High-water mark
674.2400
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.2400 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 2, 2014
TWISTED PITSTERS
TWISTED PITSTERS is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 14th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015). They finished #1251 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 42 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Mar 13, 2015 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Best overall
674.2400 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.46 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.21 (+3.25)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.4400
Consistency
±17.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.99 · weakest Pork (160.90)
Road miles
1,373
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 464 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
649.21 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TWISTED PITSTERS, each with one reason worth a look.
TWISTED PITSTERS has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1515
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to TWISTED PITSTERS)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TWISTED PITSTERS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,676 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1537
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TWISTED PITSTERS)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 15 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1528
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TWISTED PITSTERS)
23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 9% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
They turned up 9 years after TWISTED PITSTERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with TWISTED PITSTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCLE R COOKERS | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| BUTCHER BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| LA PASADITA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE ON WHEELS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| CAVEMAN CUISINE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| GIVE IT TO GOD | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CLARK CREW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 160.5372 | 165.99 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4400 | 150.8000 | 161.39 | top 54% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8112 | 148.5028 | 160.90 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 155.3940 | 160.92 | top 52% |
“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 47% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 52% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
4 of 6 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
866
finished ahead 755 times, behind 770
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Peak power rating (1514) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20144 milestones
- First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0168 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score674.2400 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.4400 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 2, 2014 |
| +5.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | Aug 30, 2014 |
| +3.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 13, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | Oct 3, 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 47% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 35% | 93.6% | 92.1% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.9% | 87.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2015 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX | 14 / 30 (646.1484) | 20 (160.5372) | 13 (163.3944) | 21 (154.8112) | 4 (167.4056) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 66 / 165 (674.2400) | 59 (170.8456) | 44 (171.4400) | 88 (167.4172) | 111 (164.5372) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 160 / 552 (666.7884) | 175 (168.5600) | 206 (166.8344) | 126 (170.2628) | 297 (161.1312) |
| Aug 30, 2014 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 28 / 76 (649.0168) | 10 (168.0116) | 61 (150.8000) | 9 (170.8112) | 30 (159.3940) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 155 / 174 (632.9368) | 122 (162.8572) | 131 (158.7884) | 161 (153.6112) | 135 (157.6800) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 353 / 535 (626.1140) | 183 (165.1200) | 328 (157.0972) | 470 (148.5028) | 312 (155.3940) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.