High-water mark
689.6800
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6800 at GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2023-06-09
Papi on the Patio
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2022-08-26
latest 2025-01-17
Best ToY finish
#919
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.94
last 5 Master vs avg 653.94 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.89 · weakest Brisket (160.55)
Road miles
1,604
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 459 mi
Schedule strength
57%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)
Purse competed for
$63K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.94 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
1 Bite BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
1 Bite BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.3
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.34 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Brisket avg 160.55
- Pork Ribs avg 164.89
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4433 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Papi on the Patio)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Papi on the Patio has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4418 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Papi on the Patio)
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 12 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#4424 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Level with Papi on the Patio on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Papi on the Patio's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Papi on the Patio's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4443 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0000 | 153.6572 | 164.88 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5484 | 158.2172 | 164.89 | top 69% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.5944 | 152.5028 | 163.63 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 147.9544 | 160.55 | top 72% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| UT | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
| AZ | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
| ID | 1 | 0 | top 96% |
| MT | 1 | 0 | top 78% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 86% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.4 yrs
2022-08-26 → 2025-01-17
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
UT
2 of 5 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.89 · weakest Brisket (160.55)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
653.94
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
126
33–122 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,604
5 mapped stops · furthest 459 mi
Schedule strength
1572
average field rating faced — tougher than 57% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$62,700
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2023-06-09 → 2024-06-28
Power rating
1474
peak 1474 · #4436 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Montana Pitmaster Classic
- Peak power rating (1493) Montana Pitmaster Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8968 Western Legends BBQ Contest
- 2023
- First call GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score689.6800 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5944 GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship
- 2025
- Most recent contest 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.8 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship | 2023-06-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Smoke-N-Wings | 2024-06-28 |
| -7.5 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 2022-08-26 |
| -6.2 | Western Legends BBQ Contest | 2022-09-09 |
| -3.7 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 2025-01-17 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
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 75% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 95.8% | 95.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 81% | 90.5% | 89.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-17 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ | 36 / 48 (652.9600) | 35 (165.0856) | 42 (158.2172) | 37 (160.5144) | 19 (169.1428) |
| 2024-06-28 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 27 / 28 (633.0288) | 21 (165.1316) | 16 (167.4400) | 27 (152.5028) | 28 (147.9544) |
| 2023-06-09 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 9 / 16 (689.6800) | 7 (176.0000) | 9 (172.5484) | 4 (176.5944) | 14 (164.5372) |
| 2022-09-09 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 26 / 31 (651.8968) | 23 (164.5372) | 21 (163.4056) | 27 (159.9540) | 18 (164.0000) |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 29 / 37 (642.1488) | 34 (153.6572) | 29 (162.8344) | 16 (168.5600) | 28 (157.0972) |
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 | #1148 (60 pts) | #1221 (60 pts) | #1293 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1076 (90 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1531 (53 pts) | #1196 (73 pts) | #1167 (98 pts) | #1536 (53 pts) | #1532 (53 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #919 (126 pts) | #938 (146 pts) | #1097 (126 pts) | #775 (191 pts) | #1162 (96 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1640 (56 pts) | #1322 (66 pts) | #1343 (76 pts) | #1644 (56 pts) | #1212 (91 pts) |