LONGNECK SIPPERS

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

KCBS records held

1 🥇

most clean sweeps

Power ranking

#777

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1629

peak 1629 · rated over 25 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-03-06

latest 2018-10-05

Best ToY finish

#265

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 25 contests

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

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

177.7144

Pork · *Grillin'@Gator Grounds

Consistency

±12.43

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.47 · weakest Brisket (164.52)

Road miles

6,779

mi across 25 mapped stops · furthest 432 mi

Schedule strength

55%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1570)

Master avg

672.50 / 720

25 Master contests · 2 GCs

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Storylines (16 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.

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 (2017-10-06) 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.

2017-10-06

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championships 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 contests 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 (2017-09-15).

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
2017-10-06

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.

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

Record book — 1 held (1 in the KCBS record book)

Where this team stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on. Rebuilt nightly, so beating one shows up here the next morning.

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

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.

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

EPIC BBQ CRU

#780 of the rated field

1629 ▼ 0 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 2018-10-26

⚔ Head-to-head

HIGH ON THE HAWG

#778 of the rated field

1629 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 174
GCs: 7
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1822

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LONGNECK SIPPERS)

They've been 1822 at their best, 192 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 164 contests
last seen 2026-06-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Smoker Bandits

#783 of the rated field

1629 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1632

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 24 contests to 25, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Southern Life BBQ

#782 of the rated field

1629 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 71%
Peak: 1629

No shared contest yet.

14 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 71% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2025-11-14

⚔ Head-to-head

WICHITA SWINEMEN

#775 of the rated field

1630 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1665

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 45 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

⚔ Head-to-head

Cities Edge BBQ

#776 of the rated field

1630 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 55
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1648

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 5 years after LONGNECK SIPPERS did, first appearing in 2020.

rated over 53 contests
last seen 2026-08-21

⚔ Head-to-head

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 state / province

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%

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%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
*Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	3	6	0	top 41%	2018-02-16
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	3	10	0	top 43%	2017-03-03
*BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL)	2	1	1	top 14%	2018-10-05
*Christmas on the River	2	12	0	top 56%	2017-12-01

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.6 yrs 2015-03-06 → 2018-10-05

Busiest season 2016 10 contests

Contests a season 6.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in AR 7 of 25 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 19 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 25 entries · 1 win · 10 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 169.47 · weakest Brisket (164.52)

Walk rate 84% a top-10 call in 21 of 25 contests

Overall top-10 rate 40% 10 of 25 contests

Wins it all 8% 2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve

First title 2017-09-15 *Grillin'@Gator Grounds

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 672.50 out of 720 · 25 contests · 2 GCs

Opponents faced 641 652–304 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 6,779 25 mapped stops · furthest 432 mi

Schedule strength 1570 average field rating faced — tougher than 55% of rated contests

Power rating 1629 peak 1629 · #777 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
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
2016
Apr 1 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ
Jun 24 10th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
2017
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
2018
Oct 5 25th tracked contest *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL)
Oct 5 Peak power rating (1629) *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL)
Oct 5 Most recent contest *BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15	Cedar Fest BBQ	2016-04-01
+12.9	*BBQ & Blues on the Levee	2017-10-06
+12.2	*Grillin'@Gator Grounds	2017-09-15
+11.6	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown	2015-09-25
+11.2	* Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL)	2017-02-16

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.8	*Christmas on the River	2016-12-02
-3.5	*Smokin on the Prairie BBQ Cook-off	2017-04-28
-2.2	*Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown	2018-02-16
-2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2017-03-03
-1.7	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	2016-06-24

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)
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
2018-10-05	*BBQ & Blues on the Levee(JUDGES FULL) Helena, AR	6 / 25 (679.3600)	12 (163.9544)	4 (172.0000)	2 (174.2972)	8 (169.1084)
2018-08-31	*Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	29 / 74 (663.3368)	53 (159.9428)	9 (174.2628)	50 (161.7028)	27 (167.4284)
2018-02-16	*Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	19 / 38 (655.2800)	23 (159.3484)	19 (167.3944)	13 (167.9656)	22 (160.5716)
2018-02-02	*Humble Rodeo and BBQ Humble, TX	30 / 145 (659.4396)	12 (171.4056)	5 (176.5828)	53 (163.4400)	102 (148.0112)
2017-12-01	*Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	12 / 27 (670.6968)	6 (172.0000)	4 (171.9656)	16 (165.0972)	15 (161.6340)
2017-10-27	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)
2017-10-06	*BBQ & Blues on the Levee Helena, AR	1 / 30 (695.9772)	12 (168.5828)	4 (176.5716)	1 (177.7028)	5 (173.1200)
2017-09-29	*Bryant's Buzzin BBQ Bash Bryant, AR	7 / 19 (670.2168)	7 (167.4284)	4 (170.8228)	8 (167.4400)	9 (164.5256)
2017-09-15	*Grillin'@Gator Grounds Bunkie, LA	1 / 7 (693.0972)	1 (175.4172)	1 (171.4400)	1 (177.7144)	1 (168.5256)
2017-04-28	*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)
2017-03-03	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	17 / 29 (658.6856)	24 (161.6572)	16 (166.2400)	8 (169.1084)	19 (161.6800)
2017-02-16	* Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown(JUDGES FULL) Huntsville, TX	6 / 41 (694.2856)	10 (174.2628)	5 (176.0228)	13 (172.5600)	11 (171.4400)
2016-12-02	*Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL	23 / 34 (660.9484)	14 (169.6800)	28 (160.5144)	22 (164.5256)	20 (166.2284)
2016-10-07	*Go Hog Wild Arkansas BBQ Championship Sheridan, AR	6 / 27 (674.1828)	8 (170.8228)	9 (166.2400)	9 (166.2400)	4 (170.8800)
2016-07-08	15th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	14 / 39 (669.6688)	20 (169.1316)	14 (169.1200)	5 (176.6172)	27 (154.8000)
2016-06-24	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Birmingham, AL	18 / 30 (678.1484)	3 (177.7028)	18 (167.3828)	8 (173.1084)	28 (159.9544)
2016-05-20	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Southhaven, MS	8 / 29 (687.8968)	15 (171.9656)	13 (171.4172)	6 (173.1084)	11 (171.4056)
2016-05-13	Boots and BBQ Festival Claremore, OK	11 / 28 (684.5032)	8 (175.4172)	12 (165.6916)	8 (171.9772)	9 (171.4172)
2016-04-22	Southaven Springfest Southaven, MS	11 / 41 (681.0168)	10 (173.1200)	28 (166.2400)	6 (175.4056)	20 (166.2512)
2016-04-01	Cedar Fest BBQ Cedar Park, TX	3 / 67 (662.8572)	9 (171.4172)	24 (162.3316)	11 (166.8228)	20 (162.2856)
2016-03-04	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	11 / 30 (658.8000)	18 (163.3940)	11 (167.4400)	2 (174.2972)	25 (153.6688)
2016-02-25	Shotgun Fred BBQ Showdown Huntsville, TX	24 / 42 (655.9196)	14 (167.4056)	17 (163.9884)	24 (161.1084)	17 (163.4172)
2015-09-25	Jim Bowie BBQ Throwdown Vidalia, LA	8 / 45 (684.4452)	21 (167.9656)	12 (170.8228)	4 (177.1428)	19 (168.5140)
2015-07-10	14th Annual Bordertown Bash Fort Smith, AR	26 / 44 (655.8744)	16 (168.5716)	14 (167.9772)	34 (161.0856)	28 (158.2400)
2015-03-06	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Shreveport, LA	10 / 29 (670.7656)	18 (167.4056)	4 (172.0116)	23 (160.5256)	9 (170.8228)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1175 (210 pts)	#1117 (255 pts)	#830 (420 pts)	#1159 (240 pts)	#1280 (195 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#265 (1293 pts)	#316 (1128 pts)	#193 (1453 pts)	#256 (1258 pts)	#345 (1093 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#274 (1268 pts)	#230 (1313 pts)	#400 (983 pts)	#183 (1488 pts)	#405 (988 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#924 (344 pts)	#1143 (274 pts)	#818 (444 pts)	#1020 (334 pts)	#1082 (289 pts)