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.
5 Guys and a Grill has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 5 Guys and a Grill has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head17 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where 5 Guys and a Grill's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head37 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 5% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before 5 Guys and a Grill's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with 5 Guys and a Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7256 | 158.2172 | 165.97 | top 47% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 157.1428 | 161.41 | top 63% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 153.6572 | 159.68 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.5144 | 144.5144 | 146.51 | top 90% |
“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.
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 103 | 0 | top 77% | 2026-06-26 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 86.4% | 86.4% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 65% | 89.6% | 89.6% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 141 / 157 (622.0688) | 121 (158.2172) | 75 (165.6800) | 139 (153.6572) | 144 (144.5144) |
| 2025-06-27 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 103 / 159 (645.0856) | 28 (173.7256) | 123 (157.1428) | 75 (165.7028) | 139 (148.5144) |