Giant slayer
32
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival.
- Oct 3, 2025
Pop's Little Helper
Pop's Little Helper is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2025
their only contest in the data
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contest
Avg finish
top 3%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 174.86 · weakest Chicken (174.32)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.3200 | 174.3200 | 174.32 | top 3% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 174.8572 | 174.86 | top 6% |
“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.
More numbers
First title
Oct 3, 2025
The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival
Opponents faced
38
finished ahead 37 times, behind 0
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA | 1 / 32 (349.1772) | 1 (174.3200) | 2 (174.8572) | — | — |