WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS

WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2018. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at The Best Damn BBQ Contest (2015). They are ranked #790 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#790

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1628

peak 1649 · rated over 33 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2013

latest Oct 12, 2018 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#256

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

20 podiums

Overall top-10s

41% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

691.3484 / 720

Master · BBQ and Fly In on the River

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

659.11 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 666.86 (-7.75)

Walk rate

76%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · The Best Damn BBQ Contest

Consistency

±15.73

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 168.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.41)

Road miles

3,344

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 193 mi

Schedule strength

47%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)

Master avg

666.86 / 720

34 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (17 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

Against the odds

13-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 87 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at The Best Damn BBQ Contest (Apr 10, 2015) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 13-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, TRUEBUD BBQ.

Giant slayer

52 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 52-team field at The Best Damn BBQ Contest.

Apr 10, 2015

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Platte City BBQ Cook-Off (May 10, 2013).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

76% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 26 of 34 contests

A top-10 category call in 76% of their 34 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

691.3484 career-best overall

96.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 691.3484 at BBQ and Fly In on the River — 96.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 19, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

SMOOTH SMOKE has finished one call ahead of WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2015 1 Grand Championship

2015 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 19%.

8 contests
5 overall top-10s
2 category wins
average top 19%

A tough matchup

15–3 behind in the head-to-head

GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 83% of their meetings

GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 15 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.3 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.30 points below their pork, and turns into a call 18% of the time against 50%.

Pork Ribs avg 163.41
Pork avg 168.71
6 calls in 34 entries

The drought

25 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at The Best Damn BBQ Contest on Apr 10, 2015 — 25 contests and 11.5 years ago.

last GC Apr 10, 2015
11.5 years ago

A strong matchup

8–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 89% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG NEWTON in 8 of their 9 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

11 of 18 shared pork entries lost

GETTIN' BASTED ahead 61% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, GETTIN' BASTED has out-cooked them in 11 of 18 shared pork entries.

A May team

Top 24% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 24% across 5 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

5 May contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,344 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,344 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 193 miles to Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge.

34 mapped stops
furthest 193 mi

The metronome

±2.18% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.18% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.6% of a perfect score
34 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked BBQ and Fly In on the River every year from 2013 to 2017 — the contest they never miss.

5 visits in all
best finish 6th

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018 ↗	Master	#951 (302 pts)	#729 (487 pts)	#1107 (262 pts)	#945 (337 pts)	#803 (422 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#564 (696 pts)	#526 (756 pts)	#674 (606 pts)	#556 (711 pts)	#323 (1,141 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#413 (953 pts)	#402 (968 pts)	#738 (543 pts)	#233 (1,343 pts)	#264 (1,258 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#256 (1,287 pts)	#316 (1,127 pts)	#507 (772 pts)	#242 (1,242 pts)	#381 (982 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1867 (115 pts)	#1791 (140 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#1498 (190 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#844 (358 pts)	#1037 (298 pts)	#583 (568 pts)	#561 (588 pts)	#1206 (233 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS, each with one reason worth a look.

29 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Hoggy Style BBQ

#791 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1631

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokin Hot J's

#789 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1668

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS)

They've been 1668 at their best, 40 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 53 contests
last seen Mar 23, 2019

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SIZZLIN' BONES BBQ

#795 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 4
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1694

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS)

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 57 contests to 34.

rated over 55 contests
last seen Oct 26, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

Three Brothers Different Mothers

#794 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 110
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1721

1–3 in 4 shared contests (25% to WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS)

110 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 29% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 110 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

FAT ANDY'S BBQ

#796 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1633

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 8, 2017

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FRONT DOOR GANG

#793 of the rated field

1628 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1641

Level with WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2016

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
DIRT ROAD BBQ	21	6	15	29%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
VALLEY OAKS STEAK COMPANY	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
SLAPS BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
THUMP & STRUM BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS BBQ MO	15	5	10	33%	⚔ compare
BURNT FINGER BBQ	14	5	9	36%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
SMOKE RINGERS	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
GONNA GET MESSY	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
SMOOTH SMOKE	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	34	13	2	6	180 🔥	158.2856	168.54	top 36%
Pork Ribs	34	6	1	1	174.8572	143.3484	163.41	top 54%
Pork	34	17	3	8	177.7028	156.5256	168.71	top 35%
Brisket	34	15	1	5	177.7144	143.8856	166.21	top 34%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 53%
Medium (20–39)	13	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	20	1	top 33%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	29	1	top 36%
KS	3	0	top 32%
NE	2	0	top 53%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
BBQ and Fly In on the River	5	6	top 40%	Aug 18, 2017
Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	2	8	top 53%	Sep 2, 2017
The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2	24	top 46%	Apr 7, 2017
Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2	8	top 36%	May 16, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 8 contests

Contests a season 5.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 29 of 34 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 27 4 of them more than once

First title Apr 10, 2015 The Best Damn BBQ Contest

Opponents faced 1,380 finished ahead 1,908 times, behind 791

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone

Oct 12 Most recent contest Anchor City Cook Off

20172 milestones

Apr 7 25th tracked contest The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake
Sep 8 Peak power rating (1649) Hog Wild West BBQ Contest

20161 milestone

Aug 19 Career-best overall score691.3484 BBQ and Fly In on the River

20155 milestones

Apr 10 First overall podium The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 First Grand Championship The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 First perfect 180 (Chicken) The Best Damn BBQ Contest
Apr 10 Biggest field won (52 teams) The Best Damn BBQ Contest
May 15 10th tracked contest 20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off

20136 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First call Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First category win (Pork Ribs) Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First overall top-10 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First multi-meat day Platte City BBQ Cook-Off
May 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score668 Platte City BBQ Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18	The Best Damn BBQ Contest	Apr 10, 2015
+14.3	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	May 15, 2015
+14.2	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ	Sep 11, 2015
+13.8	3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off	Jun 26, 2015
+11.7	BBQ and Fly In on the River	Aug 19, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.2	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge	Sep 3, 2016
-9.1	Table Rock Boats and Bones	Sep 22, 2018
-6.9	Smokin' on the River	Jul 19, 2013
-5.2	Anchor City Cook Off	Oct 12, 2018
-4.6	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake	Jun 1, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2018	4	0	0	0	75%	top 58%	91.6%	91%
2017	6	0	3	1	100%	top 32%	94.1%	93.4%
2016	8	0	4	2	75%	top 33%	96%	93.4%
2015	8	1	5	2	63%	top 19%	95.7%	94.5%
2014	3	0	0	0	67%	top 43%	92.4%	91.3%
2013	5	0	2	2	80%	top 54%	92.8%	89.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 12, 2018	Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO	20 / 33 (659.8512)	10 (170.2856)	29 (158.2172)	14 (169.1084)	20 (162.2400)
Sep 22, 2018	Table Rock Boats and Bones Kimberling, MO	26 / 35 (651.8740)	9 (170.8228)	29 (160)	26 (157.6456)	21 (163.4056)
Jul 27, 2018	Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO	27 / 66 (653.0400)	19 (167.3828)	41 (157.1428)	41 (159.3828)	13 (169.1316)
Jun 1, 2018	7th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	16 / 29 (655.4172)	12 (164.5600)	19 (160)	15 (163.9772)	9 (166.8800)
Sep 8, 2017	Hog Wild West BBQ Contest Leavenworth, KS	7 / 25 (675.3828)	3 (172.5600)	15 (163.4400)	17 (162.8000)	1 (176.5828)
Sep 2, 2017	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	8 / 29 (673.5656)	22 (161.0972)	8 (168.5256)	2 (176.5600)	7 (167.3828)
Aug 18, 2017	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	27 / 65 (667.3604)	27 (167.3944)	47 (160.0004)	31 (166.8228)	5 (173.1428)
Jun 2, 2017	6th Annual Smokin On The Lake Monroe City, MO	6 / 27 (677.0740)	14 (162.8112)	5 (170.8572)	10 (169.7028)	3 (173.7028)
May 19, 2017	22nd Annual Platte City BBQ Cook Off at Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	16 / 59 (677.6340)	4 (174.8572)	42 (161.1084)	13 (171.4056)	13 (170.2628)
Apr 7, 2017	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	25 / 54 (663.8968)	20 (167.3712)	35 (164.5256)	38 (160.5716)	6 (171.4284)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	127 / 557 (671.9656)	131 (170.2628)	125 (170.2856)	323 (162.8228)	136 (168.5944)
Oct 7, 2016	Cookin on the Kaw DeSoto, KS	25 / 56 (669.6000)	45 (162.2400)	46 (159.3828)	1 (177.7028)	10 (170.2744)
Sep 3, 2016	Septemberfest BBQ & Rib-eye Steak Cookoff Challenge Omaha, NE	35 / 45 (647.3140)	25 (164.5944)	37 (155.9312)	36 (159.9656)	18 (166.8228)
Aug 19, 2016	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	6 / 56 (691.3484)	9 (172.5600)	26 (169.1200)	4 (177.7028)	5 (171.9656)
Jul 8, 2016	9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO	9 / 26 (673.7144)	1 (178.3200)	17 (161.6916)	18 (165.1428)	9 (168.5600)
Jun 3, 2016	5th Annual Smokin on the Lake Monroe City, MO	3 / 22 (686.8228)	2 (176)	16 (161.6800)	2 (176)	3 (173.1428)
May 13, 2016	21st Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-off At Basswood Resort Platte City, MO	6 / 51 (680.5028)	28 (164.5256)	28 (162.2628)	2 (176)	2 (177.7144)
Apr 8, 2016	The Best Damn BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	24 / 53 (658.1600)	45 (158.7884)	45 (155.9544)	10 (172)	7 (171.4172)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	117 / 606 (672.5716)	305 (163.9772)	55 (173.1772)	151 (168.5828)	194 (166.8344)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	74 / 187 (678.2628)	113 (167.4628)	49 (173.1544)	134 (165.6800)	64 (171.9656)
Sep 11, 2015	Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO	3 / 76 (686.8112)	17 (169.7144)	7 (174.2856)	5 (173.1084)	13 (169.7028)
Sep 4, 2015	Smokin in the Golden Valley Clinton, MO	6 / 31 (678.2056)	9 (169.1428)	7 (169.1200)	6 (170.8228)	11 (169.1200)
Aug 14, 2015	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	32 / 67 (662.7772)	13 (171.4172)	48 (158.2744)	29 (166.2628)	24 (166.8228)
Jun 26, 2015	3rd Annual Willard Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	4 / 31 (687.8972)	11 (171.9772)	13 (166.2400)	2 (175.4172)	3 (174.2628)
May 15, 2015	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	4 / 51 (685.7028)	3 (175.4400)	28 (162.2628)	1 (175.4172)	6 (172.5828)
Apr 10, 2015	The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO	1 / 52 (689.1544)	1 (180)	19 (167.4516)	7 (172.5828)	9 (169.1200)
Aug 15, 2014	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	17 / 51 (665.0172)	12 (170.8228)	35 (159.9428)	6 (174.2972)	30 (159.9544)
Jun 26, 2014	2nd Annual Freedom Feast BBQ Cook-Off Willard, MO	14 / 35 (655.2796)	10 (170.2628)	22 (161.0856)	10 (167.4284)	18 (156.5028)
May 16, 2014	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	28 / 50 (651.2916)	17 (166.2400)	21 (165.1316)	29 (162.8456)	33 (157.0744)
Oct 18, 2013	Sons of the American Legion Red, White and Blue BBQ Smithville, MO	9 / 17 (655.3944)	10 (162.2400)	6 (168.5600)	3 (176.0228)	14 (148.5716)
Sep 27, 2013	Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO	25 / 39 (636.9600)	20 (166.2516)	32 (155.4056)	4 (171.4172)	34 (143.8856)
Aug 16, 2013	BBQ and Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO	44 / 66 (631.2916)	2 (174.8688)	63 (143.3484)	57 (156.5256)	42 (156.5488)
Jul 19, 2013	Smokin' on the River Glasgow, MO	26 / 36 (634.1140)	16 (165.6800)	15 (163.3944)	23 (159.9656)	34 (145.0740)
May 10, 2013	Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	8 / 52 (668)	38 (158.2856)	1 (174.8572)	1 (174.2858)	25 (160.5714)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

WHISKEY,WOMEN & WIBS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (17 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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

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

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