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.
BM Grils & Smokers
BM Grils & Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 12 at the Q'Fest (2018), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1272 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1581
peak 1581 · rated over 24 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
25
in the data
First seen
May 23, 2015
latest Jun 5, 2026 · 11 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
6
12 podiums
Overall top-10s
15
60% of 25 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 41%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.98 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 654.06 (+15.92)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.31 · weakest Brisket (161.92)
Road miles
8,800
across 25 mapped stops · furthest 906 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
654.06 / 720
25 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #474 (382 pts) | #483 (422 pts) | #495 (432 pts) | #522 (352 pts) | #498 (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 (1,074 pts) | #357 (964 pts) | #408 (889 pts) | #372 (939 pts) | #293 (1,084 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to BM Grils & Smokers, each with one reason worth a look.
45 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,269 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1596
Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,275 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1589
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 26 contests, alongside a 31% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,262 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 42%
- Peak
- 1585
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,265 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1582
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.
⚔ Compare careers#1,261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1586
Level with BM Grils & Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,279 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 37%
- Peak
- 1581
They turned up 8 years after BM Grils & Smokers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 9 | 0 | top 40% |
| Medium (20–39) | 9 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 48% |
Repeat visits (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% | Jun 3, 2017 |
| Q'Fest | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 25% | Jun 16, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
7 contests
Contests a season
3.1
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
LT
1 of 25 contests · 4 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
22
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
403
finished ahead 471 times, behind 310
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Aug 17, 2019 → Aug 18, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- 25th tracked contest Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- Career-best overall score687.8852 Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- Peak power rating (1581) Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships
20191 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7600 Brew N Q Invitational
20183 milestones
20171 milestone
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Q Fest
20161 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6000 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20153 milestones
- First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- First call Grillstock
- First overall top-10 Grillstock
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | Q'Fest | Jun 16, 2018 |
| +13.5 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | Sep 24, 2016 |
| +10.6 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow | Aug 25, 2018 |
| +10.3 | Smoke on the Quiet Waters | Sep 8, 2018 |
| +8.7 | Brew N Q | May 26, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Smoke and Fire Festival | Aug 17, 2019 |
| -6.3 | Beer,Fries & BBQ IV | May 13, 2017 |
| -6.2 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | May 23, 2015 |
| -5.2 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Apr 11, 2026 |
| -3.1 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | Jun 3, 2017 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 95.5% | 92.9% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 95.1% | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 33% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 47% | 92.1% | 90.6% |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 86% | top 31% | 94% | 90.8% |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 33% | top 55% | 89.8% | 88.5% |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 35% | 92.5% | 91.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships Mazowieckie | 4 / 14 (687.8852) | 12 (160.5140) | 2 (177.7028) | 4 (171.9656) | 3 (177.7028) |
| May 15, 2026 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania | 9 / 23 (651.9656) | 13 (165.1428) | 9 (167.4744) | 14 (159.9772) | 16 (159.3712) |
| Apr 11, 2026 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma | 25 / 42 (666.1944) | 4 (176.5944) | 26 (165.7028) | 30 (161.6456) | 26 (162.2516) |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO) | 5 / 19 (679.4284) | 8 (169.1200) | 4 (173.7828) | 9 (169.1428) | 5 (167.3828) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp | 9 / 23 (664.4340) | 5 (170.8800) | 17 (161.6572) | 13 (163.3712) | 8 (168.5256) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue Parish | 9 / 16 (685.0400) | 7 (174.2628) | 16 (162.8000) | 5 (174.8572) | 7 (173.1200) |
| Aug 18, 2023 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish | 5 / 15 (657.0168) | 10 (159.4056) | 1 (172.5600) | 7 (162.2628) | 7 (162.7884) |
| Aug 17, 2019 | Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex | 14 / 16 (633.0628) | 14 (155.9540) | 16 (143.4632) | 7 (165.6800) | 2 (167.9656) |
| May 25, 2019 | Brew N Q Open Leicestershire | 10 / 34 (661.6112) | 28 (158.8228) | 13 (166.2628) | 1 (176.0228) | 17 (160.5028) |
| May 24, 2019 | Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire | 6 / 26 (663.3480) | 15 (162.7768) | 7 (165.7028) | 1 (177.7600) | 21 (157.1084) |
| Oct 13, 2018 | Bataille Sur La Sorgue L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue | 9 / 16 (609.5200) | 10 (150.8228) | 13 (138.8116) | 5 (163.3828) | 7 (156.5028) |
| Sep 22, 2018 | 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop | 17 / 73 (649.1312) | 28 (164.5484) | 54 (153.1544) | 24 (162.2856) | 5 (169.1428) |
| Sep 8, 2018 | Smoke on the Quiet Waters Devon | 3 / 13 (676.4800) | 1 (175.4056) | 4 (166.8572) | 5 (169.1084) | 6 (165.1088) |
| Aug 25, 2018 | Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague | 13 / 35 (654.7772) | 20 (165.7028) | 8 (166.8688) | 21 (159.3828) | 12 (162.8228) |
| Aug 25, 2018 | RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague | 8 / 29 (660) | 17 (164) | 10 (166.2972) | 11 (169.1428) | 14 (160.5600) |
| Jun 16, 2018 | Q'Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon | 2 / 12 (656.5372) | 2 (170.8572) | 6 (158.8800) | 3 (161.1200) | 1 (165.6800) |
| May 26, 2018 | Brew N Q Burton Upon Trent | 11 / 34 (667.3600) | 15 (168.5600) | 16 (165.1200) | 11 (169.1200) | 16 (164.5600) |
| Jun 3, 2017 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands | 34 / 56 (646.2860) | 35 (162.8800) | 27 (161.7144) | 38 (160.5256) | 28 (161.1660) |
| May 13, 2017 | Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt | 35 / 50 (632.9828) | 41 (156.5028) | 31 (157.0512) | 24 (162.8688) | 28 (156.5600) |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Q Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon | 4 / 12 (631.4748) | 8 (155.4288) | 1 (165.1772) | 7 (157.7144) | 6 (153.1544) |
| Sep 24, 2016 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE | 8 / 67 (666.2856) | 31 (162.8456) | 6 (170.8800) | 10 (170.2744) | 21 (162.2856) |
| May 21, 2016 | Bohemian BBQ Prague, Czech Republic | 12 / 22 (646.8228) | 7 (166.2856) | 19 (157.6916) | 11 (164.5712) | 11 (158.2744) |
| May 14, 2016 | 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) |
| Sep 5, 2015 | Grillstock London | 10 / 26 (625.7488) | 6 (165.1772) | 3 (170.8228) | 20 (147.3944) | 20 (142.3544) |
| May 23, 2015 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands | 48 / 68 (624.4228) | 56 (154.2400) | 56 (152.5256) | 22 (164.5600) | 50 (153.0972) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.