On the rise
+37
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 37 points across 5 contests since 2013-05-10 — from 1515 up to 1551.
- 5 contests since 2013-05-10
- now 1551
PIEDMONT PIT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1551
peak 1551 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-05-10
latest 2014-05-09
Best ToY finish
#1168
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 18%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.46
last 5 Master vs avg 646.46 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.60 · weakest Pork (155.51)
Road miles
302
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
646.46 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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 multi-meat day
1
contests 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 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013-08-23).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
High-water mark
666.7884
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.7884 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-08-23
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
Rocks Money Pit BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
Rocks Money Pit BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−10.1
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.09 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 60%.
- Pork avg 155.51
- Chicken avg 165.60
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of SMOKIN SKULLIES in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 60 at their very first tracked contest, BBQ Jamboree (2013-05-10).
- 2013-05-10
- 60-team field
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.
63 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1718 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1551
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#1706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1552
No shared contest yet.
3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head#1717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 83%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after PIEDMONT PIT BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#1711 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#1716 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1551
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIEDMONT PIT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1710 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serial Griller | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 174.3200 | 158.8572 | 165.60 | top 20% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 173.7144 | 145.1428 | 160.67 | top 30% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 149.7138 | 155.51 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 172.0116 | 150.2628 | 164.67 | top 24% |
“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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 14% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 21% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Jamboree | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 23% | 2014-05-09 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-05-10 → 2014-05-09
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
VA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.60 · weakest Pork (155.51)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
80%
4 of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests
Master average
646.46
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
145
181–40 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
302
5 mapped stops · furthest 77 mi
Schedule strength
1513
average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests
Power rating
1551
peak 1551 · #1714 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest BBQ Jamboree
- First call BBQ Jamboree
- First overall top-10 BBQ Jamboree
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.1422 BBQ Jamboree
- First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score666.7884 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3200 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1551) BBQ Jamboree
- Most recent contest BBQ Jamboree
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | BBQ Jamboree | 2013-05-10 |
| +13.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-08-23 |
| +10.6 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-off | 2013-05-17 |
| +10.1 | Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival | 2014-04-04 |
| +2.4 | BBQ Jamboree | 2014-05-09 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 28% | 90.5% | 89.1% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 100% | top 12% | 92.6% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-09 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 25 / 64 (631.3028) | 23 (158.8572) | 15 (162.2400) | 26 (159.9428) | 38 (150.2628) |
| 2014-04-04 | Rockahock's Pickin' and Pullin' Festival Lanexa, VA | 7 / 41 (651.3720) | 12 (164.5600) | 13 (159.9888) | 30 (154.8116) | 2 (172.0116) |
| 2013-08-23 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Richmond, VA | 3 / 29 (666.7884) | 1 (174.3200) | 1 (173.7144) | 22 (154.2284) | 12 (164.5256) |
| 2013-05-17 | Chesapeake Jubilee BBQ Cook-off Chesapeake, VA | 6 / 34 (633.7142) | 7 (163.4286) | 24 (145.1428) | 15 (158.8572) | 3 (166.2856) |
| 2013-05-10 | BBQ Jamboree Fredericksburg, VA | 4 / 60 (649.1422) | 7 (166.8570) | 12 (162.2858) | 41 (149.7138) | 4 (170.2856) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1183 (246 pts) | #1389 (216 pts) | #1240 (251 pts) | #1774 (141 pts) | #974 (341 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1168 (229 pts) | #1089 (279 pts) | #1091 (279 pts) | #2473 (69 pts) | #1783 (119 pts) |