A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Cook the books ahead in 100% of their meetings
Cook the books has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pit Hoss
Pit Hoss is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 8th of 10 at the Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff (2026). They finished #627 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jul 19, 2025
latest Aug 22, 2026 · 1.1 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.64
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.15 · weakest Brisket (161.13)
Road miles
158
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 105 mi
Schedule strength
10%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
654.67 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 157.1428 | 163.26 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.8684 | 163.9772 | 165.14 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 168.0228 | 161.7256 | 165.15 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.5372 | 156 | 161.13 | top 67% |
“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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
27
finished ahead 7 times, behind 26
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best overall score661.2000 Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First call The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9656 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Brisket)168.5372 The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1491) The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2026 | Smoke on the Bay BBQ Cookoff Little Brook, NS | 8 / 10 (650.8572) | 8 (165.1772) | 8 (163.9772) | 7 (165.7028) | 8 (156) |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Throttled Up BBQ Throwdown Upper Onslow, NS | 12 / 15 (661.2000) | 10 (167.4516) | 7 (166.8684) | 8 (168.0228) | 14 (158.8572) |
| Jul 19, 2025 | The Great Atlantic BBQ Competition Bible Hill, NS | 9 / 11 (651.9656) | 11 (157.1428) | 8 (164.5600) | 9 (161.7256) | 3 (168.5372) |