A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL ahead in 100% of their meetings
WHISKEY BENT BBQ - FL has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Golden Gate Foods
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2016-04-29
latest 2020-01-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
368.68
last 3 Master vs avg 368.68 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±156.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 152.16 · weakest Brisket (118.79)
Road miles
164
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
368.68 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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
2.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at Lakeland Pig Festival (2019-01-25).
- last seen 2016-04-29
- back 2019-01-25
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.
Golden Gate Foods 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 126 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.
#5017 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Level with Golden Gate Foods on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1461
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5014 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#5021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Golden Gate Foods did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 134.8228 | 152.16 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.7144 | 125.1200 | 133.42 | top 97% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.4912 | 131.4516 | 131.97 | top 96% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.7888 | 118.7888 | 118.79 | top 94% |
“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) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 99% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 53 | 0 | top 99% | 2020-01-24 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.7 yrs
2016-04-29 → 2020-01-24
Busiest season
2020
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
FL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 152.16 · weakest Brisket (118.79)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
368.68
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
165
3–225 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
164
3 mapped stops · furthest 110 mi
Schedule strength
1528
average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$50,000
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
2016-04-29 → 2019-01-25
Power rating
1462
peak 1462 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- Career-best overall score546.7660 Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- Peak power rating (1489) Downtown BBQ Throwdown
- 2020
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8344 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.9 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2020-01-24 |
| -13.8 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 2019-01-25 |
| -10.8 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown | 2016-04-29 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 23.2% | 23.2% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 54.5% | 54.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 75.9% | 75.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-24 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 53 / 53 (166.8344) | 34 (166.8344) | — | — | — |
| 2019-01-25 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 57 / 58 (392.4340) | 57 (134.8228) | 58 (125.1200) | 57 (132.4912) | — |
| 2016-04-29 | Downtown BBQ Throwdown Boca Raton, FL | 14 / 16 (546.7660) | 11 (154.8112) | 15 (141.7144) | 15 (131.4516) | 15 (118.7888) |