Griswold Grillers

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4107

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1480

peak 1480 · rated over 41 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-12

latest 2025-06-27

Best ToY finish

#1676

Master 2015

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 41 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

686.1940 / 720

Master · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.51 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 639.30 (+14.21)

Walk rate

12%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork Ribs · *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

Consistency

±28.86

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 163.07 · weakest Brisket (157.38)

Road miles

1,565

mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$150K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 22 state-championship entries

Master avg

639.30 / 720

41 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

High-water mark

686.1940 career-best overall

95.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.1940 at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 95.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-06-27

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

MEN OF ERIN BBQ has finished one call ahead of Griswold Grillers 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 50%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 50%

A tough matchup

31–0 behind in the head-to-head

913 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

913 BBQ has come out ahead in 31 of their 31 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.69 points below their pork, and turns into a call 3% of the time against 2%.

Brisket avg 157.38
Pork avg 163.07
1 calls in 40 entries

A strong matchup

18–5 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of DUNN UP BBQ in 18 of their 23 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

24 of 31 shared pork entries lost

913 BBQ ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 913 BBQ has out-cooked them in 24 of 31 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

.Smokin J's has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A June team

Top 43% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 43% across 12 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

12 June contests
top 61% the rest of the year

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smoke in the Spring every year from 2013 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

7 visits in all
best finish 51st

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.

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

DAWGHOUSE BBQ

#4120 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1540

1–11 in 12 shared contests (8% to Griswold Grillers)

These two have cooked 12 of the same contests — DAWGHOUSE BBQ ahead 11–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 38 contests
last seen 2024-04-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Panic BBQ

#4123 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to Griswold Grillers)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

BROWN STREET BBQ

#4118 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Griswold Grillers)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Griswold Grillers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 8 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Get In My Belly BBQ

#4093 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1481

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Griswold Grillers)

Fewer contests behind them than Griswold Grillers has cooked, 8 to 41, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-09-23

⚔ Head-to-head

LIFT, TILT, AND STAGGER BBQ

#4127 of the rated field

1480 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1533

No shared contest yet.

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

⚔ Head-to-head

RUB IT, SMOKE IT, LOVE IT

#4087 of the rated field

1481 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1481

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2018-04-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
913 BBQ	31	0	31	0%	⚔ compare
HIGH i QUE	26	0	26	0%	⚔ compare
KC Rib doctor	25	16	9	64%	⚔ compare
DUNN UP BBQ	23	18	5	78%	⚔ compare
BEAUX HAWG BBQ	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS	21	4	17	19%	⚔ compare
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
Fat&Dumb BBQ	18	0	18	0%	⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT	17	6	11	35%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
BLACK EYE BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
OINK, MOO & COCK-A-DOODLE DOO	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	41	1	0	174.3200	138.8572	160.37	top 63%
Pork Ribs	41	2	1	177.7028	151.3716	162.32	top 54%
Pork	41	1	0	173.1544	148.4800	163.07	top 54%
Brisket	40	1	1	176.6172	138.2856	157.38	top 61%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 67%
Large (40+)	38	top 60%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke in the Spring	7	51	top 82%	2020-10-30
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	5	24	top 42%	2025-06-27
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	5	14	top 48%	2019-08-23
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	4	38	top 59%	2019-09-27
Cookin on the Kaw	4	25	top 72%	2016-10-07
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	3	70	top 45%	2016-06-24
Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque	2	41	top 58%	2018-09-21

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 12.2 yrs 2013-04-12 → 2025-06-27

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 3.2 across 13 seasons in the data

Cooks most in KS 41 of 41 contests

Contests visited 18 7 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 41 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 163.07 · weakest Brisket (157.38)

Walk rate 12% a top-10 call in 5 of 41 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 41 contests

Master average 639.30 out of 720 · 41 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,146 1,852–2,251 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,565 41 mapped stops · furthest 151 mi

Schedule strength 1548 average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests

Purse competed for $150,025 listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 22 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.1 yrs 2019-10-11 → 2020-10-30

Power rating 1480 peak 1480 · #4107 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 12 First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
2015
Aug 28 First call East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 28 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2636 East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival
Sep 25 10th tracked contest Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship
2017
Aug 25 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Aug 25 Peak power rating (1493) *East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
2018
Jun 22 25th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
2025
Jun 27 Career-best overall score686.1940 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Jun 27 Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2025-06-27
+11.2	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	2016-08-26
+10	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2019-06-21
+9.3	*East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	2017-08-25
+8.3	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship	2017-06-23

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.4	Smoke In The Spring	2013-04-12
-11.8	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship	2016-09-23
-10.9	Smoke in the Spring	2018-04-06
-10.1	Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff	2019-09-06
-8.6	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship	2023-06-23

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0%	top 15%	95.3%	95.3%
2024	1	0%	top 40%	91.3%	91.3%
2023	1	0%	top 83%	86.2%	86.2%
2022	1	100%	top 42%	91%	91%
2021	1	0%	top 46%	89.9%	89.9%
2020	1	0%	top 96%	85.5%	85.5%
2019	7	0%	top 65%	92.2%	89.9%
2018	6	0%	top 64%	91.4%	86.6%
2017	5	20%	top 58%	92.9%	90%
2016	6	0%	top 59%	92.4%	89.4%
2015	5	60%	top 50%	91.9%	90.2%
2014	4	0%	top 66%	87.9%	87.2%
2013	2	0%	top 89%	85.8%	83%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-06-27	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	24 / 159 (686.1940)	29 (173.7028)	20 (174.8572)	38 (171.9656)	70 (165.6684)
2024-06-21	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	69 / 172 (657.6116)	90 (162.2744)	140 (154.2516)	21 (173.1200)	43 (167.9656)
2023-06-23	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	139 / 167 (620.9604)	137 (153.6688)	131 (155.9200)	80 (165.7028)	146 (145.6688)
2022-06-24	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	69 / 164 (655.4288)	101 (161.1200)	139 (153.1544)	90 (164.5372)	2 (176.6172)
2021-06-25	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	67 / 145 (647.3372)	82 (160.5716)	58 (165.1200)	55 (165.1084)	86 (156.5372)
2020-10-30	Smoke in the Spring 🏅 Osage City, KS	89 / 93 (615.7376)	87 (155.9316)	71 (162.2516)	87 (153.0744)	91 (144.4800)
2019-10-11	Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest(JUDGES FULL) 🏅 DeSoto, KS	28 / 51 (663.8168)	38 (161.6572)	30 (166.8228)	23 (168.5256)	23 (166.8112)
2019-09-27	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	45 / 102 (654.7316)	63 (162.8000)	51 (162.2400)	29 (169.7028)	51 (159.9888)
2019-09-06	Midian Shrine Cowskin Cookoff 🏅 Wichita, KS	15 / 16 (625.4972)	14 (161.6916)	11 (157.6572)	16 (148.4800)	11 (157.6684)
2019-08-23	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	55 / 66 (634.6744)	44 (163.9428)	50 (159.9544)	41 (163.4172)	60 (147.3600)
2019-06-21	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	46 / 183 (657.7024)	89 (161.1200)	64 (165.1428)	46 (168.0112)	65 (163.4284)
2019-05-10	Grasshopper '19 🏅 DeSoto, KS	49 / 53 (634.6056)	50 (157.6572)	34 (165.0856)	51 (157.6572)	45 (154.2056)
2019-04-12	Smoke In the Springs 🏅 Osage City, KS	66 / 104 (657.6456)	91 (156.5372)	26 (170.2744)	46 (167.4056)	61 (163.4284)
2018-10-12	*15th Annual Cookin on the Kaw BBQ Contest Desoto, KS	48 / 69 (655.3144)	64 (157.6456)	33 (167.4288)	32 (169.6800)	53 (160.5600)
2018-09-21	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	41 / 107 (658.0912)	48 (165.1200)	36 (167.3828)	39 (167.3828)	64 (158.2056)
2018-08-24	*East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	47 / 67 (627.2916)	59 (150.2400)	27 (166.8344)	57 (151.9544)	37 (158.2628)
2018-06-22	The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS	65 / 185 (644.5028)	99 (158.2972)	61 (164.0228)	15 (172.5484)	140 (149.6344)
2018-05-11	*The Grasshopper '18 (formerly Kansas 10x10)(JUDGES FULL) De Soto, KS	40 / 56 (653.0516)	42 (162.8460)	31 (164.5256)	49 (160.5484)	35 (165.1316)
2018-04-06	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	101 / 103 (502.8344)	49 (167.4400)	34 (169.1544)	50 (166.2400)	—
2017-10-13	14th Annual Cookin on the Kaw Desoto, KS	43 / 55 (655.3256)	46 (162.8228)	48 (159.4172)	34 (168.5256)	39 (164.5600)
2017-09-22	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship Barbeque 🏅 Shawnee, KS	86 / 112 (631.3372)	91 (154.8572)	38 (166.8228)	103 (154.2400)	75 (155.4172)
2017-08-25	*East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	17 / 57 (669.1428)	27 (162.2628)	3 (177.7028)	39 (159.4400)	15 (169.7372)
2017-06-23	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	53 / 184 (645.6572)	35 (166.2972)	36 (166.8344)	91 (159.9884)	119 (152.5372)
2017-04-07	Smoke in the Spring (WFC Quilfyer) Osage City, KS	74 / 100 (638.7548)	78 (159.9888)	82 (154.2400)	18 (173.1544)	86 (151.3716)
2016-10-07	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	33 / 56 (657.1200)	26 (168.5600)	52 (151.9544)	27 (167.4628)	16 (169.1428)
2016-09-23	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	99 / 111 (615.8516)	68 (160.5256)	92 (152.5144)	72 (161.1428)	102 (141.6688)
2016-08-26	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	14 / 61 (665.6228)	14 (169.1200)	33 (162.8228)	16 (169.1428)	20 (164.5372)
2016-06-24	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	93 / 183 (632.4916)	19 (169.1544)	92 (159.4400)	127 (154.8456)	141 (149.0516)
2016-06-03	McLouth BBQ Blowout 25th Anniversary (Judges full) McLouth, KS	21 / 33 (654.1944)	22 (162.2856)	19 (165.1316)	14 (167.9656)	21 (158.8116)
2016-04-08	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	72 / 109 (637.0744)	59 (163.4172)	65 (159.9772)	73 (159.9544)	76 (153.7256)
2015-10-09	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	25 / 36 (661.6916)	7 (174.3200)	25 (166.8344)	31 (161.1200)	23 (159.4172)
2015-09-25	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	38 / 112 (659.3604)	19 (169.7144)	80 (158.2516)	10 (173.1428)	56 (158.2516)
2015-08-28	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	22 / 65 (654.2636)	50 (153.1432)	7 (170.8344)	25 (165.1544)	19 (165.1316)
2015-06-26	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	70 / 183 (641.0056)	81 (161.6572)	57 (164.0000)	44 (166.2628)	145 (149.0856)
2015-04-10	Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS	71 / 97 (631.8516)	64 (161.0972)	87 (151.3716)	16 (170.8800)	83 (148.5028)
2014-10-10	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	37 / 46 (625.0284)	44 (153.6684)	32 (156.5716)	42 (150.2400)	20 (164.5484)
2014-09-26	Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS	77 / 112 (631.2688)	108 (141.0628)	38 (165.1316)	36 (168.0116)	68 (157.0628)
2014-06-27	Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS	85 / 184 (633.1200)	132 (154.8116)	63 (161.7028)	109 (155.3828)	55 (161.2228)
2014-04-11	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	51 / 73 (622.2860)	56 (152.0116)	37 (161.1432)	65 (150.2628)	39 (158.8684)
2013-10-11	Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	33 / 42 (617.5088)	19 (161.0856)	27 (158.8116)	34 (154.8228)	36 (142.7888)
2013-04-12	Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS	70 / 71 (578.2856)	70 (138.8572)	63 (151.4286)	65 (149.7142)	70 (138.2856)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2274 (60 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#2326 (60 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1629 (150 pts)	#1776 (120 pts)	#1281 (240 pts)	#1763 (120 pts)