High-water mark
677.6576
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.6576 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 30, 2024
GRILLBILLYS
GRILLBILLYS is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 120th of 169 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (2024). They finished #878 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 43 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 84%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.93 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.26 (+4.68)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.99
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.92 · weakest Brisket (158.48)
Road miles
29
across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$302K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
649.26 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #878 (120 pts) | #977 (120 pts) | #1021 (120 pts) | #938 (120 pts) | #922 (120 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to GRILLBILLYS, each with one reason worth a look.
GRILLBILLYS has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 149 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1477
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to GRILLBILLYS)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GRILLBILLYS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1477
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to GRILLBILLYS)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,328 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Fewer contests behind them than GRILLBILLYS has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,282 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before GRILLBILLYS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before GRILLBILLYS's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,283 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1477
Level with GRILLBILLYS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossed Rifles BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Heavy Smoke BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Candy Q | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| RENEGADE BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SmokinGhost BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| TINY E BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| BULLHORN BBQ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Kanned Heat | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| 913 BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHUNKY BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 159.9656 | 163.73 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7488 | 160.5028 | 166.92 | top 62% |
| Pork | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 150.2744 | 160.13 | top 81% |
| Brisket | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2516 | 146.2056 | 158.48 | top 82% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 311 | 0 | top 78% | Nov 5, 2025 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 2 | 202 | 0 | top 97% | Sep 27, 2023 |
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 394 | 0 | top 82% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
4
3 of them more than once
Opponents faced
887
finished ahead 426 times, behind 2,032
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- 10th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20241 milestone
- Career-best overall score677.6576 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20231 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5776 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.7488 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- Peak power rating (1495) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| -7.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -5.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
| -2.4 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 94.1% | 92.9% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 90.8% | 89.4% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 89.4% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 343 / 401 (644.4688) | 349 (159.9772) | 132 (171.9772) | 387 (150.2744) | 302 (162.2400) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 311 / 444 (660.4460) | 282 (166.2744) | 357 (162.2400) | 286 (165.6800) | 247 (166.2516) |
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 120 / 169 (677.6576) | 84 (171.9888) | 89 (170.8344) | 74 (171.4400) | 152 (163.3944) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 202 / 211 (653.5776) | 186 (165.0972) | 177 (165.6916) | 195 (161.6916) | 192 (161.0972) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 422 / 487 (633.5200) | 399 (159.9656) | 386 (160.5028) | 449 (153.6684) | 373 (159.3832) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 394 / 505 (643.8628) | 360 (162.8344) | 82 (173.7488) | 439 (156.5140) | 452 (150.7656) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 247 / 249 (631.2796) | 243 (159.9884) | 217 (163.4172) | 231 (161.6684) | 247 (146.2056) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.