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CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ

CAN U SMELL MY PITS BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 31 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. They have won 4 Grand Championships, most recently at the Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island (2016), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #594 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#594
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1660
peak 1660 · rated over 30 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

31
in the data

First seen

May 18, 2013
latest Jul 15, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#250
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

4
1 reserve · wins it all 13% of the time

Category wins

5
21 podiums

Overall top-10s

20
65% of 31 contests

Best top-10 run

6
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 30%
overall standings

Best overall

690.2400 / 720
Master · Green Mountain BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

670.77 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 662.92 (+7.85)

Walk rate

77%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.1544
Chicken · Sun BBQ Fest

Consistency

±16.36
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 168.39 · weakest Pork (163.33)

Road miles

9,867
across 31 mapped stops · furthest 933 mi

Schedule strength

45%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)

Master avg

662.92 / 720
31 Master contests · 4 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Among the elite

#594 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 9% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1660 puts them #594 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 9% of the field.

  • rating 1660
  • peak 1660
  • 30 rated contests

Against the odds

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island (Jul 22, 2016) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA.

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
  • Jun 27, 2015

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.

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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 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

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
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 (1,320 pts) #223 (1,360 pts) #459 (830 pts) #355 (990 pts) #236 (1,350 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #258 (1,293 pts) #386 (978 pts) #277 (1,238 pts) #434 (873 pts) #275 (1,248 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #258 (1,174 pts) #297 (989 pts) #424 (749 pts) #375 (829 pts) #288 (1,039 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Top-10s
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1661 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
37
GCs
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Top-10s
43%
Peak
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  • rated over 37 contests
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin 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
Smokin Aces 19 13 6 68% ⚔ compare
THE BASIC BBQ TEAM 19 13 6 68% ⚔ 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 9 3 75% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 24%
Medium (20–39)172top 31%
Large (40+)122top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NH71top 30%
CT50top 37%
TN40top 52%
RI42top 16%
VT41top 12%
ME30top 18%
MA20top 19%
VA10top 100%
NY10top 22%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) 3 35 0 top 49% Oct 21, 2016
Granite State BBQ Championship 2 15 0 top 56% Jun 10, 2017
Sun BBQ Fest 2 7 0 top 42% Jun 11, 2016
Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival 2 3 0 top 40% Apr 30, 2016
Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ 2 3 0 top 17% Jul 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 8 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 6.2 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NH 7 of 31 contests · 9 states in all
Contests visited 25 5 of them more than once
First title Jul 20, 2013 Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
Opponents faced 583 finished ahead 883 times, behind 430

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

20172 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1660) Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest
  2. Most recent contest Smokin at the Ballpark BBQ Fest
20161 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Granite State BBQ Championship
20152 milestones
  1. Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 Sun BBQ Fest
  2. Career-best overall score690.2400 Green Mountain BBQ Championship
20142 milestones
  1. Biggest field won (48 teams) Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest
  2. 10th tracked contest Smokin' @ the Ball Park BBQ Festival
20138 milestones
  1. First tracked contest The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
  2. First call The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
  3. First overall top-10 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4288 Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ Competition
  5. First category win (Brisket) Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
  6. First overall podium Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
  7. First Grand Championship Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ Championships
  8. First Reserve Championship Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.2Wakefield Rotary Campus CookOff & State BBQ ChampionshipsJul 20, 2013
+14.3Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer FestMay 31, 2014
+13.5Harvard Fall Festival BBQ ContestSep 14, 2013
+13.5Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode IslandJul 22, 2016
+12.9Rock'n Ribfest NH State BBQ CompetitionJun 14, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-16Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Aug 29, 2014
-9.5Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ FestivalApr 30, 2016
-8.9Granite State BBQ ChampionshipJun 4, 2016
-8.8Sun BBQ FestJun 11, 2016
-2.4Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)Oct 23, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20172010 100% top 30% 93.9% 92.2%
20166120 50% top 46% 94.4% 90.9%
20158163 88% top 23% 95.9% 93.7%
20148161 75% top 30% 94.5% 92.3%
20137151 86% top 25% 94% 91%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 15, 2017 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)
Jun 10, 2017 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 15 / 35 (651.2572) 7 (171.9772) 29 (155.9544) 25 (159.3828) 14 (163.9428)
Oct 21, 2016 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)
Jul 22, 2016 Rotary Club of Wakefield Rhode Island Kingston, RI 1 / 34 (679.9544) 13 (166.2744) 5 (170.8572) 2 (171.9772) 2 (170.8456)
Jun 25, 2016 Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT 4 / 40 (677.0968) 17 (166.2628) 7 (170.2856) 2 (174.2628) 11 (166.2856)
Jun 11, 2016 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 48 / 69 (639.8508) 14 (170.2628) 27 (165.0856) 63 (145.0624) 39 (159.4400)
Jun 4, 2016 Granite State BBQ Championship Hancock, NH 22 / 32 (641.5540) 11 (170.8800) 26 (154.1940) 23 (159.3944) 22 (157.0856)
Apr 30, 2016 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT 27 / 39 (616.9252) 2 (173.1544) 34 (149.6340) 37 (142.7884) 27 (151.3484)
Oct 23, 2015 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)
Sep 5, 2015 Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships Hartford, CT 4 / 17 (677.6340) 1 (176) 6 (166.2628) 5 (169.6800) 5 (165.6912)
Jul 25, 2015 Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT 9 / 35 (670.2516) 21 (165.1428) 16 (165.6800) 14 (164.5372) 4 (174.8916)
Jul 17, 2015 Wakefield Rotary Campus Cook Off Kingston, RI 16 / 37 (662.7656) 12 (167.4400) 16 (165.6800) 2 (175.4056) 31 (154.2400)
Jun 27, 2015 Green Mountain BBQ Championship Waterbury, VT 1 / 23 (690.2400) 4 (174.2972) 4 (170.8456) 11 (168.5372) 1 (176.5600)
Jun 13, 2015 Sun BBQ Fest Uncasville, CT 7 / 52 (676.5144) 1 (177.1544) 27 (163.3944) 30 (161.1200) 2 (174.8456)
May 29, 2015 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH 4 / 49 (673.6112) 6 (171.9656) 13 (164.5716) 11 (169.6684) 12 (167.4056)
May 2, 2015 Ridgefield Gone Country BBQ Festival Ridgefield, CT 3 / 30 (676.5256) 3 (175.4056) 19 (160.5600) 9 (168) 2 (172.5600)
Oct 24, 2014 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)
Aug 29, 2014 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)
Aug 8, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Scarborough, ME 4 / 28 (661.6344) 7 (169.1428) 3 (170.2972) 8 (165.6800) 14 (156.5144)
Jul 25, 2014 Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ Windsor, VT 3 / 34 (662.2512) 6 (167.4056) 15 (161.1084) 11 (163.4172) 3 (170.3200)
Jul 18, 2014 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)
Jun 21, 2014 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)
Jun 13, 2014 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)
May 31, 2014 Monadnock Up in Smoke BBQ, Beer Fest Swanzey, NH 1 / 48 (680.4912) 18 (166.2628) 2 (172.5484) 4 (172) 4 (169.6800)
Oct 25, 2013 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)
Sep 14, 2013 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA 2 / 42 (662.7772) 3 (167.9772) 9 (166.2628) 6 (166.2972) 13 (162.2400)
Jul 20, 2013 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)
Jul 13, 2013 Troy Pig Out Troy, NY 7 / 32 (638.8344) 6 (164.5600) 19 (153.6572) 6 (162.9028) 9 (157.7144)
Jun 14, 2013 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)
Jun 1, 2013 Monadnock Up In Smoke BBQ Fest Swanzey, NH 17 / 43 (643.9998) 25 (161.7144) 26 (152.0002) 18 (159.4282) 3 (170.8570)
May 18, 2013 The Lexington Battle-Green BBQ Festival Lexington, MA 10 / 31 (645.7138) 15 (158.8570) 8 (165.7142) 6 (165.1428) 16 (155.9998)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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