From Nil to Grill

From Nil to Grill is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 11 at the Twin Smoke (2025), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #636 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1504

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 17, 2025

latest May 15, 2026 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#636

Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 2 contests

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

679.9772 / 720

Master · Twin Smoke

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Brisket · Twin Smoke

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.06 · weakest Pork (161.14)

Road miles

across 2 mapped stops

Master avg

657.41 / 720

2 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

The heartbreaker

3.9196 points from the title

Came within 3.9196 points of the Grand Championship at Twin Smoke (May 17, 2025).

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Twin Smoke (May 17, 2025).

Chicken 1st
Brisket 1st

High-water mark

679.9772 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.9772 at Twin Smoke — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 17, 2025

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 11 at their very first tracked contest, Twin Smoke (May 17, 2025).

May 17, 2025
11-team field

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#1016 (78 pts)	#1066 (88 pts)	#1092 (103 pts)	#1020 (93 pts)	#1031 (88 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#636 (236 pts)	#670 (261 pts)	#747 (236 pts)	#825 (161 pts)	#623 (261 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	2	1	1	1	172.6172	159.5088	166.06	top 42%
Pork Ribs	2	1	0	1	169.6800	159.3828	164.53	top 40%
Pork	2	1	0	0	164.5600	157.7260	161.14	top 58%
Brisket	2	1	1	1	173.1200	158.2172	165.67	top 42%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Twin Smoke	2	2	0	top 50%	May 15, 2026

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

May 15 Most recent contest Twin Smoke

202510 milestones

May 17 First tracked contest Twin Smoke
May 17 First call Twin Smoke
May 17 First category win (Chicken) Twin Smoke
May 17 First overall top-10 Twin Smoke
May 17 First overall podium Twin Smoke
May 17 First Reserve Championship Twin Smoke
May 17 First multi-meat day Twin Smoke
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.9772 Twin Smoke
May 17 Career-best overall score679.9772 Twin Smoke
May 17 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Twin Smoke

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 15, 2026	Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania	19 / 23 (634.8348)	17 (159.5088)	14 (159.3828)	16 (157.7260)	17 (158.2172)
May 17, 2025	Twin Smoke Vilnius, Lithuania	2 / 11 (679.9772)	1 (172.6172)	2 (169.6800)	5 (164.5600)	1 (173.1200)