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THE LICKS

THE LICKS is a competition barbecue team with 15 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 38th of 41 at the Sertoma 48 BBQ (2018). They are ranked #6181 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,181
of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1422
peak 1422 · rated over 15 contests

Contests

15
in the data

First seen

Jun 21, 2013
latest Jun 27, 2025 · 12 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1148
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 15 contests

Avg finish

top 74%
overall standings

Best overall

654.0796 / 720
Master · The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

620.86 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 618.28 (+2.58)

Walk rate

0%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1084
Pork · Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship

Consistency

±17.22
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 158.44 · weakest Brisket (151.22)

Road miles

165
across 15 mapped stops

Schedule strength

15%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1522)

Purse competed for

$99K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 12 state-championship entries

Master avg

618.28 / 720
15 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

14–0 behind in the head-to-head

HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS has come out ahead in 14 of their 14 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.22 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Brisket avg 151.22
  • Pork avg 158.44
  • 0 calls in 15 entries

A strong matchup

10–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of No Clue BBQ in 10 of their 12 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

12 of 13 shared pork entries lost

Four Men and A Pig ahead 92% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Four Men and A Pig has out-cooked them in 12 of 13 shared pork entries.

The metronome

±2.39% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.39% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 85.9% of a perfect score
  • 15 contests
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Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1148 (60 pts) #1221 (60 pts) #1293 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts) #1190 (60 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1255 (60 pts) #1319 (60 pts) #1432 (60 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #1296 (60 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #1309 (60 pts) #1341 (60 pts) #1404 (60 pts) #1348 (60 pts) #1333 (60 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1236 (60 pts) #1286 (60 pts) #1164 (100 pts) #1262 (60 pts) #1245 (60 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #2274 (60 pts) #2353 (60 pts) #2349 (60 pts) #1818 (130 pts) #2345 (60 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1970 (75 pts) #2073 (75 pts) #2043 (75 pts) #2080 (75 pts) #2034 (75 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THE LICKS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

JUST FOR FUN
#6,179 of the rated field
1422 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1422
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to THE LICKS)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team THE LICKS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 14 contests
  • last seen Apr 26, 2019
⚔ Head-to-head
Smoke Wagon BBQ
#6,175 of the rated field
1423 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
6%
Peak
1423

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Sep 26, 2025
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SMOKIN OKIES
#6,178 of the rated field
1422 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1422

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before THE LICKS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 18 contests
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ALWAYS SAUCED
#6,173 of the rated field
1423 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1423

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 15, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Jun 12, 2026
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A & A BBQ
#6,183 of the rated field
1422 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1422

Level with THE LICKS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jun 6, 2025
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SMOKE DADDY INC VOODOO BBQ
#6,184 of the rated field
1422 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1422

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Sep 7, 2018
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HAROLD'S HOT MEAT SMOKERS 14 0 14 0% ⚔ compare
DUNN UP BBQ 13 8 5 62% ⚔ compare
PASSIONS OF THE PIT 13 2 11 15% ⚔ compare
B & C SMOKERS 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig 13 0 13 0% ⚔ compare
No Clue BBQ 12 10 2 83% ⚔ compare
Slow Cookin' Cats 12 7 5 58% ⚔ compare
The Drizzlers 12 7 5 58% ⚔ compare
B&D BBQ 12 6 6 50% ⚔ compare
Every Man A Smoker 12 6 6 50% ⚔ compare
Grill on Grill Action 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
Nice Rack 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
Smokin Engineers 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
Too Hot to Handle 12 5 7 42% ⚔ compare
Animal House BBQ 12 4 8 33% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 15 0 0 0 167.9656 142.2858 154.80 top 73%
Pork Ribs 15 0 0 0 171.9884 119.7716 153.81 top 66%
Pork 15 0 0 0 173.1084 145.6572 158.44 top 62%
Brisket 15 0 0 0 169.1200 131.9088 151.22 top 68%

“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.

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 5 48 0 top 69% Jun 27, 2025
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 4 114 0 top 66% Jun 24, 2016
Sertoma 48 BBQ 2 38 0 top 95% May 4, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 2 contests
Contests a season 1.3 across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 15 of 15 contests
Contests visited 7 3 of them more than once
Opponents faced 631 finished ahead 658 times, behind 1,553
Longest layoff 2 yrs Jun 21, 2019 → Jun 25, 2021

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

20251 milestone
  1. Most recent contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20212 milestones
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.0796 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
  2. Career-best overall score654.0796 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20191 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20161 milestone
  1. Career-best single call (Pork)173.1084 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20132 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  2. Peak power rating (1494) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+8.5The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 25, 2021
+6.4The Great Lenexa BBQ BattleJun 22, 2018
+2.3The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-12.4Sertoma 48 BBQ (JUDGESFULL)May 5, 2017
-12The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 27, 2025
-11The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 24, 2022
-10.1Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State ChampionshipJun 23, 2017
-9.5The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State ChampionshipJun 21, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 99% 84% 84%
20241000 0% top 90% 84.4% 84.4%
20231000 0% top 72% 87.7% 87.7%
20221000 0% top 93% 84.2% 84.2%
20211000 0% top 33% 90.8% 90.8%
20192000 0% top 70% 89% 86.7%
20182000 0% top 66% 89.4% 86.1%
20172000 0% top 92% 83.7% 83.3%
20161000 0% top 62% 86.8% 86.8%
20151000 0% top 68% 86.6% 86.6%
20141000 0% top 67% 85.5% 85.5%
20131000 0% top 68% 85.9% 85.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jun 27, 2025 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 157 / 159 (604.8684) 128 (157.6912) 158 (143.8972) 144 (154.2172) 136 (149.0628)
Jun 21, 2024 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 155 / 172 (607.8628) 158 (149.1200) 48 (168.5372) 153 (153.1084) 168 (137.0972)
Jun 23, 2023 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 121 / 167 (631.2800) 119 (158.8572) 104 (161.0972) 132 (157.1200) 124 (154.2056)
Jun 24, 2022 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 152 / 164 (606.2052) 147 (150.8684) 77 (163.9884) 136 (154.8456) 157 (136.5028)
Jun 25, 2021 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 48 / 145 (654.0796) 31 (167.9656) 17 (171.9884) 94 (159.3600) 95 (154.7656)
Jun 21, 2019 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 95 / 183 (640.4912) 138 (154.8340) 133 (153.6800) 72 (164.5600) 44 (167.4172)
May 31, 2019 Smoke on the Bricks 🏅 Baldwin City, KS 43 / 49 (608.3656) 40 (157.0972) 47 (144.5028) 36 (158.2512) 44 (148.5144)
Jun 22, 2018 The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle Lenexa, KS 71 / 185 (643.9312) 94 (158.8456) 33 (168.5600) 94 (159.4056) 96 (157.1200)
May 4, 2018 Sertoma 48 BBQ Lawrence, KS 38 / 41 (595.6912) 38 (150.1940) 40 (144.4572) 39 (145.6572) 28 (155.3828)
Jun 23, 2017 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 160 / 184 (602.5488) 46 (165.1200) 183 (119.7716) 41 (166.8456) 128 (150.8116)
May 5, 2017 Sertoma 48 BBQ (JUDGESFULL) Lawrence, KS 43 / 44 (596.3888) 43 (149.1200) 40 (149.0860) 35 (155.4056) 40 (142.7772)
Jun 24, 2016 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 114 / 183 (625.0172) 112 (156) 61 (164) 11 (173.1084) 175 (131.9088)
Jun 26, 2015 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 124 / 183 (623.2912) 153 (150.2400) 139 (152.5600) 158 (151.3712) 25 (169.1200)
Jun 27, 2014 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 123 / 184 (615.8284) 140 (153.6912) 145 (149.6572) 67 (161.6684) 121 (150.8116)
Jun 21, 2013 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 124 / 183 (618.2860) 171 (142.2858) 139 (151.4286) 73 (161.7144) 47 (162.8572)

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