High-water mark
695.3828
career-best overall
96.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 695.3828 at Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest — 96.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-06-12
Grills Gone Wild KS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1500
peak 1500 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2025-03-21
latest 2026-06-12
Best ToY finish
#278
Backyard 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 58%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
682.00
last 3 Master vs avg 682.00 (+0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 174.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.22)
Road miles
494
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$72K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
682.00 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
246.53 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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.
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Big Reds Backyard BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Big Reds Backyard BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The weak link
−8.9
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.85 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 67%.
- Pork Ribs avg 165.22
- Pork avg 174.08
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
120 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3199 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 12 years before Grills Gone Wild KS's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Grills Gone Wild KS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3207 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with Grills Gone Wild KS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3206 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Grills Gone Wild KS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Grills Gone Wild KS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 161.0972 | 169.84 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 158.8228 | 165.22 | top 68% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 171.9656 | 174.08 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 161.6572 | 170.45 | top 52% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 3 | 0 | top 54% |
| OK | 1 | 0 | top 68% |
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 77% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.2 yrs
2025-03-21 → 2026-06-12
Busiest season
2025
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 174.08 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.22)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
682.00
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
246.53
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
223
98–188 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
494
5 mapped stops · furthest 143 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$71,730
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Power rating
1500
peak 1500 · #3198 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.2400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
- First call Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off
- 2026
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best overall score695.3828 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.5600 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1500) Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2026-06-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.1 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | 2025-06-13 |
| -4.4 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) | 2026-04-10 |
| -1.6 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off | 2025-09-19 |
| -1.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | 2025-03-21 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 96.6% | 95% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 64% | 94.1% | 77% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 7 / 36 (695.3828) | 9 (176.5600) | 20 (171.4172) | 9 (173.7028) | 10 (173.7028) |
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS | 78 / 101 (673.0172) | 50 (172.0000) | 95 (162.8000) | 8 (176.5600) | 92 (161.6572) |
| 2025-09-19 | Cherokee Strip BBQ & Chili Cook-Off 🏅 Ponca City, OK | 17 / 25 (677.6000) | 21 (161.0972) | 18 (168.5372) | 14 (171.9656) | 9 (176.0000) |
| 2025-06-13 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 23 / 36 (158.8228) | — | 19 (158.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-03-21 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 20 / 33 (334.2400) | 15 (169.7028) | 22 (164.5372) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #574 (225 pts) | #658 (205 pts) | #805 (145 pts) | #505 (300 pts) | #633 (195 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #278 (141 pts) | #323 (108 pts) | #280 (151 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1042 (90 pts) | #1178 (70 pts) | #1225 (85 pts) | #1037 (105 pts) | #882 (135 pts) |