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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1475
peak 1475 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2019-08-23
latest 2024-07-06
Best ToY finish
#1955
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
311.38
last 3 Backyard vs avg 311.38 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.02
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.26 · weakest Chicken (150.26)
Road miles
27
mi 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 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
606.15 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.38 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 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.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
The comeback
3.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3.9 years, then back at K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-06-30).
- last seen 2019-08-23
- back 2023-06-30
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.
Pappas Backyard BBQ 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 154 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.
#4402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Level with Pappas Backyard BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4379 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4394 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#4387 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#4388 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 72% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2024-07-06 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.9 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2024-07-06
Busiest season
—
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
PA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.26 · weakest Chicken (150.26)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
2 of 4 contests
Master average
606.15
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Backyard average
311.38
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
93
18–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
27
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$12,855
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3.9 yrs
2019-08-23 → 2023-06-30
Power rating
1475
peak 1475 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 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)
- 2019
- Career-best overall score606.1488 New Holland Summer Fest
- Peak power rating (1489) New Holland Summer Fest
- 2024
- Most recent contest K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.4 | New Holland Summer Fest | 2019-08-23 |
| -9.2 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2024-07-06 |
| -4.9 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-06-30 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-06 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 13 / 14 (307.9888) | 13 (158.2744) | 13 (149.7144) | — | — |
| 2023-06-30 | K.S. Que (BACKYARD ONLY) Kennett Square, PA | 9 / 12 (315.3144) | 9 (155.9544) | 10 (159.3600) | — | — |
| 2019-08-23 | 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) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |