Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2019-05-24) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMOKE THIS BBQ MO.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2019-05-24).
A call in 10 of 13 contests
A top-10 category call in 77% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
97.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 702.8000 at Southaven Springfest — 97.6% of a perfect 720.
They've taken 1 state championship from 13 entries at contests carrying the title.
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ ahead in 78% of their meetings
PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 9 shared contests.
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.95 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 31% of the time against 69%.
Their last Grand Championship came at Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival on 2019-05-24 — 12 contests and 7.3 years ago.
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Budro's BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2021-05-01).
RAZORRACKS ahead 63% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, RAZORRACKS has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.
Finished 1 of 26 at their very first tracked contest, Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival (2019-05-24).
Their overall lands within ±1.91% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
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.
76 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Grills of Mississippi has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 12 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head12 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 58% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-headThey were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Grills of Mississippi's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headThis is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Grills of Mississippi on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIGLITICALLY INCORRECT BBQ | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22% | ⚔ compare |
| RAZORRACKS | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| FIRE DANCER BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| JordyQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin N The Bandits | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Kith n' Kin | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| MEMPHIS ORIGINAL BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Rankin County BBQ Company | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BEER-B-QUE BOYS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 150.1712 | 166.47 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 178.8572 | 162.2628 | 171.81 | top 31% |
| Pork | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 177.1428 | 159.3716 | 168.93 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 173.1772 | 152.4684 | 162.86 | top 60% |
“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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 9 | 1 | top 49% |
| AL | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 43% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 1 | top 49% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 43% |
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | 2 | 1 | 1 | top 28% | 2021-05-01 |
| Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 66% | 2022-12-01 |
| Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) | 2 | 14 | 0 | top 60% | 2019-08-24 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +18.1 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | 2019-05-24 |
| +16.6 | Southaven Springfest | 2021-10-29 |
| +9.2 | Roast N Boast | 2022-10-28 |
| +8.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 2021-09-16 |
| +5.7 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2022-12-01 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.9 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff | 2023-04-28 |
| -6.4 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship | 2021-12-02 |
| -4.5 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival | 2022-04-29 |
| -4.1 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) | 2019-08-24 |
| -0.1 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival | 2021-05-01 |
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 93% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 57% | 94.6% | 92.6% |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60% | top 45% | 97.6% | 93.9% |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 75% | top 42% | 95.5% | 93.2% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-28 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Brandon, MS | 26 / 28 (659.2916) | 21 (168.5600) | 10 (174.8572) | 26 (163.4060) | 27 (152.4684) |
| 2022-12-01 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 7 / 13 (669.0516) | 2 (174.8572) | 5 (168.5600) | 13 (159.3716) | 7 (166.2628) |
| 2022-10-28 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 4 / 8 (681.0172) | 4 (171.9772) | 4 (171.9772) | 3 (171.9656) | 4 (165.0972) |
| 2022-04-29 | Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 17 / 25 (650.1028) | 25 (150.1712) | 2 (176.0000) | 8 (167.9772) | 17 (155.9544) |
| 2021-12-02 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 15 / 19 (664.4460) | 17 (163.9660) | 4 (176.0000) | 9 (168.5488) | 16 (155.9312) |
| 2021-10-29 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 3 / 36 (702.8000) | 6 (176.5600) | 2 (178.8572) | 7 (174.2628) | 11 (173.1200) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 81 / 467 (489.0972) | 271 (163.9544) | 257 (165.6800) | 59 (173.1200) | 272 (162.2284) |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST 🏅 unrated Kansas City, KS | 126 / 185 (675.3028) | 148 (166.2284) | 39 (175.4172) | 96 (170.2628) | 150 (163.3944) |
| 2021-05-01 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 20 / 38 (660.9940) | 27 (161.6800) | 25 (162.2628) | 20 (165.0740) | 9 (171.9772) |
| 2019-08-24 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 2) 🏅 Brandon, MS | 20 / 28 (657.0172) | 13 (167.4172) | 8 (167.4288) | 19 (163.3828) | 23 (158.7884) |
| 2019-08-23 | Smokin on the Rez BBQ and Music Festival (DAY 1) 🏅 Brandon, MS | 14 / 29 (661.5768) | 13 (168.5600) | 10 (167.4056) | 4 (169.6684) | 24 (155.9428) |
| 2019-06-14 | Desoto Shrine Club BBQ Cook off 🏅 Hernado, MS | 22 / 49 (677.0512) | 26 (169.7028) | 16 (172.5600) | 13 (171.9656) | 32 (162.8228) |
| 2019-05-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Cook off, Kids Que and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS | 1 / 26 (687.4056) | 16 (160.5256) | 2 (176.5600) | 1 (177.1428) | 1 (173.1772) |