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WINK'S BARBEQUE

WINK'S BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 44 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Downtown BBQ Showdown (2018), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 4 times. They are ranked #498 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#498
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1677
peak 1731 · rated over 42 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

44
in the data

First seen

Feb 28, 2014
latest Jul 12, 2019 · 5.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#230
Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

1
4 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

8
19 podiums

Overall top-10s

18
41% of 44 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%
overall standings

Best overall

699.3828 / 720

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

661.57 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 677.75 (-16.18)

Walk rate

66%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±12.13
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.01 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.81)

Road miles

12,711
across 44 mapped stops · furthest 668 mi

Schedule strength

86%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1616)

Purse competed for

$92K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.75 / 720
44 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (20 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.6056 points from the title

Came within 0.6056 points of the Grand Championship at Flames on the Flint (Mar 13, 2015).

Among the elite

#498 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 8% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1677 puts them #498 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 8% of the field.

  • rating 1677
  • peak 1731
  • 42 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

  • Pork Ribs ×1
  • Pork ×1

Against the odds

17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Downtown BBQ Showdown (Aug 17, 2018) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 17-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 Downtown BBQ Showdown.

  • Aug 17, 2018

Happy hunting ground

Top 12% average finish here

Sam's Club National BBQ Tour is their spot: an average finish in the top 12% across 4 visits.

  • 4 visits
  • best finish 2nd
  • average top 12%

They almost always walk

66% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 29 of 44 contests

A top-10 category call in 66% of their 44 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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High-water mark

699.3828 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 699.3828 at Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 30, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has finished one call ahead of WINK'S BARBEQUE 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

12–5 behind in the head-to-head

The Specialists ahead in 71% of their meetings

The Specialists has come out ahead in 12 of their 17 shared contests.

A strong matchup

9–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 90% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIGGIN' OUT in 9 of their 10 shared contests.

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 28 at their very first tracked contest, Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Feb 28, 2014).

  • Feb 28, 2014
  • 28-team field

Always the bridesmaid

4 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 4 times against 1 Grand Championship — close enough to touch it, over and over.

  • 1 Grand Championship
  • 44 contests

They cook the hard rooms

1616 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 86% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1616 power rating — a tougher draw than 86% of every rated contest in the data.

  • 42 rated contests

Going the wrong way

-48 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 48 points across 7 contests since Aug 17, 2018 — from 1725 down to 1677.

  • 7 contests since Aug 17, 2018
  • now 1677

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

JIGGY PIGGY has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A May team

Top 23% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 23% across 4 contests, versus top 36% the rest of the year.

  • 4 May contests
  • top 36% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.68% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.68% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 94.1% of a perfect score
  • 44 contests

A standing appointment

5 years running at one contest

They've cooked Smokin In the Square every year from 2015 to 2019 — 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)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2019 ↗ Master #981 (267 pts) #866 (357 pts) #902 (342 pts) #1023 (272 pts) #791 (407 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #330 (1,026 pts) #519 (706 pts) #282 (1,106 pts) #439 (826 pts) #273 (1,156 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #373 (978 pts) #497 (788 pts) #488 (803 pts) #391 (983 pts) #544 (728 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #249 (1,325 pts) #365 (1,040 pts) #289 (1,205 pts) #232 (1,345 pts) #336 (1,105 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #230 (1,374 pts) #311 (1,139 pts) #289 (1,179 pts) #212 (1,354 pts) #260 (1,269 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #966 (328 pts) #832 (433 pts) #1984 (108 pts) #1073 (308 pts) #856 (403 pts)

Overall rank by season

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Sweet Cheeks BBQ
#501 of the rated field
1677 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
7
Top-10s
80%
Peak
1677
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WINK'S BARBEQUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WINK'S BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen May 14, 2021
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WHITEWATER BBQ COMPANY
#497 of the rated field
1677 power rating
Contests
43
GCs
1
Top-10s
47%
Peak
1695

Careers of much the same size, 43 contests to 44, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 43 contests
  • last seen Sep 2, 2022
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BBQ Pit Bros
#500 of the rated field
1677 power rating
Contests
59
GCs
3
Top-10s
47%
Peak
1692

Their rating is built on 3 Grand Championships in 59 contests, alongside a 47% overall top-10 rate.

  • rated over 55 contests
  • last seen Oct 16, 2026
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SWINESTONE COWBOYS
#499 of the rated field
1677 power rating
Contests
27
GCs
4
Top-10s
70%
Peak
1677

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 24 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 24 contests
  • last seen Jul 21, 2017
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HUG HOGS
#493 of the rated field
1678 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
46
GCs
2
Top-10s
57%
Peak
1708
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WINK'S BARBEQUE)

Level with WINK'S BARBEQUE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 46 contests
  • last seen Oct 5, 2018
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SCOTTS BBQ SHACK
#495 of the rated field
1678 ▲ 1 power rating
Contests
86
GCs
1
Top-10s
23%
Peak
1700
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WINK'S BARBEQUE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WINK'S BARBEQUE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 84 contests
  • last seen Apr 22, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HOT WACHULA'S 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN 23 11 12 48% ⚔ compare
BOOTYQUE 22 7 15 32% ⚔ compare
FAT, DRUNK & STUPID 19 11 8 58% ⚔ compare
Organizer Portal 18 6 12 33% ⚔ compare
QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N 17 8 9 47% ⚔ compare
The Specialists 17 5 12 29% ⚔ compare
HAULIN' BUTT BBQ 16 9 7 56% ⚔ compare
CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE BBQ 16 8 8 50% ⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM 16 7 9 44% ⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS 16 6 10 38% ⚔ compare
JIGGY PIGGY 15 9 6 60% ⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away 15 6 9 40% ⚔ compare
THE BLUE BLOODS 14 8 6 57% ⚔ compare
South Pork 14 8 6 57% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 44 10 1 3 178.8572 156.5028 170.01 top 43%
Pork Ribs 44 12 2 5 180 🔥 155.9428 168.81 top 43%
Pork 44 13 4 7 180 🔥 158.2512 169.01 top 42%
Brisket 44 15 1 4 177.7144 151.3484 169.92 top 38%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)211top 34%
Large (40+)230top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
AL130top 32%
GA100top 30%
FL60top 40%
MS41top 23%
SC30top 45%
AR30top 78%
LA20top 42%
MO20top 45%
TN10top 10%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Smokin In the Square 5 6 0 top 41% Mar 15, 2019
Flames on the Flint 4 2 0 top 27% Mar 9, 2018
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour 4 2 0 top 12% Feb 24, 2017
SC Festival of Discovery 3 32 0 top 45% Jul 12, 2019
Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival 3 2 0 top 17% May 25, 2018
Hammond BBQ 2 7 0 top 42% Mar 22, 2019
Christmas on the River 2 5 0 top 49% Nov 30, 2018
Porktober Que 2 6 0 top 35% Sep 25, 2015
Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) 2 4 0 top 33% Sep 18, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 11 contests
Contests a season 7.3 across 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in AL 13 of 44 contests · 9 states in all
Contests visited 26 9 of them more than once
First title Aug 17, 2018 Downtown BBQ Showdown
Opponents faced 1,384 finished ahead 1,756 times, behind 1,089

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

20191 milestone
  1. Most recent contest SC Festival of Discovery
20183 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Downtown BBQ Showdown
  2. Biggest field won (30 teams) Downtown BBQ Showdown
  3. Peak power rating (1731) Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival
20172 milestones
  1. 25th tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  2. Career-best overall score699.3828 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)
20153 milestones
  1. First Reserve Championship Flames on the Flint
  2. First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash
  3. 10th tracked contest Porktober Que
20146 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  2. First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  3. First category win (Brisket) Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  4. First overall top-10 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  5. First overall podium Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
  6. First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.0744 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.3Flames on the FlintMar 13, 2015
+16.3Sam's Club National BBQ TourFeb 28, 2014
+16.2Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Sep 18, 2015
+15.8Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Jun 30, 2017
+15Sam's Club National BBQ TourFeb 24, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-17Smokin In the SquareMar 15, 2019
-12.8Bama Q Capital City Cook-OffFeb 22, 2019
-12.1Hammond BBQMar 22, 2019
-11.8Christmas on the RiverNov 30, 2018
-7.6Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)Jul 1, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20195000 40% top 69% 92.7% 91.9%
20188130 63% top 35% 95.6% 94.4%
20177042 86% top 28% 97.1% 95.1%
201610042 50% top 34% 96.5% 93.9%
201511053 73% top 33% 96.7% 94.6%
20143021 100% top 28% 94.6% 94.1%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Jul 12, 2019 SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC 32 / 83 (667.3024) 28 (168.5256) 41 (163.9656) 62 (158.2512) 5 (176.5600)
Mar 22, 2019 Hammond BBQ 🏅 Hammond, LA 33 / 48 (662.6856) 36 (163.9544) 16 (169.1200) 39 (162.2400) 33 (167.3712)
Mar 15, 2019 Smokin In the Square 🏅 Pensacola, FL 29 / 35 (651.2684) 8 (171.9772) 29 (162.2628) 22 (165.6800) 32 (151.3484)
Feb 22, 2019 Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL 18 / 27 (665.5772) 19 (165.6800) 12 (168.5372) 20 (162.2400) 15 (169.1200)
Feb 8, 2019 KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship 🏅 unrated Little Rock, AR 81 / 92 (661.0060) 71 (166.2632) 60 (165.6800) 65 (165.0972) 76 (163.9656)
Nov 30, 2018 Christmas on the River Demoplis, AL 24 / 29 (662.7080) 28 (158.2168) 11 (170.8228) 26 (161.6912) 12 (171.9772)
Sep 14, 2018 Riverfest BBQ and Music Festival Decatur, AL 6 / 32 (684.4800) 13 (169.6800) 5 (174.8572) 30 (162.2400) 2 (177.7028)
Aug 17, 2018 Downtown BBQ Showdown Hattiesburg, MS 1 / 30 (688.4912) 6 (172.5484) 3 (173.7028) 13 (167.9772) 4 (174.2628)
May 25, 2018 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA 24 / 72 (679.9088) 27 (171.9656) 34 (167.9888) 20 (169.6800) 24 (170.2744)
Apr 13, 2018 Smoke on the Falls Gadsden, AL 22 / 38 (675.8972) 34 (162.2284) 3 (177.1544) 28 (163.4060) 11 (173.1084)
Mar 23, 2018 Hammond BBQ Hammond, LA 7 / 48 (685.6340) 23 (168.5256) 12 (172) 14 (168.5256) 2 (176.5828)
Mar 16, 2018 Smokin In the Square Pensacola, FL 13 / 49 (686.1944) 24 (171.9772) 19 (169.1316) 4 (176.5600) 26 (168.5256)
Mar 9, 2018 Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA 19 / 42 (676.4228) 15 (171.9656) 33 (165.0972) 11 (170.8344) 26 (168.5256)
Oct 6, 2017 National Pro BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR 35 / 50 (683.3716) 7 (178.8572) 18 (172.5600) 49 (161.1200) 26 (170.8344)
Jul 6, 2017 SC Festival of Discovery (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Greenwood, SC 35 / 89 (669.0400) 24 (169.7028) 45 (164.5372) 50 (162.8228) 12 (171.9772)
Jun 30, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Bartlett, TN 3 / 30 (699.3828) 15 (174.8572) 12 (172.5600) 1 (180) 18 (171.9656)
May 26, 2017 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA 9 / 67 (690.1828) 10 (175.4172) 14 (173.1200) 22 (169.6800) 14 (171.9656)
Mar 17, 2017 Smokin in the Square Pensacola, FL 9 / 38 (684.4684) 11 (174.8456) 6 (174.2628) 20 (167.3944) 15 (167.9656)
Mar 10, 2017 Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA 20 / 67 (676.4456) 20 (171.9772) 40 (163.9656) 9 (174.2628) 40 (166.2400)
Feb 24, 2017 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL 2 / 28 (689.0628) 15 (168.5372) 5 (174.8456) 1 (176.5600) 6 (169.1200)
Dec 2, 2016 Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL 5 / 34 (689.0400) 11 (170.8344) 2 (177.7028) 16 (168.5256) 11 (171.9772)
Nov 11, 2016 World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL 12 / 89 (688.5256) 17 (173.1200) 36 (169.1084) 19 (171.4172) 13 (174.8800)
Oct 7, 2016 Downtown BBQ Throwdown Hattiesburg, MS 6 / 26 (669.5652) 16 (161.6568) 10 (163.9312) 5 (171.4172) 3 (172.5600)
Sep 23, 2016 Porktober Que Dothan, AL 17 / 36 (669.0056) 13 (170.8112) 19 (165.6916) 13 (170.2744) 24 (162.2284)
Jul 7, 2016 SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC 46 / 82 (645.5200) 67 (156.5144) 22 (167.4172) 47 (161.0972) 44 (160.4912)
Jul 1, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Marietta, GA 25 / 30 (674.7316) 17 (170.8344) 17 (169.6916) 10 (171.9772) 29 (162.2284)
May 27, 2016 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA 2 / 66 (694.7884) 5 (176.5600) 38 (164.5256) 1 (177.7028) 5 (176)
Mar 18, 2016 Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL 26 / 43 (669.0056) 20 (170.8228) 17 (168.5600) 32 (163.3944) 26 (166.2284)
Mar 11, 2016 Flames on the Flint (GBC Qualifier) Bainbridge, GA 26 / 89 (670.7656) 41 (167.3828) 50 (165.0972) 24 (168.5600) 18 (169.7256)
Feb 26, 2016 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL 2 / 30 (687.9084) 14 (170.2512) 1 (174.2628) 2 (175.4172) 14 (167.9772)
Nov 3, 2015 World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL 21 / 58 (679.3600) 20 (171.9656) 53 (160.5488) 11 (174.2856) 10 (172.5600)
Oct 9, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Championship Bentonville, AR 38 / 50 (684.4688) 19 (173.1316) 42 (168.5488) 23 (173.1200) 35 (169.6684)
Oct 3, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO 218 / 606 (662.2056) 316 (163.4400) 58 (173.1316) 137 (169.1428) 409 (156.4912)
Oct 2, 2015 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO 102 / 187 (673.6228) 82 (170.2744) 116 (166.2400) 150 (162.8456) 34 (174.2628)
Sep 25, 2015 Porktober Que Dothan, AL 13 / 26 (664.4112) 24 (156.5028) 12 (165.6800) 9 (171.4056) 6 (170.8228)
Sep 18, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Southaven, MS 4 / 30 (693.0740) 28 (168.5140) 21 (168.5600) 2 (178.2972) 4 (177.7028)
May 22, 2015 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA 28 / 65 (667.8168) 28 (169.6684) 57 (158.2172) 1 (177.7028) 49 (162.2284)
Mar 27, 2015 Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash Ashburn, GA 4 / 28 (691.9200) 2 (177.1544) 1 (180) 20 (160.5028) 5 (174.2628)
Mar 13, 2015 Flames on the Flint Bainbridge, GA 2 / 72 (696.5144) 26 (172.5484) 5 (175.4288) 13 (173.1200) 9 (175.4172)
Mar 6, 2015 Smokin In The Square Pensacola, FL 6 / 48 (689.0400) 10 (175.4056) 21 (167.3944) 13 (170.8228) 6 (175.4172)
Feb 27, 2015 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL 7 / 30 (686.7884) 1 (177.7028) 4 (175.4516) 16 (168.5256) 19 (165.1084)
Sep 26, 2014 Porktober Que Dothan, AL 6 / 29 (673.0860) 14 (165.6800) 10 (166.8344) 4 (171.4172) 5 (169.1544)
Sep 5, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Southaven, MS 16 / 30 (679.3028) 3 (177.7144) 28 (163.3944) 28 (166.2284) 11 (171.9656)
Feb 28, 2014 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Daphne, AL 3 / 28 (681.0744) 4 (174.2628) 25 (155.9428) 2 (173.1544) 1 (177.7144)

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

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