High-water mark
667.2456
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.2456 at The Downtown BBQ Showdown — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-11-08
Whiskey Church
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-09-27
latest 2024-11-08
Best ToY finish
#1034
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.11 · weakest Chicken (160.80)
Road miles
924
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 924 mi
Purse competed for
$92K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.45 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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 Church has 2 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 121 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.
#3347 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Whiskey Church)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Whiskey Church has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3330 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 6%
- Peak
- 1502
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Whiskey Church)
33 contests to 3: their number has had years to settle where Whiskey Church's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3332 of the rated field
- Contests
- 71
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 4%
- Peak
- 1497
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Whiskey Church)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 66 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#3340 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with Whiskey Church on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Whiskey Church's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3828 | 158.2172 | 160.80 | top 75% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 167.9772 | 168.83 | top 52% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 170.2628 | 171.11 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 160.0344 | 163.71 | top 62% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 64% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2023-09-27 → 2024-11-08
Busiest season
2023
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 171.11 · weakest Chicken (160.80)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
664.45
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
505
181–329 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
924
3 mapped stops · furthest 924 mi
Purse competed for
$92,425
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2023-09-27 → 2024-11-08
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- 2024
- First call The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best overall score667.2456 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.9656 The Downtown BBQ Showdown
- Most recent contest The Downtown BBQ Showdown
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-08 | The Downtown BBQ Showdown 🏅 Lake City, FL | 17 / 26 (667.2456) | 20 (158.2172) | 13 (169.6800) | 9 (171.9656) | 13 (167.3828) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 314 / 487 (661.6572) | 359 (163.3828) | 261 (167.9772) | 186 (170.2628) | 359 (160.0344) |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1034 (91 pts) | #1161 (76 pts) | #1116 (111 pts) | #892 (136 pts) | #1007 (111 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #1432 (60 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |