PAPPO'S BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#6081

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1427

peak 1427 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-04-25

latest 2026-04-10

Best ToY finish

#927

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

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

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 157.25 · weakest Chicken (153.69)

Road miles

2,855

mi 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 🏅

GCs in 9 state-championship entries

Master avg

622.16 / 720

21 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 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.

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) (2020-11-20).

last seen 2019-04-05
back 2020-11-20

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.

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.

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

Ribs For Her Pleasure

#6084 of the rated field

1427 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1427

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 20 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 20 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

BLUE COLLAR BBQ

#6078 of the rated field

1427 ▲ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 29 contests
last seen 2024-09-20

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Two Crackers Cooking

#6082 of the rated field

1427 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before PAPPO'S BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Tommy Boy Grillin

#6080 of the rated field

1427 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1427

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 11 years after PAPPO'S BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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4 MEAT SAKES

#6075 of the rated field

1427 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1427

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2023-06-16

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Pray For Me BBQ

#6083 of the rated field

1427 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2026-07-18

⚔ Head-to-head

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	172.0000	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 state / province

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

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 93%
Large (40+)	18	0	top 70%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	5	25	top 61%	2026-04-10
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	3	20	top 56%	2025-03-28
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	46	top 87%	2016-09-03
Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2	23	top 68%	2015-04-17

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 12 yrs 2014-04-25 → 2026-04-10

Busiest season 2017 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 12 seasons in the data

Cooks most in TX 19 of 21 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 21 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 157.25 · weakest Chicken (153.69)

Walk rate 5% a top-10 call in 1 of 21 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 21 contests

Master average 622.16 out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 752 310–841 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,855 21 mapped stops · furthest 390 mi

Schedule strength 1535 average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests

Purse competed for $125,000 listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 9 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs 2019-04-05 → 2020-11-20

Power rating 1427 peak 1427 · #6081 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
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
2017
Mar 10 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2023
Mar 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5772 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
2024
Apr 5 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
Apr 5 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.8572 Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff
2026
Apr 10 Career-best overall score654.7200 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.4	*Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	2017-03-31
+5.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	2024-04-05
+4.2	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off	2021-06-04
+3.1	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	2023-03-31
+1.9	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	2025-03-28

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.5	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2015-09-04
-11.4	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-03-10
-10.7	Bynum Schools Best of the Basin BBQ Championship	2014-04-25
-10.2	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	2014-08-30
-9.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2015-03-13

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

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
2026-04-10	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	25 / 41 (654.7200)	12 (170.2856)	32 (159.9544)	28 (159.9428)	27 (164.5372)
2025-03-28	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	29 / 48 (649.5428)	16 (170.2628)	19 (169.1200)	34 (158.8228)	39 (151.3372)
2024-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	20 / 40 (653.5428)	19 (166.2400)	8 (174.8572)	30 (158.8000)	30 (153.6456)
2023-09-08	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)
2023-03-31	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	32 / 57 (649.5772)	29 (165.7028)	42 (160.5144)	22 (168.5600)	40 (154.8000)
2022-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	41 / 56 (630.1368)	30 (162.2972)	51 (154.2400)	44 (156.4912)	41 (157.1084)
2021-06-04	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	26 / 48 (645.0400)	40 (153.1200)	15 (169.1544)	28 (166.2400)	30 (156.5256)
2020-11-20	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)
2019-04-05	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	46 / 61 (622.7200)	59 (145.0972)	21 (166.2628)	44 (155.4172)	43 (155.9428)
2017-09-02	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bedford, TX	36 / 46 (613.6572)	38 (147.9544)	32 (157.6684)	31 (158.8572)	38 (149.1772)
2017-03-31	*Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX	30 / 70 (629.0280)	44 (153.7028)	20 (163.9656)	50 (153.6684)	29 (157.6912)
2017-03-10	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)
2016-09-03	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	46 / 58 (638.2404)	44 (158.8572)	56 (145.0860)	11 (172.0000)	29 (162.2972)
2016-05-06	*Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	71 / 83 (575.8172)	67 (149.0628)	74 (143.9660)	78 (141.6684)	67 (141.1200)
2016-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	58 / 67 (578.7428)	62 (133.7144)	49 (147.3256)	42 (152.5828)	52 (145.1200)
2015-09-04	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	66 / 70 (616.3996)	65 (150.2284)	61 (151.4060)	47 (159.9884)	59 (154.7768)
2015-04-17	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)
2015-03-13	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)
2014-08-30	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	66 / 76 (613.0396)	76 (138.8456)	66 (149.1200)	30 (163.4056)	26 (161.6684)
2014-06-27	Smokin' On The Pecos Artesia, NM	40 / 60 (635.3708)	18 (166.9028)	54 (152.5140)	48 (155.3712)	25 (160.5828)
2014-04-25	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)

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

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#927 (60 pts)	#805 (125 pts)	#1051 (60 pts)	#970 (60 pts)	#950 (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)