The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
FOUR CROWS BBQ has finished one call ahead of PEACE PIT BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
PEACE PIT BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1528 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
2013-03-29
latest 2013-10-03
Best ToY finish
#659
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
650.32
last 5 Master vs avg 650.72 (-0.40)
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±8.14
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.21 · weakest Brisket (157.04)
Road miles
1,285
mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 572 mi
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
650.72 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS ahead in 100% of their meetings
LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−9.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.16 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 57%.
- Brisket avg 157.04
- Pork Ribs avg 166.21
- 2 calls in 7 entries
A strong matchup
3–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of DENVER CAJUN BBQ KREWE in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
77 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2247 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1529
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after PEACE PIT BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#2254 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1538
No shared contest yet.
Level with PEACE PIT BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2256 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 10 contests to 7.
⚔ Head-to-head#2250 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1542
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backdraft BBQ | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| BURNIN BOBS BUTTS N BONES | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLIN' BEAVERS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| LONESTAR SMOKE RANGERS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| G "QUE" | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 169.7140 | 159.9656 | 163.90 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 170.8570 | 157.1316 | 166.21 | top 29% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 154.2056 | 163.57 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 146.2744 | 157.04 | top 54% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CO | 3 | 0 | top 29% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 58% |
| WY | 1 | 0 | top 61% |
| NE | 1 | 0 | top 37% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 42% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.5 yrs
2013-03-29 → 2013-10-03
Busiest season
2013
7 contests
Cooks most in
CO
3 of 7 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
7
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
7 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.21 · weakest Brisket (157.04)
Walk rate
71%
a top-10 call in 5 of 7 contests
Overall top-10 rate
43%
3 of 7 contests
Master average
650.72
out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
668
515–365 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,285
7 mapped stops · furthest 572 mi
Schedule strength
1513
average field rating faced — tougher than 9% of rated contests
Power rating
1528
peak 1528 · #2252 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2856 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score661.1420 Colorado Barbecue Challenge
- First category win (Pork) Bootleggin' BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Bootleggin' BBQ
- Peak power rating (1528) 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
- Most recent contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.9 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge | 2013-06-14 |
| +9.5 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-03-29 |
| +5.9 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open | 2013-10-03 |
| +4.8 | North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival | 2013-05-03 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | Griller's Cup | 2013-07-19 |
| -1 | Bootleggin' BBQ | 2013-08-23 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 71% | top 43% | 91.8% | 90.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO | 170 / 535 (650.7772) | 298 (159.9656) | 58 (169.7144) | 176 (165.1200) | 303 (155.9772) |
| 2013-10-03 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 146 / 174 (638.1828) | 141 (161.6456) | 64 (166.8800) | 101 (163.3828) | 167 (146.2744) |
| 2013-08-23 | Bootleggin' BBQ Garden City, CO | 9 / 16 (660.5260) | 10 (163.3944) | 10 (157.1316) | 1 (177.7144) | 8 (162.2856) |
| 2013-07-19 | Griller's Cup Laramie, WY | 20 / 33 (640.9600) | 12 (165.1200) | 9 (169.1544) | 30 (154.2056) | 26 (152.4800) |
| 2013-06-14 | Colorado Barbecue Challenge Frisco, CO | 6 / 68 (661.1420) | 8 (169.7140) | 6 (170.8570) | 23 (159.4284) | 16 (161.1426) |
| 2013-05-03 | North Platte Honky Tonk Barbecue Festival North Platte, NE | 14 / 38 (653.1428) | 17 (161.7142) | 15 (162.2858) | 17 (162.8572) | 8 (166.2856) |
| 2013-03-29 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Thornton, CO | 7 / 30 (650.2856) | 8 (165.7144) | 5 (167.4286) | 8 (162.2856) | 16 (154.8570) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #659 (468 pts) | #775 (423 pts) | #684 (483 pts) | #943 (338 pts) | #834 (378 pts) |