The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (2015-06-26).
- last seen 2013-08-09
- back 2015-06-26
PAPA G'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2015-06-26
Best ToY finish
#1755
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
576.09
last 3 Master vs avg 576.09 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.86
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 146.83 · weakest Brisket (137.12)
Road miles
1,853
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 920 mi
Schedule strength
28%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1539)
Master avg
576.09 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
PAPA G'S BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 135 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4928 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4947 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with PAPA G'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4946 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0228 | 143.9772 | 145.90 | top 92% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2858 | 143.9316 | 146.83 | top 94% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7140 | 135.9316 | 146.24 | top 89% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.2858 | 128.5716 | 137.12 | top 94% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2015-06-26
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 146.83 · weakest Brisket (137.12)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
576.09
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
73
4–79 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,853
3 mapped stops · furthest 920 mi
Schedule strength
1539
average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2013-08-09 → 2015-06-26
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score596.0000 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Pork)153.7140 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Peak power rating (1488) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- 2015
- Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.8 | CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition | 2013-08-09 |
| -11.9 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2015-06-26 |
| -11.6 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour | 2013-06-28 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.4% | 79.4% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 82.8% | 80.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-26 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI | 30 / 30 (571.9312) | 28 (148.0228) | 29 (146.2628) | 28 (149.0740) | 30 (128.5716) |
| 2013-08-09 | CASA's Grab, Root and Growl BBQ Competition Woodward, OK | 29 / 30 (560.3320) | 27 (143.9772) | 29 (143.9316) | 29 (135.9316) | 29 (136.4916) |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 23 / 26 (596.0000) | 24 (145.7144) | 23 (150.2858) | 20 (153.7140) | 22 (146.2858) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2779 (55 pts) | #2779 (55 pts) | #2785 (55 pts) | #2790 (55 pts) | #2783 (55 pts) |
| 2013 ↗ | Master | #1755 (116 pts) | #1856 (111 pts) | #1836 (116 pts) | #1759 (131 pts) | #1772 (121 pts) |