Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.3028 at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
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.
Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 108 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.
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 5 years after Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Lift, Tilt, & Stagger BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 166.8344 | 166.83 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 168.5256 | 168.53 | top 31% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 160.5372 | 160.54 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 167.4056 | 167.41 | top 37% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 28% | — | — |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 131 / 468 (174.8456) | 209 (166.8344) | 147 (168.5256) | 333 (160.5372) | 175 (167.4056) |