PapaBearDawg BBQ GA
Rating
1490
peak 1501 · rated over 2 contests
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2024-04-26
latest 2025-08-15
Best ToY finish
#325
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.51 · weakest Brisket (151.95)
Road miles
38
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
629.50 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
321.60 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
Teams like this (closest power rating, GA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 157.6340 | 162.51 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9660 | 157.0744 | 160.52 | top 61% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 153.0744 | 158.81 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9544 | 151.9544 | 151.95 | top 93% |
“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
- Busiest season: 2025 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in GA (2 of 2 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (2 entries)
- Average Master overall score: 629.50 / 720
- Average Backyard overall score: 321.60 / 360
Milestones
- 🚩 2024-04-26 — First tracked contest · BBQ, Boogie & Blues
- 📣 2024-04-26 — First call · BBQ, Boogie & Blues
- ⭐ 2025-08-15 — Career-best overall score (629.4976) · Pigs & Peaches
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.4% | 87.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Pigs & Peaches 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 24 / 27 (629.4976) | 17 (167.3944) | 26 (157.0744) | 26 (153.0744) | 25 (151.9544) |
| 2024-04-26 | BBQ, Boogie & Blues 🏅 Calhoun, GA | 14 / 34 (321.6000) | 16 (157.6340) | 9 (163.9660) | 8 (164.5372) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1411 (57 pts) | #1097 (92 pts) | #1566 (52 pts) | #1485 (52 pts) | #1478 (52 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #325 (101 pts) | #344 (91 pts) | #297 (131 pts) | — | — |