STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM

STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 26 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2021. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Italian Hardcore Barbcue (2017), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #909 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “*Sticky Fingers Barbecue Team”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#909

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1615

peak 1615 · rated over 25 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 11, 2016

latest Sep 25, 2021 · 5.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#249

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

31 podiums

Overall top-10s

81% of 26 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 33%

overall standings

Best overall

697.6684 / 720

Master · Bardo-Q BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

672.42 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 675.35 (-2.93)

Walk rate

92%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · Rugby Sound BBQ Competition

Consistency

±11.80

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.21 · weakest Brisket (168.12)

Road miles

24,280

across 26 mapped stops · furthest 5,312 mi

Schedule strength

29%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

Master avg

675.35 / 720

26 Master contests · 2 GCs

Storylines (17 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

5 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 6

The heartbreaker

2.8344 points from the title

Came within 2.8344 points of the Grand Championship at Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 (Sep 9, 2017).

Against the odds

28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Bardo-Q BBQ Competition (Apr 22, 2017) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 28-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS.

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Bardo-Q BBQ Competition is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 15%

Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1) (Sep 13, 2019).

Chicken 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

92% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 24 of 26 contests

A top-10 category call in 92% of their 26 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

697.6684 career-best overall

96.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 697.6684 at Bardo-Q BBQ Competition — 96.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 22, 2017

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The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

DRAGON BBQ has finished one call ahead of STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 2 Grand Championships

2017 was the year it came together: 7 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

7 contests
6 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 22%

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 86% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

The drought

20 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Italian Hardcore Barbcue on May 27, 2017 — 20 contests and 9.4 years ago.

last GC May 27, 2017
9.4 years ago

A strong matchup

10–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 91% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of GRILLKUNST in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at FO.G & SMOKE (Sep 25, 2021).

last seen Sep 14, 2019
back Sep 25, 2021

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

BROS HOG has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A July team

Top 15% average finish in July

Something about July: average finish in the top 15% across 3 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.

3 July contests
top 33% the rest of the year

The long haul

24,280 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 24,280 miles across 26 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,312 miles to Cook-in Camargue.

26 mapped stops
furthest 5,312 mi

The metronome

±1.64% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.64% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.8% of a perfect score
26 contests

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
2021 ↗	Master	#794 (166 pts)	#1051 (116 pts)	#744 (216 pts)	#661 (241 pts)	#930 (126 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#301 (1,017 pts)	#250 (1,132 pts)	#281 (1,042 pts)	#308 (1,002 pts)	#201 (1,262 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#252 (1,224 pts)	#281 (1,134 pts)	#201 (1,339 pts)	#395 (899 pts)	#293 (1,084 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#249 (1,333 pts)	#338 (1,083 pts)	#279 (1,208 pts)	#353 (1,043 pts)	#317 (1,148 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1215 (240 pts)	#2070 (110 pts)	#2042 (115 pts)	#1429 (215 pts)	#1204 (265 pts)

Overall rank by season

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ALQUEMY - VA

#910 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1615

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jun 9, 2018

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#908 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1615

Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 26, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 22 contests
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#913 of the rated field

1614 power rating

Contests: 45
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1632

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 45 contests, alongside a 42% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 38 contests
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ALL HOGS GO TO HEAVEN

#911 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 57%
Peak: 1615

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 7 years before STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 14 contests
on a 4-contest top-10 run

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TREEFROG BBQ

#914 of the rated field

1614 power rating

Contests: 51
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1625

Level with STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Jun 27, 2020

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SMOKE THIS

#912 of the rated field

1615 power rating

Contests: 134
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 47%
Peak: 1793

They've been 1793 at their best, 178 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 134 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BROS HOG	15	9	6	60%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	13	5	8	38%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	12	6	6	50%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	11	10	1	91%	⚔ compare
Griller Unchained	11	9	2	82%	⚔ compare
GECKO BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
GRILLER INSTINCT	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
BURROS BBQ	10	9	1	90%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
BRIGBOYS BBQ TEAM	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	26	18	4	8	177.7028	158.2628	170.21	top 38%
Pork Ribs	26	19	3	8	177.1544	149.6916	168.27	top 39%
Pork	25	17	1	6	177.1544	155.4172	168.92	top 40%
Brisket	26	18	2	9	178.8572	153.1200	168.12	top 36%

“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)	11	1	top 28%
Medium (20–39)	11	1	top 41%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 27%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IT	3	top 39%
BZ	1	top 23%
TN	1	top 64%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)	4	3	0	top 56%	Sep 14, 2019
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	1	1	top 15%	Apr 21, 2018
Italian Barbecue Championship 2017	2	2	0	top 20%	Sep 9, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 8 contests

Contests a season 5.2 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IT 3 of 26 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 21 3 of them more than once

First title Apr 22, 2017 Bardo-Q BBQ Competition

Opponents faced 273 finished ahead 433 times, behind 201

Longest layoff 2 yrs Sep 14, 2019 → Sep 25, 2021

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

20211 milestone

Sep 25 Most recent contest FO.G & SMOKE

20192 milestones

Sep 13 10th category win Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)
Sep 14 25th tracked contest Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)

20182 milestones

Apr 28 First multi-meat day 4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018
Jun 8 Peak power rating (1615) Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1)

20173 milestones

Apr 22 First Grand Championship Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
Apr 22 Career-best overall score697.6684 Bardo-Q BBQ Competition
Oct 27 10th tracked contest Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

20168 milestones

Jun 11 First tracked contest Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
Jun 11 First call Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
Jun 11 First category win (Chicken) Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
Jun 11 First overall top-10 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
Jun 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score683.4172 Italian Barbecue Championship 2016
Jun 25 First overall podium Rugby Sound BBQ Competition
Jun 25 First Reserve Championship Rugby Sound BBQ Competition
Jun 25 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Rugby Sound BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.1	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	Apr 22, 2017
+14.3	Italian Hardcore Barbcue	May 27, 2017
+13.6	Rugby Sound BBQ Competition	Jun 25, 2016
+13.2	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017	Apr 29, 2017
+12	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 21, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	Jun 9, 2018
-13	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1	Mar 22, 2019
-8.5	Brixia 4 Star Championship	Sep 10, 2016
-4.5	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)	Sep 13, 2019
-0.8	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)	Oct 27, 2017

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)
2021	1	0	1	0	100%	top 31%	94.7%	94.7%
2019	7	0	5	3	100%	top 45%	94.3%	92.9%
2018	8	0	7	2	88%	top 32%	95.5%	93.2%
2017	7	2	6	3	86%	top 22%	96.9%	95.3%
2016	3	0	2	2	100%	top 39%	95.6%	93.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 25, 2021	FO.G & SMOKE Modena	5 / 16 (681.7372)	10 (163.9884)	3 (175.4628)	2 (177.1544)	9 (165.1316)
Sep 14, 2019	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) Carugate MI	5 / 13 (665.6460)	3 (172.0228)	6 (165.0972)	8 (161.1200)	2 (167.4060)
Sep 13, 2019	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1) Carugate MI	3 / 5 (678.8344)	1 (177.1428)	4 (158.2516)	1 (173.1544)	2 (170.2856)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	6 / 44 (677.0972)	3 (171.9772)	10 (168.5600)	—	5 (172)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	10 / 23 (658.7884)	22 (158.2628)	17 (159.9772)	9 (169.1084)	2 (171.4400)
Apr 27, 2019	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg	11 / 26 (670.7540)	17 (164.5600)	9 (169.6800)	7 (170.8456)	14 (165.6684)
Mar 23, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia	8 / 25 (675.9428)	9 (173.1200)	19 (161.1200)	8 (169.1200)	5 (172.5828)
Mar 22, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia	17 / 20 (653.6800)	8 (167.9884)	1 (177.1544)	19 (155.4172)	18 (153.1200)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	3 / 48 (674.2284)	21 (165.6684)	2 (172.5600)	15 (166.8800)	3 (169.1200)
Jun 30, 2018	PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	6 / 18 (674.2632)	12 (165.1200)	6 (169.1660)	3 (173.1428)	10 (166.8344)
Jun 9, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) Milano	17 / 20 (651.8856)	12 (167.9656)	13 (163.9428)	12 (163.4400)	17 (156.5372)
Jun 8, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 1) Milano	5 / 12 (670.8340)	5 (170.2628)	3 (167.4400)	6 (168.5256)	6 (164.6056)
Apr 28, 2018	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 Salzburg Austria	5 / 24 (669.0284)	1 (175.4056)	1 (174.2972)	16 (161.0740)	13 (158.2516)
Apr 21, 2018	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	4 / 15 (670.7312)	10 (168.5256)	4 (170.8228)	11 (161.1200)	4 (170.2628)
Mar 24, 2018	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave	3 / 18 (687.3712)	2 (173.7028)	5 (167.9656)	4 (175.4400)	4 (170.2628)
Jan 13, 2018	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	7 / 30 (669.6116)	8 (170.8456)	10 (166.2516)	10 (166.2628)	12 (166.2516)
Oct 27, 2017	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitation Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN	61 / 95 (670.7884)	36 (172)	80 (163.9656)	79 (161.7028)	25 (173.1200)
Sep 9, 2017	Italian Barbecue Championship 2017 Perugia	2 / 15 (680.5488)	6 (169.6800)	2 (171.4400)	3 (173.1200)	6 (166.3088)
Jul 22, 2017	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	10 / 40 (679.9312)	10 (170.8684)	1 (176.0116)	10 (171.9656)	26 (161.0856)
Jun 24, 2017	Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries	4 / 15 (690.8572)	9 (166.8344)	4 (173.7256)	6 (172)	3 (178.2972)
May 27, 2017	Italian Hardcore Barbcue Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy	1 / 12 (693.0512)	1 (175.4056)	2 (174.8456)	3 (173.1200)	3 (169.6800)
Apr 29, 2017	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria	3 / 28 (687.9428)	5 (173.1200)	9 (169.1544)	11 (170.2628)	1 (175.4056)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	1 / 28 (697.6684)	3 (177.7028)	12 (169.6800)	4 (176.5828)	3 (173.7028)
Sep 10, 2016	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy	20 / 26 (655.9772)	14 (169.1772)	26 (149.6916)	16 (166.2628)	7 (170.8456)
Jun 25, 2016	Rugby Sound BBQ Competition Parabiago, Italy	2 / 15 (688.5144)	11 (168)	10 (167.3944)	3 (174.2628)	1 (178.8572)
Jun 11, 2016	Italian Barbecue Championship 2016 Perugia, Italy	8 / 29 (683.4172)	1 (176.0344)	12 (171.4172)	6 (171.9884)	21 (163.9772)

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

STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM

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)

Riding a hot streak

The heartbreaker

Against the odds

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The drought

A strong matchup

The comeback

Looking over their shoulder

A July team

The long haul

The metronome

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)