A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BLACK EYE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BLACK EYE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Big D's Smoking Pit
Big D's Smoking Pit is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 14th of 21 at the Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day (2016).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2016
latest Sep 27, 2019 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.04
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 158.58 · weakest Brisket (140.50)
Road miles
56
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 42 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
607.46 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2860 | 145.7144 | 158.58 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9312 | 142.8000 | 154.96 | top 74% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7600 | 149.6800 | 153.42 | top 85% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.9544 | 117.5772 | 140.50 | top 75% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 67% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 84% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2 | 36 | 0 | top 79% | Aug 23, 2019 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
153
finished ahead 35 times, behind 158
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Aug 25, 2017 → Aug 23, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Trails
20171 milestone
- Career-best overall score638.1480 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
20164 milestones
- First tracked contest Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day
- First call Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2860 Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day
- Peak power rating (1497) Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | Smoke on the Trails | Sep 27, 2019 |
| -10.7 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Aug 23, 2019 |
| -3.3 | Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day | Sep 16, 2016 |
| -2.1 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | Aug 25, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.7% | 81% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2019 | Smoke on the Trails 🏅 Gardner, KS | 50 / 53 (571.2344) | 52 (145.7144) | 35 (158.2628) | 46 (149.6800) | 51 (117.5772) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS | 62 / 66 (595.3492) | 52 (159.4632) | 56 (154.8460) | 60 (154.8456) | 66 (126.1944) |
| Aug 25, 2017 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 36 / 57 (638.1480) | 23 (162.8684) | 25 (163.9312) | 55 (151.3940) | 35 (159.9544) |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Butler Chambers Barbeque & Huckster's Day Butler, MO | 14 / 21 (625.1204) | 6 (166.2860) | 21 (142.8000) | 14 (157.7600) | 9 (158.2744) |