PAPA'S BARBQ IL

Power ranking

#1994

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1483

peak 1483 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-03-08

latest 2019-09-20

Best ToY finish

#263

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

677.0288 / 720

Master · CCSFest

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.07 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 660.02 (-0.95)

Walk rate

60%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.0000

Pork · PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition

Consistency

±9.90

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.59 · weakest Chicken (162.62)

Road miles

2118

mi across 15 mapped stops · furthest 312 mi

Schedule strength

15%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1511)

Purse competed for

$149K

listed at 12 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 15 state-championship entries

Master avg

660.02 / 720

15 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

👀 Looking over their shoulder

LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Carrol Lou's Smokehouse has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)

Smokey and The Bandits #2024 · 1482 · IL Backdraft Cooking Systems #1960 · 1485 · IL Dead End BBQ #2040 · 1481 · IL Serial Grillers #2045 · 1481 · IL Bleed Blue BBQ #1949 · 1485 · IL I'd Smoke That #1933 · 1486 · IL

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Carrol Lou's Smokehouse	14	1	13	7%	⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
One2BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
SmokinGhost BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE FREAKS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
CAPTAIN RON'S BREW-N-QUE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
iBQ'n	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
LOADED-N-ROLLIN BBQ	6	6	0	100%	⚔ compare
THUNDER HOG BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
QUE U	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO.	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Heavy Smoke BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
EF-Q	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
JACKS PIT SHACK	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	15	2	0	170.8456	153.0972	162.62	top 64%
Pork Ribs	15	3	1	175.4172	151.9432	165.57	top 49%
Pork	15	6	1	176.0000	154.7884	167.59	top 44%
Brisket	15	2	0	171.9656	158.2628	164.24	top 55%

“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
IL	8	top 47%
IN	4	top 57%
KS	1	top 69%
MO	1	top 58%
TN	1	top 73%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 57%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (15 contests)
Cooks mostly in IL (8 of 15 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (15 entries)
Average Master overall score: 660.02 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2019-03-08 — First tracked contest · Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship
📣 2019-03-22 — First call · PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition
⭐ 2019-04-05 — Career-best overall score (677.0288) · CCSFest
📈 2019-06-07 — Peak power rating (1498) · Blues,Brews & Barbecue

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.3	Blues,Brews & Barbecue	2019-06-07
+7.8	CCSFest	2019-04-05
+7.4	Effingham -Jam	2019-07-26
+4.2	Up In Smoke on the Square	2019-05-31
+1.2	Rockin BBQ	2019-05-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition	2019-03-22
-8.4	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST	2019-09-12
-7.2	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown	2019-07-19
-7.1	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship	2019-03-08
-4.8	Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition	2019-05-17

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)
2019	15	0	2	0	60%	top 54%	94%	91.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-20	Murphysboro BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Murphysboro, IL	31 / 54 (661.5084)	34 (162.7884)	28 (166.2516)	23 (168.5256)	31 (163.9428)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	323 / 468 (643.8512)	369 (158.2628)	112 (170.2628)	384 (154.7884)	282 (160.5372)
2019-07-26	Effingham -Jam 🏅 Effingham, IL	9 / 26 (670.1828)	11 (167.9772)	14 (165.7028)	10 (169.1200)	11 (167.3828)
2019-07-19	Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Peoria, IL	25 / 40 (655.8284)	35 (155.9544)	21 (163.3828)	24 (164.5256)	9 (171.9656)
2019-06-28	BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland 🏅 Joliet, IL	25 / 42 (663.9544)	18 (170.8456)	16 (167.9888)	27 (162.8344)	32 (162.2856)
2019-06-21	Ribs on the River 🏅 Louisiana, MO	15 / 26 (671.2568)	19 (165.0856)	12 (168.5256)	13 (170.2628)	13 (167.3828)
2019-06-14	Hog Capital Challenge 🏅 Kewanee, IL	12 / 25 (655.8396)	22 (156.4912)	15 (163.3944)	7 (170.8228)	11 (165.1312)
2019-06-07	Blues,Brews & Barbecue 🏅 Beardstown, IL	5 / 25 (668.4800)	13 (163.9428)	6 (167.4172)	6 (169.6800)	4 (167.4400)
2019-05-31	Up In Smoke on the Square 🏅 Lincoln, IL	11 / 36 (669.0972)	10 (170.8344)	11 (167.4172)	3 (172.5828)	30 (158.2628)
2019-05-17	Sunset Hill Kansas City Barbecue Competition 🏅 Valparaiso, IN	14 / 20 (642.6860)	10 (163.9428)	20 (151.9432)	13 (165.1200)	12 (161.6800)
2019-05-10	Rockin BBQ 🏅 Warsaw, IN	21 / 42 (657.5884)	40 (153.0972)	4 (174.2744)	7 (169.1200)	27 (161.0968)
2019-05-03	Route 66 Smoke Out 🏅 Dwight, IL	21 / 33 (647.2800)	13 (166.2400)	26 (155.9544)	22 (163.3944)	18 (161.6912)
2019-04-05	CCSFest 🏅 Indianapois, IN	12 / 40 (677.0288)	22 (167.3828)	3 (175.4172)	20 (166.8344)	18 (167.3944)
2019-03-22	PigMania Franklin State Championship BBQ Competition 🏅 Franklin, IN	23 / 29 (659.2916)	26 (154.7656)	27 (162.8116)	6 (176.0000)	20 (165.7144)
2019-03-08	Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Nashville, TN	49 / 67 (656.4000)	54 (161.6800)	48 (162.8116)	26 (170.2628)	55 (161.6456)

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
2019 ↗	Master	#263 (1104 pts)	#315 (980 pts)	#191 (1317 pts)	#170 (1389 pts)	#262 (1134 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#429 (826 pts)	#447 (816 pts)	#344 (986 pts)	#341 (991 pts)	#242 (1251 pts)