High-water mark
690.2172
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 690.2172 at Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard — 95.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 19, 2025
Pappy Jack's BBQ
Pappy Jack's BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 20th of 35 at the Trekking for CDH (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 14, 2024
latest Sep 25, 2026 · 2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.60 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.29)
Road miles
71
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi
Schedule strength
86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1618)
Purse competed for
$34K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Master avg
677.30 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
325.60 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
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 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 178.8800 | 165.0972 | 171.60 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 160.5028 | 165.29 | top 71% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 167.3828 | 167.38 | top 79% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5600 | 158.2056 | 167.38 | top 58% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard | 2 | 29 | 0 | top 71% | Sep 25, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
134
finished ahead 54 times, behind 129
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Sep 19, 2025 → Sep 25, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
20254 milestones
- First call Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- Career-best overall score690.2172 Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8800 Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
- Peak power rating (1504) Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard
20242 milestones
- First tracked contest Trekking for CDH
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score325.6000 Trekking for CDH
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 64 / 71 (664.3768) | 49 (170.8228) | 57 (167.9656) | 55 (167.3828) | 69 (158.2056) |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL | 29 / 56 (690.2172) | 3 (178.8800) | 41 (167.3944) | 45 (167.3828) | 10 (176.5600) |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 20 / 35 (325.6000) | 15 (165.0972) | 21 (160.5028) | — | — |