GRILLA MANIACS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3557

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1492

peak 1519 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-04-19

latest 2015-08-21

Best ToY finish

#636

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

655.4284 / 720

Master · Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

633.67 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 639.61 (-5.94)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1772

Chicken · Q the Lou

Consistency

±9.85

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.28 · weakest Pork (157.06)

Road miles

770

mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi

Schedule strength

16%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

639.61 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

Their season

2013 their best year

2013 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 37%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 37%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.22 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 13% of the time against 38%.

Pork avg 157.06
Chicken avg 164.28
1 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of I QUE & BREW in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The metronome

±1.37% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.37% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.8% of a perfect score
8 contests

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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.

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

SMOKIN' BUTTS

#3558 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 108
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1568

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to GRILLA MANIACS)

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

rated over 107 contests
last seen 2025-05-09

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BLACK FLAG BBQ

#3554 of the rated field

1492 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1492

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2023-04-07

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ALPHA SMOKE

#3562 of the rated field

1492 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1510

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2015-05-08

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A&R Barbeque

#3567 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1491

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 12 years after GRILLA MANIACS did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

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Make BBQ Great Again

#3566 of the rated field

1491 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1514

No shared contest yet.

Level with GRILLA MANIACS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2025-10-10

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BROTHA K'S BOARBECUE

#3547 of the rated field

1492 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2023-04-28

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BOSS HAWG BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BLUES BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	3	1	173.1772	150.2744	164.28	top 44%
Pork Ribs	8	1	0	166.8800	144.5600	159.79	top 57%
Pork	8	1	0	170.2628	141.1428	157.06	top 64%
Brisket	8	1	0	172.5714	153.1084	158.49	top 56%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	7	0	top 57%
IL	1	0	top 52%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 53%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2	18	0	top 45%	2015-08-21

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.3 yrs 2013-04-19 → 2015-08-21

Busiest season 2013 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 7 of 8 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 7 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 8 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.28 · weakest Pork (157.06)

Walk rate 63% a top-10 call in 5 of 8 contests

Overall top-10 rate 13% 1 of 8 contests

Master average 639.61 out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 217 153–173 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 770 8 mapped stops · furthest 107 mi

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 16% of rated contests

Power rating 1492 peak 1519 · #3557 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Apr 19 First tracked contest Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 19 First call Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 19 First overall top-10 Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1432 Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest
May 3 Career-best overall score655.4284 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
Sep 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1772 Q the Lou
Sep 13 Peak power rating (1519) Q the Lou
2015
Aug 21 Most recent contest Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.3	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2013-04-19
+5.7	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2013-08-23
+2.4	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest	2013-05-03
+0.7	Q the Lou	2013-09-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	Smokin on the Lake	2014-05-17
-8.9	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2014-04-11
-5.4	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest	2015-04-17
-0.6	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest	2015-08-21

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	0	0%	top 65%	87.3%	87.1%
2014	2	0	50%	top 86%	89.7%	88.7%
2013	4	1	100%	top 37%	91%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-08-21	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	33 / 58 (626.1944)	45 (150.2744)	32 (160.0000)	24 (162.8000)	34 (153.1200)
2015-04-17	7th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	36 / 49 (628.4796)	26 (164.5828)	47 (144.5600)	34 (155.9312)	20 (163.4056)
2014-05-17	Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	23 / 25 (645.6344)	19 (161.1200)	24 (159.4172)	8 (170.2628)	23 (154.8344)
2014-04-11	6th Annual Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	37 / 46 (631.4512)	32 (159.4056)	33 (157.1656)	33 (160.0228)	34 (154.8572)
2013-09-13	Q the Lou Litchfield, IL	13 / 25 (636.5828)	2 (173.1772)	8 (164.5600)	23 (141.1428)	14 (157.7028)
2013-08-23	Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest Cape Girardeau, MO	18 / 56 (643.9540)	8 (169.6800)	11 (166.8800)	42 (154.2856)	37 (153.1084)
2013-05-03	Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO	11 / 25 (655.4284)	11 (165.7144)	11 (165.7144)	22 (151.4282)	4 (172.5714)
2013-04-19	Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington, MO	10 / 50 (649.1432)	6 (170.2856)	22 (160.0000)	23 (160.5716)	22 (158.2860)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2057 (85 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1780 (131 pts)	#1657 (151 pts)	#1870 (126 pts)	#1390 (216 pts)	#1832 (131 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#636 (490 pts)	#424 (730 pts)	#664 (500 pts)	#1065 (285 pts)	#696 (470 pts)