GRILLIN GRIFFINS

GRILLIN GRIFFINS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 11th of 52 at The Best Damn BBQ Contest (2015).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1492

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 10, 2015

latest Apr 13, 2018 · 3 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 65%

overall standings

Best overall

675.4400 / 720

Master · The Best Damn BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4400

Chicken · The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

Consistency

±38.11

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.15 · weakest Brisket (149.68)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Master avg

630.66 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

675.4400 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.4400 at The Best Damn BBQ Contest — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 10, 2015

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of This Little Piggy Got Smoked in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

HIRAM'S BONES has landed one call behind them 2 times.

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	1	1	175.4400	144.0232	162.15	top 51%
Pork Ribs	4	1	1	1	175.4400	149.7028	159.42	top 66%
Pork	4	1	0	0	174.8800	141.0856	159.40	top 63%
Brisket	4	0	0	0	165.1428	137.6572	149.68	top 74%

“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
The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2	33	0	top 71%	Apr 7, 2017

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 136 finished ahead 73 times, behind 133

Longest layoff 1 yrs Apr 7, 2017 → Apr 13, 2018

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

20181 milestone

Apr 13 Most recent contest The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

20161 milestone

Apr 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4400 The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake

20156 milestones

Apr 10 First tracked contest The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 First call The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.4400 The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 Career-best overall score675.4400 The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 Peak power rating (1512) The Best Damn BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.2	The Best Damn BBQ Contest	Apr 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.6	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Apr 13, 2018
-6.6	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Apr 7, 2017
-1.5	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	Apr 8, 2016

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	0%	top 98%	79.5%	79.5%
2017	1	0	0%	top 80%	86.7%	86.7%
2016	1	1	100%	top 62%	90.3%	90.3%
2015	1	1	100%	top 21%	93.8%	93.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 13, 2018	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	50 / 51 (572.4688)	51 (144.0232)	48 (149.7028)	50 (141.0856)	50 (137.6572)
Apr 7, 2017	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	43 / 54 (624.5604)	17 (169.1656)	49 (153.7144)	36 (162.8572)	53 (138.8232)
Apr 8, 2016	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	33 / 53 (650.1712)	1 (175.4400)	41 (158.8344)	41 (158.7884)	37 (157.1084)
Apr 10, 2015	The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO	11 / 52 (675.4400)	37 (159.9772)	1 (175.4400)	5 (174.8800)	16 (165.1428)

GRILLIN GRIFFINS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (4 found in their record)

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

By meat

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)