St. Louis Pit - Que

St. Louis Pit - Que is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Rock'n Ribville (2014). They are ranked #1785 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “ST. LOUIS PIT QUE”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,785

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1548

peak 1551 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 19, 2013

latest Oct 23, 2015 · 2.5 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#639

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

28% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 45%

overall standings

Best overall

698.2632 / 720

Master · Char-Broil Challenge

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.65 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 660.56 (+6.09)

Walk rate

72%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5716

Pork Ribs · Char-Broil Challenge

Consistency

±17.99

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.90 · weakest Brisket (163.54)

Road miles

1,730

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 268 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

660.56 / 720

18 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

30-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 70 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Rock'n Ribville (Oct 10, 2014) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TENACIOUS Q.

They almost always walk

72% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 72% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.2632 career-best overall

97.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.2632 at Char-Broil Challenge — 97.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Nov 14, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

County Line Que has finished one call ahead of St. Louis Pit - Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The drought

8 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Rock'n Ribville on Oct 10, 2014 — 8 contests and 12 years ago.

last GC Oct 10, 2014
12 years ago

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG ON FIRE in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

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Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Bald Hawg BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.50% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.50% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.7% of a perfect score
18 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015 ↗	Master	#639 (573 pts)	#709 (528 pts)	#676 (568 pts)	#466 (843 pts)	#733 (503 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#903 (329 pts)	#1000 (314 pts)	#956 (324 pts)	#777 (429 pts)	#1158 (249 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to St. Louis Pit - Que, each with one reason worth a look.

59 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BIG ROCK BBQ

#1,779 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1549

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2019

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BURN ALL NITE

#1,787 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1555

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jun 3, 2016

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K-10 BBQ

#1,784 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1553

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 27% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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Big Mike's Smokehouse

#1,778 of the rated field

1549 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1549

They turned up 12 years after St. Louis Pit - Que did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 15, 2026

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Big Pig Inc

#1,790 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1559

Level with St. Louis Pit - Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Feb 22, 2019

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SHAKIN NOT STIRRED

#1,781 of the rated field

1548 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1548

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
County Line Que	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
E.T.'S BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
TENACIOUS Q	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
Nards Backyard BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SUE E PIGG	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
Bubba & Son BBQ	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKIN' GRILL	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
HOOTIE-Q	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
SWEET DADDYS SMOKEHOUSE	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	6	0	1	174.2628	153.6684	166.20	top 48%
Pork Ribs	18	6	1	2	176.5716	143.9088	163.92	top 45%
Pork	18	9	0	4	176	153.7028	166.90	top 38%
Brisket	18	4	0	0	173.1200	153.0856	163.54	top 48%

“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

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	11	1	top 41%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
SC	7	0	top 50%
GA	7	1	top 43%
NC	3	0	top 29%
TN	1	0	top 70%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Squealin' on the Square	2	11	0	top 47%	Oct 2, 2015
SC Festival of Discovery	2	45	0	top 61%	Jul 10, 2014

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Busiest season 2015 7 contests

Contests a season 6 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in SC 7 of 18 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 16 2 of them more than once

First title Oct 10, 2014 Rock'n Ribville

Opponents faced 475 finished ahead 419 times, behind 372

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

20152 milestones

Oct 2 Peak power rating (1551) Squealin' on the Square
Oct 23 Most recent contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20146 milestones

Oct 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Rock'n Ribville
Oct 10 First overall podium Rock'n Ribville
Oct 10 First Grand Championship Rock'n Ribville
Oct 10 10th tracked contest Rock'n Ribville
Nov 14 Career-best overall score698.2632 Char-Broil Challenge
Nov 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5716 Char-Broil Challenge

20134 milestones

Apr 19 First tracked contest Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Apr 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5716 Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
Jun 7 First call Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.3	Rock'n Ribville	Oct 10, 2014
+8.7	Low Country Hog Fest	Sep 4, 2015
+8.5	Char-Broil Challenge	Nov 14, 2014
+8.5	Lincolnton Hog Happenin'	Jun 7, 2013
+8.3	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	Jun 14, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.2	Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier)	Mar 27, 2015
-6.4	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 11, 2013
-5.3	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit	Aug 23, 2013
-4	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	Aug 30, 2014
-2.5	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 23, 2015

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	7	0	2	0	86%	top 49%	94.5%	92.5%
2014	5	1	2	1	80%	top 37%	97%	93%
2013	6	0	1	0	50%	top 46%	92.7%	89.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 23, 2015	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	65 / 93 (661.6108)	61 (166.2284)	24 (171.4284)	78 (160.5256)	61 (163.4284)
Oct 2, 2015	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	11 / 25 (662.7196)	9 (167.3712)	17 (160.5256)	15 (165.1084)	6 (169.7144)
Sep 4, 2015	Low Country Hog Fest Charleston, SC	6 / 26 (680.5600)	11 (170.2972)	13 (164.5372)	2 (176)	9 (169.7256)
May 29, 2015	Piggin' in the Park Woodruff, SC	10 / 23 (661.6912)	17 (162.8228)	6 (168)	6 (167.4284)	11 (163.4400)
May 22, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Marietta, GA	14 / 29 (666.6852)	5 (171.9656)	24 (159.3484)	10 (169.1084)	18 (166.2628)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	29 / 38 (656.4800)	34 (158.8000)	19 (162.8800)	6 (171.9656)	27 (162.8344)
Feb 6, 2015	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	14 / 35 (673.0856)	21 (166.8228)	9 (170.3200)	12 (168.5256)	17 (167.4172)
Nov 14, 2014	Char-Broil Challenge Richland, GA	5 / 20 (698.2632)	5 (173.7144)	3 (176.5716)	7 (174.8572)	7 (173.1200)
Oct 10, 2014	Rock'n Ribville Lawrenceville, GA	1 / 20 (687.9312)	2 (174.2628)	1 (172.5600)	3 (173.1428)	8 (167.9656)
Aug 30, 2014	Hawgin on Lanier (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	27 / 39 (654.7084)	27 (165.0856)	28 (162.2744)	2 (174.2628)	32 (153.0856)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	45 / 86 (651.4284)	33 (166.8800)	44 (161.7144)	59 (157.1428)	24 (165.6912)
May 9, 2014	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	15 / 42 (655.3144)	6 (173.1200)	21 (159.9772)	28 (159.3600)	12 (162.8572)
Oct 4, 2013	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	14 / 28 (633.0164)	21 (155.9768)	7 (164.5256)	18 (156.5140)	14 (156)
Aug 23, 2013	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC	28 / 41 (635.9196)	35 (153.6684)	33 (154.2400)	8 (168.5828)	22 (159.4284)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	54 / 78 (622.1144)	41 (162.2744)	75 (143.9088)	62 (153.7028)	30 (162.2284)
Jun 14, 2013	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	24 / 97 (660.5708)	29 (167.9998)	25 (166.2854)	25 (167.4284)	51 (158.8572)
Jun 7, 2013	Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC	9 / 34 (667.4282)	7 (170.2856)	7 (166.2856)	2 (176)	22 (154.8570)
Apr 19, 2013	Kings Mountain Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	19 / 55 (660.5716)	29 (164)	23 (165.1428)	21 (164.5716)	20 (166.8572)

St. Louis Pit - Que

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Against the odds

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)