High-water mark
669.0288
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.0288 at BBQ Expo Master's Challenge — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 11, 2026
Pyrat BBQ
Pyrat BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 22nd of 25 at The War of Barbeque (2026). They finished #787 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 11, 2026
latest Jun 20, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 8 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.27 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.04)
Road miles
374
across 8 mapped stops
Master avg
667.91 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
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Pyrat BBQ has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 158 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,623 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Pyrat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
They were already cooking in 2015, 11 years before Pyrat BBQ's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Level with Pyrat BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Pyrat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Pyrat BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 162.2400 | 165.11 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 151.9544 | 162.04 | top 65% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 170.2628 | 170.27 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 164.0116 | 165.99 | top 60% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
6 contests
Contests a season
4
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Opponents faced
45
finished ahead 23 times, behind 42
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.0288 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Career-best overall score669.0288 BBQ Expo Master's Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2744 The War of Barbeque
- Most recent contest The War of Barbeque
20252 milestones
- First tracked contest Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 70% | 92.9% | 92.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda | 22 / 25 (666.8004) | 24 (162.2400) | 11 (170.2744) | 16 (170.2744) | 20 (164.0116) |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda | — | 17 (163.3944) | — | — | — |
| Jun 20, 2026 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda | — | — | 21 (151.9544) | — | — |
| Apr 11, 2026 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge Parma | 22 / 42 (669.0288) | 34 (165.0972) | 28 (165.6916) | 13 (170.2628) | 17 (167.9772) |
| Mar 21, 2026 | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Livorno Ferraris (vc) | — | 7 (167.9772) | — | — | — |
| Mar 21, 2026 | Rocker's and Smoker's (ONE MEAT RIBS) Livorno Ferraris (vc) | — | — | 9 (156.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Fossalta di Piave | — | 9 (166.8572) | — | — | — |
| Oct 18, 2025 | Fossalta is on Fire BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fossalta di Piave | — | — | 10 (165.7372) | — | — |