PAPPO'S BBQ

PAPPO'S BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 40 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff (2024). They are ranked #6136 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Pappos BBQ”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,136

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1427

peak 1427 · rated over 21 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 25, 2014

latest Apr 10, 2026 · 12 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1065

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 21 contests

Avg finish

top 73%

overall standings

Best overall

654.7200 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

650.13 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 622.16 (+27.98)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Pork Ribs · Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±24.62

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.25 · weakest Chicken (153.69)

Road miles

2,855

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 390 mi

Schedule strength

25%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1535)

Purse competed for

$125K

listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

622.16 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

A tough matchup

12–0 behind in the head-to-head

LA PASADITA ahead in 100% of their meetings

LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 12 of their 12 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dead Last BBQ in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) (Nov 20, 2020).

last seen Apr 5, 2019
back Nov 20, 2020

Pork Ribs nemesis

11 of 12 shared pork ribs entries lost

LA PASADITA ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LA PASADITA has out-cooked them in 11 of 12 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Smokin Bros has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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	#1065 (60 pts)	#894 (125 pts)	#1203 (60 pts)	#1111 (60 pts)	#1102 (60 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#1080 (85 pts)	#1135 (90 pts)	#911 (155 pts)	#1231 (60 pts)	#1204 (60 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1255 (60 pts)	#1319 (60 pts)	#1432 (60 pts)	#1228 (75 pts)	#1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#1341 (60 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#1232 (61 pts)	#1577 (51 pts)	#1229 (81 pts)	#1245 (66 pts)	#1520 (56 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1890 (115 pts)	#1945 (115 pts)	#1662 (150 pts)	#1937 (115 pts)	#1949 (115 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1454 (180 pts)	#1547 (180 pts)	#1542 (180 pts)	#1288 (250 pts)	#1503 (180 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1354 (185 pts)	#1520 (175 pts)	#1511 (175 pts)	#1374 (220 pts)	#1311 (215 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2167 (75 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PAPPO'S BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Splitlog Smokers

#6,133 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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BACKDRAFT BBQ SC

#6,141 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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SMOKE-N-ASHES

#6,137 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before PAPPO'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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Why Not Smoke

#6,130 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2025

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BLUE COLLAR BBQ

#6,134 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1502

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

rated over 29 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

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COASTAL SMOKE

#6,143 of the rated field

1427 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 15 contests
last seen May 19, 2023

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Bros	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
Texas Smoke Whisperer	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE BREADMAN	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
Big Daddy G's BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Dead Last BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
Barn Burners BBQ	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
REDNECK COOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
QIS - QUALITY IN SMOKE	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Texas-car-b-que	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Smokin Cochinos	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	0	170.2856	133.7144	153.69	top 73%
Pork Ribs	21	1	174.8572	143.9660	157.25	top 68%
Pork	21	0	172	141.6684	157.06	top 68%
Brisket	21	0	170.2628	137.0740	154.16	top 67%

“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)	3	0	top 93%
Large (40+)	18	0	top 70%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
TX	19	top 73%
OK	1	top 86%
NM	1	top 67%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	5	25	top 61%	Apr 10, 2026
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	3	20	top 56%	Mar 28, 2025
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	46	top 87%	Sep 3, 2016
Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2	23	top 68%	Apr 17, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 19 of 21 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 12 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 745 finished ahead 310 times, behind 841

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs Apr 5, 2019 → Nov 20, 2020

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

20262 milestones

Apr 10 Career-best overall score654.7200 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

20242 milestones

Apr 5 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

20231 milestone

Mar 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5772 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff

20171 milestone

Mar 10 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20142 milestones

Apr 25 First tracked contest Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
Apr 25 Peak power rating (1489) Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.4	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Mar 31, 2017
+5.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Apr 5, 2024
+4.3	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off	Jun 4, 2021
+3.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 31, 2023
+1.9	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 28, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Sep 4, 2015
-11.3	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 10, 2017
-10.7	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	Apr 25, 2014
-10.2	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 30, 2014
-9.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 13, 2015

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0%	top 61%	90.9%	90.9%
2025	1	0%	top 60%	90.2%	90.2%
2024	1	100%	top 50%	90.8%	90.8%
2023	2	0%	top 66%	90.2%	89.8%
2022	1	0%	top 73%	87.5%	87.5%
2021	1	0%	top 54%	89.6%	89.6%
2020	1	0%	top 88%	87.1%	87.1%
2019	1	0%	top 75%	86.5%	86.5%
2017	3	0%	top 74%	87.4%	84.8%
2016	3	0%	top 84%	88.6%	83%
2015	3	0%	top 79%	85.9%	85.1%
2014	3	0%	top 79%	88.2%	84.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 10, 2026	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	25 / 41 (654.7200)	12 (170.2856)	32 (159.9544)	28 (159.9428)	27 (164.5372)
Mar 28, 2025	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	29 / 48 (649.5428)	16 (170.2628)	19 (169.1200)	34 (158.8228)	39 (151.3372)
Apr 5, 2024	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	20 / 40 (653.5428)	19 (166.2400)	8 (174.8572)	30 (158.8000)	30 (153.6456)
Sep 8, 2023	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	75 / 99 (643.2800)	84 (155.9544)	76 (161.0972)	87 (155.9656)	23 (170.2628)
Mar 31, 2023	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	32 / 57 (649.5772)	29 (165.7028)	42 (160.5144)	22 (168.5600)	40 (154.8000)
Apr 1, 2022	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	41 / 56 (630.1368)	30 (162.2972)	51 (154.2400)	44 (156.4912)	41 (157.1084)
Jun 4, 2021	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	26 / 48 (645.0400)	40 (153.1200)	15 (169.1544)	28 (166.2400)	30 (156.5256)
Nov 20, 2020	McGregor Lions Club Barrels & BBQ (Day 1) 🏅 Waco, TX	23 / 26 (627.2228)	26 (150.7540)	19 (166.8572)	22 (158.8000)	24 (150.8116)
Apr 5, 2019	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	46 / 61 (622.7200)	59 (145.0972)	21 (166.2628)	44 (155.4172)	43 (155.9428)
Sep 2, 2017	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	36 / 46 (613.6572)	38 (147.9544)	32 (157.6684)	31 (158.8572)	38 (149.1772)
Mar 31, 2017	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	30 / 70 (629.0280)	44 (153.7028)	20 (163.9656)	50 (153.6684)	29 (157.6912)
Mar 10, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour White Settlement, TX	30 / 30 (588.4116)	29 (143.9428)	23 (155.4172)	29 (148.5144)	30 (140.5372)
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	46 / 58 (638.2404)	44 (158.8572)	56 (145.0860)	11 (172)	29 (162.2972)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	71 / 83 (575.8172)	67 (149.0628)	74 (143.9660)	78 (141.6684)	67 (141.1200)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	58 / 67 (578.7428)	62 (133.7144)	49 (147.3256)	42 (152.5828)	52 (145.1200)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	66 / 70 (616.3996)	65 (150.2284)	61 (151.4060)	47 (159.9884)	59 (154.7768)
Apr 17, 2015	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	23 / 44 (618.7656)	29 (153.1316)	30 (151.9884)	27 (153.1428)	18 (160.5028)
Mar 13, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	27 / 30 (603.8168)	29 (146.8112)	28 (146.8344)	16 (158.2400)	24 (151.9312)
Aug 30, 2014	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	66 / 76 (613.0396)	76 (138.8456)	66 (149.1200)	30 (163.4056)	26 (161.6684)
Jun 27, 2014	Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM	40 / 60 (635.3708)	18 (166.9028)	54 (152.5140)	48 (155.3712)	25 (160.5828)
Apr 25, 2014	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship Midland, TX	52 / 62 (578.2056)	53 (144.5716)	27 (154.8572)	48 (141.7028)	52 (137.0740)

PAPPO'S BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

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 (5 found in their record)

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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 — 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)