They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
BBQ PIT STOP
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1518
peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests ⓘ
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
2013-04-05
latest 2015-07-24
Best ToY finish
#1202
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
656.59 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 651.07 (+5.52)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±9.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.99 · weakest Chicken (161.12)
Road miles
3,337
mi across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1434 mi
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
651.07 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (8 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
666.8116
career-best overall
92.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 666.8116 at Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo — 92.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-07-24
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of BBQ PIT STOP 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
5–1
behind in the head-to-head
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE ahead in 83% of their meetings
GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.
A strong matchup
6–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 86% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
TEAM AMERICA has landed one call behind them 2 times.
The long haul
3,337
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,337 miles across 8 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,434 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).
- 8 mapped stops
- furthest 1,434 mi
The metronome
±1.28%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.28% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.4% of a perfect score
- 8 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.
84 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1518
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to BBQ PIT STOP)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BBQ PIT STOP has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2552 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1518
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to BBQ PIT STOP)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 13 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2547 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2544 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1518
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2553 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ PIT STOP on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALF BAKED HIPPIES BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG JOHNSON'S BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| G AND L BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| HQO | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM AMERICA | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| CHICKEN BUTT BBQ UTAH | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| GOT SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| RICHARDS ROUNDUP BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| NATIONS BEST BARBEQUE | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| RUB Q LONG TIME | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Rhythm n QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 146.2400 | 161.12 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 174.2744 | 158.2516 | 164.99 | top 40% |
| Pork | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 173.7028 | 147.3828 | 161.90 | top 53% |
| Brisket | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 157.6912 | 163.05 | top 44% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 5 | 0 | top 41% |
| NV | 2 | 0 | top 55% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 42% | 2015-04-10 |
| Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2 | 16 | 0 | top 55% | 2014-08-22 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.3 yrs
2013-04-05 → 2015-07-24
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
2.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
UT
5 of 8 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.99 · weakest Chicken (161.12)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 6 of 8 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
4 of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
651.07
out of 720 · 8 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
188
131–154 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
3,337
8 mapped stops · furthest 1,434 mi
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Power rating
1518
peak 1518 · #2543 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2014
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2288 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- Career-best overall score666.8116 Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
- Peak power rating (1518) Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
- Most recent contest Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.3 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown | 2014-07-24 |
| +7.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-04-10 |
| +7.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2014-04-11 |
| +2.6 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo | 2015-07-24 |
| +1.8 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2014-08-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.9 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2014-10-24 |
| -3.4 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-04-05 |
| -1.3 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out | 2013-08-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | 92.6% | 91.9% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 75% | top 47% | 90.9% | 90.6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 60% | 89.1% | 88.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo Salt Lake City, UT | 8 / 17 (666.8116) | 9 (169.1544) | 14 (158.2516) | 1 (173.7028) | 7 (165.7028) |
| 2015-04-10 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 10 / 30 (656.4340) | 13 (165.7028) | 8 (165.1200) | 11 (163.9656) | 15 (161.6456) |
| 2014-10-24 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 72 / 92 (653.6456) | 56 (165.7028) | 68 (161.7144) | 64 (162.2628) | 54 (163.9656) |
| 2014-08-22 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 16 / 31 (651.8512) | 27 (155.3600) | 9 (166.8572) | 20 (162.2284) | 12 (167.4056) |
| 2014-07-24 | Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT | 9 / 31 (654.2172) | 28 (146.2400) | 7 (168.5828) | 2 (173.1084) | 4 (166.2860) |
| 2014-04-11 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 9 / 29 (650.2288) | 14 (165.1544) | 1 (174.2744) | 27 (147.3828) | 7 (163.4172) |
| 2013-08-23 | Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV | 20 / 34 (641.6568) | 11 (164.5256) | 15 (162.8572) | 25 (156.5828) | 22 (157.6912) |
| 2013-04-05 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Salt Lake City, UT | 18 / 29 (633.7136) | 21 (157.1428) | 10 (162.2856) | 21 (155.9996) | 17 (158.2856) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1616 (130 pts) | #1892 (115 pts) | #1644 (150 pts) | #1757 (125 pts) | #1970 (105 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1202 (240 pts) | #1605 (165 pts) | #871 (420 pts) | #1823 (135 pts) | #1126 (280 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1366 (173 pts) | #1320 (203 pts) | #1228 (238 pts) | #1748 (133 pts) | #1451 (168 pts) |