High-water mark
678.8000
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.8000 at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 3, 2015
PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION
PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 11th of 28 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They finished #1716 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Pitmaker BBQ Addiction”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1525
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 1, 2013
latest Oct 3, 2015 · 2.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.05
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.59 · weakest Chicken (162.44)
Road miles
2,575
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 1,434 mi
Schedule strength
15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)
Master avg
661.65 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1716 (123 pts) | #1425 (178 pts) | #1880 (108 pts) | #1935 (103 pts) | #1850 (108 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION, each with one reason worth a look.
PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 76 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1546
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,345 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1525
They turned up 8 years after PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,335 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1525
Level with PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,334 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,333 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1526
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7142 | 148.4800 | 162.44 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 163.9428 | 165.24 | top 43% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 162.2400 | 169.59 | top 32% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 157.7372 | 166.86 | top 32% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 21% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NV
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
706
finished ahead 617 times, behind 103
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Nov 7, 2013 → Nov 13, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20154 milestones
- Career-best overall score678.8000 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Peak power rating (1525) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
- Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9996 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.3 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open | Oct 3, 2015 |
| +6.7 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 31, 2013 |
| +4.1 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 1, 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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 11% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 92.2% | 90.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2015 | 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO | 68 / 606 (678.8000) | 159 (169.1200) | 292 (164) | 8 (178.8572) | 195 (166.8228) |
| Nov 13, 2014 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championships (Competitiors Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 23 (167.4288) | 32 (162.2400) | 12 (172.0228) |
| Nov 7, 2013 | World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship (Competitor's Series) Las Vegas, NV | — | — | 26 (166.8228) | 14 (168.5828) | 5 (173.7028) |
| Aug 31, 2013 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 27 / 89 (642.1484) | 77 (148.4800) | 21 (163.9428) | 5 (171.9884) | 37 (157.7372) |
| Mar 1, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA | 11 / 28 (663.9996) | 5 (169.7142) | 14 (164) | 15 (166.2854) | 14 (164) |