LONGNECK SIPPERS

LONGNECK SIPPERS is a competition barbecue team with 25 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2018. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the BBQ & Blues on the Levee (2017). They are ranked #782 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings and hold 1 all-time KCBS record.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

most clean sweeps

Power ranking

#782

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1630

peak 1630 · rated over 25 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 6, 2015

latest Oct 5, 2018 · 3.6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#265

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

40% of 25 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

695.9772 / 720

Master · BBQ & Blues on the Levee

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.62 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 672.50 (-6.88)

Walk rate

84%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · Grillin'@Gator Grounds

Consistency

±12.43

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.47 · weakest Brisket (164.52)

Road miles

6,779

across 25 mapped stops · furthest 432 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Master avg

672.50 / 720

25 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (16 found in their record)

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

Against the odds

12-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 88 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at BBQ & Blues on the Levee (Oct 6, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 12-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Organizer Portal.

Giant slayer

30 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 30-team field at BBQ & Blues on the Levee.

Oct 6, 2017

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL) is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 14%

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 4 category wins at Grillin'@Gator Grounds (Sep 15, 2017).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st
Brisket 1st

They almost always walk

84% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 21 of 25 contests

A top-10 category call in 84% of their 25 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

695.9772 career-best overall

96.7% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 695.9772 at BBQ & Blues on the Levee — 96.7% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 6, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HABITUAL SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of LONGNECK SIPPERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

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Their season

2017 2 Grand Championships

2017 was the year it came together: 8 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 33%.

8 contests
4 overall top-10s
5 category wins
average top 33%

A tough matchup

7–3 behind in the head-to-head

FIRE DANCER BBQ ahead in 70% of their meetings

FIRE DANCER BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.95 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 28% of the time against 48%.

Brisket avg 164.52
Pork Ribs avg 169.47
7 calls in 25 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries lost

BUFFALO'S BBQ ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUFFALO'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 8 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 22% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 22% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

4 October contests
top 36% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,779 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,779 miles across 25 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 432 miles to Cedar Fest BBQ.

25 mapped stops
furthest 432 mi

The metronome

±1.73% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.73% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
25 contests

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

🥇 🧹 Most clean sweeps 1 contest with all four meats won · 1 of them with the Grand Championship too · Sep 15, 2017 · shared with 6 others

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	#1175 (210 pts)	#1117 (255 pts)	#830 (420 pts)	#1159 (240 pts)	#1280 (195 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#265 (1,293 pts)	#316 (1,128 pts)	#193 (1,453 pts)	#256 (1,258 pts)	#345 (1,093 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#274 (1,268 pts)	#230 (1,313 pts)	#400 (983 pts)	#183 (1,488 pts)	#405 (988 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#924 (344 pts)	#1143 (274 pts)	#818 (444 pts)	#1020 (334 pts)	#1082 (289 pts)

Overall rank by season

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EPIC BBQ CRU

#784 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 42
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1631

3–3 in 6 shared contests (50% to LONGNECK SIPPERS)

These two have cooked 6 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Oct 26, 2018

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SMOKEN DUDES BBQ

#781 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1646

Careers of much the same size, 33 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 33 contests
last seen Sep 28, 2018

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LAZY BACON BBQ

#779 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 39
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1652

39 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 31% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 39 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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DEAD PIGS TELL NO TALES

#787 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 40
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1636

Level with LONGNECK SIPPERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 39 contests
last seen Nov 9, 2018

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WORTH SMOKIN' BBQ

#778 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1630

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen Oct 3, 2015

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Cotton BBQ

#780 of the rated field

1630 power rating

Contests: 43
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1630

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 42 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 42 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
FIRE DANCER BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
DAD'S GRILLIN CREW	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
RAZORRACKS	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUTCHER BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BLIND HOG BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
EPIC BBQ CRU	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
OLD 99 MEAT CO.	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
NCOGNITO COOKERS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
South Pork	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
OKIEQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN' SOBER...SOMETIMES	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	25	10	1	2	177.7028	159.3484	169.16	top 39%
Pork Ribs	25	12	1	1	176.5828	160.5144	169.47	top 33%
Pork	25	14	2	4	177.7144	160.5256	169.35	top 35%
Brisket	25	7	1	1	173.1200	148.0112	164.52	top 47%

“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)	2	1	top 26%
Medium (20–39)	15	1	top 40%
Large (40+)	8	0	top 30%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AR	7	1	top 34%
TX	6	0	top 31%
LA	5	1	top 32%
AL	3	0	top 57%
OK	2	0	top 38%
MS	2	0	top 27%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	3	6	0	top 41%	Feb 16, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	10	0	top 43%	Mar 3, 2017
BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL)	2	1	1	top 14%	Oct 5, 2018
Christmas on the River	2	12	0	top 56%	Dec 1, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 10 contests

Contests a season 6.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AR 7 of 25 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 19 4 of them more than once

First title Sep 15, 2017 Grillin'@Gator Grounds

Opponents faced 638 finished ahead 652 times, behind 304

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

20183 milestones

Oct 5 25th tracked contest BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL)
Oct 5 Peak power rating (1630) BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL)
Oct 5 Most recent contest BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL)

20176 milestones

Sep 15 First category win (Chicken) Grillin'@Gator Grounds
Sep 15 First Grand Championship Grillin'@Gator Grounds
Sep 15 First multi-meat day Grillin'@Gator Grounds
Sep 15 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7144 Grillin'@Gator Grounds
Oct 6 Biggest field won (30 teams) BBQ & Blues on the Levee
Oct 6 Career-best overall score695.9772 BBQ & Blues on the Levee

20162 milestones

Apr 1 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ
Jun 24 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

20154 milestones

Mar 6 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 6 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 6 First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 6 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7656 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Cedar Fest BBQ	Apr 1, 2016
+12.9	BBQ & Blues on the Levee	Oct 6, 2017
+12.2	Grillin'@Gator Grounds	Sep 15, 2017
+11.6	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	Sep 25, 2015
+11.3	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL)	Feb 16, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.8	Christmas on the River	Dec 2, 2016
-3.5	Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off	Apr 28, 2017
-2.2	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	Feb 16, 2018
-1.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 3, 2017
-1.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Jun 24, 2016

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	1	0	75%	top 33%	94.4%	92.3%
2017	8	2	4	5	100%	top 33%	96.7%	94.3%
2016	10	0	3	0	80%	top 38%	95.5%	93.2%
2015	3	0	2	0	67%	top 37%	95.1%	93.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Oct 5, 2018	BBQ & Blues on the Levee (JUDGES FULL) Helena, AR	6 / 25 (679.3600)	12 (163.9544)	4 (172)	2 (174.2972)	8 (169.1084)
Aug 31, 2018	Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	29 / 74 (663.3368)	53 (159.9428)	9 (174.2628)	50 (161.7028)	27 (167.4284)
Feb 16, 2018	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	19 / 38 (655.2800)	23 (159.3484)	19 (167.3944)	13 (167.9656)	22 (160.5716)
Feb 2, 2018	Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	30 / 145 (659.4396)	12 (171.4056)	5 (176.5828)	53 (163.4400)	102 (148.0112)
Dec 1, 2017	Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	12 / 27 (670.6968)	6 (172)	4 (171.9656)	16 (165.0972)	15 (161.6340)
Oct 27, 2017	Smokin the Fort BBQ & Blue Grass Festival Fort Gibson, OK	12 / 32 (675.3256)	8 (171.9656)	10 (169.1200)	8 (171.4172)	14 (162.8228)
Oct 6, 2017	BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	1 / 30 (695.9772)	12 (168.5828)	4 (176.5716)	1 (177.7028)	5 (173.1200)
Sep 29, 2017	Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	7 / 19 (670.2168)	7 (167.4284)	4 (170.8228)	8 (167.4400)	9 (164.5256)
Sep 15, 2017	Grillin'@Gator Grounds Bunkie, LA	1 / 7 (693.0972)	1 (175.4172)	1 (171.4400)	1 (177.7144)	1 (168.5256)
Apr 28, 2017	Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off Stuttgart, AR	16 / 29 (671.8628)	18 (169.1200)	5 (173.1316)	23 (163.3828)	16 (166.2284)
Mar 3, 2017	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	17 / 29 (658.6856)	24 (161.6572)	16 (166.2400)	8 (169.1084)	19 (161.6800)
Feb 16, 2017	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown (JUDGES FULL) Huntsville, TX	6 / 41 (694.2856)	10 (174.2628)	5 (176.0228)	13 (172.5600)	11 (171.4400)
Dec 2, 2016	Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	23 / 34 (660.9484)	14 (169.6800)	28 (160.5144)	22 (164.5256)	20 (166.2284)
Oct 7, 2016	Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	6 / 27 (674.1828)	8 (170.8228)	9 (166.2400)	9 (166.2400)	4 (170.8800)
Jul 8, 2016	15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	14 / 39 (669.6688)	20 (169.1316)	14 (169.1200)	5 (176.6172)	27 (154.8000)
Jun 24, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Birmingham, AL	18 / 30 (678.1484)	3 (177.7028)	18 (167.3828)	8 (173.1084)	28 (159.9544)
May 20, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS	8 / 29 (687.8968)	15 (171.9656)	13 (171.4172)	6 (173.1084)	11 (171.4056)
May 13, 2016	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	11 / 28 (684.5032)	8 (175.4172)	12 (165.6916)	8 (171.9772)	9 (171.4172)
Apr 22, 2016	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	11 / 41 (681.0168)	10 (173.1200)	28 (166.2400)	6 (175.4056)	20 (166.2512)
Apr 1, 2016	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	3 / 67 (662.8572)	9 (171.4172)	24 (162.3316)	11 (166.8228)	20 (162.2856)
Mar 4, 2016	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	11 / 30 (658.8000)	18 (163.3940)	11 (167.4400)	2 (174.2972)	25 (153.6688)
Feb 25, 2016	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	24 / 42 (655.9196)	14 (167.4056)	17 (163.9884)	24 (161.1084)	17 (163.4172)
Sep 25, 2015	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	8 / 45 (684.4452)	21 (167.9656)	12 (170.8228)	4 (177.1428)	19 (168.5140)
Jul 10, 2015	14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	26 / 44 (655.8744)	16 (168.5716)	14 (167.9772)	34 (161.0856)	28 (158.2400)
Mar 6, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	10 / 29 (670.7656)	18 (167.4056)	4 (172.0116)	23 (160.5256)	9 (170.8228)

LONGNECK SIPPERS

At a glance (the record in numbers)

KCBS records held

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 (16 found in their record)

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Pork Ribs nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

The metronome

Holds 1 KCBS record (on 1 all-time board)

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)