High-water mark
679.8744
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.8744 at BBQ & Fly-In on the River — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-08-14
Irwin's Pit Crew
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2018-09-15
latest 2026-08-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
533.77
last 4 Master vs avg 533.77 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±219.18
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.23 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Road miles
127
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi
Schedule strength
75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1596)
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
533.77 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
SLAPS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
SLAPS BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
7.3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 7.3 years, then back at BBQ & Fly-In on the River (2026-08-14).
- last seen 2019-04-12
- back 2026-08-14
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.
Irwin's Pit Crew 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 124 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.
#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with Irwin's Pit Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
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#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Irwin's Pit Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Irwin's Pit Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 162.2744 | 167.23 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 154.8572 | 166.12 | top 58% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5716 | 159.3828 | 166.45 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9888 | 145.1088 | 156.53 | top 82% |
“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
7.9 yrs
2018-09-15 → 2026-08-14
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.23 · weakest Brisket (156.53)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
533.77
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
601
177–480 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
127
4 mapped stops · furthest 52 mi
Schedule strength
1596
average field rating faced — tougher than 75% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$10,900
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
7.3 yrs
2019-04-12 → 2026-08-14
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2018
- First tracked contest 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- Peak power rating (1496) 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.1944 *Border War Barbeque
- 2026
- First call BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Career-best overall score679.8744 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5716 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
- Most recent contest BBQ & Fly-In on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.5 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2026-08-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake | 2019-04-12 |
| -3.9 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) | 2018-09-15 |
| -1.9 | *Border War Barbeque | 2018-10-26 |
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 | 100% | top 63% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 102% | 21.5% | 21.5% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 71% | 91.4% | 90.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 52 / 83 (679.8744) | 19 (175.4172) | 66 (167.3828) | 10 (176.5716) | 73 (160.5028) |
| 2019-04-12 | The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake 🏅 Smithville, MO | 55 / 54 (154.8572) | — | 47 (154.8572) | — | — |
| 2018-10-26 | *Border War Barbeque Osawatomie, KS | 39 / 56 (658.1944) | 48 (162.2744) | 19 (172.5484) | 47 (159.3828) | 37 (163.9888) |
| 2018-09-15 | 39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | 338 / 467 (642.1716) | 276 (164.0000) | 142 (169.6800) | 266 (163.3828) | 432 (145.1088) |