High-water mark
685.6688
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6688 at Southaven Springfest — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 24, 2026
THE PIT CREW
THE PIT CREW is a competition barbecue team with 12 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 14th of 16 at the Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff (2026). They are ranked #5361 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1455
peak 1455 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
Oct 29, 2021
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 4.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
572.19 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 583.75 (-11.56)
Walk rate
8%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±126.94
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 162.25 · weakest Brisket (154.02)
Road miles
5,867
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 1,374 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1574)
Purse competed for
$97K
listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
583.75 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.89 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to THE PIT CREW, each with one reason worth a look.
132 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1454
Careers of much the same size, 14 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Level with THE PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,367 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1454
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before THE PIT CREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#5,344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1455
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#5,351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Fewer contests behind them than THE PIT CREW has cooked, 6 to 12, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 149.6688 | 159.95 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 139.3144 | 160.97 | top 75% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 155.9656 | 162.25 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 141.6800 | 154.02 | top 80% |
“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 90% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 84% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Springfest | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 71% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Ozarks BBQ Fest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 97% | Jun 9, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 8 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MS
3 of 12 contests · 7 states in all
Contests visited
5
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 1 call
Opponents faced
181
finished ahead 39 times, behind 174
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Nov 17, 2017 → Oct 29, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6688 Southaven Springfest
- Career-best overall score685.6688 Southaven Springfest
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 Southaven Springfest
- Most recent contest Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
20251 milestone
- 10th tracked contest Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20231 milestone
- First call Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS)
20211 milestone
- Peak power rating (1494) Southaven Springfest
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.4 | Southaven Springfest | Apr 24, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | Apr 22, 2022 |
| -9.7 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | Jun 9, 2023 |
| -9.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 26, 2022 |
| -8.4 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Sep 26, 2025 |
| -6 | Southaven Springfest | Oct 29, 2021 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 95.2% | 89.2% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.6% | 86.6% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 93% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 87.9% | 65.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbiana, AL | 14 / 16 (598.6512) | 14 (161.0856) | 16 (139.3144) | 16 (156.5712) | 15 (141.6800) |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 20 / 33 (685.6688) | 16 (175.4056) | 23 (167.4288) | 14 (171.9772) | 16 (170.8572) |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 14 / 15 (311.8856) | 14 (158.2284) | 14 (153.6572) | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 28 / 30 (638.1032) | 30 (153.6572) | 20 (167.3944) | 27 (162.8000) | 26 (154.2516) |
| May 20, 2023 | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN | — | — | 7 (167.9656) | — | — |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 32 / 37 (632.9488) | 25 (160.5144) | 30 (161.1316) | 26 (163.9428) | 34 (147.3600) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbus, MS | — | — | 16 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 31 / 31 (305.6004) | 29 (149.6688) | 28 (155.9316) | — | — |
| Oct 29, 2021 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 29 / 36 (641.5312) | 29 (161.0856) | 18 (168.5372) | 34 (155.9656) | 29 (155.9428) |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 24, 2014 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |