Full Of Pit BBQ

Full Of Pit BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 43 at the BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) (2025). They are ranked #2652 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,652

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1514

peak 1514 · rated over 6 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 9, 2024

latest Mar 28, 2026 · 1.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#189

Backyard 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

11% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

343.9544 / 360

Backyard · BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)

Perfect 180s

Current form

325.68 ▲

last 5 Backyard vs avg 323.01 (+2.66)

Walk rate

22%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Chicken · BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)

Consistency

±13.72

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.12)

Road miles

across 9 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi

Schedule strength

89%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1623)

Purse competed for

$30K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Backyard avg

323.01 / 360

6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

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

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

343.9544 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 360

Their best day on record: 343.9544 at BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) — 95.5% of a perfect 360.

Backyard
Mar 22, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Bulldog BBQ has finished one call ahead of Full Of Pit BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2025 their best year

2025 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 26%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 26%

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

BROCK'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BROCK'S BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.9 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.86 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 50%.

Pork Ribs avg 158.12
Pork avg 167.98
0 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

They cook the hard rooms

1623 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 89% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1623 power rating — a tougher draw than 89% of every rated contest in the data.

6 rated contests

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Bastian's Barbecue Co. has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A March team

Top 36% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 36% across 4 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

4 March contests
top 49% the rest of the year

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Backyard	#205 (168 pts)	#195 (203 pts)	#181 (234 pts)	—	—
2026 ↗	Master	—	—	#1121 (71 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#189 (243 pts)	#165 (312 pts)	#184 (284 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Master	—	#1494 (54 pts)	#1233 (81 pts)	—	—

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Full Of Pit BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Uncle Redstone

#2,649 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1527

Fewer contests behind them than Full Of Pit BBQ has cooked, 6 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Oct 18, 2024

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KS BBQ

#2,650 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1515

They were already cooking in 2017, 7 years before Full Of Pit BBQ's first contest.

rated over 6 contests
last seen Jun 7, 2024

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BANNYHEN'S SOUTHERN QUE

#2,648 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1515

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Full Of Pit BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

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HevyQue BBQ

#2,654 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1521

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 20% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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Red Iron BBQ

#2,646 of the rated field

1515 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1515

Level with Full Of Pit BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Hunny & Hooch BBQ

#2,653 of the rated field

1514 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1519

Fewer contests behind them than Full Of Pit BBQ has cooked, 5 to 9, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
smokey anderson bbq	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
Piggy & Swine BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
BLUE & GRAY BBQ	6	3	2	50%	⚔ compare
Optimus Swine	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Dog Bite Barbecue	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Gold-N-Blue Barbecue	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Troublemaker BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
Buckshot's BBQ	6	2	3	33%	⚔ compare
3 EYZ BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Castleton Q	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
HotMess BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	1	173.1200	150.8456	162.99	top 52%
Pork Ribs	8	0	170.8344	150.2744	158.12	top 60%
Pork	2	1	169.7028	166.2628	167.98	top 37%

“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)	3	0	top 65%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 33%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	4	9	0	top 36%	Mar 28, 2026
Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	2	20	0	top 75%	Aug 10, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in VA 9 of 9 contests

Contests visited 2 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 8 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Opponents faced 104 finished ahead 159 times, behind 186

Longest layoff 1 yrs Mar 22, 2025 → Mar 27, 2026

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

20262 milestones

Mar 28 Peak power rating (1514) BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)
Mar 28 Most recent contest BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)

20254 milestones

Mar 21 First overall past 90% of a perfect score332.5144 BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)
Mar 22 First overall top-10 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
Mar 22 Career-best overall score343.9544 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)
Mar 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1200 BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)

20242 milestones

Aug 9 First tracked contest Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1)
Aug 10 First call Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.8	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 22, 2025
+8.9	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard)	Mar 21, 2025
+2.6	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	Mar 28, 2026
+1.2	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)	Mar 27, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-5.8	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	Aug 10, 2024
-5.4	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1)	Aug 9, 2024

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	3	0	0%	top 46%	91.3%	90.1%
2025	4	1	25%	top 26%	95.5%	94%
2024	2	0	50%	top 75%	86%	85.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Mar 28, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	16 / 36 (328.5260)	13 (165.1088)	15 (163.4172)	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	19 / 40 (319.9544)	15 (166.8344)	21 (153.1200)	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) Urbanna, VA	—	—	21 (157.6456)	—	—
Mar 22, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	9 / 43 (343.9544)	11 (173.1200)	12 (170.8344)	—	—
Mar 21, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) 🏅 Urbanna, VA	14 / 45 (332.5144)	9 (171.4056)	18 (161.1088)	—	—
Mar 21, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Urbanna, VA	—	24 (154.2172)	—	—	—
Mar 21, 2025	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) Urbanna, VA	—	—	18 (155.9656)	—	—
Aug 10, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) 🏅 Ashland, VA	21 / 28 (303.4288)	21 (150.8456)	21 (152.5832)	8 (169.7028)	—
Aug 9, 2024	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) 🏅 Ashland, VA	20 / 27 (309.7032)	19 (159.4288)	20 (150.2744)	12 (166.2628)	—

Full Of Pit BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Backyard avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

They cook the hard rooms

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)