High-water mark
670.3088
career-best overall
93.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 670.3088 at *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off — 93.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2018-04-06
Finger Lickin' Que
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1512 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-03-31
latest 2022-04-01
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 51%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.93
last 4 Master vs avg 640.93 (+0.00)
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.44 · weakest Chicken (152.53)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
640.93 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
LA PASADITA ahead in 100% of their meetings
LA PASADITA has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smitty's Meating House in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
3 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 3 years, then back at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off (2022-04-01).
- last seen 2019-04-05
- back 2022-04-01
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.
Finger Lickin' Que has 4 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 109 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.
#3058 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1514
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Finger Lickin' Que)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Finger Lickin' Que has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
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#3071 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 7 years after Finger Lickin' Que did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#3055 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 4 years before Finger Lickin' Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Level with Finger Lickin' Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3064 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 5 years before Finger Lickin' Que's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 147.3600 | 152.53 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 150.8572 | 164.14 | top 42% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 160.0344 | 168.44 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 147.3372 | 155.82 | top 62% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 4 | 16 | 0 | top 51% | 2022-04-01 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
5 yrs
2017-03-31 → 2022-04-01
Busiest season
2022
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.44 · weakest Chicken (152.53)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
640.93
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
177
128–124 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2019-04-05 → 2022-04-01
Power rating
1503
peak 1512 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- 2018
- First call *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.3088 *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score670.3088 *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- 2019
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7372 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- Peak power rating (1512) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
- 2022
- Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.7 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2018-04-06 |
| +4.2 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2019-04-05 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2022-04-01 |
| -2.2 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-03-31 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 41% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93.1% | 93.1% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-01 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 46 / 56 (620.3656) | 52 (147.3600) | 48 (155.9428) | 18 (169.7256) | 54 (147.3372) |
| 2019-04-05 | Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX | 25 / 61 (654.2400) | 52 (149.6456) | 1 (177.7372) | 18 (168.5600) | 38 (158.2972) |
| 2018-04-06 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 16 / 69 (670.3088) | 53 (153.1544) | 7 (172.0116) | 4 (175.4400) | 9 (169.7028) |
| 2017-03-31 | *Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off Cedar Park, TX | 41 / 70 (618.8120) | 27 (159.9772) | 50 (150.8572) | 28 (160.0344) | 52 (147.9432) |