High-water mark
670.1716
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.1716 at Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-10-11
PitStopQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1496 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-10-13
latest 2025-10-24
Best ToY finish
#1031
Master 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
659.88
last 3 Master vs avg 659.88 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.12
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 169.11 · weakest Chicken (162.07)
Road miles
5
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
79%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1602)
Purse competed for
$57K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
659.88 / 720
3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of PIG PIRATES BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
PitStopQ has 3 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 118 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.
#3388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3366 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with PitStopQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3363 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3369 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before PitStopQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1496
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before PitStopQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 11 years before PitStopQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8572 | 149.0744 | 162.07 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 163.9544 | 169.11 | top 50% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 161.6684 | 166.06 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.9772 | 162.64 | top 72% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 73% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2023-10-13 → 2025-10-24
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 169.11 · weakest Chicken (162.07)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
659.88
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
63
30–65 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
5
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1602
average field rating faced — tougher than 79% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$56,700
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2024-10-11 → 2025-10-24
Power rating
1496
peak 1496 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- First call Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3372 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 2024
- Career-best overall score670.1716 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- Peak power rating (1499) Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down
- 2025
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)171.9772 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.6 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2024-10-11 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.9 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown | 2025-10-24 |
| -1.7 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down | 2023-10-13 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 73% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 70% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 33 / 45 (646.1256) | 39 (149.0744) | 19 (171.9772) | 39 (161.6684) | 30 (163.4056) |
| 2024-10-11 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 16 / 26 (670.1716) | 18 (166.2744) | 19 (163.9544) | 11 (171.4056) | 15 (168.5372) |
| 2023-10-13 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down 🏅 Rocky Mount, NC | 19 / 27 (663.3372) | 11 (170.8572) | 9 (171.4056) | 18 (165.0972) | 25 (155.9772) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1205 (90 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1031 (96 pts) | #1148 (86 pts) | #1230 (81 pts) | #934 (121 pts) | #1043 (101 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1161 (82 pts) | #1008 (122 pts) | #1059 (137 pts) | #1179 (87 pts) | #1612 (52 pts) |