All Up In My Grill

All Up In My Grill is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 26 at The Best Dam Barbeque (2021). They are ranked #5514 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,514

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1451

peak 1504 · rated over 17 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 5, 2016

latest Nov 21, 2025 · 9.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#630

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

6% of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 74%

overall standings

Best overall

671.9428 / 720

Master · The Best Dam Barbeque

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.53 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 641.10 (+3.43)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · Best Dam Barbeque

Consistency

±20.91

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 161.37 · weakest Brisket (157.89)

Road miles

11,899

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 8,164 mi

Schedule strength

74%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1593)

Purse competed for

$135K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

641.10 / 720

17 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

671.9428 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.9428 at The Best Dam Barbeque — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 28, 2021

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

CROOKED PIGS has finished one call ahead of All Up In My Grill 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–1 behind in the head-to-head

All About Smokin Q ahead in 92% of their meetings

All About Smokin Q has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The comeback

1.5 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.5 years, then back at BBQ Jackpot (Dec 6, 2024).

last seen May 26, 2023
back Dec 6, 2024

Chicken nemesis

11 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 11 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A February team

Top 55% average finish in February

Something about February: average finish in the top 55% across 3 contests, versus top 74% the rest of the year.

3 February contests
top 74% the rest of the year

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The long haul

11,899 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,899 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 8,164 miles to The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival.

18 mapped stops
furthest 8,164 mi

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
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)	#1190 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1022 (117 pts)	#1116 (112 pts)	#1059 (137 pts)	#1100 (112 pts)	#836 (177 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#664 (227 pts)	#800 (182 pts)	#665 (257 pts)	#627 (262 pts)	#664 (247 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#630 (129 pts)	#617 (159 pts)	#609 (169 pts)	#662 (134 pts)	#655 (134 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1636 (114 pts)	#1714 (114 pts)	#1718 (114 pts)	#1257 (194 pts)	#1678 (114 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1202 (202 pts)	#1149 (242 pts)	#946 (347 pts)	#1285 (197 pts)	#1400 (172 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2852 (55 pts)	#2146 (80 pts)	#2862 (55 pts)	#2851 (55 pts)	#2840 (55 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to All Up In My Grill, each with one reason worth a look.

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

92 - BBQ

#5,511 of the rated field

1451 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1510

They've been 1510 at their best, 59 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2024

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PLUM CRAZY BBQ

#5,523 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1450

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before All Up In My Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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Roni's Ribs

#5,522 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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BOB-A-QUE

#5,533 of the rated field

1450 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 28, 2021

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Feelin' Swine BBQ

#5,520 of the rated field

1451 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1451

They turned up 5 years after All Up In My Grill did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 13, 2024

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JT'S SMOKE SHACK

#5,507 of the rated field

1451 power rating

Contests: 25
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1525

Level with All Up In My Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 25 contests
last seen Jun 5, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
All About Smokin Q	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
GIRLS CAN GRILL	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
Vegas Grillbillies	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
STEVO'S BBQ TEAM	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
Bad Boyz BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
Porterhouse BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKERS PURGATORY	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Asylum	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	17	1	171.9772	146.2400	161.37	top 70%
Pork Ribs	17	2	174.8572	145.7144	161.28	top 67%
Pork	15	1	170.8228	141.0856	160.25	top 67%
Brisket	17	1	169.6684	136.5604	157.89	top 67%

“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)	9	0	top 73%
Large (40+)	9	0	top 74%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NV	8	top 80%
AZ	6	top 74%
UT	1	top 73%
MO	1	top 80%
AU	1	top 44%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	4	26	top 75%	Jan 14, 2022
BBQ Jackpot	2	68	top 86%	Nov 21, 2025
Best Dam Barbeque	2	19	top 76%	May 26, 2023
The Best Dam Barbeque	2	8	top 65%	May 28, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2020 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 10 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NV 8 of 18 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 12 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 456 finished ahead 214 times, behind 643

Longest layoff 1.5 yrs May 26, 2023 → Dec 6, 2024

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

20251 milestone

Nov 21 Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot

20212 milestones

May 28 First overall top-10 The Best Dam Barbeque
May 28 Career-best overall score671.9428 The Best Dam Barbeque

20201 milestone

Feb 28 10th tracked contest Best in the Desert Southwest KCBS BBQ Competition

20182 milestones

May 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8628 Best Dam Barbeque
May 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Best Dam Barbeque

20172 milestones

Feb 4 First call Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Feb 4 Peak power rating (1504) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival

20161 milestone

Feb 5 First tracked contest The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.9	The Best Dam Barbeque	May 28, 2021
+7.2	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 17, 2020
+2.5	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival	Feb 5, 2016
+1.7	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival	Feb 4, 2017
+0.5	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 18, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	The Best Dam Barbeque	May 24, 2019
-10.5	Down Town Barbecue Throw down (JUDGES FULL)	Dec 15, 2017
-10.4	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 19, 2018
-9.3	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	Jan 14, 2022
-7.5	BBQ Jackpot	Dec 6, 2024

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0%	top 80%	92.5%	92.5%
2024	1	0	0%	top 92%	90.3%	90.3%
2023	2	0	0%	top 80%	90.5%	89.5%
2022	1	0	0%	top 95%	85.7%	85.7%
2021	2	1	100%	top 52%	93.3%	92.2%
2020	3	0	0%	top 67%	92.5%	89.6%
2019	2	0	0%	top 82%	90.5%	88.9%
2018	3	0	33%	top 81%	91.6%	89%
2017	2	0	50%	top 73%	87.7%	85.1%
2016	1	0	0%	top 44%	85.1%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 21, 2025	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	72 / 90 (666.1488)	75 (165.0972)	71 (165.6916)	44 (170.8228)	73 (164.5372)
Dec 6, 2024	BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV	68 / 74 (650.1832)	73 (154.7888)	41 (168.0344)	68 (158.8000)	36 (168.5600)
May 26, 2023	Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	24 / 27 (637.5544)	25 (157.6800)	20 (163.9772)	—	23 (159.3828)
Jan 13, 2023	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	32 / 45 (651.8512)	36 (161.7144)	38 (159.9428)	34 (160.5256)	14 (169.6684)
Jan 14, 2022	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	56 / 59 (616.8908)	47 (160.5256)	48 (161.6456)	58 (145.6112)	54 (149.1084)
Aug 20, 2021	Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT	19 / 26 (655.2916)	21 (162.8000)	19 (160.5372)	8 (169.1200)	17 (162.8344)
May 28, 2021	The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	8 / 26 (671.9428)	13 (166.2400)	5 (167.4400)	—	7 (169.1428)
Apr 6, 2020	Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO	87 / 109 (157.1428)	—	—	—	—
Feb 28, 2020	Best in the Desert Southwest KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 Yuma, AZ	22 / 29 (641.4852)	25 (154.1940)	14 (169.7144)	21 (161.6456)	21 (155.9312)
Jan 17, 2020	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	26 / 59 (666.0912)	16 (171.9772)	25 (166.2400)	32 (165.0856)	27 (162.7884)
May 24, 2019	The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV	29 / 29 (628.3540)	29 (146.2400)	26 (159.3828)	16 (168.5256)	25 (154.2056)
Jan 18, 2019	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	40 / 63 (651.8400)	57 (159.3484)	53 (155.9544)	18 (170.8228)	31 (165.7144)
Dec 14, 2018	Down Town Barbecue Throwdown Las Vegas, NV	27 / 32 (643.9088)	25 (162.2744)	20 (167.4172)	22 (165.0972)	30 (149.1200)
May 25, 2018	Best Dam Barbeque Boulder City, NV	19 / 30 (659.8628)	11 (169.6800)	4 (174.8572)	23 (161.0856)	25 (154.2400)
Jan 19, 2018	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	67 / 70 (619.2000)	67 (154.2400)	61 (159.3600)	68 (152.5144)	65 (153.0856)
Dec 15, 2017	Down Town Barbecue Throw down (JUDGES FULL) Las Vegas, NV	30 / 30 (594.1032)	20 (170.2628)	30 (146.1944)	29 (141.0856)	30 (136.5604)
Feb 4, 2017	Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne	20 / 43 (631.3716)	5 (166.8572)	32 (149.6572)	25 (157.0856)	19 (157.7716)
Feb 5, 2016	The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, Australia	15 / 34 (612.5832)	11 (159.4516)	26 (145.7144)	16 (155.9884)	16 (151.4288)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

All Up In My Grill

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A February team

The long haul

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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