BGE PIT CREW

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3037

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1504

peak 1504 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-02-15

latest 2017-11-17

Best ToY finish

#1251

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

670.7656 / 720

Master · Plant City Pig Jam

Perfect 180s

Current form

651.06 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 650.33 (+0.73)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0228

Chicken · Plant City Pig Jam

Consistency

±14.63

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.65 · weakest Brisket (156.68)

Road miles

mi across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

650.33 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (6 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.

High-water mark

670.7656 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.7656 at Plant City Pig Jam — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2014-11-21

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Hardwood BBQ, Inc. has finished one call ahead of BGE PIT CREW 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

SWAMP BOYS ahead in 100% of their meetings

SWAMP BOYS has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.97 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 156.68
Pork Ribs avg 167.65
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ROCK RIVER BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

A November team

Top 41% average finish in November

Something about November: average finish in the top 41% across 5 contests, versus top 53% the rest of the year.

5 November contests
top 53% the rest of the year

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.

113 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

The Burnt Crow

#3048 of the rated field

1504 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 7.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Smokin B's

#3041 of the rated field

1504 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after BGE PIT CREW did, first appearing in 2018.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-09-19
on a 3-contest top-10 run

⚔ Head-to-head

Doss Hogs Barbeque

#3039 of the rated field

1504 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1519

No shared contest yet.

Level with BGE PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2020-11-20

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ BARONS

#3040 of the rated field

1504 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-09-07

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Bailey Acres BBQ

#3045 of the rated field

1504 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1526

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2025-08-29

⚔ Head-to-head

NEW RIVER BOYS

#3043 of the rated field

1504 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1516

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2022-11-12

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SWAMP BOYS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
ROCK RIVER BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
POPPELL INSURANCE BBQ TEAM	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
BIG JOHN'S TEXAS BAR-B-QUE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BLUE Q FL	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
Florida Boys	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
AWESOME Q	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Hardwood BBQ, Inc.	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HOT WACHULA'S	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	3	1	1	176.0228	149.0744	164.15	top 49%
Pork Ribs	7	2	1	1	174.2744	163.3944	167.65	top 33%
Pork	7	1	0	0	173.1428	147.4284	161.85	top 53%
Brisket	7	0	0	0	168.5256	145.0628	156.68	top 65%

“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)	4	0	top 62%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 41%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Plant City Pig Jam	3	10	0	top 37%	2016-11-18
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2	17	0	top 82%	2014-02-21

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.8 yrs 2013-02-15 → 2017-11-17

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in FL 7 of 7 contests

Contests visited 4 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 1 win · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 167.65 · weakest Brisket (156.68)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 6 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 1 of 7 contests

Master average 650.33 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 151 139–120 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 66 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1526 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Power rating 1504 peak 1504 · #3037 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Feb 15 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Feb 15 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Nov 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8512 Plant City Pig Jam
2014
Feb 21 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Nov 21 First overall top-10 Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 21 Career-best overall score670.7656 Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 21 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0228 Plant City Pig Jam
2017
Nov 17 Peak power rating (1504) Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam
Nov 17 Most recent contest Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.7	Plant City Pig Jam	2014-11-21
+9.6	Plant City Pig Jam	2013-11-22
+2.7	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam	2017-11-17
+2.6	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest	2015-11-20

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-02-15
-9.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2014-02-21
-1	Plant City Pig Jam	2016-11-18

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 48%	90.8%	90.8%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 58%	89.5%	89.5%
2015	1	0	0	100%	top 47%	91.9%	91.9%
2014	2	1	2	100%	top 53%	93.2%	90%
2013	2	0	0	100%	top 56%	91.6%	90.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-11-17	Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	20 / 42 (653.5888)	7 (171.9772)	24 (163.9656)	26 (161.1316)	24 (156.5144)
2016-11-18	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	22 / 38 (644.3656)	36 (149.0744)	14 (167.9772)	11 (169.6684)	24 (157.6456)
2015-11-20	Plant City Pig Jam - State Championship BBQ Contest 🏅 Plant City, FL	23 / 49 (661.6000)	19 (167.9772)	20 (166.8228)	7 (173.1428)	34 (153.6572)
2014-11-21	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	10 / 39 (670.7656)	1 (176.0228)	18 (163.3944)	20 (162.8228)	12 (168.5256)
2014-02-21	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL	17 / 21 (624.9712)	20 (151.9656)	1 (174.2744)	18 (153.6684)	20 (145.0628)
2013-11-22	Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL	15 / 53 (659.8512)	10 (168.0000)	17 (165.6800)	19 (165.0856)	24 (161.0856)
2013-02-15	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tampa, FL	20 / 24 (637.1428)	19 (164.0000)	4 (171.4288)	22 (147.4284)	22 (154.2856)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#2057 (85 pts)	#1599 (165 pts)	#2271 (65 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2230 (65 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2175 (75 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2042 (115 pts)	#1818 (130 pts)	#2316 (65 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2085 (70 pts)	#2046 (90 pts)	#2063 (85 pts)	#1577 (165 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1251 (225 pts)	#975 (360 pts)	#959 (370 pts)	#1586 (170 pts)	#1434 (200 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1286 (199 pts)	#1225 (229 pts)	#989 (314 pts)	#1472 (169 pts)	#1599 (144 pts)