ESS Pit Crew BBQ

ESS Pit Crew BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 7th of 89 at the City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (2013). They finished #1479 in the 2014 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1529

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 31, 2013

latest Sep 4, 2015 · 2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1479

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

665.5768 / 720

Master · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Consistency

±10.87

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 167.11 · weakest Brisket (155.81)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)

Master avg

652.85 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

665.5768 career-best overall

92.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 665.5768 at City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival — 92.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 4, 2015

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of OUTTA THE BOX BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1840 (115 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2002 (95 pts)	#1757 (125 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1479 (174 pts)	#1418 (209 pts)	#1490 (189 pts)	#1267 (249 pts)	#1500 (184 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	0	168.5828	164.5372	166.55	top 30%
Pork Ribs	4	1	1	176.5600	157.6572	167.11	top 29%
Pork	4	0	0	170.2628	155.9312	163.38	top 34%
Brisket	4	0	0	161.6800	147.3944	155.81	top 56%

“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 55%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 21%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	7	0	top 21%	Sep 4, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 182 finished ahead 200 times, behind 60

Longest layoff 1 yrs Aug 30, 2014 → Sep 4, 2015

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20153 milestones

Sep 4 Career-best overall score665.5768 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 4 Peak power rating (1529) City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Sep 4 Most recent contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

20135 milestones

Aug 31 First tracked contest City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First call City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First overall top-10 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7312 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.2	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2013
+10.4	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
+5.1	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0	0%	top 20%	92.4%	92.4%
2014	2	0	0%	top 45%	90.4%	89.4%
2013	1	1	100%	top 8%	91.5%	91.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	14 / 70 (665.5768)	26 (166.2512)	18 (167.3828)	12 (170.2628)	33 (161.6800)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	27 / 76 (650.7200)	21 (166.8228)	20 (166.8228)	13 (169.6800)	64 (147.3944)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	16 / 29 (636.3656)	13 (164.5372)	18 (157.6572)	13 (157.6456)	14 (156.5256)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	7 / 89 (658.7312)	11 (168.5828)	2 (176.5600)	51 (155.9312)	40 (157.6572)