Patti's Pit Stop

Patti's Pit Stop is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 13 at the Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) (2022). They are ranked #4034 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Pattis Pit stop”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,034

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1482

peak 1482 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 19, 2021

latest Jun 26, 2026 · 5 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

13% of 8 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

328.5484 / 360

Backyard · Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Perfect 180s

Current form

291.51

last 5 Backyard vs avg 291.66 (-0.15)

Walk rate

63%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8456

Chicken · Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±42.36

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 147.96 · weakest Chicken (143.65)

Road miles

across 7 mapped stops

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)

Purse competed for

$11K

listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings

Backyard avg

291.66 / 360

6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (7 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

63% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 5 of 8 contests

A top-10 category call in 63% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

DIGGERS BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

DIGGERS BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.3 points behind their best meat

Chicken is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.31 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 25%.

Chicken avg 143.65
Pork Ribs avg 147.96
4 calls in 8 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of 2 B's BBQ in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

3 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 19, 2021).

last seen Jun 22, 2018
back Jun 19, 2021

Pork Ribs nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

DIGGERS BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIGGERS BBQ has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

Boom or bust

±11.77% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±11.77% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 81.0% of a perfect score
best 91.3%

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Patti's Pit Stop, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Heritage BBQ

#4,031 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1482

Fewer contests behind them than Patti's Pit Stop has cooked, 5 to 8, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Rusty Junk BBQ

#4,046 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1482

Level with Patti's Pit Stop on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Apr 10, 2026

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Big J's BBQ

#4,028 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1483

They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Patti's Pit Stop's first contest.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2025

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Outlaw Attitude BBQ

#4,019 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1503

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Patti's Pit Stop's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Lords Of The Ribs

#4,052 of the rated field

1482 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1503

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Patti's Pit Stop's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Midwest Meat Masters

#4,016 of the rated field

1483 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Patti's Pit Stop's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
7.62 BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
DIGGERS BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
2 B's BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
BBQ Pit Bros	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	8	4	0	2	174.8456	57.9200	143.65	top 57%
Pork Ribs	8	2	0	0	154.8232	132.0456	147.96	top 76%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	4	0	top 69%
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 66%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	5	6	0	top 70%	Jun 20, 2025

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IA 8 of 8 contests

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 53 finished ahead 33 times, behind 64

Longest layoff 3 yrs Jun 22, 2018 → Jun 19, 2021

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

20263 milestones

Jun 26 Career-best overall score328.5484 Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 26 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8456 Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
Jun 26 Most recent contest Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

20223 milestones

Jun 17 First overall top-10 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)
Jun 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.0976 Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)
Jun 17 Peak power rating (1495) Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)

—2 milestones

First tracked contest Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
First call Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.9	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)	Jun 17, 2022
+0.5	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 20, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.8	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 23, 2023
-8.1	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 19, 2021
-0.1	Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 26, 2026

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
—	1	0	100%	top 79%	81.1%	81.1%
2026	1	0	100%	top 58%	91.3%	91.3%
2025	1	0	100%	top 55%	86%	86%
2023	1	0	0%	top 93%	56.2%	56.2%
2022	1	1	100%	top 46%	90.3%	90.3%
2021	1	0	0%	top 77%	81.2%	81.2%
2018	1	0	0%	—	—	—
2017	1	0	100%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 26, 2026	Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	11 / 19 (328.5484)	2 (174.8456)	14 (153.7028)	—	—
Jun 20, 2025	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	11 / 20 (309.6344)	10 (158.2400)	12 (151.3944)	—	—
Jun 23, 2023	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	14 / 15 (202.4112)	14 (57.9200)	14 (144.4912)	—	—
Jun 17, 2022	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard) Sioux City, IA	6 / 13 (325.0976)	2 (170.2744)	10 (154.8232)	—	—
Jun 19, 2021	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	17 / 22 (292.4000)	19 (142.8228)	15 (149.5772)	—	—
Jun 22, 2018	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	—	16 (145.6912)	18 (132.0456)	—	—
Jun 23, 2017	Rib Fest 2017 (BACKYARD) Sioux, IA	—	6 (162.3316)	17 (142.8688)	—	—
—	Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) Sioux City, IA	11 / 14 (291.8512)	12 (137.0624)	9 (154.7888)	—	—

Patti's Pit Stop

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Backyard avg

Storylines (7 found in their record)

They almost always walk

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Boom or bust

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

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)