They almost always walk
63%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 5 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
VRM Pit Crew
VRM Pit Crew is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 18 at the Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (2023). They finished #2561 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “VRM Pitcrew”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Mar 22, 2013
latest Nov 21, 2025 · 12.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
13% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
63%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.61
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.71 · weakest Chicken (162.64)
Road miles
5,722
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 2,964 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.92 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #2561 (60 pts) | #2658 (55 pts) | #1936 (95 pts) | #2003 (90 pts) | #2661 (55 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to VRM Pit Crew, each with one reason worth a look.
VRM Pit Crew has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 105 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Fewer contests behind them than VRM Pit Crew has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#3,029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 11 years before VRM Pit Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#3,031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with VRM Pit Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before VRM Pit Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,018 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 147.4284 | 162.64 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 174.8688 | 156.5716 | 169.71 | top 36% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 160.5256 | 163.59 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 170.8456 | 147.4286 | 164.69 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 38% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
HI
6 of 8 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
6 entries · 1 win · 4 calls
Opponents faced
128
finished ahead 72 times, behind 63
Longest layoff
9.6 yrs
Mar 22, 2013 → Nov 11, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score685.0628 BBQ Jackpot
- Peak power rating (1505) BBQ Jackpot
- Most recent contest BBQ Jackpot
20232 milestones
- First overall top-10 Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout"
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7084 Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout"
20223 milestones
- First call Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 1 (One Meat Ribs)
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 1 (One Meat Ribs)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8688 Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 1 (One Meat Ribs)
20131 milestone
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | BBQ Jackpot | Nov 21, 2025 |
| +5.9 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" | Nov 10, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Mar 22, 2013 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 44% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 85% | 85% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2025 | BBQ Jackpot 🏅 Las Vegas, NV | 34 / 90 (685.0628) | 41 (171.9772) | 24 (172.5716) | 54 (169.6684) | 37 (170.8456) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT BRISKET) Honolulu, HI | — | — | — | — | 3 (170.8228) |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" 🏅 Honolulu, HI | 8 / 18 (670.7084) | 10 (168.5256) | 4 (171.9772) | 15 (160.5256) | 3 (169.6800) |
| Nov 10, 2023 | Warrior BBQ's "The Great Hawaiian Smokeout" (ONE MEAT RIBS) Honolulu, HI | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 3 (One Meat Ribs) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 5 (170.8572) | — | — |
| Nov 12, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 2 (One Meat Ribs ) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 6 (171.4172) | — | — |
| Nov 11, 2022 | Warrior BBQ Ribs Championship - Ribs 1 (One Meat Ribs) Honolulu, HI | — | — | 1 (174.8688) | — | — |
| Mar 22, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Tucson, AZ | 24 / 30 (612) | 27 (147.4284) | 17 (156.5716) | 18 (160.5714) | 25 (147.4286) |