High-water mark
677.7028
career-best overall
94.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 677.7028 at Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) — 94.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 16, 2023
Pour Decisions Pit
Pour Decisions Pit is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 29 at the Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) (2023). They finished #830 in the 2024 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 16, 2023
latest May 24, 2025 · 1.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Best overall
677.7028 / 720
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
176.5944
Consistency
±19.27
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.56 · weakest Pork (160.40)
Road miles
251
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 91 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
652.04 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1394 (59 pts) | #1436 (59 pts) | #1008 (124 pts) | #1414 (59 pts) | #1414 (59 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #830 (143 pts) | #775 (198 pts) | #872 (173 pts) | #842 (163 pts) | #854 (153 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #880 (139 pts) | #1288 (69 pts) | #926 (179 pts) | #975 (124 pts) | #1117 (109 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 155.9772 | 162.40 | top 74% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 163.9772 | 168.56 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 151.3828 | 160.40 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 150.8116 | 160.68 | top 67% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 80% | May 24, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AB
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
70
finished ahead 44 times, behind 87
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship
20237 milestones
- First tracked contest Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- First call Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- First overall top-10 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7028 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- Career-best overall score677.7028 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
- Peak power rating (1508) Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.4 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) | Sep 16, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.3 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | May 24, 2025 |
| -6 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship | May 25, 2024 |
| -4.2 | Didsbury Lions BBQ | Jul 27, 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 | 0% | top 88% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 91.5% | 90.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 30 / 34 (624.4688) | 33 (155.9772) | 12 (165.1200) | 30 (152.5600) | 32 (150.8116) |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Didsbury Lions BBQ Didsbury, AB | 19 / 28 (658.6624) | 28 (158.2168) | 13 (168.5372) | 15 (166.8228) | 17 (165.0856) |
| May 25, 2024 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship Calmar, AB | 28 / 39 (647.3372) | 9 (172) | 25 (163.9772) | 36 (151.3828) | 25 (159.9772) |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Embers and Ice Pitmaster Championship (formerly Porkapalooza BBQ Festival) Sherwood Park, Edmonton, AB | 9 / 29 (677.7028) | 22 (163.4056) | 5 (176.5944) | 11 (170.8456) | 14 (166.8572) |