Giant slayer
45
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 45-team field at Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge.
- 2022-09-03
Off in The Pits
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1535
peak 1535 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-06-27
latest 2023-09-02
Best ToY finish
#912
Master 2023
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 25%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.39
last 3 Master vs avg 666.39 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±17.97
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.93)
Road miles
15
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1609)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
666.39 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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.
High-water mark
680.4800
career-best overall
94.5% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.4800 at Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge — 94.5% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-09-02
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 2 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 2 state-championship entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of HELPING U BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
8.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 8.2 years, then back at Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge (2022-09-03).
- last seen 2014-06-27
- back 2022-09-03
They cook the hard rooms
1609
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1609 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated contests
In the record book (1 in the KCBS record book)
Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.
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.
Off in The Pits 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 69 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
No shared contest yet.
11 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Off in The Pits's is still finding its level.
⚔ 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, 7 years before Off in The Pits's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2089 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.
⚔ Head-to-head#2090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1534
No shared contest yet.
Level with Off in The Pits on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1543
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2088 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Off in The Pits'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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 158.8228 | 165.31 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 159.9656 | 164.93 | top 55% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 167.3828 | 168.35 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 154.2744 | 167.80 | top 40% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 1 | top 2% |
The story so far (20 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
9.2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2023-09-02
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NE
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.93)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Wins it all
33%
1 Grand Championship · 0 reserve
First title
2022-09-03
Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
666.39
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
80
82–22 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1609
average field rating faced — tougher than 83% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$16,400
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
8.2 yrs
2014-06-27 → 2022-09-03
Power rating
1535
peak 1535 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival
- First call 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival
- 2022
- First overall top-10 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- First overall podium Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- First Grand Championship Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- First state championship Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- Biggest field won (45 teams) Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge
- 2023
- Career-best overall score680.4800 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7028 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge
- Peak power rating (1535) Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge
- Most recent contest Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +21.7 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge | 2022-09-03 |
| +15.7 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge | 2023-09-02 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -2.8 | 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival | 2014-06-27 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 63% | 89% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-02 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE | 3 / 34 (347.9772) | 32 (163.4056) | 7 (171.9888) | 22 (167.3828) | 3 (177.7028) |
| 2022-09-03 | Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cookoff Challenge 🏅 Omaha, NE | 1 / 45 (349.6800) | 10 (173.7028) | 40 (162.8228) | 24 (169.7028) | 15 (171.4284) |
| 2014-06-27 | 2nd Annual Ribstock MBA BBQ Festival Omaha, NE | 19 / 30 (641.0284) | 25 (158.8228) | 17 (159.9656) | 10 (167.9656) | 23 (154.2744) |
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 | #912 (129 pts) | #1579 (59 pts) | #965 (164 pts) | #1236 (74 pts) | #714 (234 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1227 (80 pts) | #994 (135 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1331 (65 pts) | #1139 (110 pts) |