High-water mark
679.9196
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.9196 at 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 29, 2022
G & Pops BBQ
G & Pops BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 7th of 49 at the Silicon Valley BBQ Championships (2015). They are ranked #2025 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “G & POP'S BBQ”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1537
peak 1537 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jun 26, 2015
latest Jul 8, 2022 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
50% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
662.85
last 5 Master vs avg 662.76 (+0.10)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.79
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.89 · weakest Brisket (160.35)
Road miles
1,042
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 334 mi
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Purse competed for
$8,975
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
662.76 / 720
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #504 (410 pts) | #437 (530 pts) | #437 (580 pts) | #492 (455 pts) | #444 (520 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #395 (486 pts) | #280 (731 pts) | #424 (491 pts) | #511 (361 pts) | #406 (496 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #856 (60 pts) | #896 (60 pts) | #913 (60 pts) | #899 (60 pts) | #883 (60 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #801 (409 pts) | #688 (524 pts) | #523 (719 pts) | #834 (409 pts) | #745 (474 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #978 (349 pts) | #933 (414 pts) | #912 (429 pts) | #893 (434 pts) | #1110 (299 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #363 (1,041 pts) | #231 (1,311 pts) | #414 (961 pts) | #359 (1,051 pts) | #472 (871 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to G & Pops BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,027 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1537
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1537
They turned up 9 years after G & Pops BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before G & Pops BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1538
Level with G & Pops BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,011 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1538
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before G & Pops BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,012 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1538
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 5 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SON OF SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177.7144 | 165.0856 | 169.89 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7488 | 159.9544 | 164.16 | top 51% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7028 | 161.0856 | 168.35 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 150.2056 | 160.35 | top 47% |
“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) | 4 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 25% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CA
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
186
finished ahead 165 times, behind 79
Longest layoff
6.6 yrs
Oct 2, 2015 → Apr 29, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score679.9196 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1537) Clayton BBQ Cook-off
- Most recent contest Clayton BBQ Cook-off
20155 milestones
- First tracked contest Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- First call Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- First overall top-10 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2744 Silicon Valley BBQ Championships
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7144 City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.4 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships | Jun 26, 2015 |
| +5.3 | Wine Country Big Q | Jul 10, 2015 |
| +5.2 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way | Aug 7, 2015 |
| +4.9 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship | Oct 2, 2015 |
| +4.8 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | Jul 8, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 94.4% | 93.2% |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 75% | top 31% | 93.7% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2022 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Clayton, CA | 11 / 27 (662.1484) | 14 (165.0856) | 18 (159.9544) | 6 (173.7028) | 12 (163.4056) |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship 🏅 Lodi, CA | 9 / 29 (679.9196) | 7 (172) | 18 (166.2512) | 13 (168.5600) | 6 (173.1084) |
| Oct 2, 2015 | City of Dana Point State BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA | 27 / 75 (674.7660) | 3 (177.7144) | 56 (161.6572) | 18 (171.9772) | 38 (163.4172) |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Grills N' Grilles- Nevada County United Way Penn Valley, CA | 9 / 24 (648.4112) | 8 (166.2628) | 9 (162.2744) | 5 (169.6684) | 18 (150.2056) |
| Jul 10, 2015 | Wine Country Big Q Rohnert Park, CA | 14 / 38 (649.0288) | 12 (166.2744) | 20 (161.0972) | 17 (161.0856) | 13 (160.5716) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Silicon Valley BBQ Championships Santa Clara, CA | 7 / 49 (662.2744) | 3 (172) | 5 (173.7488) | 15 (165.1200) | 29 (151.4056) |