A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Grill Em All
Grill Em All is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Tri City BBQ Fest (2022). They are ranked #3729 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 10 contests
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
Sep 17, 2021
latest Jan 24, 2025 · 3.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
36% of 11 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
330.81 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 329.56 (+1.24)
Walk rate
36%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.28
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.97 · weakest Brisket (151.67)
Road miles
760
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 161 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$67K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 9 state-championship entries
Master avg
634.11 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
329.56 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1411 (57 pts) | #1446 (57 pts) | #1515 (57 pts) | #1428 (57 pts) | #1427 (57 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #229 (189 pts) | #213 (219 pts) | #224 (214 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1152 (66 pts) | #1584 (51 pts) | #1277 (71 pts) | #934 (121 pts) | #1504 (56 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #142 (374 pts) | #144 (454 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1582 (56 pts) | #1140 (106 pts) | #959 (166 pts) | #1582 (56 pts) | #1589 (56 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #238 (137 pts) | #200 (182 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1193 (70 pts) | #1170 (90 pts) | #1269 (70 pts) | #1173 (85 pts) | #1170 (80 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Grill Em All, each with one reason worth a look.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Grill Em All)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Grill Em All has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,713 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Grill Em All)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,708 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1488
Level with Grill Em All on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,744 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1488
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Grill Em All's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Grill Em All's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Bucknutz BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKEHOUSE 72 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLIN' GRINDES | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| FAIRWAY SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 158.2400 | 163.97 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 143.9428 | 162.98 | top 57% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 154.8000 | 160.80 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5144 | 144.5372 | 151.67 | top 92% |
“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
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 0 | top 60% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 71% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri City BBQ Fest | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 41% | Sep 20, 2024 |
| SJV Winter Rub | 3 | 22 | 0 | top 88% | Jan 24, 2025 |
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 58% | Jul 7, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
5 contests
Contests a season
2.2
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IA
5 of 11 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
3 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
11 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls
Opponents faced
203
finished ahead 130 times, behind 220
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest SJV Winter Rub
20243 milestones
- Career-best overall score653.5548 SJV Winter Rub
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8344 SJV Winter Rub
- 10th tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
20232 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.7884 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2)
- Peak power rating (1499) Tri City BBQ Fest
20222 milestones
- First call Tri City BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Tri City BBQ Fest
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Tri City BBQ Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.2 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Sep 16, 2022 |
| +10.6 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Sep 15, 2023 |
| +7.4 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Sep 20, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.6 | Tri City BBQ Fest | Sep 17, 2021 |
| -9.1 | SJV Winter Rub | Jan 24, 2025 |
| -8.7 | SJV Winter Rub | Jan 27, 2023 |
| -6.5 | SJV Winter Rub | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -2.1 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | Mar 29, 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
| 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 94% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 61% | 91.6% | 90.8% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40% | top 56% | 93% | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025 | SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE | 30 / 32 (620.9600) | 28 (159.9772) | 28 (161.6456) | 29 (154.8000) | 31 (144.5372) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 8 / 30 (324.5144) | 5 (165.6800) | 7 (158.8344) | — | — |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA | 30 / 42 (329.6688) | 39 (162.8344) | 22 (166.8344) | — | — |
| Jan 26, 2024 | SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE | 22 / 26 (653.5548) | 25 (161.6572) | 21 (164.5488) | 11 (170.8344) | 24 (156.5144) |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 6 / 32 (333.1544) | 6 (166.2972) | 5 (166.8572) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 15 / 30 (331.9084) | 14 (166.2284) | 13 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (BACKYARD 2) Cameron, MO | 8 / 12 (334.7884) | 8 (167.3712) | 10 (167.4172) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | 19 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Jan 27, 2023 | SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE | 27 / 31 (640.4112) | 15 (167.4056) | 20 (163.4056) | 25 (158.2056) | 27 (151.3944) |
| Sep 16, 2022 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 5 / 25 (323.3484) | 7 (158.2400) | 4 (165.1084) | — | — |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA | 20 / 20 (621.5084) | 16 (163.9656) | 20 (143.9428) | 17 (159.3600) | 18 (154.2400) |