High-water mark
678.8340
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.8340 at Montana Pitmaster Classic — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 22, 2025
Taste of Mitch
Taste of Mitch is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 18th of 44 at the Montana Pitmaster Classic (2023). They are ranked #3922 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2019
latest Aug 22, 2025 · 6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.30 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 645.13 (+9.17)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±31.81
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.48 · weakest Brisket (156.90)
Road miles
5
across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Purse competed for
$78K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.13 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Taste of Mitch, each with one reason worth a look.
155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,915 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,921 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Level with Taste of Mitch on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,939 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1484
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Taste of Mitch's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,898 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
They've been 1516 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#3,943 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Taste of Mitch's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,944 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Taste of Mitch's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick Back BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Random Guys Smoking | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| BIG BOYZ BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Outta Left Field BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| MONTANA OUTLAW BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Poor Richard's BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| YOU NEED A BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Willy Mo's | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 176.6172 | 152 | 168.48 | top 44% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 140.4916 | 157.50 | top 78% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 152.5372 | 162.26 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 133.5200 | 156.90 | 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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 70% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 41% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Pitmaster Classic | 5 | 18 | 0 | top 61% | Aug 22, 2025 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MT
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
111
finished ahead 80 times, behind 132
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → Aug 27, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score678.8340 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Most recent contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
20221 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4916 Montana Pitmaster Classic
20211 milestone
- First call Montana Pitmaster Classic
20192 milestones
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1493) Montana Pitmaster Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 25, 2023 |
| +2.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 22, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 27, 2021 |
| -6.8 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 23, 2019 |
| -4.1 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 26, 2022 |
| -2.6 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 23, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 87% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2025 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 20 / 38 (678.8340) | 21 (170.8684) | 33 (160.5600) | 22 (170.2628) | 6 (177.1428) |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 26 / 39 (663.3828) | 25 (165.7028) | 32 (162.8344) | 34 (161.7028) | 11 (173.1428) |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 18 / 44 (675.3484) | 3 (176.5600) | 24 (164) | 23 (166.2400) | 15 (168.5484) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 26 / 37 (648.4916) | 16 (169.1428) | 24 (165.6800) | 18 (168) | 35 (145.6688) |
| Aug 27, 2021 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 27 / 31 (605.4288) | 3 (176.6172) | 30 (140.4916) | 24 (154.8000) | 29 (133.5200) |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 21 / 29 (599.3032) | 25 (152) | 24 (151.4172) | 15 (152.5372) | 25 (143.3488) |