The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
ALWAYS SAUCED has finished one call ahead of Jolly Roger 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 29th of 39 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2019). They finished #1677 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1473
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 20, 2017
latest Jun 7, 2019 · 1.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 82%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.18
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.29 · weakest Brisket (154.67)
Road miles
142
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$9,900
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
637.62 / 720
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1677 (118 pts) | #1720 (118 pts) | #1325 (188 pts) | #1733 (118 pts) | #1703 (118 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 147.9428 | 156.66 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.3088 | 158.3088 | 162.00 | top 65% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7372 | 154.2516 | 164.29 | top 54% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6800 | 151.3944 | 154.67 | top 84% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 84% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 80% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper County Bullseye BBQ | 2 | 31 | 0 | top 84% | Oct 19, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
114
finished ahead 30 times, behind 140
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20191 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
20176 milestones
- First tracked contest Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- First call Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7428 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- Career-best overall score654.7428 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.7372 Harper County Bullseye BBQ
- Peak power rating (1496) Harper County Bullseye BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.4 | Derby BBQ Festival | Jun 8, 2018 |
| -8.3 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Oct 19, 2018 |
| -7.2 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 7, 2019 |
| -3.6 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ | Oct 20, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 74% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 87.8% | 87.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 74% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 29 / 39 (639.2688) | 30 (158.8000) | 28 (158.8460) | 16 (168) | 31 (153.6228) |
| Oct 19, 2018 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 31 / 33 (624.5032) | 32 (147.9428) | 11 (170.3088) | 31 (154.2516) | 31 (152) |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | 34 / 40 (631.9660) | 28 (161.1084) | 29 (158.3088) | 27 (161.1544) | 37 (151.3944) |
| Oct 20, 2017 | Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS | 35 / 47 (654.7428) | 44 (158.8000) | 38 (160.5256) | 6 (173.7372) | 33 (161.6800) |