PapaDads BBQ

PapaDads BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 47 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 48 at the Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival (2018). They are ranked #1876 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,876

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1544

peak 1597 · rated over 46 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 8, 2014

latest May 1, 2026 · 11.7 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#192

Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

23% of 47 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

689.0968 / 720

Master · Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

662.93 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 664.39 (-1.47)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · GLBBQA Spring Fling

Consistency

±11.03

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.08 · weakest Brisket (164.48)

Road miles

5,894

across 47 mapped stops · furthest 320 mi

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1584)

Purse competed for

$147K

listed at 23 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 25 state-championship entries

Master avg

664.39 / 720

46 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

They almost always walk

77% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 36 of 47 contests

A top-10 category call in 77% of their 47 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

689.0968 career-best overall

95.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 689.0968 at Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival — 95.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 14, 2018

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

THE REAL SMOKIN ACES has finished one call ahead of PapaDads BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 39%.

5 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 39%

A tough matchup

38–5 behind in the head-to-head

iBQ'n ahead in 88% of their meetings

iBQ'n has come out ahead in 38 of their 43 shared contests.

A strong matchup

23–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 96% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of S & G BBQ in 23 of their 24 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

31 of 43 shared chicken entries lost

iBQ'n ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, iBQ'n has out-cooked them in 31 of 43 shared chicken entries.

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Announced themselves early

5th at their very first contest

Finished 5 of 32 at their very first tracked contest, Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship (Aug 8, 2014).

Aug 8, 2014
32-team field

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Mac Attack BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 40% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 40% across 7 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

7 July contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

5,894 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 5,894 miles across 47 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 320 miles to CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ.

47 mapped stops
furthest 320 mi

The metronome

±1.53% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.53% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.3% of a perfect score
47 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Bordertown BBQ Brawl every year from 2018 to 2022 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 4th

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
2026 ↗	Master	#1250 (59 pts)	#784 (174 pts)	#1091 (84 pts)	#1266 (59 pts)	#1252 (59 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#697 (196 pts)	#577 (336 pts)	#846 (181 pts)	#539 (346 pts)	#741 (196 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#610 (279 pts)	#537 (369 pts)	#643 (319 pts)	#595 (309 pts)	#575 (329 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#920 (125 pts)	#1092 (115 pts)	#997 (155 pts)	#882 (155 pts)	#870 (165 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#883 (160 pts)	#978 (140 pts)	#734 (268 pts)	#961 (150 pts)	#688 (270 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#346 (552 pts)	#410 (487 pts)	#313 (662 pts)	#317 (647 pts)	#319 (632 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#192 (620 pts)	#214 (570 pts)	#192 (610 pts)	#186 (640 pts)	#191 (600 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#725 (426 pts)	#637 (536 pts)	#879 (351 pts)	#724 (456 pts)	#792 (406 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#543 (657 pts)	#570 (657 pts)	#459 (802 pts)	#516 (707 pts)	#758 (462 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#515 (743 pts)	#311 (1,138 pts)	#559 (718 pts)	#353 (1,043 pts)	#509 (778 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#625 (622 pts)	#746 (537 pts)	#423 (952 pts)	#728 (547 pts)	#678 (587 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1239 (225 pts)	#1099 (290 pts)	#1565 (165 pts)	#1472 (190 pts)	#1288 (225 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1170 (250 pts)	#1279 (240 pts)	#980 (355 pts)	#1372 (220 pts)	#1518 (180 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PapaDads BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

FAT HEAD'S BREWERY & SMOKEHOUSE

#1,887 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1556

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to PapaDads BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team PapaDads BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2023

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BACKDRAFT BAR-B-Q CT

#1,885 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 54
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1575

They've been 1575 at their best, 31 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 53 contests
last seen Jul 31, 2020

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MIDWEST SCUBA-QUE

#1,877 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1567

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before PapaDads BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 22 contests

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Lolli Q

#1,881 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1550

Fewer contests behind them than PapaDads BBQ has cooked, 21 to 47, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Apr 1, 2022

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FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN RIBS AGO BBQ

#1,889 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1566

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Apr 22, 2022

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MAC'S BARBEQUE

#1,874 of the rated field

1544 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1552

Level with PapaDads BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
iBQ'n	43	5	38	12%	⚔ compare
FIREHOUSE SMOKE	37	11	26	30%	⚔ compare
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	37	4	33	11%	⚔ compare
Mac Attack BBQ	35	10	25	29%	⚔ compare
KEVLAR BBQ	33	11	22	33%	⚔ compare
BAD HABIT BBQ	30	10	20	33%	⚔ compare
BO B Q BBQ	26	13	13	50%	⚔ compare
BAD WOLF BBQ	25	13	12	52%	⚔ compare
S & G BBQ	24	23	1	96%	⚔ compare
AWW HELL	23	6	17	26%	⚔ compare
Q-JITSU	22	5	17	23%	⚔ compare
BROTHERHOOD OF SWINE	20	14	6	70%	⚔ compare
JAYBIRD'S BBQ	20	11	9	55%	⚔ compare
BooyaQ	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
Smokin Good Time BBQ	19	15	4	79%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	46	19	1	3	177.1544	149.0856	168.08	top 46%
Pork Ribs	47	15	2	5	176.5600	145.7144	165.71	top 49%
Pork	46	18	0	3	177.7028	154.2400	166.12	top 47%
Brisket	46	11	0	1	176.5600	133.0172	164.48	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 72%
Medium (20–39)	35	top 49%
Large (40+)	10	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MI	40	top 48%
IN	3	top 67%
WI	2	top 61%
IL	1	top 73%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
All American BBQ Throwdown	5	16	top 62%	Aug 1, 2025
Bordertown BBQ Brawl	5	4	top 37%	Jul 15, 2022
September Fest	2	13	top 76%	Sep 19, 2025
GLBBQA Spring Fling	2	24	top 46%	Apr 18, 2025
Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition	2	12	top 67%	May 3, 2024
Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	8	top 59%	Sep 25, 2020
Smoke & Ale Fall Festival	2	12	top 35%	Oct 12, 2018
The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	2	15	top 60%	Sep 21, 2018
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	3	top 21%	Sep 14, 2018
Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	2	17	top 58%	Sep 11, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 7 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 13 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MI 41 of 47 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 30 10 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 47 entries · 2 wins · 15 calls

Opponents faced 479 finished ahead 781 times, behind 765

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20261 milestone

May 1 Most recent contest Smoke in the Mitten

20241 milestone

Apr 19 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 GLBBQA Spring Fling

20211 milestone

Sep 10 Peak power rating (1597) Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition

20191 milestone

Sep 20 25th tracked contest Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com

20182 milestones

Sep 14 First overall podium Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Sep 14 Career-best overall score689.0968 Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival

20171 milestone

Jul 14 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20161 milestone

Jun 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival

20144 milestones

Aug 8 First tracked contest Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship
Aug 8 First call Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship
Aug 8 First overall top-10 Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship
Aug 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score677.7028 Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14	Blues.Brews & Barbecue	Jul 29, 2016
+13.9	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship	Aug 8, 2014
+13.7	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival	Sep 14, 2018
+13.6	Bordertown BBQ Brawl	Jul 17, 2020
+11.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Sep 1, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition	May 5, 2023
-10.6	September Fest	Sep 19, 2025
-10.4	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com	Sep 20, 2019
-9.2	All American BBQ Throwdown	Aug 1, 2025
-7.8	September Fest	Sep 13, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	0	100%	top 82%	91.2%	91.2%
2025	3	0	0	67%	top 69%	94.8%	92.3%
2024	3	0	0	100%	top 56%	94.4%	93.4%
2023	2	0	0	0%	top 79%	91.4%	91.2%
2022	3	0	0	33%	top 54%	93.8%	92.9%
2021	5	1	0	80%	top 47%	95.1%	92.8%
2020	5	2	0	100%	top 42%	93.9%	93.1%
2019	4	1	0	75%	top 51%	93.4%	92.3%
2018	5	1	0	100%	top 39%	95.7%	92.7%
2017	7	2	1	86%	top 52%	93.9%	91.7%
2016	5	2	2	80%	top 41%	93.5%	91.6%
2015	2	1	0	50%	top 44%	92.1%	91.5%
2014	2	1	0	50%	top 40%	94.1%	91.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 1, 2026	Smoke in the Mitten 🏅 Westland, MI	28 / 34 (656.3652)	6 (173.1084)	20 (166.8228)	30 (162.2284)	34 (154.2056)
Sep 19, 2025	September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI	21 / 26 (658.1144)	22 (160.5028)	23 (159.9544)	3 (174.8572)	20 (162.8000)
Aug 1, 2025	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	36 / 43 (653.5428)	32 (166.2284)	29 (167.3944)	41 (155.3600)	32 (164.5600)
Apr 18, 2025	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	24 / 56 (682.2060)	4 (177.1544)	41 (166.2400)	27 (171.9772)	40 (166.8344)
Sep 13, 2024	September Fest 🏅 Coldwater, MI	13 / 18 (664.4116)	4 (173.1200)	17 (161.6572)	15 (161.0972)	7 (168.5372)
May 3, 2024	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI	12 / 26 (674.2172)	12 (172.5600)	5 (172.0116)	23 (161.6684)	11 (167.9772)
Apr 19, 2024	GLBBQA Spring Fling 🏅 Charlotte, MI	31 / 62 (679.3252)	36 (169.1084)	34 (167.4284)	8 (177.7028)	41 (165.0856)
Aug 4, 2023	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	31 / 44 (658.2060)	39 (162.8344)	19 (168.5600)	20 (167.4172)	35 (159.3944)
May 5, 2023	Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition 🏅 Westland, MI	22 / 25 (654.7428)	24 (162.2516)	22 (163.9884)	21 (159.3828)	14 (169.1200)
Aug 5, 2022	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	27 / 50 (662.1372)	40 (162.2400)	27 (166.8228)	35 (162.8000)	11 (170.2744)
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	16 / 30 (675.2800)	20 (167.3944)	12 (169.6800)	18 (167.3828)	9 (170.8228)
Jul 15, 2022	Bordertown BBQ Brawl (One Meat Ribs) Sault Ste Marie, MI	—	—	18 (165.1200)	—	—
Oct 22, 2021	Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI	17 / 44 (671.8856)	29 (163.9428)	34 (159.4056)	8 (171.9772)	3 (176.5600)
Sep 24, 2021	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	19 / 28 (659.8628)	20 (163.9656)	16 (165.1200)	16 (166.8344)	17 (163.9428)
Sep 10, 2021	Silver Lake Sand Dunes BBQ Competition 🏅 Mears, MI	5 / 25 (685.0516)	9 (174.2628)	5 (171.4172)	6 (171.9772)	7 (167.3944)
Aug 6, 2021	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	21 / 32 (654.1256)	26 (161.0856)	4 (171.4172)	14 (166.2628)	28 (155.3600)
Jul 16, 2021	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	12 / 27 (670.1828)	7 (174.2856)	11 (165.7028)	12 (168.5372)	17 (161.6572)
Sep 25, 2020	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	8 / 28 (674.7428)	17 (168.5600)	9 (169.6800)	10 (168.5372)	12 (167.9656)
Sep 12, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 2 🏅 Warsaw, IN	15 / 26 (673.5996)	5 (175.4400)	4 (174.2628)	24 (160.5140)	21 (163.3828)
Sep 11, 2020	Rockin' BBQ 2 Just Another BBQ Day 1 🏅 Warsaw, IN	26 / 36 (661.0056)	20 (167.3944)	26 (163.3828)	29 (158.8228)	6 (171.4056)
Aug 7, 2020	All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI	16 / 42 (667.3944)	22 (163.4172)	18 (165.6800)	3 (173.1428)	22 (165.1544)
Jul 17, 2020	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	4 / 31 (676)	9 (170.8344)	13 (165.1772)	7 (170.8456)	7 (169.1428)
Sep 20, 2019	Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 🏅 Grand Haven, MI	25 / 28 (656.5144)	7 (172)	28 (155.9888)	18 (165.6684)	24 (162.8572)
Sep 13, 2019	Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival 🏅 Mears, MI	16 / 35 (665.6340)	14 (169.7028)	15 (168.5716)	17 (164.5140)	19 (162.8456)
Jul 19, 2019	Bordertown BBQ Brawl 🏅 Sault Ste Marie, MI	8 / 28 (672.4456)	11 (168.5256)	15 (164.5372)	10 (170.2744)	9 (169.1084)
Jun 21, 2019	11th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off 🏅 Auburn Hills, MI	12 / 30 (663.9312)	9 (168.5484)	19 (162.8572)	9 (166.8456)	12 (165.6800)
Oct 12, 2018	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	12 / 38 (662.7996)	20 (165.6684)	18 (161.7028)	4 (169.7256)	12 (165.7028)
Sep 21, 2018	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	16 / 28 (661.6000)	20 (165.1544)	7 (170.8460)	8 (168.5256)	23 (157.0740)
Sep 14, 2018	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	3 / 48 (689.0968)	2 (177.1544)	2 (174.2628)	6 (172.5484)	17 (165.1312)
Aug 17, 2018	Bordertown BBQ Brawl Sault Ste Marie, MI	11 / 24 (670.1484)	9 (168.5716)	8 (170.2628)	17 (162.7884)	12 (168.5256)
Aug 3, 2018	Westland Area Jaycee's All American BBQ Throwdown Westland, MI	21 / 39 (653.5656)	17 (167.3828)	9 (169.1200)	20 (159.3828)	28 (157.6800)
Oct 13, 2017	Smoke & Ale Fall Festival Chelsea, MI	12 / 32 (657.6228)	9 (167.4172)	24 (151.9544)	4 (172.5828)	10 (165.6684)
Sep 22, 2017	The Rumble on the River presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com Grand Haven, MI	15 / 24 (673.6344)	20 (166.2744)	21 (162.2744)	5 (173.1200)	8 (171.9656)
Sep 15, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Madison, WI	25 / 30 (657.0744)	22 (164.5600)	18 (166.8344)	20 (164)	23 (161.6800)
Sep 8, 2017	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Silver Lake, MI	10 / 28 (665.6688)	1 (174.8572)	16 (162.2860)	19 (160.5600)	13 (167.9656)
Sep 1, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI	5 / 27 (675.9200)	8 (169.1200)	4 (169.1200)	7 (167.9772)	7 (169.7028)
Jul 21, 2017	BBQ & BREWS Birch Run, MI	21 / 37 (639.8060)	2 (175.4172)	9 (166.2516)	14 (165.1200)	36 (133.0172)
Jul 14, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour South Bend, IN	19 / 27 (651.9656)	6 (170.8456)	27 (145.7144)	3 (172)	14 (163.4056)
Oct 14, 2016	CIBR-BBQ Central Illinois Bragging Right BBQ Authur, IL	40 / 55 (647.3024)	34 (163.4056)	48 (154.8228)	35 (162.8228)	26 (166.2512)
Sep 2, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Ypsilanti, MI	12 / 30 (673.0400)	12 (171.9656)	3 (175.4172)	21 (160.5144)	11 (165.1428)
Aug 26, 2016	Ribstock Marne, MI	13 / 32 (650.1372)	11 (166.8344)	15 (159.3828)	19 (154.2400)	4 (169.6800)
Jul 29, 2016	Blues.Brews & Barbecue Birch Run, MI	6 / 39 (667.3600)	19 (162.8228)	1 (175.4056)	4 (171.9772)	21 (157.1544)
Jun 10, 2016	ELF Khurafeh Shrine BBQ Competition and Music Festival Clio, MI	7 / 20 (659.9544)	8 (166.8572)	1 (170.2972)	11 (161.6800)	11 (161.1200)
Sep 11, 2015	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	17 / 34 (654.1940)	12 (167.4056)	24 (159.4172)	16 (166.2628)	16 (161.1084)
Aug 14, 2015	Jimmy's Roadhouse Backyard BBQ Battle Newaygo, MI	10 / 26 (663.3712)	6 (169.1656)	15 (162.2744)	18 (161.6800)	11 (170.2512)
Sep 12, 2014	Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI	28 / 43 (639.2684)	40 (149.0856)	19 (165.1200)	27 (158.8000)	17 (166.2628)
Aug 8, 2014	Jimmy's Roadhouse BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI	5 / 32 (677.7028)	6 (173.1544)	2 (176.5600)	8 (168.5828)	22 (159.4056)

PapaDads BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Announced themselves early

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)