Cool Guys with Hot Grills
Cool Guys with Hot Grills is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2023. Their best overall finish is 14th of 25 at the Plant City Pig Jam (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jan 27, 2023
latest Nov 17, 2023
Avg finish
top 45%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.25 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Road miles
5
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
318.17 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
661.60 / 720
1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 151.9312 | 158.81 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2400 | 157.0628 | 161.65 | top 53% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 153.6456 | 162.25 | top 37% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 145.0628 | 156.53 | top 49% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6000 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score661.6000 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8572 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Plant City Pig Jam
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2023 | Plant City Pig Jam 🏅 Plant City, FL | 14 / 25 (318.1712) | 20 (151.9312) | 6 (166.2400) | 14 (153.6456) | 18 (145.0628) |
| Jan 27, 2023 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 17 / 51 (661.6000) | 22 (165.6800) | 42 (157.0628) | 9 (170.8572) | 13 (168) |