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Grillbilly's BBQ

Grillbilly's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff (2021). They are ranked #1870 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Grillbilly's BBQ - IA”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,870
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1544
peak 1544 · rated over 8 contests6 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

18
in the data

First seen

Jul 16, 2021
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 4.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#600
Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

1
1 podium

Overall top-10s

2
11% of 18 contests

Avg finish

top 60%
overall standings

Best overall

690.2744 / 720
Master · Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

676.06 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 670.69 (+5.37)

Walk rate

11%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Brisket · Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff

Consistency

±13.17
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 170.80 · weakest Pork (165.02)

Road miles

1,588
across 18 mapped stops · furthest 289 mi

Schedule strength

61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)

Purse competed for

$332K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries

Master avg

670.69 / 720
12 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

  • Brisket ×1

Against the odds

6-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 94 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff (Jul 16, 2021) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 6-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ.

High-water mark

690.2744 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2744 at Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 16, 2021

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 7 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 7 state-championship entries

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.78 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 8% of the time against 8%.

  • Pork avg 165.02
  • Pork Ribs avg 170.80
  • 1 call in 12 entries

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff on Jul 16, 2021 — 17 contests and 5.2 years ago.

  • last GC Jul 16, 2021
  • 5.2 years ago
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A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRILLBILLYS in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

10 of 11 shared pork ribs entries lost

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead 91% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, HOT DADDY'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 11 shared pork ribs entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff (Jul 16, 2021).

  • Jul 16, 2021
  • 26-team field

The metronome

±2.06% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.06% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.5% of a perfect score
  • 18 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2023 ↗ Master #1255 (60 pts) #1319 (60 pts) #1432 (60 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #600 (315 pts) #523 (415 pts) #690 (300 pts) #645 (300 pts) #588 (345 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Grillbilly's BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Fire Family BBQ PTY
#1,877 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
11
GCs
1
Top-10s
55%
Peak
1553
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Grillbilly's BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Grillbilly's BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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Powered by Smoke
#1,882 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1549

Fewer contests behind them than Grillbilly's BBQ has cooked, 8 to 18, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jan 22, 2026
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K-Dubs BBQ
#1,875 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
1
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1544

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Nov 21, 2025
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BIG AL AND THE BOYS BARBECUE
#1,863 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1545

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Grillbilly's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 8 contests
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F.B.I. BBQ - FAT BOYS OF ILLINOIS
#1,866 of the rated field
1545 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1545

They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Grillbilly's BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Sep 23, 2016
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Aggravation BBQ
#1,880 of the rated field
1544 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1545

Level with Grillbilly's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Apr 11, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Darty-Q 11 3 8 27% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 11 2 9 18% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 11 2 9 18% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 11 0 11 0% ⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ 10 1 9 10% ⚔ compare
PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 10 0 10 0% ⚔ compare
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ 9 2 7 22% ⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ 9 2 7 22% ⚔ compare
913 BBQ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare
GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare
JANKY LEG BBQ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 12 1 0 0 174.8572 164.5372 169.66 top 53%
Pork Ribs 12 1 0 0 177.7372 160.5488 170.80 top 41%
Pork 12 1 0 0 174.8572 150.8000 165.02 top 63%
Brisket 12 1 1 1 180 🔥 150.1944 165.22 top 61%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)21top 32%
Large (40+)100top 65%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS70top 57%
IA41top 43%
OK20top 96%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 174 0 top 49% Nov 5, 2025
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest 2 183 0 top 91% Sep 27, 2023
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 103 0 top 34% Sep 27, 2023
Iowa State BBQ Championship 2 4 0 top 65% Apr 1, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 6 contests
Contests a season 3.6 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 11 of 18 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 9 4 of them more than once
First title Jul 16, 2021 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
Opponents faced 971 finished ahead 1,285 times, behind 1,498
Longest layoff 1.1 yrs Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024

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

20252 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1544) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  2. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20221 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest King of the Corn
202110 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  2. First call Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  3. First category win (Brisket) Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  4. First overall top-10 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  5. First overall podium Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  6. First Grand Championship Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  7. First state championship Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  8. First perfect 180 (Brisket) Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  9. First overall past 90% of a perfect score690.2744 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
  10. Career-best overall score690.2744 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+19Real Squeal BBQ SmokeoffJul 16, 2021
+12American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTESTSep 29, 2022
+10.1Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)Apr 1, 2022
+3.9American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestNov 5, 2025
+2.6American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestSep 27, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-2King of the CornOct 14, 2022
-1.5Iowa State BBQ ChampionshipApr 1, 2022

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20252000 0% top 43% 94.5% 94.5%
20243000 0% top 52% 95.2% 94.3%
20233000 0% top 68% 93.6% 93.2%
20226010 17% top 61% 97.2% 93.8%
20214111 25% top 65% 95.9% 92.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
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 174 / 401 (680.4916) 136 (172.5716) 123 (172) 148 (171.9772) 279 (163.9428)
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 242 / 444 (673.1204) 196 (170.2744) 244 (168.5600) 230 (167.9888) 239 (166.2972)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 82 / 169 (685.0972) 154 (164.5372) 29 (176) 35 (174.8572) 96 (169.7028)
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 183 / 211 (667.8972) 90 (172.5600) 50 (174.2744) 210 (155.9544) 162 (165.1084)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 236 / 487 (673.7028) 177 (170.8228) 16 (177.7372) 303 (165.1772) 362 (159.9656)
Oct 14, 2022 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 22 / 36 (669.6344) 6 (174.8572) 26 (164.5372) 30 (163.3828) 16 (166.8572)
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 103 / 505 (683.9428) 215 (168.5600) 55 (175.4172) 229 (168.5256) 104 (171.4400)
Sep 29, 2022 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS 239 / 249 (654.1484) 125 (171.4056) 234 (160.5488) 246 (157.0856) 197 (165.1084)
Apr 1, 2022 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 31 / 48 (670.8232) 25 (169.1200) 16 (171.9888) 22 (169.6800) 38 (160.0344)
Apr 1, 2022 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA 4 (174.8800) — — — —
Nov 13, 2021 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational unrated Shawnee, OK 90 / 92 (653.5316) 87 (166.2628) 45 (173.1200) 81 (163.9544) 91 (150.1944)
Nov 11, 2021 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open unrated Shawnee, OK 104 / 111 (645.6348) 82 (165.1544) 81 (165.7032) 107 (150.8000) 86 (163.9772)
Nov 11, 2021 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Ancillary unrated Shawnee, OK — — — — —
Jul 16, 2021 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff 🏅 Cedar Rapids, IA 1 / 26 (690.2744) 15 (169.7372) 7 (169.7028) 7 (170.8344) 1 (180)

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

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

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