A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LaTa-Que ahead in 100% of their meetings
LaTa-Que has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Guys and Grills
Guys and Grills is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 28 at the Smoke & Soul Fest (2023). They finished #1065 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 6, 2023
latest Jun 5, 2026 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.42
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.29 · weakest Chicken (158.26)
Road miles
414
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 414 mi
Schedule strength
68%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1586)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
650.78 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #1065 (60 pts) | #1141 (60 pts) | #1186 (65 pts) | #1111 (60 pts) | #1102 (60 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #946 (144 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1464 (59 pts) | #1499 (59 pts) | #906 (158 pts) | #1029 (109 pts) | #1053 (99 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Guys and Grills, each with one reason worth a look.
Guys and Grills has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 139 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,177 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,191 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Guys and Grills's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Guys and Grills's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,189 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Level with Guys and Grills on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,182 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Guys and Grills's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,211 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Guys and Grills's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.3084 | 142.2172 | 158.26 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 154.8344 | 162.55 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7488 | 160 | 166.29 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 160.5028 | 163.11 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 79% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original SD BBQ Championships | 3 | 27 | 0 | top 79% | Jun 5, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SD
5 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
91
finished ahead 33 times, behind 121
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score659.9656 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2628 Original SD BBQ Championships
- Most recent contest Original SD BBQ Championships
20251 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.5312 Original SD BBQ Championships
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke & Soul Fest
- Peak power rating (1494) Smoke & Soul Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.7 | Smoke & Soul Fest | Oct 6, 2023 |
| -5.7 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 7, 2024 |
| -5.1 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 5, 2026 |
| -4.3 | Original SD BBQ Championships | Jun 6, 2025 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 91.7% | 91.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 40 / 48 (659.9656) | 33 (166.3084) | 24 (170.2628) | 43 (160) | 33 (163.3944) |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 36 / 48 (653.5312) | 37 (165.6684) | 41 (159.3944) | 26 (167.9656) | 36 (160.5028) |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Original SD BBQ Championships (One Meat Ribs) Huron, SD | — | — | 19 (163.4400) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Original SD BBQ Championships 🏅 Huron, SD | 27 / 34 (645.6688) | 34 (142.2172) | 22 (167.9772) | 15 (169.7488) | 17 (165.7256) |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD | — | — | 17 (159.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Smoke & Soul Fest 🏅 Casper, WY | 22 / 28 (643.9548) | 22 (158.8344) | 26 (154.8344) | 15 (167.4516) | 18 (162.8344) |