S&S Pit Crew

S&S Pit Crew is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 59 at the Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship (2013). They are ranked #2444 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “S & S Pit Crew”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,444

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1522

peak 1535 · rated over 20 contests5 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 22, 2013

latest Sep 11, 2026 · 13.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#986

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

12% of 25 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

692.0116 / 720

Master · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.56 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 657.64 (+8.91)

Walk rate

48%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

Consistency

±36.91

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 166.86 · weakest Brisket (160.56)

Road miles

12,671

across 24 mapped stops · furthest 1,038 mi

Schedule strength

36%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1548)

Purse competed for

$359K

listed at 16 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 13 state-championship entries

Master avg

657.64 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

692.0116 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.0116 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 30, 2025

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Gallaway Cattle Grill Team has finished one call ahead of S&S Pit Crew 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

11–1 behind in the head-to-head

LA PASADITA ahead in 92% of their meetings

LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.30 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 25%.

Brisket avg 160.56
Pork Ribs avg 166.86
4 calls in 24 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LimpBrizkit BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

2.4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship (Aug 26, 2016).

last seen Apr 4, 2014
back Aug 26, 2016

Pork Ribs nemesis

8 of 9 shared pork ribs entries lost

CHICKEN FRIED BBQ ahead 89% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, CHICKEN FRIED BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 9 shared pork ribs entries.

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An August team

Top 38% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 38% across 8 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

8 August contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The long haul

12,671 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,671 miles across 24 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,038 miles to Horse Town Brew n Que Festival.

24 mapped stops
furthest 1,038 mi

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
2022 ↗	Master	#986 (120 pts)	#1051 (120 pts)	#1107 (120 pts)	#1046 (120 pts)	#1021 (120 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2120 (85 pts)	#1668 (150 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1279 (200 pts)	#2073 (75 pts)	#1527 (160 pts)	#1462 (170 pts)	#1150 (250 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to S&S Pit Crew, each with one reason worth a look.

90 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

TEX'S SMOKE

#2,448 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1522

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to S&S Pit Crew)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team S&S Pit Crew has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jun 4, 2021

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JUNIORS UP IN SMOKE

#2,440 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1531

3–0 in 3 shared contests (100% to S&S Pit Crew)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before S&S Pit Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 10 contests

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Firestarter

#2,446 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1522

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to S&S Pit Crew)

Fewer contests behind them than S&S Pit Crew has cooked, 5 to 25, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Nov 2, 2024

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RIDDLEQ'S

#2,449 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1541

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 21 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2018

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BEAR'S-B-Q

#2,443 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1522

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Oct 12, 2018

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MACBBQ

#2,454 of the rated field

1522 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1538

Level with S&S Pit Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
Rollin' Smoke BBQ Texas	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
BarrelHead Cookers	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BOOMERANG BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy G's BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
HONKY-TONK SMOKERS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Meat Candy Q	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MAN MEAT BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Texas Revolution	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	24	2	1	176.5716	151.4056	165.92	top 53%
Pork Ribs	24	6	0	177.7144	151.9316	166.86	top 50%
Pork	24	5	1	179.4400	154.2400	166.31	top 48%
Brisket	24	4	1	177.7144	20	160.56	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 79%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 65%
Large (40+)	17	top 50%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	16	top 51%
CA	4	top 53%
GA	3	top 76%
KS	2	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship	5	7	top 40%	Aug 21, 2026
Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2)	3	7	top 54%	May 31, 2025
Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION)	2	23	top 76%	Oct 16, 2025
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	2	38	top 61%	Sep 12, 2025
Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship	2	16	top 36%	Aug 20, 2021

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 5 contests

Contests a season 1.9 across 13 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 16 of 25 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 16 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,243 finished ahead 873 times, behind 1,058

Longest layoff 2.4 yrs Apr 4, 2014 → Aug 26, 2016

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

20262 milestones

Sep 11 25th tracked contest Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff
Sep 11 Most recent contest Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff

20252 milestones

May 30 Career-best overall score692.0116 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)
May 30 Peak power rating (1535) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)

20231 milestone

Jun 2 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival

20211 milestone

Aug 20 10th tracked contest Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship

20133 milestones

Mar 22 First call Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 First overall top-10 Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship
Mar 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5710 Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship

—1 milestone

First tracked contest Turkey Smoke (Competitor Series )

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.4	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship	Aug 26, 2016
+13.8	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship	Mar 22, 2013
+10	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1)	May 30, 2025
+9.6	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship	Aug 23, 2019
+6.7	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships	Aug 19, 2022

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.3	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full)	Apr 4, 2014
-6.9	Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff	Sep 11, 2026
-6.6	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ	Nov 15, 2019
-4.9	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival	Jun 2, 2023
-4.7	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 12, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0	0%	top 79%	80.1%	80.1%
2026	2	0	50%	top 59%	94.7%	92.7%
2025	5	1	40%	top 55%	96.1%	93.8%
2024	3	0	33%	top 65%	93.6%	92.7%
2023	1	0	100%	top 70%	93.1%	93.1%
2022	4	0	50%	top 60%	94.1%	93.2%
2021	1	0	100%	top 47%	90.9%	90.9%
2019	2	0	0%	top 55%	92.9%	90.9%
2018	1	0	0%	top 50%	91.2%	91.2%
2017	2	0	50%	top 41%	92%	90.2%
2016	1	1	100%	top 10%	94.9%	94.9%
2014	1	0	100%	top 100%	69.4%	69.4%
2013	1	1	100%	top 8%	91.2%	91.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2026	Danny Dietz Memorial World Championship Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	53 / 75 (653.6340)	53 (163.4628)	57 (159.9772)	29 (170.2628)	52 (159.9312)
Aug 21, 2026	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	24 / 51 (681.6800)	29 (167.9772)	5 (177.7144)	19 (171.4056)	32 (164.5828)
Oct 16, 2025	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	23 / 36 (689.0400)	16 (176.5716)	22 (171.9772)	21 (171.9656)	25 (168.5256)
Sep 12, 2025	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	60 / 92 (655.9424)	76 (158.2856)	54 (166.2512)	32 (170.8456)	57 (160.5600)
Aug 15, 2025	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	31 / 55 (662.1260)	21 (170.8228)	27 (168.5372)	36 (161.0856)	31 (161.6804)
May 31, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 2) 🏅 Norco, CA	13 / 20 (679.3944)	11 (170.8228)	15 (168.5600)	5 (175.4400)	14 (164.5716)
May 30, 2025	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival (Day 1) 🏅 Norco, CA	7 / 27 (692.0116)	13 (168)	7 (174.8572)	4 (177.1544)	9 (172)
Oct 17, 2024	Royal Oak Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) (PRIVATE EVENT BY INVITATION) unrated Roswell, GA	29 / 33 (674.1944)	32 (163.9772)	22 (170.8228)	29 (164.5488)	11 (174.8456)
Sep 13, 2024	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	38 / 67 (665.0972)	14 (172.5828)	39 (167.9772)	61 (154.2400)	13 (170.2972)
May 31, 2024	Horsetown Brew n' Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	20 / 39 (663.8284)	38 (154.2172)	6 (170.8228)	15 (170.8112)	14 (167.9772)
Jun 2, 2023	Horse Town Brew n Que Festival 🏅 Norco, CA	30 / 43 (670.2056)	34 (166.8572)	30 (166.8228)	2 (179.4400)	38 (157.0856)
Oct 21, 2022	Royal Oak Invitational Only (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Roswell, GA	27 / 35 (677.6228)	29 (167.4056)	27 (169.1200)	33 (163.3828)	4 (177.7144)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	265 / 505 (665.6112)	401 (160.5372)	133 (171.9656)	323 (163.9656)	160 (169.1428)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	200 / 249 (668.4800)	71 (174.2628)	214 (163.9544)	138 (170.2628)	230 (160)
Aug 19, 2022	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX	18 / 59 (673.7032)	13 (170.2744)	7 (174.2744)	25 (163.4172)	18 (165.7372)
Aug 20, 2021	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	20 / 43 (654.7428)	3 (175.4172)	34 (151.9316)	25 (160.5484)	16 (166.8456)
Nov 15, 2019	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ Belton, TX	20 / 24 (639.9312)	19 (158.2856)	21 (159.4400)	18 (159.3828)	14 (162.8228)
Aug 23, 2019	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship 🏅 Lubbock, TX	16 / 62 (669.0744)	17 (170.2744)	19 (166.8344)	17 (168.0112)	28 (163.9544)
Aug 24, 2018	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	27 / 54 (656.4908)	35 (159.4284)	21 (167.4056)	32 (159.9540)	12 (169.7028)
Aug 25, 2017	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	17 / 44 (662.2628)	6 (175.4628)	25 (163.9772)	24 (158.8228)	23 (164)
Feb 3, 2017	Humble Rodeo & BBQ ( WFC Qualifier) Humble, TX	60 / 136 (637.0168)	59 (160.5256)	102 (153.1200)	81 (155.4056)	32 (167.9656)
Aug 26, 2016	Raider Red Meats BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX	7 / 72 (683.3596)	16 (170.2972)	4 (174.8456)	27 (165.6684)	10 (172.5484)
Apr 4, 2014	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (Teams Full) Cedar Park, TX	50 / 50 (499.3828)	35 (151.4056)	23 (160.5600)	10 (167.4172)	50 (20)
Mar 22, 2013	Best of the Basin Barbeque Championship Midland, TX	5 / 59 (656.5710)	27 (154.8570)	9 (162.8572)	8 (167.9998)	3 (170.8570)
—	Turkey Smoke (Competitor Series ) unrated San Antonio, TX	11 / 14 (432.4912)	—	—	—	—

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

S&S Pit Crew

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

An August team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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