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 pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
Grillas in the Mist
Grillas in the Mist is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 90 at the Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2025). They finished #986 in the 2022 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jun 29, 2019
latest Oct 10, 2025 · 6.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 34%
overall standings
Best overall
697.0396 / 720
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
180 🔥
Consistency
±8.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.84 · weakest Brisket (165.55)
Road miles
9,051
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 8,517 mi
Purse competed for
$25K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
673.08 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 166.2628 | 170.69 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 180 🔥 | 161.6572 | 170.98 | top 42% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 169.6684 | 171.84 | top 33% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 157.7484 | 165.55 | top 54% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
604
finished ahead 463 times, behind 418
Longest layoff
3.3 yrs
Jun 29, 2019 → Sep 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Career-best overall score697.0396 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20195 milestones
- First tracked contest Queensland BBQ Championship
- First call Queensland BBQ Championship
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Queensland BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Queensland BBQ Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.3084 Queensland BBQ Championship
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 96.8% | 96.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 94.8% | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 24% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 8 / 90 (697.0396) | 61 (169.6684) | 2 (180) | 15 (176.5600) | 45 (170.8112) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 292 / 505 (662.1600) | 108 (172.5600) | 386 (161.6572) | 182 (169.7028) | 391 (158.2400) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 112 / 249 (682.7656) | 64 (174.2744) | 218 (163.4172) | 152 (169.6684) | 34 (175.4056) |
| Jun 29, 2019 | Queensland BBQ Championship Cleveland Queensland | 10 / 41 (674.3084) | 23 (166.2628) | 1 (178.8572) | 7 (171.4400) | 31 (157.7484) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.