Signature meat
33%
pork ribs entries won
2 wins from 6 entries
When pork ribs is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 33% of their entries (2 of 6).
- best 177.1544
- average 169.03
- 5 calls
A Guy & A Grill
A Guy & A Grill is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2024). They are ranked #1601 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1558
peak 1558 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Mar 3, 2023
latest Mar 6, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 17% of the time
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
67% of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 22%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.42
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.36 · weakest Pork (166.84)
Road miles
144
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)
Purse competed for
$66K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
339.53 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 1 GC
Backyard (3-meat) avg
505.07 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to A Guy & A Grill, each with one reason worth a look.
52 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,596 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1560
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to A Guy & A Grill)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team A Guy & A Grill has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1,595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1558
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1557
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before A Guy & A Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#1,602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1558
They were already cooking in 2014, 9 years before A Guy & A Grill's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#1,600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1561
Level with A Guy & A Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,598 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1558
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| MAYA JANE BBQ CO. | 6 | 5 | 0 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| ZIPS BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Willingham's | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Peckerwood Country Club | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Blue Smoke Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| CHOOCHOO BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| COOL HAND QUE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Stewbabys BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| 3D BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| BAD ROOSTER BBQ | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| YES, DEAR BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RUNNING STYLE BBQ - GA | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 165.1084 | 170.36 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 177.1544 | 157.0860 | 169.03 | top 21% |
| Pork | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 159.9544 | 166.84 | top 25% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 1 | top 17% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 26% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 26% | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 9% | Aug 16, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
First title
Aug 16, 2024
Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Opponents faced
215
finished ahead 294 times, behind 102
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1558) Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
20243 milestones
- First overall podium Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First Grand Championship Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First state championship Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
20237 milestones
- First tracked contest Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First call Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score498.1944 Sip & Swine BBQ Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score511.9544 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.1544 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.7 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 16, 2024 |
| +12.8 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival | Aug 18, 2023 |
| +11.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 1, 2024 |
| +7.9 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 3, 2023 |
| +5.2 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | Mar 6, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 33% | 92.2% | 92.2% |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 97.1% | 95.5% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 21% | 94.8% | 93.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 15 / 44 (338.8112) | 22 (165.1084) | 7 (173.7028) | — | — |
| Aug 15, 2025 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 9 / 27 (331.9428) | 8 (168) | 9 (163.9428) | 11 (159.9544) | — |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 1 / 26 (349.6916) | 3 (175.4172) | 1 (174.2744) | 9 (165.6916) | — |
| Mar 1, 2024 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 10 / 59 (337.6916) | 10 (169.6800) | 10 (168.0116) | 2 (176.5944) | — |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 4 / 27 (511.9544) | 4 (171.4056) | 1 (177.1544) | 9 (163.3944) | — |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival 🏅 Lawrenceville, GA | 18 / 65 (498.1944) | 14 (172.5600) | 34 (157.0860) | 9 (168.5484) | — |