A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA ahead in 100% of their meetings
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
SAUCEHOUND
SAUCEHOUND is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 12th of 37 at the Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest (2015). They finished #1636 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 31 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 12, 2015
latest Jun 4, 2022 · 6.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.85
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.44 · weakest Brisket (156.73)
Road miles
159
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1558)
Purse competed for
$14K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
642.95 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #1636 (125 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #1192 (260 pts) | #1757 (125 pts) | #2012 (95 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 156.5600 | 161.31 | top 57% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.9028 | 143.9772 | 158.47 | top 62% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5484 | 162.8116 | 166.44 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 145.1200 | 156.73 | top 60% |
“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
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NH
1 of 4 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
456
finished ahead 289 times, behind 186
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Sep 12, 2015 → Sep 28, 2019
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES
20154 milestones
- First call Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score659.3712 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.9028 Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1508) Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest
—2 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score163.9656 American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest | Sep 12, 2015 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.1 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Jun 4, 2022 |
| -3.1 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Sep 28, 2019 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2022 | Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH | 29 / 37 (631.8624) | 22 (161.6684) | 31 (156.5256) | 14 (168.5484) | 34 (145.1200) |
| Sep 28, 2019 | Ocean Sate BBQ Championship-CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Hope Valley, RI | 25 / 36 (637.6116) | 16 (165.7028) | 35 (143.9772) | 22 (162.8116) | 14 (165.1200) |
| Sep 12, 2015 | Harvard Fall Festival BBQ Contest Harvard, MA | 12 / 37 (659.3712) | 25 (156.5600) | 2 (174.9028) | 12 (167.9656) | 18 (159.9428) |
| — | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Sauce Contest unrated Kansas City, MO | 124 (163.9656) | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.