High-water mark
700.5944
career-best overall
97.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 700.5944 at Bulgarian Barbecue Championship — 97.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 12, 2025
Rusty grill
Rusty grill is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 11 at the Bulgarian Barbecue Championship (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #513 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2025
latest Oct 11, 2025
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 176.56 · weakest Pork (166.82)
Road miles
391
across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
690.25 / 720
2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #513 (357 pts) | #569 (347 pts) | #474 (486 pts) | #672 (242 pts) | #429 (507 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7372 | 173.1656 | 175.45 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 161.7256 | 168.18 | top 56% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 160.5144 | 166.82 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 176.5600 | 176.5600 | 176.56 | top 11% |
“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 visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Opponents faced
26
finished ahead 20 times, behind 10
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
202510 milestones
- First tracked contest Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- First call Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- First overall top-10 Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- First overall podium Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- First Reserve Championship Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score700.5944 Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- Career-best overall score700.5944 Bulgarian Barbecue Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7372 V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2025 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs | 10 / 21 (679.8972) | 4 (177.7372) | 17 (165.0856) | 18 (160.5144) | 1 (176.5600) |
| Oct 11, 2025 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Szerencs | — | — | 7 (161.7256) | — | — |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Bulgarian Barbecue Championship Sofia | 2 / 11 (700.5944) | 6 (173.1656) | 1 (177.7372) | 5 (173.1316) | 2 (176.5600) |