A multi-meat day
1
contest with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Jul 5, 2013).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork Ribs 1st
MA & PA'S KETTLE
MA & PA'S KETTLE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 5th of 30 at the Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2013). They finished #1098 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 24, 2013
latest Jul 11, 2014 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.71
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.43 · weakest Brisket (154.27)
Road miles
229
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 84 mi
Schedule strength
30%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)
Master avg
647.40 / 720
4 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172.5716 | 163.4172 | 167.43 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 155.9544 | 160.55 | top 54% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 176.0344 | 161.1426 | 165.15 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2628 | 149.7144 | 154.27 | top 78% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 51% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 66% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 36% | Jul 11, 2014 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WI
2 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
120
finished ahead 68 times, behind 87
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20142 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.0344 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
20138 milestones
- First tracked contest Westmont Red, White & BBQ
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First category win (Chicken) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First multi-meat day Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.4290 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1508) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score654.2400 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Jul 5, 2013 |
| +1.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | Jul 11, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) | Aug 2, 2013 |
| -4.5 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ | May 24, 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33% | top 54% | 90.9% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2014 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI | 16 / 29 (647.3604) | 13 (163.4172) | 22 (155.9544) | 2 (176.0344) | 24 (151.9544) |
| Aug 2, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Rockford, IL | 24 / 30 (654.2400) | 13 (168.5944) | 22 (161.1200) | 22 (162.2628) | 20 (162.2628) |
| Jul 5, 2013 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Madison, WI | 5 / 30 (651.4290) | 1 (172.5716) | 1 (168) | 11 (161.1430) | 28 (149.7144) |
| May 24, 2013 | Westmont Red, White & BBQ Westmont, IL | 46 / 70 (636.5714) | 26 (165.1430) | 44 (157.1430) | 41 (161.1426) | 49 (153.1428) |