High-water mark
668.4800
career-best overall
92.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.4800 at Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition — 92.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2022-09-16
ROAD WARRIORS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-05-17
latest 2022-09-16
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 64%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.70
last 4 Master vs avg 655.70 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.08
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 165.39 · weakest Brisket (161.81)
Road miles
476
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 266 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Purse competed for
$44K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.70 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLUE CHIP BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLUE CHIP BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.2 years, then back at GBC Summer Showdown (2021-07-30).
- last seen 2019-05-17
- back 2021-07-30
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.
ROAD WARRIORS has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before ROAD WARRIORS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with ROAD WARRIORS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before ROAD WARRIORS's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before ROAD WARRIORS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before ROAD WARRIORS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 158.8000 | 164.82 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 160.5144 | 165.39 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 152.4800 | 163.67 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 148.4800 | 161.81 | top 58% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 2 | 0 | top 59% |
| GA | 1 | 0 | top 79% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.3 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2022-09-16
Busiest season
2021
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 165.39 · weakest Brisket (161.81)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
655.70
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
48–113 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
476
4 mapped stops · furthest 266 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$43,800
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.2 yrs
2019-05-17 → 2021-07-30
Power rating
1494
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- First call Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1144 Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- Peak power rating (1501) Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass
- 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4172 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- 2022
- Career-best overall score668.4800 Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition | 2022-09-16 |
| +1.1 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass | 2019-05-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.1 | GBC Summer Showdown | 2021-07-30 |
| -2.3 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ | 2021-09-17 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 90.9% | 90.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-16 | Reuniting After War (R.A.W.) BBQ Competition 🏅 Bowling Green, KY | 12 / 24 (668.4800) | 14 (168.0000) | 14 (162.2516) | 12 (170.8456) | 13 (167.3828) |
| 2021-09-17 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ 🏅 Owensboro, KY | 21 / 31 (646.0800) | 21 (158.8000) | 16 (167.3828) | 11 (171.4172) | 29 (148.4800) |
| 2021-07-30 | GBC Summer Showdown 🏅 Cumming, GA | 31 / 39 (654.1260) | 33 (165.0856) | 34 (160.5144) | 35 (159.9544) | 12 (168.5716) |
| 2019-05-17 | Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass 🏅 Sevierville, TN | 25 / 43 (654.1144) | 21 (167.3944) | 9 (171.4172) | 39 (152.4800) | 23 (162.8228) |