A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Pappas Backyard BBQ
Pappas Backyard BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 17 at the Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY) (). They finished #1955 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1475
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Aug 23, 2019
latest Jul 6, 2024 · 4.9 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
50% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.02
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.26 · weakest Chicken (150.26)
Road miles
27
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
606.15 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.38 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 142.8344 | 150.26 | top 90% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 166.8572 | 149.7144 | 159.26 | top 65% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4172 | 151.4172 | 151.42 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8000 | 150.8000 | 150.80 | top 82% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 84% | Jul 6, 2024 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
93
finished ahead 18 times, behind 86
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → Jun 30, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
20192 milestones
- Career-best overall score606.1488 New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) New Holland Summer Fest
—4 milestones
- First tracked contest Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
- First call Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
- First overall top-10 Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.8572 Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | New Holland Summer Fest | Aug 23, 2019 |
| -9.2 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jul 6, 2024 |
| -4.9 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 30, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 75% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2024 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 13 / 14 (307.9888) | 13 (158.2744) | 13 (149.7144) | — | — |
| Jun 30, 2023 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 9 / 12 (315.3144) | 9 (155.9544) | 10 (159.3600) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2019 | New Holland Summer Fest 🏅 New Holland, PA | 60 / 65 (606.1488) | 64 (142.8344) | 46 (161.0972) | 54 (151.4172) | 53 (150.8000) |
| — | Brandywine Backyard Barbeque Festival (BACKYARDONLY) Landenberg, PA | 8 / 17 (310.8344) | 16 (143.9772) | 2 (166.8572) | — | — |