EFFIN'EH GRAY'S AB
Rating
1592
peak 1592
Contests
14
in the data
First seen
2024-06-08
latest 2026-07-03
Best ToY finish
#164
Master 2025
Grand champs
2
2 reserve
Category wins
8
11 podiums
Overall top-10s
10
of 14 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
688.62 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 642.71 (+45.91)
Walk rate
93%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
and counting
Consistency
±127.74
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.89)
Road miles
2494
mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 479 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Just Katie has finished one call ahead of EFFIN'EH GRAY'S 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SMOKIN' OUTLAWS has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SMELLAQUE has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Mc Que It in 10 of their 10 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 2 visits.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 15% across 3 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Bean Town BBQ Cookoff (2025-10-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BIGG SMOAK BBQ.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, AB first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 177.7144 | 158.2628 | 169.24 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 14 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 176.5716 | 153.6572 | 167.89 | top 45% |
| Pork | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 178.8572 | 158.8112 | 169.50 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.2628 | 169.86 | top 35% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AB | 13 | 2 | top 29% |
| SK | 1 | 0 | top 25% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 2 | top 15% |
| Medium (20–39) | 10 | 0 | top 34% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (7 contests)
- Cooks mostly in AB (13 of 14 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (14 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Bean Town BBQ Cookoff (2025-10-11)
- Wins it all in 14% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 642.71
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 700.5488 | 691.37 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 689.6572 | 679.52 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 665.5884 | 497.83 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | Alberta BBQ Festival Millet, AB | 1 / 11 (700.5488) | 1 (177.7144) | 6 (167.9772) | 1 (178.2972) | 1 (176.5600) |
| 2026-06-19 | Smokey Skies BBQ Competition Kipling, SK | 6 / 24 (676.4908) | 3 (174.2856) | 5 (171.4056) | 20 (159.9884) | 5 (170.8112) |
| 2026-05-30 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 5 / 24 (687.9312) | 6 (173.1200) | 12 (171.4056) | 7 (174.8572) | 6 (168.5484) |
| 2026-05-23 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 2 / 23 (700.5256) | 2 (175.4056) | 5 (171.9772) | 4 (177.1428) | 4 (176.0000) |
| 2025-10-11 | Bean Town BBQ Cookoff Bow Island, AB | 1 / 15 (677.5996) | 11 (163.4056) | 1 (173.1200) | 7 (165.6684) | 1 (175.4056) |
| 2025-09-27 | Smoke in the Valley Edmonton, AB | 15 / 23 (660.5716) | 12 (170.2628) | 17 (162.8228) | 8 (168.0344) | 16 (159.4516) |
| 2025-09-12 | Summer Grillin' BBQ Festival Leduc, AB | 2 / 16 (689.6572) | 4 (171.9656) | 8 (171.4400) | 1 (178.8572) | 8 (167.3944) |
| 2025-09-06 | Big Smoke Bonnyville Bonnyville, AB | 5 / 15 (688.5488) | 8 (172.5600) | 1 (176.5716) | 11 (168.0000) | 5 (171.4172) |
| 2025-08-30 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 16 / 38 (671.8740) | 24 (167.4056) | 22 (166.8344) | 10 (171.9656) | 17 (165.6684) |
| 2025-07-26 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 4 / 32 (686.7540) | 24 (162.7884) | 12 (169.7028) | 6 (174.2628) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2025-05-24 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 5 / 34 (681.6688) | 8 (170.8572) | 2 (173.1316) | 15 (165.1200) | 9 (172.5600) |
| 2024-08-31 | Barbeque on the Bow Festival Calgary, AB | 25 / 35 (658.1256) | 27 (167.3828) | 33 (154.2056) | 27 (163.4172) | 10 (173.1200) |
| 2024-07-27 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 16 / 28 (665.5884) | 20 (163.9544) | 15 (166.2284) | 10 (168.5600) | 15 (166.8456) |
| 2024-06-08 | Small Town Smoke Down Bassano, AB | 6 / 27 (169.7828) | 22 (158.2628) | 27 (153.6572) | 23 (158.8112) | 26 (154.2628) |
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #185 (586 pts) | #189 (636 pts) | #298 (461 pts) | #270 (426 pts) | #214 (536 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #164 (1265 pts) | #270 (830 pts) | #188 (1210 pts) | #208 (1080 pts) | #174 (1185 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #708 (210 pts) | #764 (205 pts) | #791 (215 pts) | #674 (250 pts) | #620 (290 pts) |