High-water mark
687.4172
career-best overall
95.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 687.4172 at 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational — 95.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 2, 2014
PITMAKER - BBQ INNOVATION
PITMAKER - BBQ INNOVATION is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2014. Their best overall finish is 20th of 165 at the 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational (2014). They finished #1471 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 11 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 2, 2014
latest Oct 2, 2014
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Best overall
687.4172 / 720
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172 · weakest Pork (161.69)
Road miles
0
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
673.38 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 ↗ | Master | #1471 (175 pts) | #1666 (150 pts) | #1653 (150 pts) | #1668 (150 pts) | #1518 (180 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 165.1200 | 169.42 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 171.4400 | 172 | top 21% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 157.6800 | 161.69 | top 69% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 163.9772 | 170.27 | top 27% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3372 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Career-best overall score687.4172 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Most recent contest 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 20 / 165 (687.4172) | 31 (173.7144) | 45 (171.4400) | 104 (165.7028) | 19 (176.5600) |
| Oct 2, 2014 | 35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 232 / 552 (659.3372) | 274 (165.1200) | 76 (172.5600) | 416 (157.6800) | 229 (163.9772) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.