A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Deviant Smoke ahead in 100% of their meetings
Deviant Smoke has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Eastside Grillin & Chillin
Eastside Grillin & Chillin is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 31 at the Smoke on the Falls (2024). They finished #368 in the 2025 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1471
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 7, 2023
latest Apr 11, 2025 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 85%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.30
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.79)
Road miles
15
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$37K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
310.37 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
490.77 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 155.9544 | 166.70 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1088 | 135.8744 | 148.79 | top 91% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9312 | 159.9312 | 159.93 | top 91% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Falls | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 79% | Apr 12, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
148
finished ahead 37 times, behind 197
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition
20235 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4400 Smoke on the Falls
- Peak power rating (1493) Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score490.7656 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
- Career-best overall score490.7656 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition | Apr 11, 2025 |
| -6.8 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 7, 2023 |
| -6.8 | Smoke on the Falls | Apr 12, 2024 |
| -5 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | Aug 11, 2023 |
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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 106% | 83.9% | 83.9% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 84.9% | 84.9% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 90.9% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2025 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 33 / 31 (302.1716) | 33 (155.9544) | 34 (146.2172) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 22 / 31 (305.5544) | 12 (169.6800) | 22 (135.8744) | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2023 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL | 27 / 35 (490.7656) | 13 (169.7256) | 24 (161.1088) | 32 (159.9312) | — |
| Apr 7, 2023 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 34 / 39 (323.3828) | 13 (171.4400) | 44 (151.9428) | — | — |