High-water mark
663.9312
career-best overall
92.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.9312 at BBQ and Fly In on the River — 92.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-08-16
Gremlin Grill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-03-15
latest 2013-09-06
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.84
last 3 Master vs avg 637.84 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.95 · weakest Brisket (154.84)
Road miles
48
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)
Master avg
637.84 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BURNT FINGER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BURNT FINGER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Gremlin Grill has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 118 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Gremlin Grill did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with Gremlin Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3356 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8456 | 154.2284 | 162.83 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 157.1428 | 164.95 | top 32% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 150.8570 | 155.22 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 144.0000 | 154.84 | top 59% |
“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.
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-03-15 → 2013-09-06
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.95 · weakest Brisket (154.84)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
637.84
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
188
89–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
48
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1518
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1496
peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
- First call BBQ and Fly In on the River
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9312 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best overall score663.9312 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Peak power rating (1500) BBQ and Fly In on the River
- Most recent contest Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | BBQ and Fly In on the River | 2013-08-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.6 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship | 2013-03-15 |
| -3.4 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off | 2013-09-06 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 58% | 92.2% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-06 | Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO | 46 / 72 (638.1712) | 59 (154.2284) | 23 (165.7028) | 47 (162.8344) | 44 (155.4056) |
| 2013-08-16 | BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO | 21 / 66 (663.9312) | 3 (174.8456) | 4 (172.0000) | 62 (151.9656) | 16 (165.1200) |
| 2013-03-15 | NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO | 61 / 79 (611.4282) | 47 (159.4284) | 47 (157.1428) | 65 (150.8570) | 72 (144.0000) |