ONE MAN PITS

ONE MAN PITS is a competition barbecue team with 29 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off (2019), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #757 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#757

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1632

peak 1641 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 4, 2014

latest Nov 15, 2019 · 5.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#157

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

45% of 29 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 35%

overall standings

Best overall

702.2628 / 720

Master · 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

666.29 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 671.79 (-5.50)

Walk rate

69%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off

Consistency

±11.79

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.81 · weakest Chicken (166.86)

Road miles

9,604

across 29 mapped stops · furthest 640 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)

Purse competed for

$94K

listed at 10 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 12 state-championship entries

Master avg

671.79 / 720

29 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (18 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.4796 points from the title

Came within 0.4796 points of the Grand Championship at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) (Apr 4, 2014).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off (May 24, 2019) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LA PASADITA.

On the rise

+30 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 30 points across 16 contests since Feb 1, 2019 — from 1602 up to 1632.

16 contests since Feb 1, 2019
now 1632

Happy hunting ground

Top 10% average finish here

Humble Rodeo and BBQ is their spot: an average finish in the top 10% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 10th
average top 10%

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off (May 24, 2019).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

69% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 20 of 29 contests

A top-10 category call in 69% of their 29 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

702.2628 career-best overall

97.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.2628 at 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off — 97.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 24, 2019

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

HONKY-TONK SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of ONE MAN PITS 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

14–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX ahead in 93% of their meetings

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has come out ahead in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

2.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) (Feb 3, 2017).

last seen Apr 4, 2014
back Feb 3, 2017

Pork nemesis

10 of 13 shared pork entries lost

BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX ahead 77% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX has out-cooked them in 10 of 13 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 50 at their very first tracked contest, Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) (Apr 4, 2014).

Apr 4, 2014
50-team field

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Texas-car-b-que has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A February team

Top 18% average finish in February

Something about February: average finish in the top 18% across 5 contests, versus top 35% the rest of the year.

5 February contests
top 35% the rest of the year

The long haul

9,604 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,604 miles across 29 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 640 miles to San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ.

29 mapped stops
furthest 640 mi

The metronome

±1.64% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.64% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.3% of a perfect score
29 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
2020 ↗	Master	#798 (84 pts)	#788 (104 pts)	#744 (119 pts)	#877 (69 pts)	#750 (114 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#157 (1,515 pts)	#122 (1,631 pts)	#195 (1,309 pts)	#109 (1,660 pts)	#115 (1,642 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1368 (160 pts)	#1598 (120 pts)	#1316 (190 pts)	#1610 (120 pts)	#1586 (120 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#278 (1,261 pts)	#314 (1,131 pts)	#180 (1,496 pts)	#248 (1,281 pts)	#356 (1,066 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ONE MAN PITS, each with one reason worth a look.

SMOKIN' N THE DARK

#759 of the rated field

1632 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 67%
Peak: 1632

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ONE MAN PITS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ONE MAN PITS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Mar 3, 2017

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GRILLIN' BEAVERS

#755 of the rated field

1633 power rating

Contests: 160
GCs: 5
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1717

0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to ONE MAN PITS)

They've been 1717 at their best, 84 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 158 contests
last seen Jun 30, 2023

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CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE

#758 of the rated field

1632 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1647

Careers of much the same size, 35 contests to 29, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Aug 2, 2019

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Smokin Highwaymen

#756 of the rated field

1632 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1658

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 54 contests, alongside a 35% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 54 contests
last seen Aug 22, 2025

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Q-JITSU

#760 of the rated field

1632 power rating

Contests: 59
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1668

Level with ONE MAN PITS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 55 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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Tuffy's BBQ

#761 of the rated field

1632 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1632

They turned up 9 years after ONE MAN PITS did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	15	1	14	7%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	13	1	12	8%	⚔ compare
KISS MY RACK	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Rio Valley Meat BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
THE AMERICAN DREAM BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisper	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
POPS' SMOKIN' BBQ	9	9	0	100%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
B-S BBQ OUTLAWS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	29	8	2	3	178.8572	153.6228	166.86	top 45%
Pork Ribs	29	9	1	3	176.0228	153.1088	167.77	top 39%
Pork	26	10	1	3	180 🔥	152.5028	168.81	top 36%
Brisket	29	10	0	3	176.5828	158.2972	168.48	top 34%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 36%
Medium (20–39)	14	1	top 45%
Large (40+)	13	0	top 25%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	16	1	top 26%
NM	4	0	top 54%
OK	4	0	top 48%
MO	1	0	top 40%
MS	1	0	top 39%
CO	1	0	top 20%
LA	1	0	top 33%
FL	1	0	top 74%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	3	2	top 17%	Apr 5, 2019
Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2)	2	20	top 61%	Jun 29, 2019
Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)	2	6	top 44%	May 11, 2019
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	2	8	top 28%	Feb 15, 2019
Humble Rodeo and BBQ	2	10	top 10%	Feb 1, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 16 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 7.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 16 of 29 contests · 8 states in all

Contests visited 23 5 of them more than once

First title May 24, 2019 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off

Opponents faced 920 finished ahead 992 times, behind 372

Longest layoff 2.8 yrs Apr 4, 2014 → Feb 3, 2017

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

20197 milestones

May 24 First Grand Championship 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First multi-meat day 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
May 24 First perfect 180 (Pork) 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
May 24 Career-best overall score702.2628 4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off
Jun 29 25th tracked contest Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2)
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1641) Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship
Nov 15 Most recent contest McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ

20172 milestones

Sep 8 10th tracked contest Hot Pursuit BBQ
Oct 13 First category win (Pork Ribs) Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival

20146 milestones

Apr 4 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First Reserve Championship Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)
Apr 4 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4972 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.7	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)	Apr 4, 2014
+11.6	Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier)	Feb 3, 2017
+11.5	4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off	May 24, 2019
+10.8	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Mar 31, 2017
+10.8	Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff	Aug 11, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.4	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ	Nov 15, 2019
-7.5	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2)	Jun 29, 2019
-6.5	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2)	May 11, 2019
-3	Smokin in the Square	Mar 17, 2017
-2.4	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	16	1	8	3	75%	top 40%	97.5%	93.4%
2018	2	0	0	0	0%	top 32%	93.4%	92.4%
2017	10	0	4	1	70%	top 32%	95.3%	93.4%
2014	1	0	1	0	100%	top 4%	92.2%	92.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 15, 2019	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ Belton, TX	18 / 24 (648.9940)	14 (163.3944)	11 (165.7028)	21 (155.3484)	12 (164.5484)
Aug 23, 2019	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	10 / 62 (679.3712)	23 (169.1428)	17 (167.4400)	14 (169.6800)	6 (173.1084)
Aug 2, 2019	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ 🏅 Laurie, MO	12 / 30 (678.2176)	7 (173.7260)	24 (165.0972)	11 (169.7144)	13 (169.6800)
Jul 19, 2019	Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Hattiesburg, MS	11 / 28 (675.9204)	13 (168.0232)	10 (168.5372)	9 (169.6800)	11 (169.6800)
Jun 29, 2019	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 2) 🏅 Artesia, NM	25 / 34 (648.9368)	28 (160.5256)	19 (168.5372)	—	23 (162.8112)
Jun 28, 2019	Smokin On The Pecos (Day 1) 🏅 Artesia, NM	20 / 41 (668.4340)	33 (153.6228)	15 (169.7028)	—	2 (174.8456)
Jun 7, 2019	Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK	8 / 21 (678.7428)	17 (165.6800)	13 (166.2284)	—	6 (171.4172)
May 24, 2019	4th Annual Southern Sate BBQ Cook-off Conroe, TX	1 / 24 (702.2628)	1 (174.8456)	3 (174.8572)	1 (180)	3 (172.5600)
May 11, 2019	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) 🏅 Plainview, TX	15 / 21 (672.4912)	14 (169.1200)	16 (167.4056)	13 (169.1200)	12 (166.8456)
May 10, 2019	Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) 🏅 Plainview, TX	6 / 38 (675.9544)	15 (166.2516)	15 (166.8572)	6 (173.7028)	10 (169.1428)
Apr 19, 2019	Pork-A-Palooza Weatherford, OK	17 / 33 (666.6968)	13 (169.6800)	24 (158.2284)	18 (166.8228)	11 (171.9656)
Apr 5, 2019	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	21 / 61 (657.6684)	39 (158.2400)	38 (159.3712)	5 (174.2972)	17 (165.7600)
Mar 15, 2019	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 2 🏅 Ruidoso, NM	9 / 21 (674.2060)	11 (169.1316)	4 (172.5944)	10 (169.6800)	15 (162.8000)
Mar 14, 2019	Mountain Smoke Barbecue Festival Day 1 🏅 Ruidoso, NM	9 / 18 (661.6460)	10 (166.8572)	14 (153.1088)	2 (174.2628)	6 (167.4172)
Feb 15, 2019	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown 🏅 Huntsville, TX	8 / 33 (694.2400)	3 (178.8572)	13 (172)	14 (170.8344)	7 (172.5484)
Feb 1, 2019	Humble Rodeo and BBQ 🏅 Humble, TX	10 / 126 (675.9884)	1 (174.2972)	28 (166.8572)	16 (170.8112)	38 (164.0228)
Aug 31, 2018	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	39 / 74 (657.6912)	49 (161.1200)	37 (164.5600)	36 (164.5712)	25 (167.4400)
Feb 2, 2018	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	17 / 145 (672.5024)	44 (163.9884)	11 (173.7028)	35 (167.3712)	28 (167.4400)
Oct 13, 2017	Smokin' Blues & BBQ Festival Duncanville, TX	4 / 18 (686.2624)	6 (168.5484)	1 (176.0228)	9 (165.1084)	4 (176.5828)
Sep 8, 2017	Hot Pursuit BBQ Shawnee, OK	18 / 27 (660.4456)	12 (169.1316)	21 (161.6568)	23 (162.8228)	14 (166.8344)
Aug 11, 2017	Q'ing to Cure Childhood Cancer BBQ Cookoff Conroe, TX	3 / 26 (675.3828)	4 (171.9656)	2 (171.4172)	4 (173.7028)	15 (158.2972)
Aug 4, 2017	San Luis Valley Beat the Heat BBQ Alamosa, CO	9 / 44 (680.4800)	13 (171.4172)	14 (170.2744)	13 (169.6684)	13 (169.1200)
Apr 21, 2017	Roberts Ranch Smokin Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	16 / 47 (673.6228)	28 (161.6800)	9 (174.2628)	19 (170.8228)	20 (166.8572)
Mar 31, 2017	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	9 / 70 (661.6568)	23 (161.1656)	40 (154.8228)	3 (173.7028)	8 (171.9656)
Mar 24, 2017	Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA	18 / 55 (678.1600)	40 (165.0972)	22 (169.6800)	4 (176.5600)	26 (166.8228)
Mar 17, 2017	Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL	28 / 38 (663.3032)	32 (161.6572)	4 (174.2972)	25 (164.5372)	28 (162.8116)
Feb 16, 2017	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL) Huntsville, TX	13 / 41 (681.1088)	15 (169.1544)	14 (169.7144)	14 (171.4056)	12 (170.8344)
Feb 3, 2017	Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX	20 / 136 (667.9312)	6 (173.7256)	5 (173.7028)	92 (152.5028)	27 (168)
Apr 4, 2014	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX	2 / 50 (663.4972)	21 (158.8456)	7 (168.5944)	18 (162.3200)	2 (173.7372)

ONE MAN PITS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (18 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

A February team

The long haul

The metronome

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)