BBQ PIT STOP

BBQ PIT STOP is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 8th of 17 at the Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo (2015). They are ranked #2557 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,557

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1518

peak 1518 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 5, 2013

latest Jul 24, 2015 · 2.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1202

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 8 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

666.8116 / 720

Master · Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo

Perfect 180s

Current form

656.59 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.07 (+5.52)

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2744

Pork Ribs · Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

Consistency

±9.25

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 164.99 · weakest Chicken (161.12)

Road miles

3,337

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 1,434 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

651.07 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

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.

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
Jul 24, 2015

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

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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

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
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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ PIT STOP, each with one reason worth a look.

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

TRAILHOUND SMOKERS

#2,560 of the rated field

1518 power rating

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.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Apr 8, 2016

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PO BACON BBQ

#2,550 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1528

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2018

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SEXY Q/17TH ST BAR & GRILL

#2,568 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

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SMOKETACULAR

#2,561 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1518

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 2, 2014

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Daddy & Me BBQ

#2,570 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1520

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Tipsy Smoker

#2,548 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1529

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 4, 2026

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Familiar 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
HD BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ 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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 47%
Medium (20–39)	6	top 44%
Large (40+)	1	top 78%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
UT	5	top 41%
NV	2	top 55%
TN	1	top 78%

Repeat visits (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%	Apr 10, 2015
Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	2	16	0	top 55%	Aug 22, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in UT 5 of 8 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 5 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 187 finished ahead 131 times, behind 154

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

20153 milestones

Jul 24 Career-best overall score666.8116 Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
Jul 24 Peak power rating (1518) Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo
Jul 24 Most recent contest Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo

20144 milestones

Apr 11 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 11 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2288 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 11 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20132 milestones

Apr 5 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Apr 5 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+8.3	Days of 47 BBQ Showdown	Jul 24, 2014
+7.6	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 10, 2015
+7.5	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 11, 2014
+2.6	Days of 47 BBQ Rib & Rodeo	Jul 24, 2015
+1.8	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 22, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-4.7	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 24, 2014
-3.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Apr 5, 2013
-1.3	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out	Aug 23, 2013

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	2	2	1	100%	top 40%	92.6%	91.9%
2014	4	2	1	75%	top 47%	90.9%	90.6%
2013	2	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
Jul 24, 2015	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)
Apr 10, 2015	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)
Oct 24, 2014	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)
Aug 22, 2014	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	16 / 31 (651.8512)	27 (155.3600)	9 (166.8572)	20 (162.2284)	12 (167.4056)
Jul 24, 2014	Days of 47 BBQ Showdown Holladay, UT	9 / 31 (654.2172)	28 (146.2400)	7 (168.5828)	2 (173.1084)	4 (166.2860)
Apr 11, 2014	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)
Aug 23, 2013	Wild West BBQ Shoot Out Wendover, NV	20 / 34 (641.6568)	11 (164.5256)	15 (162.8572)	25 (156.5828)	22 (157.6912)
Apr 5, 2013	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)

BBQ PIT STOP

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)