The comeback
2.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.5 years, then back at TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest (2018-04-13).
- last seen 2015-10-02
- back 2018-04-13
RED ROAD COOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2014-10-17
latest 2018-04-13
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 89%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
613.44
last 3 Master vs avg 613.44 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.84 · weakest Brisket (136.72)
Road miles
116
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
33%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
Master avg
613.44 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
RED ROAD COOKERS has 3 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 155 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.
#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with RED ROAD COOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4636 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
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-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 175.4056 | 160.5600 | 166.84 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 145.6916 | 151.62 | top 87% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 156.5600 | 158.26 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 114.8000 | 136.72 | top 88% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roast N' Boast | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 84% | 2015-10-02 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.5 yrs
2014-10-17 → 2018-04-13
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.84 · weakest Brisket (136.72)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
613.44
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
65
8–68 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
116
4 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1544
average field rating faced — tougher than 33% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.5 yrs
2015-10-02 → 2018-04-13
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Roast n' Boast
- 2014
- First call Roast N' Boast
- Career-best overall score636.4344 Roast N' Boast
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Roast N' Boast
- Peak power rating (1492) Roast N' Boast
- 2018
- Most recent contest TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest | 2018-04-13 |
| -11.2 | Roast N' Boast | 2015-10-02 |
| -7.6 | Roast N' Boast | 2014-10-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84% | 84% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 76% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-13 | TN River BBQ Battle & Music Fest Savannah, TN | 28 / 28 (605.0856) | 20 (164.5484) | 28 (146.8572) | 28 (156.5600) | 28 (137.1200) |
| 2015-10-02 | Roast N' Boast Columbus, MS | 24 / 26 (598.8000) | 20 (160.5600) | 17 (162.2972) | 14 (161.1428) | 26 (114.8000) |
| 2014-10-17 | Roast N' Boast Columbus, MS | 19 / 25 (636.4344) | 3 (175.4056) | 24 (145.6916) | 21 (157.0856) | 16 (158.2516) |
| 2013-08-23 | Roast n' Boast Columbus, MS | — | — | — | — | — |