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.
Big Pittin’ has 1 rated contest — 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 142 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Big Pittin’ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Big Pittin’'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Big Pittin’ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Big Pittin’ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Big Pittin’'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Big Pittin’'s is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 161.6456 | 161.65 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.6172 | 160.6172 | 160.62 | top 71% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.0116 | 152.0116 | 152.01 | top 97% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.1432 | 133.1432 | 133.14 | top 97% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-26 | Sertoma 48 BBQ 🏅 Lawrence, KS | 37 / 38 (607.4176) | 25 (161.6456) | 27 (160.6172) | 37 (152.0116) | 37 (133.1432) |
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |