High-water mark
696.5256
career-best overall
96.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 696.5256 at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships — 96.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 16, 2024
Pit Pirates BBQ
Pit Pirates BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 5th of 41 at the Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships (2024). They finished #683 in the 2025 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 16, 2024
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 174.56 · weakest Brisket (167.11)
Road miles
944
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 729 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$141K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
682.05 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #683 (205 pts) | #769 (200 pts) | #763 (230 pts) | #557 (325 pts) | #793 (175 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Pit Pirates BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Pit Pirates BBQ 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 110 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Level with Pit Pirates BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Pit Pirates BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Pit Pirates BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,682 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 158.2284 | 169.84 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 165.0972 | 170.54 | top 52% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 171.4056 | 174.56 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 157.6688 | 167.11 | top 56% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 47% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
4 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
451
finished ahead 256 times, behind 370
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.8572 The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20246 milestones
- First tracked contest Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First call Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First overall top-10 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score696.5256 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Career-best overall score696.5256 Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
- Peak power rating (1514) Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.9 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships | Aug 16, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -0.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Nov 5, 2025 |
| -0.1 | The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands | May 2, 2025 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 64% | 94.4% | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 96.7% | 96.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 239 / 401 (673.0168) | 362 (158.2284) | 274 (166.2284) | 56 (176) | 99 (172.5600) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 111 / 158 (678.7316) | 70 (173.1316) | 140 (165.0972) | 68 (171.9656) | 101 (168.5372) |
| May 2, 2025 | The All American Comeback BBQ, Bourbon, & Bands Ruidoso Downs, NM | 19 / 30 (679.9320) | 20 (171.4172) | 14 (171.9888) | 4 (178.8572) | 30 (157.6688) |
| Aug 16, 2024 | Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX | 5 / 41 (696.5256) | 4 (176.5944) | 2 (178.8572) | 13 (171.4056) | 15 (169.6684) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.