Brown Liquor BBQ VA

Power ranking

#969

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1539

peak 1591

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-01

latest 2025-03-22

Best ToY finish

#295

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 38 contests

Avg finish

top 49%

overall standings

Best overall

707.3944

SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2

Perfect 180s

Current form

673.47 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 675.35 (-1.88)

Walk rate

66%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

179.4400

Chicken · Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 1

Consistency

±14.57

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.43 · weakest Brisket (167.45)

Road miles

5794

mi across 38 mapped stops · furthest 728 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

BLUE & GRAY BBQ has finished one call ahead of Brown Liquor BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BUD WISER'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 21 of their 22 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of BIG DOG BBQ VA in 14 of their 19 shared contests.

📅 A October team

Something about October: average finish in the top 34% across 5 contests, versus top 49% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)

TASTE OF GRACE #954 · 1539 · VA Que N Cue #918 · 1542 · VA NM/SS #886 · 1545 · VA South of the James BBQ #1064 · 1532 · VA K-10 BBQ #851 · 1548 · VA SAUCE THIS BBQ #844 · 1548 · VA

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	13	1	5	179.4400	161.6568	170.43	top 47%
Pork Ribs	38	11	1	3	178.8572	158.2172	168.96	top 50%
Pork	34	14	2	4	178.8800	151.3484	168.44	top 48%
Brisket	34	8	0	1	178.8572	155.3600	167.45	top 51%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
VA	17	top 55%
NC	5	top 42%
PA	5	top 30%
GA	3	top 60%
SC	2	top 37%
FL	1	top 40%
MD	1	top 53%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 49%
Large (40+)	15	top 47%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (8 contests)
Cooks mostly in VA (21 of 38 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (38 entries)
All-time average overall score: 675.35

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2025	3	0	671.3144	663.56
2024	6	0	684.4800	677.93
2023	8	0	695.4288	688.02
2022	6	1	697.6800	681.05
2021	6	2	707.3944	670.36
2020	1	0	662.6740	662.67
2019	8	1	681.6340	668.24

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2025-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	42 / 43 (655.8056)	33 (168.5256)	42 (158.8000)	40 (162.8000)	34 (165.6800)
2025-03-21	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	33 / 45 (671.3144)	28 (169.7028)	21 (171.9772)	38 (164.5372)	31 (165.0972)
2025-03-21	BBQ Gives Back (ONE MEAT RIBS) Urbanna, VA	—	—	11 (169.1200)	—	—
2024-08-10	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) Ashland, VA	22 / 28 (678.7196)	5 (176.5600)	15 (172.5600)	22 (166.2284)	25 (163.3712)
2024-08-09	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) Ashland, VA	20 / 27 (677.0284)	25 (162.8112)	18 (169.6800)	14 (171.9772)	11 (172.5600)
2024-03-23	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	17 / 42 (684.4800)	10 (175.4172)	37 (162.7884)	28 (169.6800)	3 (176.5944)
2024-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	27 / 45 (671.8624)	22 (170.8572)	39 (161.6340)	14 (171.4056)	25 (167.9656)
2024-03-22	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA	—	—	18 (166.2400)	—	—
2024-02-23	Mission Farms King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	17 / 26 (677.5656)	17 (169.6800)	12 (170.8228)	10 (170.8228)	22 (166.2400)
2023-10-13	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	8 / 27 (685.6112)	12 (170.8228)	6 (172.5600)	10 (169.1084)	9 (173.1200)
2023-08-25	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	12 / 44 (671.8856)	4 (175.4056)	13 (167.4172)	2 (173.7028)	32 (155.3600)
2023-08-12	Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 2 Ashland, VA	7 / 26 (695.4288)	4 (177.7372)	16 (170.2744)	3 (176.0000)	15 (171.4172)
2023-08-11	Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 1 Ashland, VA	14 / 28 (693.6456)	2 (179.4400)	23 (169.1084)	7 (176.5600)	20 (168.5372)
2023-08-11	Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown (One Meat Ribs) Ashland, VA	—	—	11 (168.5372)	—	—
2023-03-25	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	13 / 46 (690.7768)	17 (174.8456)	25 (170.2628)	17 (172.5600)	12 (173.1084)
2023-03-24	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	10 / 53 (690.7656)	21 (173.1200)	2 (178.8572)	32 (167.9656)	17 (170.8228)
2023-03-24	BBQ Gives Back (One Meat Ribs) Urbanna, VA	—	—	12 (169.6800)	—	—
2022-10-07	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down Rocky Mount, NC	5 / 27 (693.1084)	5 (177.1428)	8 (173.7028)	9 (174.2628)	9 (168.0000)
2022-09-09	18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff Hanover, VA	16 / 17 (662.7084)	17 (162.8228)	10 (169.6800)	7 (171.9772)	15 (158.2284)
2022-08-26	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	17 / 49 (673.0400)	23 (167.9656)	7 (174.8572)	23 (163.9428)	21 (166.2744)
2022-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) Urbanna, VA	8 / 50 (697.6800)	7 (176.5828)	8 (176.5600)	23 (173.1200)	18 (171.4172)
2022-03-18	Mission Farm's King of the Farm Iron Station, NC	15 / 33 (679.3372)	32 (163.9656)	20 (170.8228)	1 (177.7144)	17 (166.8344)
2022-01-28	Lakeland Pig Festival Lakeland, FL	24 / 60 (680.4224)	2 (177.7028)	44 (165.0856)	39 (165.6684)	17 (171.9656)
2021-10-23	SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2 Summerville, SC	3 / 15 (707.3944)	1 (178.8572)	11 (173.1200)	4 (176.5600)	4 (178.8572)
2021-10-22	SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 1 Summerville, SC	8 / 15 (692.4568)	10 (173.1084)	1 (178.8572)	13 (167.3828)	8 (173.1084)
2021-08-27	New Holland Summer Fest New Holland, PA	12 / 44 (664.4456)	12 (167.9656)	11 (167.3944)	17 (164.5600)	18 (164.5256)
2021-03-27	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) Urbanna, VA	38 / 40 (643.8744)	30 (166.2628)	36 (158.2172)	38 (157.6916)	36 (161.7028)
2021-03-26	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) Urbanna, VA	38 / 46 (650.1372)	33 (163.9772)	24 (164.5488)	44 (151.3484)	16 (170.2628)
2021-02-05	Brasstown Valley BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS & JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	24 / 31 (663.8516)	26 (165.0856)	23 (168.5716)	12 (168.5372)	26 (161.6572)
2020-02-07	Brasstown Valley Winter BBQ Throwdown (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	20 / 32 (662.6740)	28 (164.5256)	8 (171.9656)	24 (161.6572)	20 (164.5256)
2019-11-01	Currituck Heritage Bulls & BBQ Festival Powells Point, NC	13 / 25 (668.5144)	3 (172.0116)	4 (173.1544)	16 (166.8228)	21 (156.5256)
2019-10-04	Que & Cruz Louisa, VA	13 / 28 (663.3144)	16 (166.2744)	11 (167.4172)	8 (167.3828)	15 (162.2400)
2019-09-06	15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL) Richmond, VA	5 / 31 (681.6340)	20 (165.6684)	17 (163.3828)	1 (178.8800)	4 (173.7028)
2019-08-09	Maryland State BBQ Bash Belair, MD	16 / 30 (658.1828)	3 (171.9772)	21 (159.3828)	20 (161.1200)	10 (165.7028)
2019-06-28	York County BBQ Festival Delta, PA	13 / 48 (674.1940)	7 (173.1544)	10 (170.2856)	42 (155.3368)	4 (175.4172)
2019-06-21	8th Annual Covington Cork & Pork Festival Covington, VA	13 / 32 (664.3880)	16 (166.2628)	16 (163.9428)	7 (170.8112)	16 (163.3712)
2019-04-05	The Ironman Greencastle, PA	15 / 42 (656.9596)	29 (161.6568)	23 (161.6572)	6 (170.8228)	16 (162.8228)
2019-02-01	Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	11 / 27 (678.7428)	21 (166.8228)	2 (177.7144)	9 (167.9772)	20 (166.2284)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023 ↗	Master	#629 (255 pts)	#834 (180 pts)	#520 (443 pts)	#867 (160 pts)	#731 (225 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#333 (692 pts)	#293 (812 pts)	#352 (727 pts)	#317 (767 pts)	#389 (602 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#295 (656 pts)	#300 (681 pts)	#302 (696 pts)	#329 (631 pts)	#315 (641 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#509 (192 pts)	#417 (282 pts)	#362 (352 pts)	#617 (157 pts)	#621 (152 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#370 (873 pts)	#420 (803 pts)	#316 (978 pts)	#287 (1058 pts)	#379 (873 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#843 (375 pts)	#1036 (290 pts)	#811 (435 pts)	#846 (400 pts)	#1049 (280 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#720 (524 pts)	#753 (529 pts)	#532 (754 pts)	#573 (699 pts)	#850 (454 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#453 (874 pts)	#557 (729 pts)	#441 (909 pts)	#399 (984 pts)	#499 (824 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#460 (839 pts)	#584 (669 pts)	#401 (924 pts)	#494 (784 pts)	#291 (1179 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1510 (165 pts)	#1870 (130 pts)	#1842 (130 pts)	#1111 (295 pts)	#1126 (280 pts)