A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Stone Cold Grillers ahead in 100% of their meetings
Stone Cold Grillers has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Kaleta's Kitchen
Kaleta's Kitchen is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 9 at the 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They are ranked #3719 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
May 6, 2022
latest Sep 5, 2025 · 3.3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.71
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.79 · weakest Brisket (144.48)
Road miles
194
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 44 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
567.73 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.64 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
495.95 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #176 (304 pts) | #190 (269 pts) | #144 (384 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Kaleta's Kitchen, each with one reason worth a look.
154 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,723 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,711 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1503
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before Kaleta's Kitchen's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,720 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Kaleta's Kitchen on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,732 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,702 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Kaleta's Kitchen's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Kaleta's Kitchen's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 131.9428 | 153.29 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 175.4516 | 142.2284 | 163.79 | top 43% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 173.1200 | 149.0740 | 160.14 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.4800 | 144.4800 | 144.48 | top 94% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 57% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 61% | Sep 5, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
150
finished ahead 73 times, behind 111
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
May 6, 2022 → May 27, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
20241 milestone
- First overall top-10 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY)
20235 milestones
- First call Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score495.9544 Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4516 Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1496) Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Route 66 Smoke Out
- Career-best overall score567.7252 Route 66 Smoke Out
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 27, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Route 66 Smoke Out | May 6, 2022 |
| -2.3 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 24, 2024 |
| -2 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 5, 2025 |
| -1.6 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 8, 2024 |
| -0.7 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 14, 2024 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 58% | 92.4% | 90.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2025 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 23 / 38 (317.0400) | 32 (149.6344) | 12 (167.4056) | — | — |
| Aug 24, 2024 | Vine St BBQ Competition & Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Park Ridge, IL | 22 / 36 (315.8972) | 27 (150.7772) | 10 (165.1200) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 23 / 40 (325.1200) | 26 (161.7028) | 24 (163.4172) | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2024 | 1st Annual Hy-Vee Ribs & Rides (BBQ Challenge and Car Show) (BACKYARD ONLY) Sycamore, IL | 5 / 9 (332.5028) | 6 (163.3828) | 4 (169.1200) | 2 (173.1200) | — |
| May 27, 2023 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Westmont, IL | 12 / 34 (495.9544) | 20 (162.2856) | 1 (175.4516) | 19 (158.2172) | — |
| May 6, 2022 | Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL | 32 / 33 (567.7252) | 33 (131.9428) | 31 (142.2284) | 31 (149.0740) | 31 (144.4800) |