A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Pit Crew BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Pit Crew BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
BAD OL' BERNS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1482
peak 1482 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-04-12
latest 2016-04-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
627.91
last 3 Master vs avg 627.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.91
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.60 · weakest Chicken (153.88)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)
Master avg
627.91 / 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 strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of R U Rdy 4 BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Smoke in the Spring (2015-04-10).
- last seen 2013-04-12
- back 2015-04-10
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.
BAD OL' BERNS BBQ 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.
#4016 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BAD OL' BERNS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team BAD OL' BERNS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 10 years after BAD OL' BERNS BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with BAD OL' BERNS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 148.5712 | 153.88 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 152.5140 | 155.78 | top 76% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4286 | 151.9428 | 159.60 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0000 | 157.6684 | 158.66 | top 59% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the Spring | 3 | 47 | 0 | top 75% | 2016-04-08 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2016-04-08
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.60 · weakest Chicken (153.88)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.91
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
173
67–207 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1541
average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2013-04-12 → 2015-04-10
Power rating
1482
peak 1482 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Smoke In The Spring
- First call Smoke In The Spring
- Career-best overall score638.8570 Smoke In The Spring
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4286 Smoke In The Spring
- Peak power rating (1495) Smoke In The Spring
- 2016
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Spring
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.7 | Smoke in the Spring | 2016-04-08 |
| -6.2 | Smoke in the Spring | 2015-04-10 |
| -4.8 | Smoke In The Spring | 2013-04-12 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 85.7% | 85.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 88 / 109 (617.0284) | 90 (150.8000) | 90 (152.5140) | 87 (155.4172) | 64 (158.2972) |
| 2015-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS | 75 / 97 (627.8512) | 56 (162.2628) | 75 (155.9772) | 89 (151.9428) | 57 (157.6684) |
| 2013-04-12 | Smoke In The Spring Osage City, KS | 47 / 71 (638.8570) | 65 (148.5712) | 49 (158.8572) | 8 (171.4286) | 42 (160.0000) |