Midwest Grilling MN
Rating
1502
peak 1502
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2024-05-10
latest 2025-05-09
Best ToY finish
#1006
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 174.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.55)
Road miles
596
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 596 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 174.8572 | 174.86 | top 35% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5488 | 168.5488 | 168.55 | top 69% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 174.2628 | 174.26 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 171.9656 | 171.97 | top 50% |
“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
- Busiest season: 2025 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in MN (1 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 689.63
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 689.6344 | 689.63 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-05-10 | Kennett Jaycees Show-Me State BBQ Cook Off Kennett, MO | 15 / 26 (689.6344) | 9 (174.8572) | 18 (168.5488) | 12 (174.2628) | 13 (171.9656) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1006 (101 pts) | #930 (136 pts) | #1208 (86 pts) | #994 (116 pts) | #1010 (111 pts) |