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EFFIN'EH GRAY'S

EFFIN'EH GRAY'S is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. They have won 3 Grand Championships, most recently at The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) (2026), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #718 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “EFFIN' EH GRAY'S”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#718
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1639
peak 1639 · rated over 20 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

21
in the data

First seen

Jun 8, 2024
latest Sep 30, 2026 · 2.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#31
Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

3
3 reserve · wins it all 14% of the time

Category wins

11
20 podiums

Overall top-10s

15
71% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

10
straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 25%
overall standings

Best overall

701.0972 / 720
Master · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

692.63 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 681.45 (+11.18)

Walk rate

90%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥
Brisket · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest

Consistency

±17.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 171.22 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.71)

Road miles

4,556
across 21 mapped stops · furthest 1,260 mi

Schedule strength

33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)

Purse competed for

$121K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

Master avg

681.45 / 720
21 Master contests · 3 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

3 perfect 180s

3 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

  • Brisket ×3

Against the odds

21-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 79 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Bean Town BBQ Cookoff (Oct 11, 2025) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BIGG SMOAK BBQ.

On the rise

+88 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 88 points across 11 contests since Oct 11, 2025 — from 1551 up to 1639.

  • 11 contests since Oct 11, 2025
  • now 1639

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 3 category wins at Alberta BBQ Festival (Jul 3, 2026).

  • Chicken 1st
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

90% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 21 contests

A top-10 category call in 90% of their 21 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

SMELLAQUE has finished one call ahead of EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 2 Grand Championships

2026 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 6 category wins, at an average finish in the top 17%.

  • 11 contests
  • 9 overall top-10s
  • 6 category wins
  • average top 17%

A strong matchup

13–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 76% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bottle Hill BBQ in 13 of their 17 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

11 of 13 shared brisket entries lost

SMELLAQUE ahead 85% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMELLAQUE has out-cooked them in 11 of 13 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BIGG SMOAK BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 15% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 15% across 3 contests, versus top 25% the rest of the year.

  • 3 May contests
  • top 25% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.40% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.40% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.6% of a perfect score
  • 21 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #31 (2,033 pts) #26 (1,973 pts) #94 (1,478 pts) #37 (1,798 pts) #18 (2,028 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #164 (1,265 pts) #270 (830 pts) #188 (1,210 pts) #208 (1,080 pts) #174 (1,185 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #708 (210 pts) #764 (205 pts) #791 (215 pts) #674 (250 pts) #620 (290 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to EFFIN'EH GRAY'S, each with one reason worth a look.

Smoke 'n Magic
#716 of the rated field
1639 power rating
Contests
68
GCs
2
Top-10s
32%
Peak
1687
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to EFFIN'EH GRAY'S)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team EFFIN'EH GRAY'S has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 63 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head
Two Pigs And A Smoker
#719 of the rated field
1639 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
1
Top-10s
73%
Peak
1639

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 14 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Sep 19, 2026
  • on a 6-contest top-10 run
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THE OUTLAWS
#720 of the rated field
1639 power rating
Contests
43
GCs
0
Top-10s
44%
Peak
1652

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before EFFIN'EH GRAY'S's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 43 contests
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NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ
#717 of the rated field
1639 power rating
Contests
52
GCs
2
Top-10s
37%
Peak
1647

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 52 contests to 21.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen Sep 1, 2017
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Low Eye Que
#711 of the rated field
1640 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
1
Top-10s
40%
Peak
1640
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to EFFIN'EH GRAY'S)

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 45 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 44 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head
BLIND HOG BBQ
#714 of the rated field
1640 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
92
GCs
1
Top-10s
22%
Peak
1640
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to EFFIN'EH GRAY'S)

They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before EFFIN'EH GRAY'S's first contest.

  • rated over 85 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Bottle Hill BBQ 17 13 4 76% ⚔ compare
MOTLEY QUE 15 12 3 80% ⚔ compare
No Measurements BBQ 14 11 3 79% ⚔ compare
ELBOW GREASE 13 13 0 100% ⚔ compare
Mc Que It 13 12 1 92% ⚔ compare
KillerbunnyBBQ 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
ROKER Q 13 11 2 85% ⚔ compare
SMOKIN' OUTLAWS 13 7 6 54% ⚔ compare
SMELLAQUE 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
Hogparts School of Smokecraft and Brew'ery 12 10 2 83% ⚔ compare
BIGG SMOAK BBQ 12 8 4 67% ⚔ compare
Q Cartel 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
Slam Dunk BBQ 11 9 2 82% ⚔ compare
Kreiser Barbecue 11 7 4 64% ⚔ compare
Tommy Boy Grillin 10 9 1 90% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 21 12 1 5 177.7144 158.2628 170.67 top 39%
Pork Ribs 21 10 2 4 178.8572 153.6572 168.71 top 42%
Pork 21 13 4 5 178.8572 158.8112 170.85 top 36%
Brisket 21 16 4 6 180 🔥 154.2628 171.22 top 31%

“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
Small (<20 teams)83top 20%
Medium (20–39)110top 32%
Large (40+)20top 8%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AB183top 27%
KS20top 8%
SK10top 25%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Barbeque on the Bow Festival 3 3 0 top 41% Sep 4, 2026
The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) 2 1 1 top 8% Jul 25, 2026
Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival 2 2 0 top 36% Sep 11, 2026
Big Smoke Bonnyville 2 3 0 top 27% Aug 14, 2026
Small Town Smoke Down 2 5 0 top 22% May 30, 2026
Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship 2 2 0 top 12% May 23, 2026
Didsbury Lions BBQ 2 4 0 top 35% Jul 26, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 11 contests · 2 GCs
Contests a season 7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AB 18 of 21 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 13 7 of them more than once
First title Oct 11, 2025 Bean Town BBQ Cookoff
Opponents faced 466 finished ahead 785 times, behind 170

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

20264 milestones
  1. 10th category win Big Smoke Bonnyville
  2. Career-best overall score701.0972 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
  3. Peak power rating (1639) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
  4. Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
20257 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Didsbury Lions BBQ
  2. First perfect 180 (Brisket) Didsbury Lions BBQ
  3. First overall podium Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
  4. First Reserve Championship Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival
  5. First Grand Championship Bean Town BBQ Cookoff
  6. First multi-meat day Bean Town BBQ Cookoff
  7. 10th tracked contest Bean Town BBQ Cookoff
20244 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Small Town Smoke Down
  2. First overall top-10 Small Town Smoke Down
  3. First overall past 90% of a perfect score169.7828 Small Town Smoke Down
  4. First call Didsbury Lions BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.7Bean Town BBQ CookoffOct 11, 2025
+14.4Summer Grillin' BBQ FestivalSep 12, 2025
+14Alberta BBQ FestivalJul 3, 2026
+13.9Didsbury Lions BBQJul 26, 2025
+13.4Embers and Ice Pitmaster ChampionshipMay 23, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-8Summer Grillin' BBQ FestivalSep 11, 2026
-4.9Barbeque on the Bow FestivalAug 31, 2024
-3.6Smoke in the ValleySep 27, 2025
-1.6Barbeque on the Bow FestivalAug 30, 2025
-0.9Didsbury Lions BBQJul 27, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
202611296 91% top 17% 97.4% 96%
20257155 100% top 27% 95.8% 94.4%
20243010 67% top 50% 94.3% 92.7%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 30, 2026 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 15 / 158 (701.0972) 102 (169.6800) 42 (174.8572) 23 (176.5600) 3 (180)
Sep 30, 2026 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 24 / 360 (699.4400) 31 (177.7028) 14 (178.8572) 127 (172.0228) 133 (170.8572)
Sep 11, 2026 Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB 10 / 17 (681.6228) 6 (173.7144) 12 (165.6800) 11 (169.1200) 4 (173.1084)
Sep 4, 2026 Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB 3 / 33 (698.2516) 2 (176.5716) 17 (167.9772) 8 (173.7028) 1 (180)
Aug 14, 2026 Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB 3 / 15 (682.7544) 2 (173.1200) 8 (166.8344) 1 (174.2628) 8 (168.5372)
Jul 25, 2026 The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 2) Didsbury, AB 2 / 18 (686.8000) 5 (171.9656) 5 (168.5716) 2 (174.2972) 3 (171.9656)
Jul 24, 2026 The Didsbury Double (Didsbury Lions BBQ) (Day 1) Didsbury, AB 1 / 18 (689.6456) 4 (172) 2 (169.6800) 1 (174.8572) 5 (173.1084)
Jul 3, 2026 Alberta BBQ Festival Millet, AB 1 / 11 (700.5488) 1 (177.7144) 6 (167.9772) 1 (178.2972) 1 (176.5600)
Jun 19, 2026 Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK 6 / 24 (676.4908) 3 (174.2856) 5 (171.4056) 20 (159.9884) 5 (170.8112)
May 30, 2026 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB 5 / 24 (687.9312) 6 (173.1200) 12 (171.4056) 7 (174.8572) 6 (168.5484)
May 23, 2026 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB 2 / 23 (700.5256) 2 (175.4056) 5 (171.9772) 4 (177.1428) 4 (176)
Oct 11, 2025 Bean Town BBQ Cookoff Bow Island, AB 1 / 15 (677.5996) 11 (163.4056) 1 (173.1200) 7 (165.6684) 1 (175.4056)
Sep 27, 2025 Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB 15 / 23 (660.5716) 12 (170.2628) 17 (162.8228) 8 (168.0344) 16 (159.4516)
Sep 12, 2025 Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB 2 / 16 (689.6572) 4 (171.9656) 8 (171.4400) 1 (178.8572) 8 (167.3944)
Sep 6, 2025 Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB 5 / 15 (688.5488) 8 (172.5600) 1 (176.5716) 11 (168) 5 (171.4172)
Aug 30, 2025 Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB 16 / 38 (671.8740) 24 (167.4056) 22 (166.8344) 10 (171.9656) 17 (165.6684)
Jul 26, 2025 Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB 4 / 32 (686.7540) 24 (162.7884) 12 (169.7028) 6 (174.2628) 1 (180)
May 24, 2025 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB 5 / 34 (681.6688) 8 (170.8572) 2 (173.1316) 15 (165.1200) 9 (172.5600)
Aug 31, 2024 Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB 25 / 35 (658.1256) 27 (167.3828) 33 (154.2056) 27 (163.4172) 10 (173.1200)
Jul 27, 2024 Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB 16 / 28 (665.5884) 20 (163.9544) 15 (166.2284) 10 (168.5600) 15 (166.8456)
Jun 8, 2024 Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB 6 / 27 (169.7828) 22 (158.2628) 27 (153.6572) 23 (158.8112) 26 (154.2628)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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