The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Chokin "N" tha Smoke has finished one call ahead of Rocket City Road Kill 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Rocket City Road Kill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-03
latest 2017-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Best overall
648.4116 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.99
last 4 Master vs avg 639.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.82)
Road miles
2
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
639.99 / 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HIGH ON THE HAWG ahead in 100% of their meetings
HIGH ON THE HAWG has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of The Sweepers in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
Rocket City Road Kill 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 147 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.
#4341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rocket City Road Kill)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rocket City Road Kill has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Rocket City Road Kill)
They've been 1510 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Rocket City Road Kill did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rocket City Road Kill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2512 | 155.9998 | 163.25 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9998 | 147.3600 | 157.82 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 153.6340 | 159.25 | top 76% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 149.1424 | 159.67 | top 62% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 3 | 38 | 0 | top 72% | 2017-05-05 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-05-03 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.25 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.82)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
639.99
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
143
63–189 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1531
average field rating faced — tougher than 23% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2016-05-06
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1490) The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4116 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- Career-best overall score648.4116 The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013)
- 2017
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8228 The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.4 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2013-05-03 |
| -7.5 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2015-05-01 |
| -5.2 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2017-05-05 |
| -1.7 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) | 2014-05-02 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 53 / 69 (646.6396) | 53 (159.3484) | 47 (162.8344) | 65 (153.6340) | 19 (170.8228) |
| 2016-05-06 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015-05-01 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 50 / 63 (638.0452) | 23 (170.2512) | 60 (147.3600) | 34 (166.8112) | 58 (153.6228) |
| 2014-05-02 | The WhistleStop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (JUDGES SIGN UP STARTS DECEMBER 2, 2013) Huntsville, AL | 38 / 62 (648.4116) | 28 (167.3828) | 50 (157.0744) | 48 (158.8572) | 27 (165.0972) |
| 2013-05-03 | The Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | 52 / 62 (626.8560) | 50 (155.9998) | 28 (163.9998) | 49 (157.7140) | 52 (149.1424) |