SASSY SMOKE BBQ WI
Rating
1604
peak 1604
Contests
20
in the data
First seen
2025-04-25
latest 2026-06-13
Best ToY finish
#11
Backyard 2026
Grand champs
3
1 reserve
Category wins
2
7 podiums
Overall top-10s
11
of 20 contests
Avg finish
top 30%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
342.59 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 329.65 (+12.94)
Walk rate
55%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±42.35
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.48 · weakest Pork Ribs (169.44)
Road miles
3002
mi across 20 mapped stops · furthest 614 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ has finished one call ahead of SASSY SMOKE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
SPITFIRE has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Big Bear BBQ in 10 of their 13 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Minnesota in May is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 77-team field at Minnesota in May.
📅 A May team
Something about May: average finish in the top 19% across 5 contests, versus top 30% the rest of the year.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 3 of 24 at their very first tracked contest, Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-04-25).
Teams like this (closest power rating, WI first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 177.7028 | 167.9656 | 171.48 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 178.3200 | 161.7256 | 169.44 | top 38% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI | 7 | 1 | top 32% |
| MN | 4 | 2 | top 19% |
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
| IA | 2 | 0 | top 16% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 3 | 0 | top 28% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 1 | top 38% |
| Large (40+) | 4 | 2 | top 18% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2026 (10 contests)
- Cooks mostly in WI (8 of 20 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (17 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smokin' in Steele (2025-05-30)
- Wins it all in 15% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 329.65
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 351.9772 | 319.47 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 346.8456 | 339.83 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 15 / 37 (335.3484) | 13 (169.6684) | 17 (165.6800) | — | — |
| 2026-06-12 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 1 / 40 (351.9772) | 4 (176.5600) | 3 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN | 41 / 82 (333.1088) | 39 (167.9656) | 42 (165.1432) | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | 39 (171.9772) | — | — | — |
| 2026-05-22 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Rib Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN | — | — | 24 (175.4056) | — | — |
| 2026-05-15 | BBQ Fest - Chippewa Falls, WI (BACKYARD ONLY) Chippewa Falls, WI | 5 / 21 (342.2628) | 8 (170.8456) | 6 (171.4172) | — | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 1 / 77 (350.2744) | 3 (175.4056) | 4 (174.8688) | — | — |
| 2026-04-24 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 6 / 24 (341.7028) | 13 (168.0000) | 3 (173.7028) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 25 / 33 (333.6912) | 13 (171.9656) | 28 (161.7256) | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off Kansas City, MO | 9 (167.3944) | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 9 / 17 (333.0972) | 7 (170.8112) | 13 (162.2860) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (Backyard 2) Spencer, IA | 2 / 17 (341.6916) | 1 (177.7028) | 8 (163.9888) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (Masters and Backyard 1) Spencer, IA | 3 / 15 (343.4056) | 2 (173.1428) | 4 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2025-06-27 | Art of the Que (One Meat Ribs) Spencer, IA | — | — | 9 (169.6800) | — | — |
| 2025-06-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 21 / 36 (330.7772) | 14 (168.5372) | 25 (162.2400) | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI | 22 / 36 (335.3944) | 22 (168.0000) | 19 (167.3944) | — | — |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN | 1 / 28 (345.1772) | 2 (173.7256) | 4 (171.4516) | — | — |
| 2025-05-09 | Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN | 10 / 58 (342.2628) | 18 (170.8228) | 8 (171.4400) | — | — |
| 2025-04-25 | Smoke & Fire (BACKYARD ONLY) Stanley, WI | 3 / 24 (346.8456) | 9 (168.5256) | 1 (178.3200) | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #11 (1008 pts) | #27 (817 pts) | #24 (923 pts) | — | — |
| 2026 ↗ | Master | — | #866 (60 pts) | #889 (65 pts) | — | — |