Liquor & Sticker

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4641

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1503 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-07-12

latest 2013-11-08

Best ToY finish

#1038

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 76%

overall standings

Best overall

660.4572 / 720

Master · 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Current form

636.20

last 5 Master vs avg 636.20 (+0.00)

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

169.1200

Pork · 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±13.82

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.53)

Road miles

848

mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 359 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

636.20 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.5 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.47 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

Pork Ribs avg 156.53
Pork avg 161.00
0 calls in 5 entries

Going the wrong way

-34 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 34 points across 5 contests since 2013-07-12 — from 1503 down to 1469.

5 contests since 2013-07-12
now 1469

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145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Off the Chain BBQ

#4673 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2025-04-11

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ManBearPig

#4632 of the rated field

1470 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1470

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after Liquor & Sticker did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-10-25

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BBQ A LA BAMA

#4636 of the rated field

1469 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Level with Liquor & Sticker on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

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HUMBLE PIT CREW COOKERS

#4657 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2020-02-14

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Big and Bigger

#4652 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-10-11

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SMOKIN' GUNNERS

#4648 of the rated field

1469 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	166.2628	143.3600	158.82	top 77%
Pork Ribs	5	165.6800	146.8000	156.53	top 78%
Pork	5	169.1200	150.8572	161.00	top 65%
Brisket	5	167.4288	154.2400	159.85	top 63%

“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
MO	4	0	top 76%
KY	1	0	top 78%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	3	0	top 86%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 62%

The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 0.3 yrs 2013-07-12 → 2013-11-08

Busiest season 2013 5 contests

Cooks most in MO 4 of 5 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.00 · weakest Pork Ribs (156.53)

Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 5 contests

Master average 636.20 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 144 47–132 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 848 5 mapped stops · furthest 359 mi

Schedule strength 1537 average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests

Power rating 1469 peak 1503 · #4641 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2013
Jul 12 First tracked contest 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Jul 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.4572 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Jul 12 Career-best overall score660.4572 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Jul 12 Career-best single call (Pork)169.1200 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Jul 12 Peak power rating (1503) 6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Nov 8 Most recent contest 1st Annual BBQ BIVOUAC

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.2	6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff	2013-07-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.8	Anchor City Cook Off	2013-10-11
-8.9	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival	2013-09-27
-7.5	1st Annual BBQ BIVOUAC	2013-11-08
-6.6	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2013-10-04

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)
2013	5	0	0	0	0%	top 76%	91.7%	88.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2013-11-08	1st Annual BBQ BIVOUAC St. James, MO	29 / 33 (623.8056)	28 (160.5028)	32 (150.2400)	27 (158.8228)	27 (154.2400)
2013-10-11	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	26 / 29 (624.4224)	26 (159.4056)	28 (146.8000)	24 (158.2512)	18 (159.9656)
2013-10-04	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	32 / 41 (642.2176)	26 (164.5488)	34 (159.3828)	40 (150.8572)	16 (167.4288)
2013-09-27	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO	31 / 39 (630.0912)	39 (143.3600)	25 (160.5600)	12 (167.9656)	21 (158.2056)
2013-07-12	6th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	19 / 42 (660.4572)	19 (166.2628)	20 (165.6800)	14 (169.1200)	33 (159.3944)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#1038 (275 pts)	#1098 (275 pts)	#1118 (270 pts)	#1020 (305 pts)	#944 (325 pts)