A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LADY OF Q ahead in 100% of their meetings
LADY OF Q has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
PIT KICKERS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1461
peak 1461 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-06-24
latest 2023-10-06
Best ToY finish
#1161
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 94%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
576.45
last 4 Master vs avg 576.45 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±84.39
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.70 · weakest Brisket (152.15)
Road miles
51
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
71%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1590)
Purse competed for
$7K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
576.45 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6 years, then back at Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest (2023-10-06).
- last seen 2017-10-13
- back 2023-10-06
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.
PIT KICKERS BBQ has 4 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 119 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.
#5066 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PIT KICKERS BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PIT KICKERS BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5044 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#5063 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after PIT KICKERS BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#5048 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Level with PIT KICKERS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before PIT KICKERS BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5068 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before PIT KICKERS BBQ'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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9428 | 144.5140 | 153.23 | top 93% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.0116 | 136.5372 | 156.70 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1772 | 147.9316 | 152.41 | top 92% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8116 | 150.8000 | 152.15 | top 93% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.3 yrs
2016-06-24 → 2023-10-06
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 156.70 · weakest Brisket (152.15)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
576.45
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
121
17–160 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
51
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1590
average field rating faced — tougher than 71% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,450
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
6 yrs
2017-10-13 → 2023-10-06
Power rating
1461
peak 1461 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest * Newport Beach Barbecue Competition
- Peak power rating (1489) * Newport Beach Barbecue Competition
- Career-best overall score634.7772 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.0116 Dana Point State BBQ Championship
- 2023
- Most recent contest Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | *OC BBQ Competition | 2017-10-13 |
| -11.4 | * Newport Beach Barbecue Competition | 2016-06-24 |
| -9.3 | Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest | 2023-10-06 |
| -6.6 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship | 2016-10-07 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 59.8% | 59.8% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 88.2% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-06 | Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest 🏅 San Juan Capistrano, CA | 17 / 17 (624.9260) | 16 (159.9428) | 14 (162.2400) | 17 (147.9316) | 16 (154.8116) |
| 2017-10-13 | *OC BBQ Competition Costa Messa, CA | 56 / 56 (430.7656) | 56 (144.5140) | 56 (136.5372) | 55 (149.7144) | — |
| 2016-10-07 | Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 59 / 75 (634.7772) | 60 (158.7884) | 37 (164.0116) | 53 (161.1772) | 70 (150.8000) |
| 2016-06-24 | * Newport Beach Barbecue Competition Newport, CA | 32 / 33 (615.3140) | 32 (149.6796) | 23 (164.0000) | 33 (150.8000) | 30 (150.8344) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1161 (82 pts) | #1210 (87 pts) | #1292 (97 pts) | #1203 (82 pts) | #1188 (87 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1946 (118 pts) | #2004 (118 pts) | #1843 (128 pts) | #2004 (118 pts) | #1996 (118 pts) |