The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Squealing Reels BBQ has finished one call ahead of Greenlight BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Greenlight BBQ
Greenlight BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 10th of 12 at the K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025). They are ranked #4667 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1500 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
Apr 21, 2023
latest Oct 25, 2025 · 2.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
7% of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
300.68 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 281.20 (+19.47)
Walk rate
14%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±57.51
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (143.72)
Road miles
1,408
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 991 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$27K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
281.20 / 360
8 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Greenlight BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,653 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1506
They've been 1506 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Greenlight BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Fewer contests behind them than Greenlight BBQ has cooked, 8 to 14, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#4,695 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1510
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Greenlight BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
Level with Greenlight BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,671 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1469
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capt. Blue BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Butts BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| TRUCKERS CHOICE BBQ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| DIG'N N PIG'N | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Grandpa Val's BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Puff Puff BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE & SHINE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Yardogs BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| All About the Wood | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Leaning Jowler BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rough Cut Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Oldman's Backyard B B QUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Sauce Em & Toss Em BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175.4400 | 144.5600 | 157.12 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.0972 | 119.7600 | 143.72 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 90% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 52% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 10 | 0 | top 90% | Jul 12, 2025 |
| Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 52% | Oct 25, 2025 |
| New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 41% | May 2, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NJ
6 of 14 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
126
finished ahead 86 times, behind 185
Longest layoff
6.1 yrs
Mar 17, 2017 → Apr 21, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- First overall top-10 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20245 milestones
- First call K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Chicken) K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score320.0344 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4400 K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 10th tracked contest Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20231 milestone
- Peak power rating (1500) New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Smokin in the Square
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) | May 2, 2025 |
| +0.5 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Oct 25, 2025 |
| +0.2 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Oct 24, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.2 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 30, 2023 |
| -7.6 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Oct 18, 2024 |
| -6.8 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 6, 2024 |
| -5.2 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 12, 2025 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 57% | 88.9% | 83.8% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% | top 80% | 88.9% | 85.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 80.9% | 59.2% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 17 / 32 (319.9088) | 17 (158.8116) | 18 (161.0972) | — | — |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Jackson, NJ | 16 / 31 (312.4688) | 12 (161.6916) | 17 (150.7772) | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2025 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 10 / 12 (305.1088) | 10 (152.5600) | 11 (152.5488) | — | — |
| May 2, 2025 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 13 / 33 (269.4056) | 12 (149.6456) | 13 (119.7600) | — | — |
| Oct 19, 2024 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Red White & Que - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Columbia, NJ | 21 / 28 (296.4916) | 19 (157.1316) | 21 (139.3600) | — | — |
| Jul 6, 2024 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 12 / 14 (320.0344) | 1 (175.4400) | 14 (144.5944) | — | — |
| Jun 30, 2023 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 12 / 12 (291.3716) | 12 (144.5600) | 12 (146.8116) | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2023 | New Jersey KnoQ-out - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Blairstown, NJ | 15 / 36 (134.8344) | — | 15 (134.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 17, 2017 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 18, 2016 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6, 2015 | Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 27, 2014 | BBQ Throw Down 2014 @ Windcreek Atmore, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 7, 2014 | Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL | — | — | — | — | — |