CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#620

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1655

peak 1655 · rated over 30 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-18

latest 2017-07-15

Best ToY finish

#250

Master 2015

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

21 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 31 contests

Avg finish

top 30%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2400 / 720

Master · Green Mountain BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

670.77 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 662.92 (+7.85)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.1544

Chicken · Sun BBQ Fest

Consistency

±16.36

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.39 · weakest Pork (163.33)

Road miles

9,867

mi across 31 mapped stops · furthest 933 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

662.92 / 720

31 Master contests · 4 GCs

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Storylines (15 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.

Among the elite

#620 of 6,413 rated teams

In the top 10% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1655 puts them #620 of 6,413 rated teams — the top 10% of the field.

rating 1655
peak 1655
30 rated contests

Against the odds

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island (2016-07-22) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, INSANE SWINE BBQ.

Giant slayer

48 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 48-team field at Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest.

2014-05-31

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 3rd
average top 17%

They almost always walk

77% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 31 contests

A top-10 category call in 77% of their 31 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.2400 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2400 at Green Mountain BBQ Championship — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-06-27

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

QUE AND A HALF MEN has finished one call ahead of CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

5–1 behind in the head-to-head

APORKALYPSE NOW ahead in 83% of their meetings

APORKALYPSE NOW has come out ahead in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.06 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 35% of the time against 52%.

Pork avg 163.33
Chicken avg 168.39
11 calls in 31 entries

A strong matchup

11–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE DEVINE SWINE in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

18 of 25 shared chicken entries lost

INSANE SWINE BBQ ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, INSANE SWINE BBQ has out-cooked them in 18 of 25 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

MEAT @ SLIMS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A May team

Top 13% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 13% across 4 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.

4 May contests
top 30% the rest of the year

The long haul

9,867 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 9,867 miles across 31 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 933 miles to Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY).

31 mapped stops
furthest 933 mi

The metronome

±2.27% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.27% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.1% of a perfect score
31 contests

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TEXAS OIL DUST

#616 of the rated field

1655 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1675

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 35 contests to 31, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 31 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKIN WILLE'S BARBECUE

#623 of the rated field

1655 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1671

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 30 contests, alongside a 30% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2021-04-09

⚔ Head-to-head

SLAP YO' DADDY BBQ

#622 of the rated field

1655 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1655

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 35 contests
last seen 2017-07-07

⚔ Head-to-head

BnB BBQ

#617 of the rated field

1655 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1666

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 40 contests
last seen 2026-06-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Up From The Pits BBQ

#621 of the rated field

1655 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 28%
Peak: 1658

No shared contest yet.

Level with CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 49 contests
last seen 2025-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

WICKED SMOKE BBQ

#624 of the rated field

1655 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 69
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1674

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 69 contests to 31.

rated over 68 contests
last seen 2025-09-05

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	27	14	13	52%	⚔ compare
INSANE SWINE BBQ	25	10	15	40%	⚔ compare
Rogue Hog BBQ	24	12	12	50%	⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM	19	13	6	68%	⚔ compare
Smokin Aces	19	12	7	63%	⚔ compare
QUE AND A HALF MEN	19	10	9	53%	⚔ compare
STUBBORN BULL BBQ	18	8	10	44%	⚔ compare
FIRE DOWN BELOW	16	11	5	69%	⚔ compare
MEAT @ SLIMS	16	8	8	50%	⚔ compare
ACK-QUE	15	10	5	67%	⚔ compare
BLAZIN' BUTTZ BBQ	15	7	8	47%	⚔ compare
Pork Butt Paradise	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
THE DEVINE SWINE	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	12	10	2	83%	⚔ compare
HUMPHREY'S BBQ	12	8	3	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	16	2	7	177.1544	154.2516	168.39	top 32%
Pork Ribs	31	13	1	3	175.4172	149.6340	165.01	top 41%
Pork	31	11	0	3	175.4056	142.7884	163.33	top 45%
Brisket	31	15	2	8	176.5600	151.3484	166.19	top 31%

“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
NH	7	1	top 30%
CT	5	0	top 37%
TN	4	0	top 52%
RI	4	2	top 16%
VT	4	1	top 12%
ME	3	0	top 18%
MA	2	0	top 19%
VA	1	0	top 100%
NY	1	0	top 22%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	0	top 24%
Medium (20–39)	17	2	top 31%
Large (40+)	12	2	top 30%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	3	35	top 49%	2016-10-21
Granite State BBQ Championship	2	15	top 56%	2017-06-10
Sun BBQ Fest	2	7	top 42%	2016-06-11
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2	3	top 40%	2016-04-30
Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ	2	3	top 17%	2015-07-25

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.2 yrs 2013-05-18 → 2017-07-15

Busiest season 2015 8 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 6.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NH 7 of 31 contests · 9 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 25 5 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 31 entries · 2 wins · 16 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 168.39 · weakest Pork (163.33)

Walk rate 77% a top-10 call in 24 of 31 contests

Overall top-10 rate 65% 20 of 31 contests

Wins it all 13% 4 Grand Championships · 1 reserve

First title 2013-07-20 Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests

Master average 662.92 out of 720 · 31 contests · 4 GCs

Opponents faced 604 873–438 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 9,867 31 mapped stops · furthest 933 mi

Schedule strength 1556 average field rating faced — tougher than 43% of rated contests

Power rating 1655 peak 1655 · #620 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
May 18 First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First call The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
May 18 First overall top-10 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
Jun 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4288 Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition
Jul 20 First category win (Brisket) Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
Jul 20 First overall podium Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
Jul 20 First Grand Championship Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
Sep 14 First Reserve Championship Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
2014
May 31 Biggest field won (48 teams) Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
Jun 21 10th tracked contest Smokin' @ the Ball Park BBQ Festival
2015
Jun 13 Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 Sun BBQ Fest
Jun 27 Career-best overall score690.2400 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
2016
Jun 4 25th tracked contest Granite State BBQ Championship
2017
Jul 15 Peak power rating (1655) *Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest
Jul 15 Most recent contest *Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships	2013-07-20
+14.2	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest	2014-05-31
+13.6	Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island	2016-07-22
+13.5	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest	2013-09-14
+12.9	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition	2013-06-14

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	2014-08-29
-9.3	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival	2016-04-30
-8.7	Granite State BBQ Championship	2016-06-04
-8.6	Sun BBQ Fest	2016-06-11
-6.7	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship	2014-06-13

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)
2017	2	0	1	0	100%	top 30%	93.9%	92.2%
2016	6	1	2	0	50%	top 46%	94.4%	90.9%
2015	8	1	6	3	88%	top 23%	95.9%	93.7%
2014	8	1	6	1	75%	top 30%	94.5%	92.3%
2013	7	1	5	1	86%	top 25%	94%	91%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-07-15	*Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest Old Orchard Beach, ME	5 / 29 (675.9660)	6 (169.1316)	7 (171.9772)	13 (164.5828)	10 (170.2744)
2017-06-10	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	15 / 35 (651.2572)	7 (171.9772)	29 (155.9544)	25 (159.3828)	14 (163.9428)
2016-10-21	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	52 / 96 (669.5772)	91 (158.8116)	30 (173.1200)	75 (162.2400)	11 (175.4056)
2016-07-22	Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island Kingston, RI	1 / 34 (679.9544)	13 (166.2744)	5 (170.8572)	2 (171.9772)	2 (170.8456)
2016-06-25	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	4 / 40 (677.0968)	17 (166.2628)	7 (170.2856)	2 (174.2628)	11 (166.2856)
2016-06-11	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	48 / 69 (639.8508)	14 (170.2628)	27 (165.0856)	63 (145.0624)	39 (159.4400)
2016-06-04	Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH	22 / 32 (641.5540)	11 (170.8800)	26 (154.1940)	23 (159.3944)	22 (157.0856)
2016-04-30	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	27 / 39 (616.9252)	2 (173.1544)	34 (149.6340)	37 (142.7884)	27 (151.3484)
2015-10-23	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	52 / 93 (668.9940)	33 (170.8112)	69 (163.3944)	57 (165.1084)	36 (169.6800)
2015-09-05	Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships Hartford, CT	4 / 17 (677.6340)	1 (176.0000)	6 (166.2628)	5 (169.6800)	5 (165.6912)
2015-07-25	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	9 / 35 (670.2516)	21 (165.1428)	16 (165.6800)	14 (164.5372)	4 (174.8916)
2015-07-17	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI	16 / 37 (662.7656)	12 (167.4400)	16 (165.6800)	2 (175.4056)	31 (154.2400)
2015-06-27	Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT	1 / 23 (690.2400)	4 (174.2972)	4 (170.8456)	11 (168.5372)	1 (176.5600)
2015-06-13	Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT	7 / 52 (676.5144)	1 (177.1544)	27 (163.3944)	30 (161.1200)	2 (174.8456)
2015-05-29	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	4 / 49 (673.6112)	6 (171.9656)	13 (164.5716)	11 (169.6684)	12 (167.4056)
2015-05-02	Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT	3 / 30 (676.5256)	3 (175.4056)	19 (160.5600)	9 (168.0000)	2 (172.5600)
2014-10-24	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	35 / 92 (670.1708)	62 (163.9656)	49 (167.9656)	17 (171.9884)	47 (166.2512)
2014-08-29	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	30 / 30 (636.8912)	28 (162.2400)	24 (162.8000)	28 (153.6572)	20 (158.1940)
2014-08-08	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME	4 / 28 (661.6344)	7 (169.1428)	3 (170.2972)	8 (165.6800)	14 (156.5144)
2014-07-25	Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT	3 / 34 (662.2512)	6 (167.4056)	15 (161.1084)	11 (163.4172)	3 (170.3200)
2014-07-18	Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	5 / 33 (677.1768)	3 (174.8800)	6 (172.5828)	29 (155.4284)	3 (174.2856)
2014-06-21	Smokin' @ the Ball Park BBQ Festival Old Orchard Beach, ME	4 / 17 (669.0512)	4 (169.7256)	1 (175.4172)	13 (155.9428)	4 (167.9656)
2014-06-13	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Championship Merrimack, NH	10 / 28 (657.0856)	24 (154.2516)	10 (166.8684)	7 (167.3828)	5 (168.5828)
2014-05-31	Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH	1 / 48 (680.4912)	18 (166.2628)	2 (172.5484)	4 (172.0000)	4 (169.6800)
2013-10-25	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	58 / 97 (655.3140)	15 (170.8572)	62 (163.9428)	76 (155.4056)	49 (165.1084)
2013-09-14	Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA	2 / 42 (662.7772)	3 (167.9772)	9 (166.2628)	6 (166.2972)	13 (162.2400)
2013-07-20	Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships Kingston, RI	1 / 46 (677.1312)	8 (170.8572)	6 (169.7028)	17 (163.4284)	1 (173.1428)
2013-07-13	Troy Pig Out Troy, NY	7 / 32 (638.8344)	6 (164.5600)	19 (153.6572)	6 (162.9028)	9 (157.7144)
2013-06-14	Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition Merrimack, NH	4 / 35 (663.4288)	3 (172.5716)	16 (162.8572)	19 (163.4286)	11 (164.5714)
2013-06-01	Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH	17 / 43 (643.9998)	25 (161.7144)	26 (152.0002)	18 (159.4282)	3 (170.8570)
2013-05-18	The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA	10 / 31 (645.7138)	15 (158.8570)	8 (165.7142)	6 (165.1428)	16 (155.9998)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1443 (179 pts)	#1584 (169 pts)	#1629 (159 pts)	#1959 (114 pts)	#1756 (129 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#577 (686 pts)	#561 (721 pts)	#758 (526 pts)	#579 (706 pts)	#688 (581 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#250 (1320 pts)	#223 (1360 pts)	#459 (830 pts)	#355 (990 pts)	#236 (1350 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#258 (1293 pts)	#386 (978 pts)	#277 (1238 pts)	#434 (873 pts)	#275 (1248 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#258 (1174 pts)	#297 (989 pts)	#424 (749 pts)	#375 (829 pts)	#288 (1039 pts)