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Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ

Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 50 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 36 at the Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2182 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,182
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1532
peak 1546 · rated over 46 contests

Contests

50
in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2019
latest Jul 17, 2026 · 7.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#175
Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

5
12 podiums

Overall top-10s

5
10% of 50 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 58%
overall standings

Best overall

699.9428 / 720

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

682.65 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 666.05 (+16.60)

Walk rate

44%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±18.86
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.08 · weakest Brisket (164.09)

Road miles

6,430
across 50 mapped stops · furthest 320 mi

Schedule strength

79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1603)

Purse competed for

$685K
listed at 44 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 45 state-championship entries

Master avg

666.05 / 720
45 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

4.5828 points from the title

Came within 4.5828 points of the Grand Championship at Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ (Jul 19, 2024).

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Chicken ×2
  • Pork Ribs ×1

High-water mark

699.9428 career-best overall

97.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.9428 at Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ — 97.2% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 19, 2024

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2024 their best year

2024 was the year it came together: 10 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 41%.

  • 10 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 2 category wins
  • average top 41%

A tough matchup

24–3 behind in the head-to-head

HOT DADDY'S BBQ ahead in 89% of their meetings

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 24 of their 27 shared contests.

A strong matchup

15–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 15 of their 20 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

24 of 36 shared chicken entries lost

TEAM CRAWFORD ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, TEAM CRAWFORD has out-cooked them in 24 of 36 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DRY 2 DA BONE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 40% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 40% across 6 contests, versus top 58% the rest of the year.

  • 6 September contests
  • top 58% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,430 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,430 miles across 50 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 320 miles to Fire on Ice BBQ Championship.

  • 50 mapped stops
  • furthest 320 mi

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #367 (536 pts) #297 (771 pts) #476 (461 pts) #328 (651 pts) #389 (531 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #309 (701 pts) #310 (726 pts) #315 (831 pts) #319 (701 pts) #197 (1,106 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #175 (1,124 pts) #143 (1,254 pts) #228 (1,019 pts) #223 (984 pts) #241 (904 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #424 (464 pts) #367 (619 pts) #632 (334 pts) #357 (599 pts) #304 (739 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #546 (367 pts) #591 (352 pts) #494 (497 pts) #595 (337 pts) #636 (307 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #988 (117 pts) #1045 (117 pts) #925 (147 pts) #847 (157 pts) #1020 (117 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #530 (180 pts) #565 (180 pts) #558 (190 pts) #388 (295 pts) #565 (180 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #616 (531 pts) #711 (476 pts) #512 (676 pts) #381 (891 pts) #608 (561 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

A & W BBQ COMPANY
#2,179 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1532
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ)

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

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Oct 3, 2025
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HAT CREEK Q
#2,189 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1536
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 8 contests
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CANYON RIDERS BBQ
#2,172 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
49
GCs
0
Top-10s
12%
Peak
1532

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Aug 15, 2026
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Prime BBQ
#2,192 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
34
GCs
0
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1621

Fewer contests behind them than Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ has cooked, 34 to 50, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 33 contests
  • last seen Jun 26, 2026
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QUEOLOGY
#2,196 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
28
GCs
0
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1567

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen May 25, 2018
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LONGBONE BBQ
#2,171 of the rated field
1532 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
0
Top-10s
15%
Peak
1544

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ's first contest.

  • rated over 27 contests
  • last seen Jul 14, 2017
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
TEAM CRAWFORD 36 11 25 31% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 27 3 24 11% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 26 3 23 12% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 25 4 21 16% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 22 3 19 14% ⚔ compare
SMOKEHOUSE 72 21 10 11 48% ⚔ compare
Matty Macks 21 8 13 38% ⚔ compare
Bucknutz BBQ 20 15 5 75% ⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ 19 6 13 32% ⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ 18 5 13 28% ⚔ compare
GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 18 5 13 28% ⚔ compare
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ 18 3 15 17% ⚔ compare
Darty-Q 17 10 7 59% ⚔ compare
HOME FARM BBQ 17 7 10 41% ⚔ compare
NEVER EASY BBQ 17 6 11 35% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 45 7 2 3 180 🔥 152.5488 168.08 top 56%
Pork Ribs 45 7 1 2 180 🔥 150.8000 165.88 top 58%
Pork 45 7 0 3 178.2972 151.9428 168.00 top 53%
Brisket 45 9 2 4 178.8572 142.2288 164.09 top 57%

“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)240top 55%
Large (40+)210top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA260top 55%
KS80top 45%
MO70top 77%
NE20top 59%
IL20top 70%
MN10top 71%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Iowa State BBQ Championship 4 13 0 top 48% Apr 3, 2026
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) 4 28 0 top 78% Nov 1, 2025
King of the Corn 3 5 0 top 59% May 17, 2024
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 36 0 top 49% Sep 27, 2023
Shenandoah ShenDig 2 17 0 top 60% Jul 17, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 160 0 top 58% Nov 5, 2025
Tri-City BBQ Fest 2 3 0 top 34% Sep 19, 2025
Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 2 11 0 top 54% Jul 5, 2024
Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 2 15 0 top 68% Jun 18, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 10 contests
Contests a season 6.3 across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in IA 26 of 50 contests · 6 states in all
Contests visited 31 9 of them more than once
Opponents faced 1,543 finished ahead 1,978 times, behind 2,431

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

20262 milestones
  1. 50th tracked contest Shenandoah ShenDig
  2. Most recent contest Shenandoah ShenDig
20251 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1546) Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
20244 milestones
  1. First overall podium Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ
  2. First Reserve Championship Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ
  3. First perfect 180 (Chicken) Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ
  4. Career-best overall score699.9428 Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ
20233 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
  2. First overall top-10 Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
  3. 25th tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20201 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Ottumwa Smoketoberfest
20193 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Q for a Cause
  2. First call Q for a Cause
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.3484 Q for a Cause

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.9King of the CornMay 17, 2024
+16.8Shenandoah ShenDig BBQJul 19, 2024
+15.6American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTESTSep 16, 2021
+15.3Tri City BBQ FestSep 20, 2024
+12.2Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ CompetitionJun 19, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.8Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)Apr 1, 2022
-11.4King of the CornOct 14, 2022
-9Rose Festival KCBS BBQ CompetitionJun 18, 2021
-8.9Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1)Oct 31, 2025
-8.9Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2)Nov 1, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
20265011 40% top 49% 96.3% 94.8%
202510001 40% top 71% 94.8% 93%
202410032 60% top 41% 97.2% 94.8%
20236011 50% top 56% 94.3% 92.5%
20227000 14% top 68% 94.8% 90%
20212000 0% top 48% 93% 90.3%
20203000 33% top 88% 89.6% 87.8%
20197000 71% top 55% 93.2% 90.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 17, 2026 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 21 / 28 (675.8512) 14 (173.1084) 25 (164.5256) 23 (167.3828) 11 (170.8344)
Jun 19, 2026 Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 6 / 20 (692.5376) 5 (177.7144) 12 (169.6916) 8 (173.7144) 10 (171.4172)
Apr 17, 2026 Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke 🏅 Edina, MO 18 / 25 (670.1828) 1 (180) 12 (169.6800) 25 (157.0856) 18 (163.4172)
Apr 10, 2026 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS 26 / 101 (693.0740) 32 (175.4056) 24 (174.8456) 32 (173.7028) 61 (169.1200)
Apr 3, 2026 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 17 / 42 (681.5884) 17 (173.1200) 27 (166.8112) 11 (173.1200) 21 (168.5372)
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 319 / 401 (652.9592) 322 (163.3712) 334 (161.1200) 299 (164.5140) 278 (163.9540)
Nov 1, 2025 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 48 / 50 (663.2452) 46 (166.2284) 29 (171.4056) 48 (158.2284) 32 (167.3828)
Oct 31, 2025 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 50 / 53 (667.8400) 52 (163.3828) 52 (161.6572) 48 (163.9428) 1 (178.8572)
Oct 3, 2025 La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown 🏅 La Belle, MO 30 / 39 (673.0168) 32 (167.9656) 37 (161.6684) 22 (171.4172) 11 (171.9656)
Sep 19, 2025 Tri-City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 15 / 26 (679.8740) 13 (172.5484) 12 (168.5372) 17 (166.2400) 7 (172.5484)
Jun 20, 2025 Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 12 / 25 (681.0856) 16 (168) 6 (172.5600) 21 (163.9428) 3 (176.5828)
May 16, 2025 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 14 / 33 (682.8112) 15 (173.7144) 9 (172.0344) 15 (170.2512) 24 (166.8112)
Feb 21, 2025 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship 🏅 Onamia, MN 30 / 42 (665.6344) 16 (171.4288) 35 (159.9772) 13 (171.4056) 33 (162.8228)
Jan 24, 2025 SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE 22 / 32 (657.5544) 23 (164.5372) 15 (170.2860) 25 (161.0856) 23 (161.6456)
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 160 / 444 (682.2400) 206 (169.7372) 149 (171.9772) 295 (165.1200) 40 (175.4056)
Oct 26, 2024 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 28 / 56 (683.2912) 50 (165.0856) 1 (180) 18 (173.1200) 44 (165.0856)
Oct 25, 2024 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 37 / 53 (678.7084) 20 (174.2628) 46 (163.9428) 15 (174.2628) 42 (166.2400)
Sep 20, 2024 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 3 / 30 (694.7884) 10 (172.5484) 3 (173.7144) 4 (176.5600) 13 (171.9656)
Jul 19, 2024 Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 2 / 36 (699.9428) 1 (180) 13 (173.1200) 14 (172.5600) 6 (174.2628)
Jul 5, 2024 Ditmars Red, White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA 15 / 26 (662.1256) 5 (174.8572) 24 (156.5028) 19 (165.0856) 13 (165.6800)
Jun 28, 2024 Happy Basset 4th Annual BBQ Competition 🏅 Topeka, KS 14 / 28 (689.0284) 4 (177.7144) 18 (169.6800) 15 (170.8112) 14 (170.8228)
May 17, 2024 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 5 / 36 (687.3484) 11 (173.7028) 27 (166.2284) 8 (174.2628) 8 (173.1544)
Mar 29, 2024 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 32 / 42 (665.6460) 12 (173.1428) 30 (162.8344) 32 (166.2744) 32 (163.3944)
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 396 / 487 (641.5196) 449 (153.6572) 398 (159.3712) 171 (170.8228) 400 (157.6684)
Jul 21, 2023 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 17 / 37 (673.0860) 3 (176.5600) 28 (158.8572) 3 (178.2972) 24 (159.3716)
Jun 30, 2023 Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ 🏅 Council Bluffs, IA 11 / 22 (667.9772) 12 (168.0228) 20 (158.8228) 12 (169.1544) 3 (171.9772)
Jun 16, 2023 Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 10 / 27 (678.7544) 15 (169.6800) 19 (162.2516) 17 (170.2628) 1 (176.5600)
May 19, 2023 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 29 / 45 (669.6112) 15 (172.5600) 44 (154.7768) 17 (172.5600) 14 (169.7144)
Oct 14, 2022 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 35 / 36 (641.0060) 27 (168.5716) 25 (165.0972) 36 (151.9428) 33 (155.3944)
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 296 / 505 (661.5656) 381 (162.2284) 87 (173.7028) 235 (167.9772) 401 (157.6572)
Jul 29, 2022 Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 22 / 27 (646.6972) 21 (162.8344) 13 (169.7028) 18 (164.5256) 23 (149.6344)
Apr 22, 2022 Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest (JUDGE'S FULL) 🏅 Sugar Creek, MO 27 / 35 (646.1144) 26 (162.2400) 13 (170.8344) 31 (161.0856) 32 (151.9544)
Apr 1, 2022 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 13 / 48 (682.2288) 17 (171.9772) 9 (173.7372) 23 (169.1316) 24 (167.3828)
Apr 1, 2022 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA 18 (153.0972) — — — —
Sep 16, 2021 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 36 / 467 (502.2284) 337 (160.5140) 312 (162.2972) 107 (170.2744) 66 (172.5600)
Jun 18, 2021 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 28 / 32 (630.1144) 29 (157.6456) 19 (163.3828) 17 (166.8572) 30 (142.2288)
Oct 2, 2020 Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 61 / 66 (620.4460) 63 (152.5488) 38 (163.3944) 59 (154.8456) 63 (149.6572)
Jul 17, 2020 Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 Marion, IA 28 / 36 (631.8856) 31 (154.8456) 23 (159.9544) 6 (170.2628) 31 (146.8228)
Jun 27, 2020 Back to Mayberry Day 2 🏅 Rodney, IA 44 / 47 (645.0404) 29 (165.7144) 47 (150.8000) 28 (167.9888) 39 (160.5372)
Oct 4, 2019 Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 30 / 49 (656.4688) 36 (161.1544) 7 (174.2744) 24 (167.3828) 38 (153.6572)
Sep 12, 2019 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS 109 / 468 (465.0852) 190 (167.9656) 199 (166.8228) 327 (160.5600) 436 (145.1084)
Jul 19, 2019 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! 🏅 Waterloo, IA 20 / 33 (663.3256) 28 (162.8228) 8 (170.2744) 14 (169.1200) 21 (161.1084)
Jun 22, 2019 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 2 🏅 Belvidere, IL 29 / 45 (657.6344) 28 (163.9656) 24 (165.1660) 31 (163.3828) 21 (165.1200)
Jun 21, 2019 Heritage Days BBQ Showdown Day 1 🏅 Belvidere, IL 38 / 50 (631.8748) 33 (162.8572) 47 (150.8232) 2 (175.4172) 47 (142.7772)
Jun 14, 2019 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 15 / 31 (669.0856) 20 (165.6684) 16 (163.4516) 2 (176.5600) 18 (163.4056)
Apr 26, 2019 Q for a Cause 🏅 Papillion, NE 16 / 32 (671.3484) 17 (167.9656) 22 (163.9656) 21 (167.4172) 10 (172)

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