PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Rating

1522

peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-01

latest 2015-10-03

Best ToY finish

#1716

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 27%

overall standings

Best overall

678.8000 / 720

Master · 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

Perfect 180s

Current form

617.22

last 4 Master vs avg 617.22 (+0.00)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Pork · 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

Consistency

±78.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 171.43 · weakest Chicken (162.44)

Road miles

2,575

mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1434 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Master avg

617.22 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

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
2015-10-03

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open (2015-10-03).

last seen 2013-11-07
back 2015-10-03

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.

PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION has 3 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 90 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.

TEXAS PEPPER JELLY

#2437 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1544

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.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-03-22

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JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE

#2427 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1531

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION)

11 contests to 4: their number has had years to settle where PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION's is still finding its level.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2017-08-25

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Smokin Los BBQ

#2451 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 10 years after PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Firestarter

#2433 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Level with PITMAKER - BBQ ADDICTION on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-11-02

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Carnivorous Jim BBQ

#2436 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-08-05

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OINKERZ BBQ

#2445 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-07-21

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	169.7142	148.4800	162.44	top 44%
Pork Ribs	4	0	166.8228	163.9428	164.69	top 40%
Pork	4	2	178.8572	166.2854	171.43	top 20%
Brisket	4	1	173.7028	157.7372	165.57	top 33%

“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	Avg finish
MO	1	top 11%
TX	1	top 30%
LA	1	top 39%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 39%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 21%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.6 yrs 2013-03-01 → 2015-10-03

Busiest season 2013 3 contests

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 1 of 4 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 171.43 · weakest Chicken (162.44)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 4 of 4 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 4 contests

Master average 617.22 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 707 553–167 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,575 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,434 mi

Schedule strength 1522 average field rating faced — tougher than 15% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2013-11-07 → 2015-10-03

Power rating 1522 peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 1 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 1 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.9996 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2015
Oct 3 Career-best overall score678.8000 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Oct 3 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Oct 3 Peak power rating (1522) 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
Oct 3 Most recent contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+10.9	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+6.7	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2013-08-31
+4.1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2013-03-01

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)

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%
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
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	68 / 606 (678.8000)	159 (169.1200)	292 (164.0000)	8 (178.8572)	195 (166.8228)
2013-11-07	World Food Championships - World Barbecue Championship(Competitor's Series) Las Vegas, NV	—	—	26 (166.8228)	14 (168.5828)	5 (173.7028)
2013-08-31	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	27 / 89 (642.1484)	77 (148.4800)	21 (163.9428)	5 (171.9884)	37 (157.7372)
2013-03-01	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Baton Rouge, LA	11 / 28 (663.9996)	5 (169.7142)	14 (164.0000)	15 (166.2854)	14 (164.0000)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1716 (123 pts)	#1425 (178 pts)	#1880 (108 pts)	#1935 (103 pts)	#1850 (108 pts)