The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
PASSIONS OF THE PIT has finished one call ahead of Five Guys and a Grill 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Five Guys and a Grill
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1484
peak 1516 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2024-06-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 57%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.99 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 632.26 (+2.73)
Walk rate
9%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.05
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.80 · weakest Brisket (148.64)
Road miles
16
mi across 11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1514)
Purse competed for
$77K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 10 state-championship entries
Master avg
632.26 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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
11–0
behind in the head-to-head
B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
The weak link
−17.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 17.16 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Brisket avg 148.64
- Chicken avg 165.80
- 0 calls in 11 entries
A strong matchup
9–2
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 82% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of The Drizzlers in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
The comeback
2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2 years, then back at The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship (2021-06-25).
- last seen 2019-06-21
- back 2021-06-25
Chicken nemesis
8 of 11
shared chicken entries lost
BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE ahead 73% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE has out-cooked them in 8 of 11 shared chicken entries.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 33rd
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.
137 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3950 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
7–4 in 11 shared contests (64% to Five Guys and a Grill)
These two have cooked 11 of the same contests — Five Guys and a Grill ahead 7–4 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1517
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1517 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#3973 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Five Guys and a Grill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3970 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 9%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Five Guys and a Grill did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3951 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Level with Five Guys and a Grill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Drizzlers | 11 | 9 | 2 | 82% | ⚔ compare |
| No Clue BBQ | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin Engineers | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Too Hot to Handle | 11 | 8 | 3 | 73% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Nice Rack | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Slow Cookin' Cats | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Happy Beetle BBQ | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| THE LICKS | 11 | 7 | 4 | 64% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| Natural Born Grillers | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
| Beware of the Hog BBQ | 11 | 5 | 6 | 45% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 158.8456 | 165.80 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 149.0740 | 160.34 | top 49% |
| Pork | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 150.2400 | 157.48 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1426 | 128.4688 | 148.64 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 4 | 81 | 0 | top 66% | 2024-06-21 |
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 33 | 0 | top 56% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
11 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2024-06-21
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 11 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
5
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 165.80 · weakest Brisket (148.64)
Walk rate
9%
a top-10 call in 1 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
632.26
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
530
837–1,085 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
16
11 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1514
average field rating faced — tougher than 10% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$76,750
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 10 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2019-06-21 → 2021-06-25
Power rating
1484
peak 1516 · #3958 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7136 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2014
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1516) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2018
- Career-best overall score653.0284 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle
- 2022
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7028 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2024
- Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| +8.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle | 2018-06-22 |
| +5.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2014-06-27 |
| +2.1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2023-06-23 |
| +1.2 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2024-06-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.5 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| -11.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
| -10.6 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2019-06-21 |
| -7.9 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2021-06-25 |
| -1 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2022-06-24 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 86% | 86% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 26% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 55% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 89% | 89% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 18% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 89 / 172 (646.7884) | 34 (171.4172) | 82 (163.4288) | 132 (156.5368) | 117 (155.4056) |
| 2023-06-23 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 81 / 167 (652.4228) | 71 (165.1200) | 45 (169.7028) | 92 (163.9656) | 128 (153.6344) |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 96 / 164 (645.6456) | 12 (173.7028) | 51 (166.8456) | 147 (151.3828) | 137 (153.7144) |
| 2021-06-25 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 114 / 145 (619.2684) | 96 (159.4172) | 126 (150.1940) | 126 (150.2400) | 77 (159.4172) |
| 2019-06-21 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 156 / 183 (610.8344) | 110 (158.8456) | 121 (155.4516) | 160 (151.9544) | 164 (144.5828) |
| 2018-06-22 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS | 48 / 185 (653.0284) | 44 (164.5600) | 94 (159.9772) | 19 (171.9656) | 105 (156.5256) |
| 2017-06-23 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 101 / 184 (630.7884) | 38 (166.2744) | 61 (162.8456) | 149 (151.4056) | 130 (150.2628) |
| 2016-06-24 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 159 / 183 (602.1256) | 57 (163.9656) | 152 (149.0740) | 123 (156.0456) | 173 (133.0404) |
| 2015-06-26 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 161 / 183 (603.2344) | 28 (169.1200) | 130 (153.6916) | 153 (151.9540) | 180 (128.4688) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 58 / 184 (641.0400) | 105 (159.3828) | 20 (169.7144) | 6 (173.1428) | 169 (138.8000) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 33 / 183 (649.7136) | 13 (172.0000) | 59 (162.8570) | 126 (153.7140) | 60 (161.1426) |