High-water mark
665.5772
career-best overall
92.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 665.5772 at Grills Gone Wild — 92.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 9, 2024
WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ
WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 14th of 21 at the Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020). They are ranked #4768 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1468
peak 1468 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 7, 2020
latest Feb 9, 2024 · 3.5 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 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.25 · weakest Brisket (160.94)
Road miles
778
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 456 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Purse competed for
$54K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.53 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
488.46 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
145 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,763 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4,746 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,781 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1467
Level with WHISKEY CHURCH BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,755 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,761 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1468
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4172 | 160.5144 | 162.35 | top 85% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 158.8344 | 164.76 | top 77% |
| Pork | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 166.2284 | 170.25 | top 46% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0972 | 157.0628 | 160.94 | top 81% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 78% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 78% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
FL
4 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
Opponents faced
210
finished ahead 43 times, behind 220
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
Aug 7, 2020 → Jan 13, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20243 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score665.5772 Grills Gone Wild
- Most recent contest Grills Gone Wild
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score488.4572 Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1497) Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.2 | Lakeland Pig Festival | Jan 26, 2024 |
| -8.6 | Grills Gone Wild | Feb 9, 2024 |
| -7.7 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show | Jan 4, 2024 |
| -4.4 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest | Jan 13, 2023 |
| -2.6 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 7, 2020 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 92.4% | 92.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 77% | 90.7% | 90.7% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 9, 2024 | Grills Gone Wild 🏅 Davenport, FL | 25 / 28 (665.5772) | 26 (163.4172) | 19 (170.8228) | 18 (169.6800) | 25 (161.6572) |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 53 / 61 (660.9712) | 52 (163.3828) | 54 (163.3828) | 15 (174.2628) | 55 (159.9428) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 8th Annual Jimmy Jam BBQ Slam & Car Show 🏅 Elkton, FL | 30 / 43 (662.6628) | 34 (162.8000) | 27 (168.5372) | 32 (166.2284) | 26 (165.0972) |
| Jan 13, 2023 | Southern Sunshine BBQ Fest 🏅 Lake Wales, FL | 20 / 26 (652.9024) | 22 (161.6456) | 21 (162.2284) | 7 (171.9656) | 22 (157.0628) |
| Aug 7, 2020 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) Glencoe, AL | 14 / 21 (488.4572) | 17 (160.5144) | 18 (158.8344) | 8 (169.1084) | — |