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Pittie Q

Pittie Q is a competition barbecue team with 46 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (2023). They are ranked #1378 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “PittieQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,378
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1573
peak 1574 · rated over 33 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

46
in the data

First seen

May 7, 2021
latest Aug 28, 2026 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#271
Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

0
8 podiums

Overall top-10s

16
35% of 46 contests

Best top-10 run

4
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 47%
overall standings

Best overall

694.8456 / 720

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

683.90 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 675.66 (+8.24)

Walk rate

63%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Consistency

±10.95
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 169.47 · weakest Pork (166.05)

Road miles

5,631
across 46 mapped stops · furthest 693 mi

Schedule strength

54%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1569)

Purse competed for

$375K
listed at 36 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 21 state-championship entries

Master avg

675.66 / 720
19 Master contests · 1 GC

Backyard avg

331.92 / 360
17 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (Jul 14, 2023) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SHIGGIN & GRINNIN.

Giant slayer

39 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 39-team field at KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off.

  • Jul 14, 2023

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Minnesota in May (Backyard) is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 6th
  • average top 18%

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 29 of 46 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 46 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

694.8456 career-best overall

96.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 694.8456 at KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off — 96.5% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 14, 2023

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 21 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 21 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DAD BOD BARBEQUE has finished one call ahead of Pittie Q 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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A tough matchup

19–4 behind in the head-to-head

Furlongs Smoke & Seafood ahead in 83% of their meetings

Furlongs Smoke & Seafood has come out ahead in 19 of their 23 shared contests.

The drought

18 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off on Jul 14, 2023 — 18 contests and 3.2 years ago.

  • last GC Jul 14, 2023
  • 3.2 years ago

A strong matchup

14–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 93% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Steel Smoke BBQ in 14 of their 15 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

11 of 14 shared brisket entries lost

Hogline BBQ ahead 79% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Hogline BBQ has out-cooked them in 11 of 14 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

PO PO PORK has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An August team

Top 39% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 39% across 7 contests, versus top 47% the rest of the year.

  • 7 August contests
  • top 47% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,631 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,631 miles across 46 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 693 miles to 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN.

  • 46 mapped stops
  • furthest 693 mi

The metronome

±1.99% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.99% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.1% of a perfect score
  • 46 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #582 (280 pts) #683 (255 pts) #679 (275 pts) #638 (260 pts) #537 (345 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #377 (574 pts) #404 (559 pts) #262 (952 pts) #403 (539 pts) #316 (744 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #271 (798 pts) #173 (1,108 pts) #138 (1,370 pts) #349 (603 pts) #240 (898 pts)
2022 ↗ Backyard — #46 (857 pts) #31 (1,004 pts) — —
2021 ↗ Backyard — #71 (534 pts) #44 (774 pts) — —

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Pittie Q, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Go Ham BBQ
#1,374 of the rated field
1574 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
5
Top-10s
38%
Peak
1594
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Pittie Q)

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

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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InTheRedZoneBBQ
#1,375 of the rated field
1574 power rating
Contests
22
GCs
0
Top-10s
9%
Peak
1574
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to Pittie Q)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 17 contests
  • last seen Nov 5, 2025
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RETIRED AND RUBBIN' IT
#1,383 of the rated field
1573 power rating
Contests
33
GCs
0
Top-10s
21%
Peak
1585

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Pittie Q's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 33 contests
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HOG HEAVEN BARBECUE COMPANY
#1,377 of the rated field
1573 power rating
Contests
35
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1593

Careers of much the same size, 35 contests to 46, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 35 contests
  • last seen Apr 15, 2016
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SmoKEN Meatz
#1,371 of the rated field
1574 power rating
Contests
30
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1574

30 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 33% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 30 contests
  • last seen Jun 13, 2026
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Smokin Through The Night
#1,380 of the rated field
1573 power rating
Contests
44
GCs
0
Top-10s
39%
Peak
1621

They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Pittie Q's first contest.

  • rated over 44 contests
  • last seen May 8, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Furlongs Smoke & Seafood 23 4 19 17% ⚔ compare
UGLY BABY BBQ 22 11 11 50% ⚔ compare
Sensuous BBQ 22 6 16 27% ⚔ compare
Wrecking Crew BBQ 22 4 18 18% ⚔ compare
Sugar Shack 21 11 10 52% ⚔ compare
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 21 3 17 14% ⚔ compare
Porket About It 20 9 11 45% ⚔ compare
DAWGS BBQ 20 7 13 35% ⚔ compare
DAD BOD BARBEQUE 20 4 16 20% ⚔ compare
FENDER BENDER BBQ 19 10 9 53% ⚔ compare
SIX BUTT BBQ 19 9 10 47% ⚔ compare
What’cha Got BBQ 19 7 12 37% ⚔ compare
Big Ten Bones 19 4 15 21% ⚔ compare
NECTAR OF THE HOGS 19 4 15 21% ⚔ compare
Son of a Boar BBQ 19 4 15 21% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 36 12 0 3 178.8572 153.6572 167.90 top 48%
Pork Ribs 45 22 0 2 176.5600 151.9656 167.99 top 42%
Pork 19 2 0 0 176.5716 150.2056 166.05 top 64%
Brisket 19 7 0 3 177.7372 159.3600 169.47 top 44%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)50top 53%
Medium (20–39)171top 42%
Large (40+)140top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MN171top 41%
WI110top 45%
IA30top 66%
KS30top 48%
TN20top 79%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Minnesota in May 3 7 0 top 42% May 9, 2025
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 11 0 top 53% Jun 10, 2023
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 7 0 top 48% Jun 9, 2023
KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 2 1 1 top 37% Jul 12, 2024
MN Masters BBQ 2 7 0 top 34% Aug 28, 2026
Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 2 10 0 top 65% Jun 27, 2025
Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 5 0 top 36% Oct 15, 2022
Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 8 0 top 33% Oct 14, 2022
Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 4 0 top 36% Aug 20, 2022
B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 7 0 top 36% Aug 5, 2022
Minnesota in May (Backyard) 2 6 0 top 18% May 13, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 12 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 7.7 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MN 23 of 46 contests · 5 states in all
Contests visited 22 11 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 45 entries · 0 wins · 22 calls
First title Jul 14, 2023 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
Opponents faced 974 finished ahead 1,327 times, behind 1,367
Longest layoff 1.2 yrs Jun 27, 2025 → Aug 28, 2026

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

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest MN Masters BBQ
20237 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
  2. Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)
  3. First overall podium KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
  4. First Grand Championship KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
  5. First state championship KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
  6. Biggest field won (39 teams) KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
  7. Career-best overall score694.8456 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off
20222 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Minnesota in May (Backyard)
  2. Peak power rating (1574) Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY)
20214 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Minnesota in May
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score334.8344 Minnesota in May
  3. First call B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)
  4. First overall top-10 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+19.5KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-offJul 14, 2023
+11.5Minnesota in MayMay 9, 2025
+11.1Minnesota in May (Backyard)May 13, 2022
+11.1Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)Jun 10, 2022
+10.7Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD)Oct 15, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.1Smokin in SteeleJun 2, 2023
-10.8Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)Jun 9, 2023
-8.9Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)Jun 10, 2023
-8.6Minnesota in MayMay 12, 2023
-5.1Art of the QueJul 7, 2023

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20261010 100% top 32% 95.4% 95.4%
20253020 67% top 39% 96.2% 95.2%
202411010 45% top 60% 95.5% 94.2%
202312110 67% top 58% 96.5% 93%
202211070 82% top 35% 94.6% 93.5%
20218040 50% top 42% 93% 90.8%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 28, 2026 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 7 / 22 (686.7428) 10 (171.9656) 9 (170.8344) 11 (171.9656) 5 (171.9772)
Jun 27, 2025 Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) 🏅 Spencer, IA 10 / 15 (678.7656) 4 (173.7028) 6 (169.6800) 12 (167.9772) 11 (167.4056)
May 9, 2025 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 7 / 58 (692.5144) 24 (171.9772) 45 (166.2284) 8 (176.5716) 3 (177.7372)
May 9, 2025 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN — — 29 (165.6800) — —
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 238 / 444 (674.1600) 388 (158.2056) 48 (176) 99 (173.1316) 233 (166.8228)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 68 / 169 (687.3140) 138 (167.3828) 90 (170.8228) 29 (176) 61 (173.1084)
Aug 23, 2024 MN Masters BBQ 🏅 Pierz, MN 10 / 27 (682.7884) 19 (165.1200) 6 (173.1200) 13 (169.1428) 3 (175.4056)
Jul 26, 2024 8th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 19 / 28 (670.1372) 22 (166.2400) 23 (165.0972) 24 (163.3828) 7 (175.4172)
Jul 12, 2024 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 24 / 34 (670.7544) 15 (172.5716) 6 (173.1200) 23 (165.7028) 31 (159.3600)
Jul 12, 2024 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN — — 10 (170.8572) — —
May 25, 2024 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL unrated Lebanon, TN 75 / 81 (677.6116) 52 (173.1200) 45 (171.9888) 76 (165.1200) 71 (167.3828)
May 24, 2024 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN unrated Lebanon, TN 78 / 118 (679.9200) 26 (175.4172) 106 (163.9428) 100 (165.7144) 27 (174.8456)
May 10, 2024 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 29 / 58 (681.6224) 25 (172.5484) 10 (173.1200) 47 (166.2856) 26 (169.6684)
May 10, 2024 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN — — 32 (164.5372) — —
Oct 13, 2023 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 12 / 21 (674.1256) 7 (173.1316) 9 (167.3828) 17 (163.9428) 9 (169.6684)
Oct 13, 2023 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI — — 11 (168.5488) — —
Sep 27, 2023 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 242 / 487 (673.0396) 207 (169.7144) 163 (171.4284) 241 (168.5140) 320 (163.3828)
Jul 14, 2023 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off 🏅 Worthington, MN 1 / 39 (694.8456) 3 (174.8572) 2 (176.5600) 8 (170.8800) 9 (172.5484)
Jul 14, 2023 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-of (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN — — 4 (174.2628) — —
Jul 7, 2023 Art of the Que 🏅 Spencer, IA 18 / 28 (671.8744) 16 (168.5372) 12 (169.6800) 25 (159.3828) 3 (174.2744)
Jun 10, 2023 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 30 / 40 (668.4112) 2 (178.8572) 12 (170.8228) 39 (150.2056) 17 (168.5256)
Jun 9, 2023 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 33 / 43 (648.4112) 8 (175.4056) 32 (159.3828) 41 (153.1200) 31 (160.5028)
Jun 9, 2023 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI — — 18 (166.2400) — —
Jun 2, 2023 Smokin in Steele 🏅 Owatonna, MN 21 / 29 (659.8972) 18 (166.8456) 10 (168.5372) 27 (158.2400) 13 (166.2744)
May 12, 2023 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 37 / 59 (664.5144) 51 (162.8572) 35 (166.2400) 22 (169.7372) 33 (165.6800)
May 12, 2023 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN — — 9 (171.4056) — —
Oct 15, 2022 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI 5 / 20 (339.9428) 7 (170.8228) 7 (169.1200) — —
Oct 15, 2022 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (One Meat Ribs) West Salem, WI — — 15 (151.9656) — —
Oct 14, 2022 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) West Salem, WI 10 / 22 (333.1088) 2 (174.2744) 18 (158.8344) — —
Sep 10, 2022 Bent Brewstillery BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 15 / 30 (334.2400) 21 (161.6800) 2 (172.5600) — —
Aug 20, 2022 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN 4 / 15 (339.4284) 4 (169.7028) 5 (169.7256) — —
Aug 5, 2022 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 7 / 21 (338.2976) 13 (167.4288) 4 (170.8688) — —
Jul 22, 2022 Fillmore County Fair BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Preston, MN 9 / 13 (333.7028) 10 (165.7256) 5 (167.9772) — —
Jun 11, 2022 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 11 / 37 (334.2400) 9 (170.2744) 13 (163.9656) — —
Jun 10, 2022 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 7 / 39 (334.8000) 11 (165.6800) 5 (169.1200) — —
May 13, 2022 Minnesota in May (Backyard) Cambridge, MN 6 / 38 (340.5372) 10 (168.5372) 4 (172) — —
May 13, 2022 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN — — 16 (165.1544) — —
Oct 16, 2021 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 17 / 36 (329.6456) 23 (161.6684) 11 (167.9772) — —
Oct 15, 2021 Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 8 / 40 (330.8344) 17 (162.8228) 9 (168.0116) — —
Aug 22, 2021 Big Island BBQ Backyard Albert Lea, MN 9 / 15 (328.5372) 11 (163.9656) 8 (164.5716) — —
Aug 21, 2021 Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN 8 / 18 (330.2284) 12 (161.6800) 4 (168.5484) — —
Aug 7, 2021 B-Dale BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) Roseville, MN 8 / 21 (331.9428) 15 (159.9772) 5 (171.9656) — —
Jun 12, 2021 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 🏅 West Salem, WI 25 / 45 (309.0288) 25 (153.6572) 24 (155.3716) — —
Jun 11, 2021 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI 25 / 52 (319.3600) 25 (160.5600) 20 (158.8000) — —
May 7, 2021 Minnesota in May 🏅 Cambridge, MN 12 / 60 (334.8344) 13 (167.4288) 16 (167.4056) — —

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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