HALF SAUCED BARBEQUE

HALF SAUCED BARBEQUE is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 4th of 47 at the Laurie Hillbilly BBQ (2014). They finished #1182 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1536

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 2, 2013

latest Aug 5, 2016 · 3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1182

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 27%

overall standings

Best overall

684.5372 / 720

Master · Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Brisket · Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

Consistency

±6.67

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 171.71 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.56)

Road miles

225

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 112 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

676.08 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

Laurie Hillbilly BBQ is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 4th
average top 17%

High-water mark

684.5372 career-best overall

95.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 684.5372 at Laurie Hillbilly BBQ — 95.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Aug 1, 2014

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of F.O.M.S.B. in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Laurie Hillbilly BBQ (Aug 5, 2016).

last seen Aug 1, 2014
back Aug 5, 2016

Announced themselves early

4th at their very first contest

Finished 4 of 51 at their very first tracked contest, Laurie Hillbilly BBQ (Aug 2, 2013).

Aug 2, 2013
51-team field

An August team

Top 17% average finish in August

Something about August: average finish in the top 17% across 3 contests, versus top 27% the rest of the year.

3 August contests
top 27% the rest of the year

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
2016 ↗	Master	#2060 (95 pts)	#2353 (60 pts)	#2349 (60 pts)	#1345 (235 pts)	#1218 (260 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1281 (222 pts)	#1596 (167 pts)	#1836 (132 pts)	#1736 (147 pts)	#1340 (222 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1182 (225 pts)	#1551 (150 pts)	#1105 (275 pts)	#2080 (75 pts)	#1468 (160 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	0	172	161.6684	167.27	top 43%
Pork Ribs	4	1	1	174.2972	158.2288	165.56	top 54%
Pork	4	3	2	175.4172	165.6800	171.55	top 22%
Brisket	4	3	1	179.4400	165.7144	171.71	top 17%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 55%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 17%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
MO	3	0	top 17%
KS	1	0	top 55%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	3	4	0	top 17%	Aug 5, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2013 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in MO 3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 2 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 132 finished ahead 135 times, behind 38

Longest layoff 2 yrs Aug 1, 2014 → Aug 5, 2016

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

20163 milestones

Aug 5 Career-best single call (Brisket)179.4400 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 5 Peak power rating (1536) Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 5 Most recent contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

20141 milestone

Aug 1 Career-best overall score684.5372 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

20134 milestones

Aug 2 First tracked contest Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 2 First call Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 2 First overall top-10 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ
Aug 2 First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8000 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.8	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Aug 1, 2014
+14.7	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Aug 2, 2013
+5.4	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ	Aug 5, 2016
+0.9	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Sep 27, 2013

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	100%	top 36%	93.7%	93.7%
2014	1	1	100%	top 9%	95.1%	95.1%
2013	2	1	100%	top 32%	94.3%	93.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 5, 2016	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	18 / 50 (674.7544)	39 (161.6684)	45 (158.2288)	3 (175.4172)	2 (179.4400)
Aug 1, 2014	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	4 / 47 (684.5372)	8 (172)	13 (169.7144)	10 (170.8228)	4 (172)
Sep 27, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Overland Park, KS	16 / 29 (666.2176)	17 (166.2516)	27 (159.9888)	3 (174.2628)	11 (165.7144)
Aug 2, 2013	Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie, MO	4 / 51 (678.8000)	10 (169.1428)	2 (174.2972)	26 (165.6800)	9 (169.6800)