The comeback
2.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Ribs & Rockets(Competitor Series/Invite Only/ Judges Full) (2016-06-11).
- last seen 2013-08-23
- back 2016-06-11
Road Kill Grill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2013-04-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 154.29 · weakest Chicken (146.29)
Road miles
1,864
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 1864 mi
Master avg
606.29 / 720
1 Master contest · 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.
Road Kill Grill has 1 rated contest — 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 142 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.
#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after Road Kill Grill did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Road Kill Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2854 | 146.2854 | 146.29 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.0000 | 142.2628 | 147.13 | top 89% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7142 | 153.7142 | 153.71 | top 90% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2858 | 154.2858 | 154.29 | top 87% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2013-04-12
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 154.29 · weakest Chicken (146.29)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.29
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
30
3–27 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,864
3 mapped stops · furthest 1,864 mi
Longest layoff
2.8 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2016-06-11
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Grilling on the River '13
- Career-best overall score606.2854 Grilling on the River '13
- Career-best single call (Brisket)154.2858 Grilling on the River '13
- 2016
- First call Ribs & Rockets(Competitor Series/Invite Only/ Judges Full)
- Most recent contest Ribs & Rockets(Competitor Series/Invite Only/ Judges Full)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-11 | Ribs & Rockets(Competitor Series/Invite Only/ Judges Full) Sacramento, CA | — | — | 7 (142.2628) | — | — |
| 2013-08-23 | Roast n' Boast Columbus, MS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013-04-12 | Grilling on the River '13 Columbus, MS | 28 / 31 (606.2854) | 30 (146.2854) | 28 (152.0000) | 28 (153.7142) | 27 (154.2858) |