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
- Jul 8, 2017
PAP'S BBQ
PAP'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 28th of 36 at the Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) (2017). They finished #2212 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2013
latest Sep 22, 2017 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.65
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 162.55 · weakest Brisket (152.10)
Road miles
711
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 527 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Master avg
637.15 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
By 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 82% |
More numbers
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KY
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
150
finished ahead 32 times, behind 130
Longest layoff
3.8 yrs
Oct 4, 2013 → Jul 8, 2017
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Career-best overall score664.9712 Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the Park
20135 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.7 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic | Oct 4, 2013 |
| -8.1 | Smoke in the Park | Sep 22, 2017 |
| -3.5 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ | Sep 27, 2013 |
| -2.1 | Cumberland Plateau BBQ Cook-Off & Cruise In (DAY 1) | Jul 8, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2017 | Smoke in the Park Lemoyne, PA | 40 / 44 (598.8800) | 34 (159.4400) | 39 (152.5600) | 41 (149.1312) | 43 (137.7488) |
| Jul 8, 2017 | 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) |
| Oct 4, 2013 | Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY | 37 / 41 (634.0456) | 34 (156.5028) | 29 (163.3828) | 29 (159.9428) | 36 (154.2172) |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Grillin and Chillin BBQ Owensboro, KY | 29 / 45 (650.6856) | 35 (158.2056) | 27 (163.4172) | 2 (177.1428) | 37 (151.9200) |