High-water mark
685.0628
career-best overall
95.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.0628 at Minnesota in May — 95.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- May 8, 2026
Pittie Q BBQ
Pittie Q BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 33 at the Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Oct 16, 2020
latest May 8, 2026 · 5.6 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 28%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 178.30 · weakest Chicken (161.70)
Road miles
149
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$22K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
685.06 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
320.02 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2284 | 153.1200 | 161.70 | top 53% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 159.4056 | 164.39 | top 31% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5600 | 168.5600 | 168.56 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.2972 | 178.2972 | 178.30 | top 4% |
“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
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MN
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
176
finished ahead 146 times, behind 78
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
Jun 3, 2022 → May 8, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Career-best overall score685.0628 Minnesota in May
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.2972 Minnesota in May
- Peak power rating (1524) Minnesota in May
- Most recent contest Minnesota in May
20223 milestones
- First call Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest)
- First overall top-10 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.1428 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest)
20201 milestone
- First tracked contest Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN | 20 / 77 (685.0628) | 74 (166.2284) | 21 (171.9772) | 49 (168.5600) | 3 (178.2972) |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) 🏅 Owatonna, MN | 4 / 33 (325.1428) | 4 (165.7372) | 8 (159.4056) | — | — |
| Oct 16, 2020 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 🏅 West Salem, WI | 18 / 40 (314.9032) | 20 (153.1200) | 16 (161.7832) | — | — |