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
- Oct 17, 2014
PIT ME OUT OF MY MISERY
PIT ME OUT OF MY MISERY is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 11th of 26 at the Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque (2014). They finished #1319 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 18, 2013
latest Oct 16, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.82 · weakest Brisket (157.55)
Road miles
82
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
56%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Master avg
643.06 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By 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.
Repeat visits (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% | Oct 16, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
63
finished ahead 29 times, behind 64
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20151 milestone
- Most recent contest Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque
20145 milestones
- 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
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.2 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | Oct 17, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ | Oct 18, 2013 |
| -5.5 | Smokin' Hot Cars & BBQ at the Allen County Fair | Jul 25, 2014 |
| -1.7 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque | Oct 16, 2015 |
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2015 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 18 / 25 (639.3140) | 24 (155.3828) | 18 (158.8228) | 4 (171.4056) | 22 (153.7028) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Balloons Bikes Blues and Barbeque Parsons, KS | 11 / 26 (669.1088) | 4 (174.3200) | 10 (168.5600) | 17 (163.9772) | 14 (162.2516) |
| Jul 25, 2014 | 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) |
| Oct 18, 2013 | Balloons Blues Bikes & BBQ Parsons, KS | 23 / 25 (635.9084) | 17 (164.5944) | 23 (152.5256) | 18 (161.0856) | 17 (157.7028) |