Brown Liquor BBQ VA

Power ranking

#989

of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1538

peak 1591 · rated over 34 contests

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 / 720

Master · SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2

Perfect 180s

Current form

673.47 ▼

last 5 Master vs 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 Master 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

Schedule strength

67%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Purse competed for

$262K

listed at 30 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 33 state-championship entries

Master avg

675.35 / 720

34 Master contests · 0 GCs

⚔ 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

Accutech 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.

😤 Chicken nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 19 of 23 shared chicken entries.

📅 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 #969 · 1539 · VA Que N Cue #936 · 1542 · VA NM/SS #900 · 1545 · VA South of the James BBQ #1081 · 1531 · VA K-10 BBQ #874 · 1547 · VA SAUCE THIS BBQ #865 · 1548 · VA

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	23	4	19	17%	⚔ compare
OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE	23	3	20	13%	⚔ compare
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	22	1	21	5%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	20	6	14	30%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
BIG DOG BBQ VA	19	14	5	74%	⚔ compare
SMOKECRAFT - MD	19	6	13	32%	⚔ compare
FRED VEGAS SMOKERS	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
BLUE & GRAY BBQ	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	17	11	6	65%	⚔ compare
Off The Rack BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
CHUNKY BBQ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
Optimus Swine	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
LAKEVIEW BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare

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%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	8	10	top 62%	2025-03-22
New Holland Summer Fest	3	12	top 30%	2023-08-25
Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	2	20	top 76%	2024-08-10
Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2	5	top 24%	2023-10-13

The story so far

Busiest season: 2023 (8 contests)
Cooks mostly in VA (21 of 38 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (38 entries)
Average Master overall score: 675.35 / 720

Milestones

🚩 2019-02-01 — First tracked contest · Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
📣 2019-02-01 — First call · Brasstown Valley Resort BBQ Throwdown (JUDGES FULL)
⭐ 2021-10-23 — Career-best overall score (707.3944) · SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2
🎖️ 2023-08-11 — 25th tracked contest · Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown (One Meat Ribs)
📈 2023-10-13 — Peak power rating (1591) · Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.9	SC - BBQ Shoot Out Day 2	2021-10-23
+12.2	Americamps BBQ Masters Throwdown Day 2	2023-08-12
+12.1	15th annual Recovery Fest/ 10th annual State BBQ Championship (JUDGES FULL)	2019-09-06
+12	Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down	2022-10-07
+11.2	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2022-03-26

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.6	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard)	2025-03-22
-13.3	BBQ Gives Back (Day 2)	2021-03-27
-11.5	18th Annual Recovery Fest and 12th Annual KCBS BBQ Cookoff	2022-09-09
-11.3	BBQ Gives Back (Day 1)	2021-03-26
-10.3	Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2)	2024-08-10

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	3	0	0	0%	top 86%	93.2%	92.2%
2024	6	0	0	50%	top 64%	95.1%	94.2%
2023	8	3	0	63%	top 30%	96.6%	95.6%
2022	6	2	1	100%	top 41%	96.9%	94.6%
2021	6	2	2	33%	top 59%	98.2%	93.1%
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 63%	92%	92%
2019	8	1	1	100%	top 39%	94.7%	92.8%

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)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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)