The comeback
5.5 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 5.5 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2018-08-10).
- last seen 2013-02-15
- back 2018-08-10
Whiskey Business
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-02-15
latest 2019-08-09
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
636.28
last 3 Master vs avg 636.28 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.46
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 162.85 · weakest Chicken (155.39)
Road miles
2,003
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 2003 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$13K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
636.28 / 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Make BBQ Great Again has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Whiskey Business 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 141 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.
#3566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Whiskey Business)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Whiskey Business has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3573 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Whiskey Business did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#3574 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Whiskey Business on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 150.8000 | 155.39 | top 77% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 154.8574 | 159.80 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8112 | 152.5028 | 158.25 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 154.8570 | 162.85 | top 52% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 67% | 2019-08-09 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.5 yrs
2013-02-15 → 2019-08-09
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 162.85 · weakest Chicken (155.39)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
636.28
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
142
69–106 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,003
3 mapped stops · furthest 2,003 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$12,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
5.5 yrs
2013-02-15 → 2018-08-10
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash
- 2018
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9712 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score648.9712 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Brisket)170.8228 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1494) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2019
- Most recent contest Maryland State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.4 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash | 2013-02-15 |
| -2.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 88% | 88% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 87% | 87% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 22 / 30 (633.5772) | 27 (150.8000) | 12 (167.4172) | 26 (152.5028) | 18 (162.8572) |
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 23 / 38 (648.9712) | 30 (154.2172) | 27 (157.1200) | 9 (166.8112) | 9 (170.8228) |
| 2013-02-15 | Chubby Hubby BBQ Bash Mesa, AZ | 21 / 29 (626.2856) | 18 (161.1428) | 24 (154.8574) | 24 (155.4284) | 21 (154.8570) |