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
- Jun 9, 2023
Papi on the Patio
Papi on the Patio is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 9th of 16 at the GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship (2023). They are ranked #4466 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
peak 1474 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 26, 2022
latest Jan 17, 2025 · 2.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.28
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.89 · weakest Brisket (160.55)
Road miles
1,604
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 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
653.94 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Papi on the Patio, each with one reason worth a look.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,460 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#4,440 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#4,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
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.
⚔ Compare careers#4,470 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
They've been 1504 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#4,444 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Papi on the Patio's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,489 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
Level with Papi on the Patio on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 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 field size and state
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% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
UT
2 of 5 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
126
finished ahead 33 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jun 9, 2023 → Jun 28, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge
20234 milestones
- 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
20223 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.8 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship | Jun 9, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.7 | Smoke-N-Wings | Jun 28, 2024 |
| -7.5 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | Aug 26, 2022 |
| -6.2 | Western Legends BBQ Contest | Sep 9, 2022 |
| -3.7 | 10th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | Jan 17, 2025 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 2025 | 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) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Smoke-N-Wings 🏅 Blackfoot, ID | 27 / 28 (633.0288) | 21 (165.1316) | 16 (167.4400) | 27 (152.5028) | 28 (147.9544) |
| Jun 9, 2023 | GMG NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Ogden, UT | 9 / 16 (689.6800) | 7 (176) | 9 (172.5484) | 4 (176.5944) | 14 (164.5372) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT | 26 / 31 (651.8968) | 23 (164.5372) | 21 (163.4056) | 27 (159.9540) | 18 (164) |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Montana Pitmaster Classic 🏅 Bozeman, MT | 29 / 37 (642.1488) | 34 (153.6572) | 29 (162.8344) | 16 (168.5600) | 28 (157.0972) |