PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#6308

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1396

peak 1396 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-24

latest 2020-01-17

Best ToY finish

#796

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 82%

overall standings

Best overall

656.5144 / 720

Master · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Perfect 180s

Current form

601.27 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 616.72 (-15.45)

Walk rate

38%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork Ribs · BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay

Consistency

±24.17

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 159.31 · weakest Brisket (145.18)

Road miles

5,896

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 803 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Purse competed for

$32K

listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

616.72 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (7 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.

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 70%.

4 contests
0 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 70%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

PIGGY D'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

PIGGY D'S BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−14.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.14 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 13%.

Brisket avg 145.18
Chicken avg 159.31
1 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Northwest Smokehouse in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

PIGGY D'S BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, PIGGY D'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared chicken entries.

The long haul

5,896 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,896 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 803 miles to 6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship.

16 mapped stops
furthest 803 mi

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay every year from 2014 to 2019 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 22nd

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.

Northwest Smokehouse

#6312 of the rated field

1396 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1396

5–2 in 7 shared contests (71% to PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO)

These two have cooked 7 of the same contests — PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO ahead 5–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-05-25

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OLD HENRY'S BBQ

#6306 of the rated field

1396 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1396

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 17 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-05-08

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BBQ Blokes

#6310 of the rated field

1396 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1396

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 18 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2026-07-24

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STEVE'S PIG PIKINS BBQ

#6307 of the rated field

1396 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1396

No shared contest yet.

19 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-05-23

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TEAM PIT

#6309 of the rated field

1396 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1396

No shared contest yet.

Level with PEPPER PAPPY BBQ CO on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

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JAM'N HAMS

#6316 of the rated field

1396 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1396

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2019-04-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
JERIMIAH JOHNSON MOUNTAIN MAN BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
PIGGY D'S BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Northwest Smokehouse	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
503BACKYARDBBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BIG BITE BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BOOTIES BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
THE CALIFORNIA GRILL BILLIES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BIG B'S DOWN-N-DIRTY BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ROGUE CAVEMAN Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
MADDDOG'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
UFF-DA-Q	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
FAT DAD'S BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN TIMBERS NORTHWEST	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Elkhorn BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
EADS DOWNHOME	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	2	1	1	174.2972	145.6228	159.31	top 72%
Pork Ribs	16	4	1	2	176.5600	138.2972	157.63	top 69%
Pork	16	3	0	0	172.5944	143.3828	154.60	top 76%
Brisket	16	1	0	0	156.5600	134.2400	145.18	top 91%

“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	Avg finish
OR	9	top 75%
AZ	4	top 90%
NV	2	top 98%
CA	1	top 78%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 73%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 79%
Large (40+)	5	top 92%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	6	22	top 81%	2019-05-25
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge	2	38	top 97%	2020-01-17
USA Barbecue Championship	2	35	top 98%	2016-10-27

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 5.7 yrs 2014-05-24 → 2020-01-17

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 7 seasons in the data

Cooks most in OR 9 of 16 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 159.31 · weakest Brisket (145.18)

Walk rate 38% a top-10 call in 6 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 6% 1 of 16 contests

Master average 616.72 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 324 77–504 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 5,896 16 mapped stops · furthest 803 mi

Schedule strength 1538 average field rating faced — tougher than 28% of rated contests

Purse competed for $31,500 listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 2 state-championship entries

Power rating 1396 peak 1396 · #6308 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
May 24 First tracked contest BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 24 First call BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.9660 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 24 Peak power rating (1494) BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
Aug 30 First category win (Chicken) Northwest Barbeque Music Festival
Aug 30 First overall top-10 Northwest Barbeque Music Festival
2015
May 22 Career-best overall score656.5144 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
May 22 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay
2016
Jun 3 10th tracked contest Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition
2020
Jan 17 Most recent contest Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.3	Battle of the Bones	2015-06-26
+3	Northwest Barbeque Music Festival	2014-08-30

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.2	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship	2015-02-27
-11.1	USA Barbecue Championship	2014-10-30
-10.8	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay	2019-05-25
-10.1	Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition	2016-06-03
-10	USA Barbecue Championship	2016-10-27

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2020	1	0	0	0%	top 98%	82.5%	82.5%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	80.5%	80.5%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 94%	84.1%	84.1%
2017	2	0	0	0%	top 91%	86.1%	85.2%
2016	3	0	0	33%	top 86%	90.2%	86.7%
2015	4	0	1	75%	top 70%	91.2%	87.4%
2014	4	1	1	50%	top 74%	90.6%	85.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2020-01-17	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ	58 / 59 (594.1372)	58 (145.6228)	57 (151.9428)	52 (152.5600)	58 (144.0116)
2019-05-25	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay 🏅 North Bend, OR	34 / 34 (579.4288)	31 (153.7372)	34 (138.2972)	31 (147.4172)	34 (139.9772)
2018-05-26	*BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	33 / 35 (605.6116)	25 (161.1200)	30 (154.2972)	30 (152.0000)	35 (138.1944)
2017-05-27	*BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR	32 / 37 (619.8968)	25 (157.6800)	31 (158.8112)	28 (155.4172)	36 (147.9884)
2017-01-20	Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	38 / 40 (607.2684)	39 (154.8228)	26 (162.8456)	40 (146.8000)	37 (142.8000)
2016-10-27	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	35 / 36 (597.6340)	35 (159.4284)	35 (145.7028)	36 (143.3828)	34 (149.1200)
2016-06-03	Fire it Up 5 BBQ Competition Florence, OR	12 / 13 (649.6800)	13 (160.5372)	5 (172.5828)	13 (162.8800)	12 (153.6800)
2016-05-28	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	30 / 43 (624.5368)	16 (166.8684)	21 (165.1428)	34 (150.2628)	40 (142.2628)
2015-10-09	Slab O Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ	14 / 20 (631.3484)	15 (159.9884)	14 (156.5488)	8 (166.2972)	19 (148.5140)
2015-06-26	Battle of the Bones Central Point, OR	12 / 25 (642.2628)	20 (158.2628)	1 (171.4400)	14 (160.6172)	16 (151.9428)
2015-05-22	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	25 / 38 (656.5144)	32 (156.5600)	2 (176.5600)	16 (169.1428)	33 (154.2516)
2015-02-27	6th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews & BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City, AZ	80 / 82 (586.1260)	72 (151.9888)	73 (150.8572)	76 (148.5256)	81 (134.7544)
2014-10-30	USA Barbecue Championship Laughlin, NV	78 / 79 (605.0744)	63 (162.8916)	52 (162.2744)	79 (145.6684)	79 (134.2400)
2014-08-30	Northwest Barbeque Music Festival Coquille, OR	4 / 8 (627.9428)	1 (173.2000)	6 (157.7028)	6 (150.2628)	6 (146.7772)
2014-07-25	Siskiyou Beef Country Cook-Off Montague, CA	14 / 18 (588.1028)	12 (152.0116)	14 (148.6172)	14 (149.7372)	16 (137.7368)
2014-05-24	BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend, OR	22 / 31 (651.9660)	4 (174.2972)	31 (148.5144)	4 (172.5944)	23 (156.5600)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#856 (60 pts)	#896 (60 pts)	#913 (60 pts)	#899 (60 pts)	#883 (60 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#2454 (59 pts)	#2479 (59 pts)	#2473 (59 pts)	#2476 (59 pts)	#2466 (59 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1722 (120 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1822 (120 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1794 (120 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1287 (223 pts)	#1240 (263 pts)	#1115 (303 pts)	#1420 (218 pts)	#1368 (223 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#939 (335 pts)	#1099 (290 pts)	#555 (695 pts)	#882 (410 pts)	#1077 (290 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#796 (427 pts)	#602 (647 pts)	#947 (377 pts)	#723 (527 pts)	#904 (377 pts)