BBQ PIT KING

BBQ PIT KING is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 21st of 61 at the Sun BBQFest (2019). They are ranked #4198 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,198

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1479

peak 1479 · rated over 8 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 19, 2015

latest Oct 4, 2019 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1383

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 69%

overall standings

Best overall

662.1712 / 720

Master · Sun BBQFest

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 624.45 (+1.23)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1772

Chicken · Que by the Sea

Consistency

±19.54

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.42 · weakest Brisket (149.67)

Road miles

494

across 8 mapped stops · furthest 159 mi

Schedule strength

50%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)

Purse competed for

$34K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

624.45 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Top Gun Barbecue ahead in 100% of their meetings

Top Gun Barbecue has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−13.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 13.75 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 149.67
Chicken avg 163.42
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WE RIB U LONG TIME in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

5 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

BEERBEQUE ahead 83% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BEERBEQUE has out-cooked them in 5 of 6 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WEEKEND SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A standing appointment

4 years running at one contest

They've cooked Que by the Sea every year from 2015 to 2018 — the contest they never miss.

4 visits in all
best finish 23rd

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
2019 ↗	Master	#1383 (140 pts)	#1295 (180 pts)	#1575 (120 pts)	#1578 (120 pts)	#1536 (120 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1894 (70 pts)	#1174 (235 pts)	#1614 (120 pts)	#1970 (70 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1732 (135 pts)	#1423 (195 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1775 (120 pts)	#1485 (190 pts)	#1621 (170 pts)	#1872 (120 pts)	#1772 (130 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#1690 (135 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2171 (70 pts)	#2214 (60 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ PIT KING, each with one reason worth a look.

139 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMOKE AIN'T NO JOKE

#4,216 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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Parrothead BBQ

#4,191 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 21, 2024

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WILD FRONTIER BBQ

#4,212 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

Level with BBQ PIT KING on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Sep 16, 2021

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Backyard Kuisine

#4,176 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Mar 31, 2017

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Slinging Meat

#4,177 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1479

They turned up 8 years after BBQ PIT KING did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 7 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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OPERATION DESSERT STORM BBQ

#4,183 of the rated field

1479 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1517

They've been 1517 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 7 contests
last seen May 30, 2025

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Chicken Chokers	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' HOT PIGGIES	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Hot Rod's BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
DANTE'S INFERNO	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Top Gun Barbecue	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
LOCAL SMOKE BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BEERBEQUE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' TEX BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
DIG'N N PIG'N	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
BURNT SIDE DOWN	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
THE BEARDED ONE BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BRISKET BURNERS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
Dr. Pearl's Medicinal Smoke BBQ Team	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	2	1	173.1772	148.5600	163.42	top 46%
Pork Ribs	8	0	0	166.8456	143.9428	154.61	top 67%
Pork	8	1	0	168	139.9084	156.75	top 62%
Brisket	8	0	0	161.6572	142.7772	149.67	top 76%

“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 97%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 65%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NJ	6	top 70%
PA	1	top 97%
CT	1	top 34%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Que by the Sea	4	23	0	top 67%	Sep 22, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests

Contests a season 1.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NJ 6 of 8 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 192 finished ahead 120 times, behind 230

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 22, 2017 → Sep 22, 2018

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

20193 milestones

Jun 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1712 Sun BBQFest
Jun 1 Career-best overall score662.1712 Sun BBQFest
Oct 4 Most recent contest Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship

20181 milestone

Sep 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1772 Que by the Sea

20153 milestones

Sep 19 First tracked contest Que by the Sea
Sep 19 First call Que by the Sea
Sep 19 Peak power rating (1496) Que by the Sea

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.2	Sun BBQFest	Jun 1, 2019
+3	Que by the Sea	Sep 22, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.6	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship	Oct 4, 2019
-6.6	Que by the Sea	Sep 22, 2017
-4.6	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship	Sep 15, 2017
-4.4	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship	Oct 8, 2016
-3.8	Que by the Sea	Sep 19, 2015

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0%	top 66%	92%	87%
2018	1	100%	top 53%	88.8%	88.8%
2017	2	50%	top 78%	86.3%	85.9%
2016	2	0%	top 70%	87.6%	86.9%
2015	1	100%	top 68%	85.5%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 4, 2019	Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship 🏅 Harrisburg, PA	35 / 36 (590.0112)	27 (158.2284)	36 (145.0744)	36 (139.9084)	35 (146.8000)
Jun 1, 2019	Sun BBQFest 🏅 Uncasville, CT	21 / 61 (662.1712)	13 (170.8572)	26 (166.8456)	34 (162.8112)	36 (161.6572)
Sep 22, 2018	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	23 / 43 (639.3260)	3 (173.1772)	13 (162.8344)	23 (160.5372)	36 (142.7772)
Sep 22, 2017	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	34 / 43 (615.3260)	29 (160.5484)	22 (161.6916)	35 (150.2516)	39 (142.8344)
Sep 15, 2017	Smoke on the Water New Jersey State Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	32 / 42 (621.5544)	27 (160.5372)	38 (148.5372)	10 (168)	34 (144.4800)
Oct 8, 2016	Smoke on the Water Barbecue Championship Atlantic City, NJ	36 / 48 (630.7544)	11 (170.2744)	46 (144.5028)	31 (159.4172)	37 (156.5600)
Sep 17, 2016	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	29 / 44 (621.0632)	39 (148.5600)	15 (163.4172)	28 (156.5372)	23 (152.5488)
Sep 19, 2015	Que by the Sea Seaside Heights, NJ	28 / 41 (615.3600)	10 (165.1772)	38 (143.9428)	23 (156.5600)	26 (149.6800)

BBQ PIT KING

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)