High-water mark
683.9656
career-best overall
95.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 683.9656 at 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ — 95.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 17, 2015
Whiskey Pit BBQ
Whiskey Pit BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 11th of 34 at the Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off (2017).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Oct 3, 2013
latest Sep 27, 2024 · 11 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.98
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (155.73)
Road miles
655
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 152 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$6,350
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
655.56 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Whiskey Pit BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
Whiskey Pit BBQ has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 81 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,635 of the rated field
- Contests
- 44
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 2%
- Peak
- 1571
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Whiskey Pit BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Whiskey Pit BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,645 of the rated field
- Contests
- 53
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1529
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Whiskey Pit BBQ)
53 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Whiskey Pit BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,638 of the rated field
- Contests
- 74
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1515
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Whiskey Pit BBQ)
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 69 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1515
They turned up 10 years after Whiskey Pit BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#2,655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Whiskey Pit BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 141.7256 | 164.21 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8572 | 140.4684 | 155.73 | top 69% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4056 | 160.5028 | 164.88 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 177.1428 | 165.1428 | 170.74 | top 19% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 36% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 53% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 5 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
351
finished ahead 197 times, behind 184
Longest layoff
7.6 yrs
Mar 10, 2017 → Sep 27, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Shawnee Great Grillers
20171 milestone
- Peak power rating (1529) Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off
20151 milestone
- Career-best overall score683.9656 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ
20134 milestones
- First tracked contest 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- First call 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.7428 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
- Career-best single call (Brisket)177.1428 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ | Apr 17, 2015 |
| +10.1 | Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off | Mar 10, 2017 |
| +5.1 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Oct 17, 2014 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Shawnee Great Grillers | Sep 27, 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 17% | 95% | 95% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 40% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 49% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2024 | Shawnee Great Grillers 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 68 / 73 (621.6340) | 73 (141.7256) | 68 (154.2628) | 55 (160.5028) | 29 (165.1428) |
| Mar 10, 2017 | Kansas Winter Q and Chest to Chest National Cook Off Great Bend, KS | 11 / 34 (672.4912) | 16 (167.3828) | 19 (163.4172) | 13 (167.4056) | 5 (174.2856) |
| Apr 17, 2015 | 10th Annual Roberts Ranch Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK | 13 / 75 (683.9656) | 13 (174.2628) | 5 (174.8572) | 45 (165.7028) | 18 (169.1428) |
| Oct 17, 2014 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 12 / 30 (636.9828) | 10 (164.5372) | 27 (140.4684) | 10 (163.9772) | 4 (168) |
| Oct 3, 2013 | 34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO | 85 / 174 (662.7428) | 25 (173.1200) | 172 (145.6572) | 73 (166.8228) | 6 (177.1428) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.