	Q'Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon, TQ149TD	2 / 12 (656.5372)	2 (170.8572)	6 (158.8800)	3 (161.1200)	1 (165.6800)
2018-05-26	Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	11 / 34 (667.3600)	15 (168.5600)	16 (165.1200)	11 (169.1200)	16 (164.5600)
2017-06-03	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG	34 / 56 (646.2860)	35 (162.8800)	27 (161.7144)	38 (160.5256)	28 (161.1660)
2017-05-13	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt, 3800	35 / 50 (632.9828)	41 (156.5028)	31 (157.0512)	24 (162.8688)	28 (156.5600)
2017-04-29	Q Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon, TQ149TD	4 / 12 (631.4748)	8 (155.4288)	1 (165.1772)	7 (157.7144)	6 (153.1544)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	8 / 67 (666.2856)	31 (162.8456)	6 (170.8800)	10 (170.2744)	21 (162.2856)
2016-05-21	Bohemian BBQ Prague, CZ	12 / 22 (646.8228)	7 (166.2856)	19 (157.6916)	11 (164.5712)	11 (158.2744)
2016-05-14	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	25 / 65 (653.6000)	32 (165.0856)	39 (159.9544)	22 (168.5828)	34 (159.9772)
2015-09-05	Grillstock London,	10 / 26 (625.7488)	6 (165.1772)	3 (170.8228)	20 (147.3944)	20 (142.3544)
2015-05-23	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands,	48 / 68 (624.4228)	56 (154.2400)	56 (152.5256)	22 (164.5600)	50 (153.0972)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#410 (382 pts)	#420 (422 pts)	#430 (432 pts)	#459 (352 pts)	#437 (367 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#458 (428 pts)	#464 (458 pts)	#586 (368 pts)	#499 (403 pts)	#472 (458 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#808 (165 pts)	#1092 (115 pts)	#739 (265 pts)	#903 (145 pts)	#927 (145 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1090 (230 pts)	#1413 (155 pts)	#1215 (205 pts)	#753 (430 pts)	#893 (340 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#301 (1074 pts)	#357 (964 pts)	#408 (889 pts)	#372 (939 pts)	#293 (1084 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1054 (307 pts)	#1248 (252 pts)	#983 (382 pts)	#1207 (267 pts)	#1170 (272 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#998 (327 pts)	#1213 (272 pts)	#1096 (312 pts)	#1082 (327 pts)	#1230 (257 pts)