A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
B&R SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
B&R SMOKE has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Gorilla BBQ
Gorilla BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 18th of 18 at the September Fest (2024). They finished #1182 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 5, 2022
latest Sep 13, 2024 · 2.1 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 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.19 · weakest Brisket (152.08)
Road miles
86
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 71 mi
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1592)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.46 / 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1182 (60 pts) | #1037 (115 pts) | #962 (135 pts) | #1231 (60 pts) | #1204 (60 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Gorilla BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Gorilla BBQ 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 131 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Gorilla BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Gorilla BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,037 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,038 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Gorilla BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,012 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Level with Gorilla BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,034 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 145.1088 | 159.97 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8916 | 151.9772 | 162.19 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4056 | 137.6572 | 153.39 | top 84% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6916 | 146.7544 | 152.08 | top 87% |
“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 100% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 91% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All American BBQ Throwdown | 3 | 34 | 0 | top 91% | Aug 2, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
79
finished ahead 12 times, behind 140
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- First call All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score641.6576 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4172 All American BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest September Fest
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs
- Peak power rating (1490) All American BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | September Fest | Sep 13, 2024 |
| -10.5 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 4, 2023 |
| -10 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 5, 2022 |
| -6.2 | All American BBQ Throwdown | Aug 2, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 93% | 89.1% | 88% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 86% | 86% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2024 | September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI | 18 / 18 (625.5544) | 15 (165.1200) | 13 (163.4744) | 18 (150.2056) | 18 (146.7544) |
| Aug 2, 2024 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 34 / 40 (641.6576) | 14 (171.4172) | 10 (170.8916) | 40 (137.6572) | 26 (161.6916) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 42 / 44 (619.3260) | 44 (145.1088) | 35 (161.7260) | 30 (162.2856) | 40 (150.2056) |
| Aug 4, 2023 | All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI | — | — | 23 (164) | — | — |
| Aug 5, 2022 | All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI | 46 / 50 (623.3028) | 44 (158.2400) | 44 (151.9772) | 34 (163.4056) | 46 (149.6800) |
| Aug 5, 2022 | All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI | — | — | 28 (161.0972) | — | — |