High-water mark
703.9428
career-best overall
97.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 703.9428 at Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) — 97.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-07-20
Pits - N - Grills
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1535
peak 1535 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-04-21
latest 2024-10-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
690.95
last 4 Master vs avg 690.95 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±7.69
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 175.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.85)
Road miles
516
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 421 mi
Schedule strength
70%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1588)
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
690.95 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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 tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 75% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of TAILGATE GUYS BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4 years, then back at Ozarks BBQ Fest (2021-04-23).
- last seen 2017-04-21
- back 2021-04-23
Announced themselves early
4th
at their very first contest
Finished 4 of 55 at their very first tracked contest, Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival (2017-04-21).
- 2017-04-21
- 55-team field
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.
Pits - N - Grills 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 63 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.
#2082 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1535
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Pits - N - Grills)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Pits - N - Grills has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2069 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Pits - N - Grills's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2074 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1536
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Pits - N - Grills did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pits - N - Grills on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2080 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 8 years before Pits - N - Grills's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 174.2628 | 175.71 | top 24% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.8572 | 165.7028 | 170.85 | top 39% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 170.8228 | 173.27 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 167.3828 | 171.13 | top 36% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 3 | 0 | top 21% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 17% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.5 yrs
2017-04-21 → 2024-10-11
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
3 of 4 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 175.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (170.85)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
690.95
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
193
169–49 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
516
4 mapped stops · furthest 421 mi
Schedule strength
1588
average field rating faced — tougher than 70% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$5,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2017-04-21 → 2021-04-23
Power rating
1535
peak 1535 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
- First call Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
- First overall top-10 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.1200 Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival
- 2024
- Career-best overall score703.9428 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
- Peak power rating (1535) Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.2 | Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival | 2017-04-21 |
| +12.2 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) | 2024-07-20 |
| +7.6 | Ozarks BBQ Fest | 2021-04-23 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 24% | 97.8% | 96.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 95.1% | 95.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 7% | 95.7% | 95.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN | 23 / 87 (686.2512) | 13 (175.4056) | 47 (170.8572) | 23 (171.9884) | 45 (168.0000) |
| 2024-07-20 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 7 / 33 (703.9428) | 20 (174.2628) | 7 (178.8572) | 10 (176.5600) | 13 (174.2628) |
| 2021-04-23 | Ozarks BBQ Fest 🏅 Springfield, MO | 13 / 37 (684.4684) | 2 (178.2972) | 17 (167.9656) | 14 (170.8228) | 18 (167.3828) |
| 2017-04-21 | Rock'n N Ribs BBQ Festival Springfield, MO | 4 / 55 (689.1200) | 8 (174.8572) | 19 (165.7028) | 8 (173.7028) | 3 (174.8572) |