High-water mark
678.8344
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.8344 at Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2021-07-16
Papa Linda's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1501
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-06-14
latest 2022-07-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 62%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.94
last 3 Master vs avg 654.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 169.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.53)
Road miles
249
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$20K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
654.94 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff (2021-07-16).
- last seen 2019-06-14
- back 2021-07-16
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 Linda'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 101 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.
#3143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3133 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Papa Linda's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3142 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3158 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3141 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before Papa Linda's BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3154 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Papa Linda's BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 162.8344 | 164.36 | top 81% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 134.7772 | 152.53 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 165.0856 | 168.17 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 173.7144 | 162.8000 | 169.88 | top 28% |
“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 (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.1 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2022-07-29
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 169.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.53)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
654.94
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
32–54 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
249
3 mapped stops · furthest 93 mi
Schedule strength
1598
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$20,300
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2019-06-14 → 2021-07-16
Power rating
1501
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition
- 2021
- First call Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
- First overall top-10 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8344 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
- Career-best overall score678.8344 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
- Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7144 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff
- 2022
- Peak power rating (1501) 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.5 | Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff | 2021-07-16 |
| +0.6 | 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest | 2022-07-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition | 2019-06-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 66% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 90% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-29 | 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA | 21 / 32 (659.3372) | 26 (162.8344) | 30 (153.0972) | 13 (170.2856) | 3 (173.1200) |
| 2021-07-16 | Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff 🏅 Cedar Rapids, IA | 8 / 26 (678.8344) | 22 (166.2628) | 6 (169.7144) | 11 (169.1428) | 3 (173.7144) |
| 2019-06-14 | Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA | 28 / 31 (626.6400) | 24 (163.9772) | 31 (134.7772) | 19 (165.0856) | 20 (162.8000) |