The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition (Sep 10, 2021).
- last seen Sep 14, 2018
- back Sep 10, 2021
Stills and Grills
Stills and Grills is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 9th of 25 at the Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2018
latest Sep 10, 2021 · 3 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.14 · weakest Chicken (148.54)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Master avg
336.57 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
309.68 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 148.5372 | 148.5372 | 148.54 | top 40% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 161.1428 | 161.14 | top 28% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
70
finished ahead 33 times, behind 49
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Sep 14, 2018 → Sep 10, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20214 milestones
- First call Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)161.1428 Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
- Most recent contest Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition
20181 milestone
- Career-best overall score336.5716 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2021 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition 🏅 Mears, MI | 9 / 25 (309.6800) | 10 (148.5372) | 7 (161.1428) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2018 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 34 / 48 (336.5716) | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI | — | — | — | — | — |