High-water mark
674.1140
career-best overall
93.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 674.1140 at 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff — 93.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 20, 2022
Pit 71
Pit 71 is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 14th of 30 at the DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition (2023). They finished #1067 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Pit71”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 20, 2022
latest Jul 19, 2025 · 2.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.83
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.40 · weakest Pork (159.52)
Road miles
621
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 258 mi
Schedule strength
13%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1519)
Purse competed for
$60K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
657.57 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 157.0628 | 164.52 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 159.9428 | 170.40 | top 50% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 153.6684 | 159.52 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 154.2972 | 163.13 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 60% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
OR
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 39 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Aug 19, 2023 → Jul 19, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Sutherlin Throwdown
20232 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition
20225 milestones
- First tracked contest 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- First call 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.1140 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Career-best overall score674.1140 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
- Peak power rating (1497) 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.3 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition | Aug 19, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More | Oct 7, 2022 |
| -4.8 | Sutherlin Throwdown | Jul 19, 2025 |
| -2.9 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff | Aug 20, 2022 |
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 | 0% | top 71% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 47% | 92.8% | 92.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 76% | 93.6% | 90.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2025 | Sutherlin Throwdown 🏅 Sutherlin, OR | 25 / 35 (658.1256) | 25 (167.9656) | 29 (165.0972) | 32 (154.8000) | 12 (170.2628) |
| Aug 19, 2023 | DuPont-Hudson's Bay BBQ Competition 🏅 DuPont, WA | 14 / 30 (667.9088) | 27 (157.0628) | 1 (178.8572) | 17 (169.1200) | 15 (162.8688) |
| Oct 7, 2022 | Hermiston Fall Fest, BBQ, Brews, & More 🏅 Hermiston, OR | 17 / 19 (630.1368) | 13 (162.2284) | 18 (159.9428) | 17 (153.6684) | 15 (154.2972) |
| Aug 20, 2022 | 5th Annual Hudson's Bay Heritage Days BBQ Cookoff 🏅 DuPont, WA | 18 / 29 (674.1140) | 13 (170.8228) | 5 (177.7028) | 27 (160.5028) | 19 (165.0856) |