High-water mark
662.9492
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.9492 at Bands brews & BBQ — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-13
Pit Stop BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-08-25
latest 2026-07-17
Best ToY finish
#927
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.55
last 4 Master vs avg 608.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±83.71
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (129.16)
Road miles
2,488
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1829 mi
Schedule strength
42%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)
Purse competed for
$17K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
608.55 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
6.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.8 years, then back at Chillin & Grillin in the Glades (2026-07-17).
- last seen 2019-09-13
- back 2026-07-17
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.
Pit Stop BBQ has 4 rated contests — 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 149 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.
#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Pit Stop BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Pit Stop BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pit Stop BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4417 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 37 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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7260 | 147.9428 | 160.56 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 20.0000 | 129.16 | top 78% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 148.5256 | 161.55 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7372 | 147.4400 | 157.28 | top 76% |
“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.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
8.9 yrs
2017-08-25 → 2026-07-17
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
ID
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 161.55 · weakest Pork Ribs (129.16)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
608.55
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
98
21–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,488
4 mapped stops · furthest 1,829 mi
Schedule strength
1555
average field rating faced — tougher than 42% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$17,300
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6.8 yrs
2019-09-13 → 2026-07-17
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ
- Peak power rating (1487) Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ
- 2018
- First call *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8800 *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival
- 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.9492 Bands brews & BBQ
- Career-best overall score662.9492 Bands brews & BBQ
- 2026
- Most recent contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ | 2017-08-25 |
| -6.7 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 2026-07-17 |
| -3.7 | Bands brews & BBQ | 2019-09-13 |
| -2.9 | *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival | 2018-09-07 |
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 89% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 64.4% | 64.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA | 31 / 35 (659.8400) | 22 (169.1200) | 29 (167.4172) | 34 (158.2056) | 23 (165.0972) |
| 2019-09-13 | Bands brews & BBQ 🏅 Boise, ID | 17 / 25 (662.9492) | 11 (169.7260) | 24 (158.8916) | 15 (168.5944) | 12 (165.7372) |
| 2018-09-07 | *Rockn & BBQ Brew Festival Boise, ID | 16 / 25 (647.4860) | 20 (155.4400) | 8 (170.3200) | 7 (170.8800) | 23 (150.8460) |
| 2017-08-25 | Hill City Wine Brew & BBQ Hill City, SD | 26 / 26 (463.9084) | 25 (147.9428) | 26 (20.0000) | 26 (148.5256) | 26 (147.4400) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #927 (60 pts) | #973 (75 pts) | #1051 (60 pts) | #970 (60 pts) | #925 (70 pts) |