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PUPP'S BBQ

PUPP'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 6th of 14 at the Bricks, Brons & BBQ (2013). They are ranked #3767 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,767
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1488
peak 1501 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

9
in the data

First seen

Mar 29, 2013
latest Jun 16, 2017 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1018
Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

2
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

1
11% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 64%
overall standings

Best overall

658.1484 / 720
Master · 15th Annual Bordertown Bash

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

649.50 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 648.37 (+1.14)

Walk rate

56%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4286
Chicken · Ol' Glory BBQ Bash

Consistency

±8.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 164.81 · weakest Pork (160.04)

Road miles

1,317
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 229 mi

Schedule strength

48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Master avg

648.37 / 720
9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

CAVEMAN CUISINE ahead in 100% of their meetings

CAVEMAN CUISINE has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.

  • Pork avg 160.04
  • Chicken avg 164.81
  • 0 calls in 9 entries

The comeback

1.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Eureka BBQ Bash (Jun 19, 2015).

  • last seen Sep 20, 2013
  • back Jun 19, 2015

Chicken nemesis

6 of 6 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.15% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.15% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 90.1% of a perfect score
  • 9 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2017 ↗ Master #2089 (81 pts) #2144 (81 pts) #1601 (166 pts) #1982 (111 pts) #2190 (71 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1621 (151 pts) #1594 (176 pts) #1733 (146 pts) #1692 (161 pts) #1262 (246 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #1632 (127 pts) #1451 (187 pts) #1732 (132 pts) #1911 (117 pts) #1410 (187 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1018 (281 pts) #723 (456 pts) #997 (311 pts) #995 (316 pts) #1043 (286 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PUPP'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

BOTTOMLAND BBQ
#3,756 of the rated field
1488 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1500
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to PUPP'S BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PUPP'S BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Apr 28, 2017
⚔ Head-to-head
Smoke a little smoke
#3,759 of the rated field
1488 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1488

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 9 contests
  • last seen Sep 15, 2018
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COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO BBQ
#3,758 of the rated field
1488 power rating
Contests
9
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1488

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 3 years before PUPP'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 9 contests
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DAY-LICIOUS BBQ
#3,757 of the rated field
1488 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1488

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Aug 9, 2019
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FOUR KING BBQ
#3,766 of the rated field
1488 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1506

Level with PUPP'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen May 31, 2019
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BIG BELLY BEERBQUE
#3,787 of the rated field
1488 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1508

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2015
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
CAVEMAN CUISINE 7 0 7 0% ⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ 6 0 6 0% ⚔ compare
TNK BBQ 5 1 4 20% ⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ 5 0 5 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 2 1 1 179.4286 158.8574 164.81 top 54%
Pork Ribs 9 3 0 0 168.5600 154.2856 161.06 top 62%
Pork 9 0 0 0 167.4284 151.3828 160.04 top 68%
Brisket 9 3 1 1 175.4400 150.2858 162.46 top 51%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 54%
Medium (20–39)60top 67%
Large (40+)10top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS40top 62%
OK30top 68%
AR20top 63%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Eureka BBQ Bash 2 20 0 top 79% Jun 17, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 4 contests
Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 4 of 9 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited 8 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 182 finished ahead 91 times, behind 162
Longest layoff 1.7 yrs Sep 20, 2013 → Jun 19, 2015

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

20171 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition
20161 milestone
  1. Career-best overall score658.1484 15th Annual Bordertown Bash
20137 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook-off
  2. First call Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
  3. First category win (Chicken) Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.7148 Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
  5. Career-best single call (Chicken)179.4286 Ol' Glory BBQ Bash
  6. First overall top-10 Bricks, Brons & BBQ
  7. Peak power rating (1501) Bricks, Brons & BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+5.3Bricks, Brons & BBQSep 20, 2013
+3.215th Annual Bordertown BashJul 8, 2016
+1.9Ol' Glory BBQ BashJun 14, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-6.3Eureka BBQ BashJun 19, 2015
-5.5Eureka BBQ BashJun 17, 2016
-4.4Firelake BBQ Cook-offMar 29, 2013
-2.4Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ ComptitionJun 16, 2017
-2Smokin on Route 66Aug 2, 2013

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20171000 100% top 73% 90.3% 90.3%
20162000 50% top 67% 91.4% 90.7%
20152000 0% top 76% 90.1% 89.7%
20134012 75% top 55% 91.3% 89.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 16, 2017 Carlton Landing's 2nd Annual Smoke on the Water BBQ Comptition Carlton Landing, OK 19 / 26 (650.1712) 19 (160.5028) 6 (166.8572) 13 (167.4284) 21 (155.3828)
Jul 8, 2016 15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR 22 / 39 (658.1484) 15 (170.2628) 32 (159.3828) 24 (160.5256) 10 (167.9772)
Jun 17, 2016 Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS 20 / 26 (647.3948) 22 (160) 18 (161.6916) 16 (162.8344) 13 (162.8688)
Jul 10, 2015 14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR 31 / 44 (649.0744) 17 (168.0344) 37 (155.3944) 36 (158.2400) 16 (167.4056)
Jun 19, 2015 Eureka BBQ Bash Eureka, KS 22 / 27 (642.7316) 18 (162.2628) 21 (162.8228) 24 (157.1316) 19 (160.5144)
Sep 20, 2013 Bricks, Brons & BBQ Russell, KS 6 / 14 (647.3256) 6 (161.1200) 8 (158.8228) 13 (151.9428) 1 (175.4400)
Aug 2, 2013 Smokin on Route 66 Miami, OK 11 / 17 (653.6000) 14 (162.8000) 5 (168.5600) 17 (151.3828) 5 (170.8572)
Jun 14, 2013 Ol' Glory BBQ Bash Fredonia, KS 15 / 31 (657.7148) 1 (179.4286) 20 (161.7146) 13 (166.2858) 26 (150.2858)
Mar 29, 2013 Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK 25 / 38 (629.1426) 22 (158.8574) 28 (154.2856) 14 (164.5712) 28 (151.4284)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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