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.
MAKIN IT WILD
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-05-17
latest 2015-05-15
Best ToY finish
#1589
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
616.94
last 4 Master vs avg 616.94 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 157.25 · weakest Brisket (150.28)
Road miles
148
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Master avg
616.94 / 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of REDNECKS WITH FIRE in 3 of their 3 shared 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.
MAKIN IT WILD 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 146 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.
#3717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MAKIN IT WILD)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MAKIN IT WILD has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 12 years after MAKIN IT WILD did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with MAKIN IT WILD on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 160.5484 | 152.5028 | 157.25 | top 65% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0000 | 143.4286 | 152.99 | top 66% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 143.4284 | 156.42 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8572 | 125.0516 | 150.28 | top 53% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-05-17 → 2015-05-15
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
Chicken
averages 157.25 · weakest Brisket (150.28)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
616.94
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
125
76–135 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
148
4 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #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
- Peak power rating (1497) Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship
- 2015
- Career-best overall score646.3312 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)165.7144 Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.5 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2015-05-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship | 2014-05-16 |
| -2.6 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship | 2013-05-17 |
| -1.9 | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ | 2013-10-18 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 82.2% | 82.2% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 87.4% | 85.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-15 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 29 / 53 (646.3312) | 33 (160.5484) | 25 (164.0000) | 25 (165.7144) | 31 (156.0684) |
| 2014-05-16 | Bakersfield's Biggest, Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 45 / 56 (591.7600) | 36 (159.3828) | 35 (151.9428) | 40 (155.3828) | 52 (125.0516) |
| 2013-10-18 | Cowboy Up at the PRCA Rodeo & BBQ Lancaster, CA | 26 / 41 (629.0972) | 34 (152.5028) | 28 (152.5716) | 29 (161.1656) | 13 (162.8572) |
| 2013-05-17 | Bakersfield's Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship Bakersfield, CA | 39 / 65 (600.5716) | 34 (156.5716) | 56 (143.4286) | 51 (143.4284) | 18 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #2084 (75 pts) | #2167 (75 pts) | #2161 (75 pts) | #2172 (75 pts) | #2148 (75 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1589 (141 pts) | #1644 (141 pts) | #1677 (141 pts) | #1681 (141 pts) | #1200 (236 pts) |