The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Twin Valley Fire And Smoke (2018-05-18).
- last seen 2016-06-04
- back 2018-05-18
HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1493
peak 1501 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2015-08-01
latest 2018-05-18
Best ToY finish
#1364
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
638.56
last 4 Master vs avg 638.56 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.82 · weakest Chicken (158.09)
Road miles
4,682
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 3736 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)
Master avg
638.56 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The long haul
4,682
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,682 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 3,736 miles to Twin Valley Fire And Smoke.
- 4 mapped stops
- furthest 3,736 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW 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 132 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.
#3501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1509
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1511
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW)
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1493
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3491 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3496 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with HAPPY BBQ PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3480 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 152.5028 | 158.09 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 146.2172 | 158.69 | top 61% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 157.1200 | 162.82 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 150.1828 | 158.96 | top 53% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
| DK | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
| NL | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2015-08-01 → 2018-05-18
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
1 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 162.82 · weakest Chicken (158.09)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
638.56
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
133
51–95 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,682
4 mapped stops · furthest 3,736 mi
Schedule strength
1532
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2016-06-04 → 2018-05-18
Power rating
1493
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Smoke in the North
- First call Smoke in the North
- Career-best overall score643.2796 Smoke in the North
- Peak power rating (1501) Smoke in the North
- 2016
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2628 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 BBQ by the Sea
- 2018
- Most recent contest Twin Valley Fire And Smoke
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.3 | Smoke in the North | 2015-08-01 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2016-05-14 |
| -0.6 | Twin Valley Fire And Smoke | 2018-05-18 |
| -0.1 | BBQ by the Sea | 2016-06-04 |
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 67% | 88.2% | 88% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire And Smoke Morgantown, PA | 30 / 47 (643.2344) | 21 (166.8456) | 14 (167.9772) | 33 (158.2288) | 42 (150.1828) |
| 2016-06-04 | BBQ by the Sea Kerteminde, DK | 7 / 12 (632.4684) | 11 (152.5028) | 4 (164.0228) | 7 (157.1200) | 6 (158.8228) |
| 2016-05-14 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL | 49 / 65 (635.2572) | 57 (153.0628) | 64 (146.2172) | 16 (170.2628) | 18 (165.7144) |
| 2015-08-01 | Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg, | 13 / 26 (643.2796) | 14 (159.9428) | 21 (156.5600) | 9 (165.6684) | 12 (161.1084) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1364 (202 pts) | #1646 (167 pts) | #1285 (247 pts) | #1298 (247 pts) | #1258 (247 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1879 (111 pts) | #1956 (106 pts) | #2139 (71 pts) | #1691 (136 pts) | #1902 (116 pts) |