High-water mark
688.4800
career-best overall
95.6% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 688.4800 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 95.6% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 17, 2026
Paca Crew BBQ
Paca Crew BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 10th of 26 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown (2024). They are ranked #3378 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1496
peak 1507 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Nov 8, 2024
latest Apr 17, 2026 · 1.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.34
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 171.53 · weakest Pork (167.74)
Road miles
380
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 85 mi
Schedule strength
59%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Purse competed for
$47K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
680.24 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Paca Crew BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
115 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,372 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1496
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Paca Crew BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,368 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,373 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 11 years before Paca Crew BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
Level with Paca Crew BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,354 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Paca Crew BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 13 years before Paca Crew BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PeachCoast BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Dog BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 167.9656 | 170.60 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 168.5372 | 170.37 | top 57% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9772 | 165.0972 | 167.74 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 177.7144 | 164 | 171.53 | top 34% |
“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 61% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 51% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Downtown BBQ Showdown | 2 | 10 | 0 | top 45% | Apr 17, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
2 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
131
finished ahead 67 times, behind 143
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- First category win (Brisket) The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score688.4800 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7144 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
20245 milestones
- First tracked contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First call The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall top-10 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.0172 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Peak power rating (1507) The Downtown BBQ Showdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.6 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Nov 8, 2024 |
| +3.3 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown | Apr 17, 2026 |
| +0.5 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) | Mar 21, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.3 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2026 |
| -5 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam | Jan 9, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50% | top 68% | 95.6% | 94.8% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 94.7% | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 21 / 41 (688.4800) | 34 (167.9656) | 23 (170.8228) | 21 (171.9772) | 1 (177.7144) |
| Jan 9, 2026 | 10th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 St. Augustine, FL | 32 / 38 (677.0172) | 31 (170.2628) | 24 (170.8344) | 35 (165.0972) | 17 (170.8228) |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Okefenokee Smoke (formerly Swamptown Showdown) 🏅 Waycross, GA | 16 / 26 (682.1944) | 9 (174.2628) | 21 (168.5372) | 23 (165.1200) | 6 (174.2744) |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 9th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam 🏅 Elkton, FL | 23 / 38 (672.5032) | 24 (170.8228) | 23 (168.5488) | 20 (169.1316) | 28 (164) |
| Nov 8, 2024 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 10 / 26 (681.0172) | 14 (169.6800) | 6 (173.1316) | 13 (167.3828) | 7 (170.8228) |