The comeback
6.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.5 years, then back at WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Oct 18, 2024).
- last seen May 4, 2018
- back Oct 18, 2024
Silver Back'd Grillaz
Silver Back'd Grillaz is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 45th of 50 at the WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). Also listed in KCBS results as “Silverback'd Grillaz”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1488
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 18, 2024
latest Oct 18, 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.69 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.69)
Road miles
7
across 5 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$4,300
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Silver Back'd Grillaz has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 133 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,760 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Level with Silver Back'd Grillaz on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Silver Back'd Grillaz's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2019, 5 years before Silver Back'd Grillaz's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,783 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1488
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Silver Back'd Grillaz's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Silver Back'd Grillaz's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 161.6916 | 161.69 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.6916 | 145.6916 | 145.69 | top 96% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
1
a different one every time
Opponents faced
49
finished ahead 5 times, behind 44
Longest layoff
6.5 yrs
May 4, 2018 → Oct 18, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score307.3832 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.6916 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20151 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 85.4% | 85.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 45 / 50 (307.3832) | 33 (161.6916) | 48 (145.6916) | — | — |
| May 4, 2018 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 5, 2017 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 1, 2015 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |