High-water mark
669.1088
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.1088 at Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-10-17
PIT ME OUT OF MY MISERY
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-10-18
latest 2015-10-16
Best ToY finish
#1319
Master 2014
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.06
last 4 Master vs avg 643.06 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.60
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.82 · weakest Brisket (157.55)
Road miles
82
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Master avg
643.06 / 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 tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
NAUGHTY NURSES BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 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.
PIT ME OUT OF MY MISERY 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 153 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.
#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 PIT ME OUT OF MY MISERY did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIT ME OUT OF MY MISERY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
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#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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.3200 | 154.2744 | 162.14 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 152.5256 | 159.55 | top 71% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 158.8228 | 163.82 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2516 | 153.7028 | 157.55 | top 73% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 57% | 2015-10-16 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-10-18 → 2015-10-16
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.82 · weakest Brisket (157.55)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
643.06
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
29–64 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
82
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1571
average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ
- 2014
- First call Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1088 Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
- Career-best overall score669.1088 Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.3200 Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
- Peak power rating (1490) Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
- 2015
- Most recent contest Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | 2014-10-17 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ | 2013-10-18 |
| -5.5 | Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair | 2014-07-25 |
| -1.7 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | 2015-10-16 |
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 | 100% | top 72% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 59% | 92.9% | 90.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 88.3% | 88.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-16 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 18 / 25 (639.3140) | 24 (155.3828) | 18 (158.8228) | 4 (171.4056) | 22 (153.7028) |
| 2014-10-17 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 11 / 26 (669.1088) | 4 (174.3200) | 10 (168.5600) | 17 (163.9772) | 14 (162.2516) |
| 2014-07-25 | Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair Iola, KS | 16 / 21 (627.9088) | 20 (154.2744) | 17 (158.2744) | 16 (158.8228) | 17 (156.5372) |
| 2013-10-18 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ Parsons, KS | 23 / 25 (635.9084) | 17 (164.5944) | 23 (152.5256) | 18 (161.0856) | 17 (157.7028) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1319 (212 pts) | #1185 (272 pts) | #1383 (212 pts) | #1525 (182 pts) | #1456 (192 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2561 (60 pts) | #1974 (90 pts) | #2584 (60 pts) | #2029 (85 pts) | #1940 (90 pts) |