A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Bourbon & Blues BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Bourbon & Blues BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Grease Monkey
Grease Monkey is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 28th of 63 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Jan 22, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.21 · weakest Brisket (155.78)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
325.64 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
643.89 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 158.2516 | 161.48 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 161.6800 | 167.21 | top 38% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4400 | 160.5716 | 166.66 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 133.6572 | 155.78 | top 47% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 3 | 28 | 0 | top 59% | Jan 22, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
215
finished ahead 133 times, behind 196
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 26, 2024 → Jan 22, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1498) Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.4916 Lakeland Pig Festival
20234 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score643.8856 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4400 Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 28 / 63 (326.7888) | 24 (165.1088) | 32 (161.6800) | 34 (160.5716) | 18 (164.5256) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 37 / 61 (324.4916) | 48 (158.2516) | 26 (166.2400) | 22 (163.9772) | 6 (169.1544) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 36 / 51 (643.8856) | 36 (161.0856) | 11 (173.7028) | 3 (175.4400) | 52 (133.6572) |