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
- 2026-04-24
THE PIT CREW
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2021-10-29
latest 2026-04-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 86%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
580.77
last 5 Master vs avg 580.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±138.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 163.68 · weakest Brisket (157.10)
Road miles
5,640
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 1374 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$85K
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
580.77 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.89 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is 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 (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Southaven Springfest (2021-10-29).
- last seen 2017-11-17
- back 2021-10-29
Boom or bust
±17.75%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±17.75% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 81.7% of a perfect score
- best 95.2%
The long haul
5,640
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,640 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,374 miles to Montana Pitmaster Classic.
- 11 mapped stops
- furthest 1,374 mi
Teams like this (closest power rating)
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.
123 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5261 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
Fewer contests behind them than THE PIT CREW has cooked, 6 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Head-to-head#5236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before THE PIT CREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5263 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before THE PIT CREW's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5235 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1457
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE PIT CREW on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5257 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#5237 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1514 at their best, 57 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4056 | 149.6688 | 159.76 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 153.6572 | 163.68 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 155.9656 | 163.67 | top 74% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 147.3600 | 157.10 | top 77% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 71% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 97% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 86% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southaven Springfest | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 71% | 2026-04-24 |
| Ozarks BBQ Fest | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 97% | 2023-06-09 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.5 yrs
2021-10-29 → 2026-04-24
Busiest season
2022
3 contests
Contests a season
1.4
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MS
3 of 11 contests · 7 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
8 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 163.68 · weakest Brisket (157.10)
Walk rate
9%
a top-10 call in 1 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
580.77
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
311.89
out of 360 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
149
28–148 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5,640
11 mapped stops · furthest 1,374 mi
Schedule strength
1577
average field rating faced — tougher than 61% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$85,125
listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2017-11-17 → 2021-10-29
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #5248 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Roc City Rib Fest
- 2021
- Peak power rating (1494) Southaven Springfest
- 2023
- First call Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 2025
- 10th tracked contest Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- 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 Southaven Springfest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.4 | Southaven Springfest | 2026-04-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | 2022-04-22 |
| -9.7 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | 2023-06-09 |
| -9.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2022-08-26 |
| -8.4 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-09-26 |
| -6 | Southaven Springfest | 2021-10-29 |
Category scores over time
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 61% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 20 / 33 (685.6688) | 16 (175.4056) | 23 (167.4288) | 14 (171.9772) | 16 (170.8572) |
| 2025-09-26 | Central AL BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Clanton, AL | 14 / 15 (311.8856) | 14 (158.2284) | 14 (153.6572) | — | — |
| 2023-06-09 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 28 / 30 (638.1032) | 30 (153.6572) | 20 (167.3944) | 27 (162.8000) | 26 (154.2516) |
| 2023-05-20 | Patio Porkers on Beale (ONE MEAT RIBS) Memphis, TN | — | — | 7 (167.9656) | — | — |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 32 / 37 (632.9488) | 25 (160.5144) | 30 (161.1316) | 26 (163.9428) | 34 (147.3600) |
| 2022-08-26 | Roast N Boast - Rib Roast (ONE MEAT RIBS) Columbus, MS | — | — | 16 (167.3944) | — | — |
| 2022-04-22 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 31 / 31 (305.6004) | 29 (149.6688) | 28 (155.9316) | — | — |
| 2021-10-29 | Southaven Springfest 🏅 Southaven, MS | 29 / 36 (641.5312) | 29 (161.0856) | 18 (168.5372) | 34 (155.9656) | 29 (155.9428) |
| 2017-11-17 | Suncoast Credit Union Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016-11-18 | Plant City Pig Jam Plant City, FL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-05-24 | Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY | — | — | — | — | — |