High-water mark
669.1428
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 669.1428 at McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-05-31
Papa Bear's Hickory Pit
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1525
peak 1525 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-05-31
latest 2014-10-10
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
660.32
last 3 Master vs avg 660.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.31
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 169.13 · weakest Chicken (160.37)
Road miles
30
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
6%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1509)
Master avg
660.32 / 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 Bear's Hickory Pit 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 84 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.
#2344 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
8 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Papa Bear's Hickory Pit's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2359 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
Level with Papa Bear's Hickory Pit on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2346 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2341 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1200 | 159.9884 | 160.37 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.4286 | 159.9772 | 165.89 | top 32% |
| Pork | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.9888 | 167.4284 | 169.13 | top 20% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2858 | 157.6684 | 164.93 | top 28% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 22% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 35% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.4 yrs
2013-05-31 → 2014-10-10
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 169.13 · weakest Chicken (160.37)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Master average
660.32
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
85–28 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
30
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1509
average field rating faced — tougher than 6% of rated contests
Power rating
1525
peak 1525 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
- First call McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
- First overall top-10 McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.1428 McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
- Career-best overall score669.1428 McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual
- 2014
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9888 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Peak power rating (1525) Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual | 2013-05-31 |
| +7.5 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee | 2014-10-10 |
| +4.9 | Smoke on the Water | 2013-10-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 91.3% | 91.3% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 92.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-10-10 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 10 / 37 (657.0400) | 23 (161.1200) | 15 (166.2628) | 5 (171.9888) | 14 (157.6684) |
| 2013-10-11 | Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS | 15 / 43 (654.7772) | 21 (159.9884) | 18 (159.9772) | 9 (167.9772) | 9 (166.8344) |
| 2013-05-31 | McLouth BBQ Blowout 22nd Annual McLouth, KS | 6 / 37 (669.1428) | 22 (160.0000) | 5 (171.4286) | 10 (167.4284) | 9 (170.2858) |