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Pinch N Pull BBQ

Pinch N Pull BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 10th of 26 at the Smoke on the Waterfall (2016). They are ranked #2929 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,929
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1507
peak 1512 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Jun 24, 2016
latest Aug 17, 2018 · 2.1 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
20% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 56%
overall standings

Best overall

669.0512 / 720
Master · Smoke on the Waterfall

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

60%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176
Pork Ribs · Smoke on the Waterfall

Consistency

±9.73
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.05 · weakest Brisket (158.45)

Road miles

149
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi

Schedule strength

65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Master avg

658.96 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

669.0512 career-best overall

92.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 669.0512 at Smoke on the Waterfall — 92.9% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 24, 2016

A tough matchup

5–0 behind in the head-to-head

Hogline ahead in 100% of their meetings

Hogline has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.59 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 40%.

  • Brisket avg 158.45
  • Chicken avg 170.05
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

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Contests
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GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1515

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  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jan 22, 2026
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#2,939 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1516

Level with Pinch N Pull BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Oct 3, 2025
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#2,917 of the rated field
1508 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
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  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Mar 22, 2025
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#2,926 of the rated field
1508 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1527

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  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 11, 2022
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SOUTHERN HEAT BBQ
#2,946 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1519

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Dec 6, 2019
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Twin Oaks Smokin Crew
#2,945 of the rated field
1507 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1507

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Apr 6, 2018
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
SPITFIRE 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
Hogline 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare
SONS OF BUTCHERS 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 2 0 1 175.4400 163.9884 170.05 top 42%
Pork Ribs 5 1 0 1 176 159.9544 167.18 top 44%
Pork 5 1 0 0 167.4172 159.3600 163.28 top 65%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 166.2628 144.9828 158.45 top 64%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)30top 54%
Large (40+)20top 59%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
SMSU Smokefest 3 18 0 top 62% Aug 17, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 2 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MN 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 78 finished ahead 73 times, behind 93

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

20181 milestone
  1. Most recent contest SMSU Smokefest
20171 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1512) KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off
20166 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Smoke on the Waterfall
  2. First call Smoke on the Waterfall
  3. First overall top-10 Smoke on the Waterfall
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0512 Smoke on the Waterfall
  5. Career-best overall score669.0512 Smoke on the Waterfall
  6. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Smoke on the Waterfall

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+6.9Smoke on the WaterfallJun 24, 2016
+5.6SMSU SmokefestAug 18, 2017
+2.4KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-OffSep 15, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-4.8SMSU SmokefestAug 17, 2018
-2.8SMSU SmokefestAug 19, 2016

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20181000 0% top 75% 90.2% 90.2%
20172000 100% top 50% 92.8% 92.4%
20162010 50% top 53% 92.9% 91.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Aug 17, 2018 SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN 30 / 40 (649.5540) 23 (166.8456) 17 (167.3944) 32 (161.6684) 34 (153.6456)
Sep 15, 2017 KTD Smokin ' Gobbler Cook-Off Worthington, MN 15 / 27 (662.2172) 4 (175.4400) 23 (159.9544) 20 (160.5600) 12 (166.2628)
Aug 18, 2017 SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN 18 / 41 (668.4912) 3 (175.4400) 11 (167.9884) 35 (159.3600) 17 (165.7028)
Aug 19, 2016 SMSU Smokefest Marshall, MN 25 / 37 (645.4972) 20 (168.5256) 21 (164.5716) 17 (167.4172) 34 (144.9828)
Jun 24, 2016 Smoke on the Waterfall Redwoodfalls, MN 10 / 26 (669.0512) 20 (163.9884) 2 (176) 10 (167.3828) 15 (161.6800)

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

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