A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE PIT CREW BBQ OF AZ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
HOT & SMOKIN 5B
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1470
peak 1502 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2017-03-31
Best ToY finish
#1471
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
600.53
last 4 Master vs avg 600.53 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±12.61
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 157.43 · weakest Pork (145.41)
Road miles
387
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
600.53 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship (2017-03-31).
- last seen 2015-05-15
- back 2017-03-31
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.
HOT & SMOKIN 5B has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 138 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with HOT & SMOKIN 5B on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4595 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1470
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5718 | 143.3716 | 148.98 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4516 | 146.2400 | 148.71 | top 85% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.1426 | 137.1084 | 145.41 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2972 | 150.2628 | 157.43 | top 50% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.9 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2017-03-31
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 157.43 · weakest Pork (145.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
600.53
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
208
64–226 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
387
4 mapped stops · furthest 86 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2015-05-15 → 2017-03-31
Power rating
1470
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score613.7146 Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1502) Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)162.2972 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2017
- Most recent contest 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.4 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2015-05-15 |
| -11 | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship | 2017-03-31 |
| -8.3 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2013-10-04 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 81.2% | 81.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 85.2% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-31 | 6th Annual Santa Anita Winners Circle BBQ Championship Arcadia, CA | 73 / 77 (584.5032) | 73 (143.3716) | 71 (151.4516) | 77 (139.4172) | 65 (150.2628) |
| 2015-05-15 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 50 / 53 (591.8968) | 45 (148.5484) | 50 (146.2400) | 52 (137.1084) | 26 (160.0000) |
| 2013-10-04 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 78 / 99 (611.9884) | 85 (151.4172) | 91 (146.2856) | 78 (151.9884) | 39 (162.2972) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 29 / 65 (613.7146) | 44 (152.5718) | 41 (150.8572) | 37 (153.1426) | 17 (157.1430) |
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 | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1471 (150 pts) | #1551 (150 pts) | #1571 (150 pts) | #1560 (150 pts) | #1356 (190 pts) |