The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at *Smokin On Big Creek (2018-03-23).
- last seen 2016-06-24
- back 2018-03-23
Papa's BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1485
peak 1485 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-06-17
latest 2018-03-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.68
last 3 Master vs avg 631.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.80
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.40 · weakest Brisket (155.02)
Road miles
340
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 254 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Master avg
631.68 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Papa's BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Papa's BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Papa's BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2284 | 157.7484 | 159.40 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 157.6456 | 158.43 | top 72% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 153.1088 | 158.83 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5484 | 145.6916 | 155.02 | top 68% |
“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.
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.8 yrs
2016-06-17 → 2018-03-23
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
OK
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.40 · weakest Brisket (155.02)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
631.68
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
85
23–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
340
3 mapped stops · furthest 254 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2016-06-24 → 2018-03-23
Power rating
1485
peak 1485 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition
- Peak power rating (1497) Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition
- 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.5424 *Smokin On Big Creek
- Career-best overall score649.5424 *Smokin On Big Creek
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1200 *Smokin On Big Creek
- Most recent contest *Smokin On Big Creek
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.9 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival | 2016-06-24 |
| -3.1 | Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition | 2016-06-17 |
| -2.6 | *Smokin On Big Creek | 2018-03-23 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 90.2% | 90.2% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 80% | 87.4% | 86.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-23 | *Smokin On Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO | 28 / 39 (649.5424) | 28 (162.2284) | 32 (157.6456) | 15 (169.1200) | 24 (160.5484) |
| 2016-06-24 | Hog Wild BBQ Festival Chandler, OK | 23 / 26 (615.9432) | 23 (157.7484) | 19 (159.3944) | 23 (153.1088) | 22 (145.6916) |
| 2016-06-17 | Smoke on the water-Annual Carlton Landing BBQ Competition Carlton Landing, OK | 22 / 31 (629.5660) | 27 (158.2172) | 19 (158.2516) | 23 (154.2628) | 18 (158.8344) |