They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 9 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 9 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Grill Kings & Queens BBQ
Grill Kings & Queens BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 12th of 18 at the Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (2026). They are ranked #3408 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
peak 1500 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Sep 20, 2025
latest Sep 19, 2026 · 1 year on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.54
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 170.60 · weakest Brisket (162.70)
Road miles
472
across 9 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
670.77 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Grill Kings & Queens BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,409 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1495
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Grill Kings & Queens BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,399 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1516
Fewer contests behind them than Grill Kings & Queens BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,412 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1495
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Grill Kings & Queens BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,422 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1495
Level with Grill Kings & Queens BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,410 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Grill Kings & Queens BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,414 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Grill Kings & Queens BBQ'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onkel Felix BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoky Cotte | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 178.8572 | 153.6456 | 170.60 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.5716 | 161.6572 | 167.90 | top 46% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5944 | 159.9428 | 167.98 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 157.6688 | 162.70 | top 65% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 36% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fo.G & Smoke 2026 | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 69% | Sep 19, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
8 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
7 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Opponents faced
73
finished ahead 59 times, behind 67
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- Career-best overall score680.5144 The War of Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1500) The War of Barbeque
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Wild West Fest on Fire 2026
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Wild West Fest on Fire 2026
- Most recent contest Fo.G & Smoke 2026
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest Fo.G & Smoke 2025
- First call Fo.G & Smoke 2025
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.7884 Fo.G & Smoke 2025
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.5 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | Apr 11, 2026 |
| +1.8 | The War of Barbeque | Jun 20, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.8 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 | Sep 20, 2025 |
| -3.6 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 | Aug 8, 2026 |
| -1.7 | Fo.G & Smoke 2026 | Sep 19, 2026 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63% | top 53% | 94.5% | 93.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2026 | Fo.G & Smoke 2026 Spilamberto | 13 / 22 (671.2684) | — | 14 (166.8344) | 17 (163.9428) | 11 (165.0856) |
| Aug 8, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 Medvode | 12 / 18 (673.0404) | 2 (178.8572) | 1 (176.5716) | 14 (159.9428) | 13 (157.6688) |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode | — | 6 (169.6684) | — | — | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Wild West Fest on Fire 2026 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode | — | — | 4 (171.9772) | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda | 13 / 25 (680.5144) | 9 (173.1084) | 23 (163.4172) | 2 (176.5944) | 16 (167.3944) |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 16 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2026 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma | 15 / 42 (678.2172) | 3 (177.7028) | 5 (172.0116) | 25 (166.2744) | 27 (162.2284) |
| Sep 20, 2025 | Fo.G & Smoke 2025 Spilamberto | 19 / 24 (650.7884) | 22 (153.6456) | 13 (162.8572) | 6 (173.1428) | 18 (161.1428) |