High-water mark
679.8972
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.8972 at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2016-10-07
92 BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2015-06-12
latest 2017-04-22
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 61%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
667.53
last 5 Master vs avg 667.53 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.02
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.04 · weakest Brisket (162.58)
Road miles
601
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Schedule strength
67%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)
Master avg
667.53 / 720
5 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
THE PIT CREW GA ahead in 100% of their meetings
THE PIT CREW GA has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.5
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.46 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.
- Brisket avg 162.58
- Pork Ribs avg 170.04
- 1 calls in 5 entries
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.
108 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3111 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 23%
- Peak
- 1520
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to 92 BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team 92 BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2015.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Level with 92 BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 163.9544 | 167.63 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 159.9428 | 170.04 | top 40% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 159.4056 | 167.28 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 151.9200 | 162.58 | top 69% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 53% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.9 yrs
2015-06-12 → 2017-04-22
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 170.04 · weakest Brisket (162.58)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
667.53
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
111
51–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
601
5 mapped stops · furthest 133 mi
Schedule strength
1584
average field rating faced — tougher than 67% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #3097 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Fitzgerald Pig Pickin'
- First call Fitzgerald Pig Pickin'
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.4912 Fitzgerald Pig Pickin'
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Fitzgerald Pig Pickin'
- 2016
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score679.8972 The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1503) Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
- Most recent contest Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) | 2016-10-07 |
| +3.2 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues | 2017-04-21 |
| +2 | Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) | 2017-04-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.2 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (GBC Qualifier) | 2015-11-13 |
| -3.6 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' | 2015-06-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 81% | 93.4% | 91.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-22 | Atlanta BBQ Classic (At Atlanta Motor Speedway) Hampton, GA | 12 / 23 (667.2684) | 10 (168.5372) | 7 (170.2628) | 16 (163.9428) | 12 (164.5256) |
| 2017-04-21 | Barnesville BBQ & Blues Barnsville, GA | 15 / 29 (668.4456) | 16 (165.6800) | 13 (168.5600) | 6 (173.1084) | 25 (161.0972) |
| 2016-10-07 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA | 10 / 26 (679.8972) | 21 (163.9544) | 6 (174.8572) | 7 (169.6800) | 10 (171.4056) |
| 2015-11-13 | Smokin' Up The Saddle Club (GBC Qualifier) Chatsworth, GA | 44 / 48 (649.5316) | 26 (167.3944) | 44 (159.9428) | 13 (170.2744) | 47 (151.9200) |
| 2015-06-12 | Fitzgerald Pig Pickin' Fitzgerald, GA | 14 / 20 (672.4912) | 6 (172.5828) | 2 (176.5600) | 19 (159.4056) | 14 (163.9428) |