Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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.
2014 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 35%.
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE ahead in 100% of their meetings
HOG TIDE BAR-B-QUE has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.09 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 17%.
Ahead in 80% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LA PASADITA in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
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.
TWISTED PITSTERS 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 107 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.
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-head23 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where TWISTED PITSTERS's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with TWISTED PITSTERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 9 years after TWISTED PITSTERS did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headCareers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head| 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 |
| 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.
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 4 | 0 | top 56% |
| TX | 2 | 0 | top 42% |
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 52% |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2014-10-02 |
| +5.5 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival | 2014-08-30 |
| +3.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-03-13 |
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| 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% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-13 | 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) |
| 2014-10-02 | 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) |
| 2014-10-02 | 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) |
| 2014-08-30 | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX | 28 / 76 (649.0168) | 10 (168.0116) | 61 (150.8000) | 9 (170.8112) | 30 (159.3940) |
| 2013-10-03 | 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) |
| 2013-10-03 | 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) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1887 (110 pts) | #2094 (80 pts) | #1897 (115 pts) | #2139 (75 pts) | #1348 (205 pts) |
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1251 (225 pts) | #1103 (300 pts) | #1327 (225 pts) | #1065 (310 pts) | #1306 (225 pts) |