High-water mark
664.9712
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 664.9712 at Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2017-07-08
PAP'S BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2017-09-22
Best ToY finish
#2212
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
637.15
last 4 Master vs avg 637.15 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.65
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.55 · weakest Brisket (152.10)
Road miles
711
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 527 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Master avg
637.15 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKE ON THIS ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKE ON THIS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
3.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.8 years, then back at Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) (2017-07-08).
- last seen 2013-10-04
- back 2017-07-08
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.
PAP'S BBQ has 4 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 142 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.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after PAP'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4357 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with PAP'S BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4322 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 156.5028 | 160.96 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 152.5600 | 162.55 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.1428 | 149.1312 | 161.54 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5256 | 137.7488 | 152.10 | top 85% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KY | 2 | 0 | top 77% |
| PA | 1 | 0 | top 91% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2017-09-22
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KY
2 of 4 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 162.55 · weakest Brisket (152.10)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
637.15
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
150
32–130 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
711
4 mapped stops · furthest 527 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
2013-10-04 → 2017-07-08
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- First call Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.6856 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- Peak power rating (1497) Grillin and Chillin BBQ
- 2017
- Career-best overall score664.9712 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Park
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | 2013-10-04 |
| -8.1 | Smoke in the Park | 2017-09-22 |
| -3.5 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ | 2013-09-27 |
| -2.1 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) | 2017-07-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 92.4% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 77% | 90.4% | 89.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-22 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 40 / 44 (598.8800) | 34 (159.4400) | 39 (152.5600) | 41 (149.1312) | 43 (137.7488) |
| 2017-07-08 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) Jamestown, TN | 28 / 36 (664.9712) | 19 (169.6800) | 15 (170.8228) | 35 (159.9428) | 26 (164.5256) |
| 2013-10-04 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 37 / 41 (634.0456) | 34 (156.5028) | 29 (163.3828) | 29 (159.9428) | 36 (154.2172) |
| 2013-09-27 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 29 / 45 (650.6856) | 35 (158.2056) | 27 (163.4172) | 2 (177.1428) | 37 (151.9200) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |