GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM

GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 28 at the W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest (2020). They are ranked #5121 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Grillstar.de BBQ-TEAM”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,121

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1460

peak 1460 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 22, 2017

latest Feb 24, 2024 · 6.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#777

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

659.9204 / 720

Master · W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.15 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 631.49 (+6.66)

Walk rate

40%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2860

Pork Ribs · W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol

Consistency

±15.61

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.11 · weakest Brisket (151.51)

Road miles

3,383

across 15 mapped stops · furthest 493 mi

Schedule strength

35%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1547)

Master avg

631.49 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (7 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

11–0 behind in the head-to-head

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.60 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.

Brisket avg 151.51
Chicken avg 162.11
0 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Knappen Barbecrew in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol (Feb 24, 2024).

last seen Oct 2, 2021
back Feb 24, 2024

Chicken nemesis

9 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

3,383 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,383 miles across 15 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 493 miles to Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition.

15 mapped stops
furthest 493 mi

The metronome

±2.17% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.17% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 87.7% of a perfect score
15 contests

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	#1073 (86 pts)	#1539 (56 pts)	#815 (201 pts)	#934 (121 pts)	#1102 (86 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#777 (91 pts)	#520 (206 pts)	#859 (81 pts)	#836 (86 pts)	#1095 (56 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#952 (284 pts)	#804 (409 pts)	#843 (374 pts)	#1008 (284 pts)	#951 (309 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#909 (332 pts)	#838 (402 pts)	#783 (457 pts)	#1038 (292 pts)	#846 (397 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BBQ Brothers

#5,142 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1523

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Ma-Kole BBQ

#5,140 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1460

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM has cooked, 6 to 15, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Aug 9, 2025

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Wild Hog BBQ

#5,106 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1460

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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J Adams Rib

#5,105 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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KIND OF A BIG DEAL BBQ

#5,125 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1460

Level with GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Nov 18, 2022

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2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL

#5,141 of the rated field

1460 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
VIKING BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BONSAIS WILD BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BBQBrewCrew	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BBQ AUS MASSEN	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BERGISCHE ROSTAROMEN	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
IRON BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	3	171.9656	154.2628	162.11	top 57%
Pork Ribs	15	2	174.2860	150.7772	159.99	top 51%
Pork	13	2	169.7144	149.1200	157.66	top 64%
Brisket	15	0	166.2284	130.2400	151.51	top 70%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 94%
Medium (20–39)	9	top 68%
Large (40+)	5	top 64%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ an der Burg 2019	2	24	0	top 80%	Jul 6, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in BZ 2 of 15 contests

Contests visited 14 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 243 finished ahead 188 times, behind 371

Longest layoff 2.4 yrs Oct 2, 2021 → Feb 24, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20243 milestones

Feb 24 Career-best overall score659.9204 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Feb 24 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2860 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Feb 24 Most recent contest W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol

20201 milestone

Jan 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3488 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

20191 milestone

Jul 20 10th tracked contest 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

20181 milestone

May 19 Peak power rating (1497) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20172 milestones

Sep 22 First tracked contest 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
Sep 22 First call 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.9	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Jan 18, 2020
+6.6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 19, 2018
+2.6	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition	Nov 30, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	BBQ an der Burg 2018	Jun 30, 2018
-9.8	Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle	Oct 2, 2021
-8.7	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018	Sep 22, 2018
-6.3	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018	Apr 28, 2018
-5.1	EUregio Barbecue Festival	Aug 17, 2019

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	1	100%	top 69%	91.7%	91.7%
2021	1	100%	top 94%	86%	86%
2020	1	100%	top 39%	91%	91%
2019	5	20%	top 67%	88.9%	87.7%
2018	6	17%	top 71%	89.7%	86.9%
2017	1	100%	top 67%	87.1%	87.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Feb 24, 2024	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ	18 / 26 (659.9204)	24 (157.6572)	4 (174.2860)	11 (169.7144)	18 (158.2628)
Oct 2, 2021	Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle Bremen	15 / 16 (619.2112)	11 (160.5140)	11 (157.6800)	8 (161.6800)	16 (139.3372)
Jan 18, 2020	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	11 / 28 (655.3488)	8 (167.9772)	13 (164.5716)	8 (169.1772)	20 (153.6228)
Nov 30, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven	18 / 31 (631.8744)	4 (171.4516)	20 (150.7772)	19 (159.9656)	26 (149.6800)
Aug 17, 2019	EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren	22 / 28 (624.3888)	23 (159.3600)	20 (152.5144)	—	17 (155.4172)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	28 / 44 (640.4116)	34 (157.6800)	18 (165.6916)	—	29 (155.3600)
Jul 6, 2019	BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland	24 / 36 (625.6804)	21 (159.4172)	13 (158.8688)	28 (149.1200)	17 (158.2744)
Apr 26, 2019	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate	16 / 24 (635.3260)	12 (165.1200)	17 (156.5372)	16 (158.8460)	15 (154.8228)
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop	62 / 73 (603.4288)	49 (155.4056)	40 (156)	55 (149.7144)	62 (142.3088)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	21 / 32 (645.0744)	18 (163.4172)	8 (168)	27 (154.2744)	18 (159.3828)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	34 / 48 (630.7768)	22 (164.5368)	25 (158.8916)	39 (151.9428)	30 (155.4056)
Jun 30, 2018	BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland	28 / 30 (605.5888)	13 (164.5600)	16 (159.9772)	26 (150.8116)	29 (130.2400)
May 19, 2018	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	21 / 60 (645.7028)	52 (154.2628)	20 (162.8916)	29 (162.3200)	11 (166.2284)
Apr 28, 2018	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof	24 / 32 (622.2976)	24 (158.2628)	17 (157.7372)	16 (158.8688)	28 (147.4288)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	44 / 66 (627.3376)	6 (171.9656)	50 (155.4288)	49 (153.0972)	52 (146.8460)

GRILLSTAR.DE BBQ TEAM

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

The long haul

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)