High-water mark
667.3032
career-best overall
92.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 667.3032 at Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival — 92.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Apr 9, 2021
Centsless BBQ
Centsless BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 40 at the Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival (2021). They finished #896 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “$$CENTSLESS BBQ$$”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1474
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Mar 19, 2021
latest Jul 7, 2022 · 1.3 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 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.68 · weakest Brisket (156.37)
Road miles
470
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 227 mi
Schedule strength
61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1577)
Purse competed for
$56K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
645.68 / 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 175.4288 | 159.9428 | 167.68 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 152.5260 | 158.53 | top 81% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 154.8000 | 163.10 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6916 | 145.0400 | 156.37 | top 74% |
“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 92% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 73% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2021
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
175
finished ahead 52 times, behind 173
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
May 14, 2021 → Jul 7, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20216 milestones
- First tracked contest Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club
- Peak power rating (1491) Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club
- First call Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.3032 Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score667.3032 Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4288 Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.1 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF | May 14, 2021 |
| -9.4 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club | Mar 19, 2021 |
| -4.5 | Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival | Apr 9, 2021 |
| -2.1 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 7, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 81% | 92.7% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2022 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 62 / 92 (650.6856) | 39 (169.6800) | 70 (156.5372) | 57 (165.6684) | 64 (158.8000) |
| May 14, 2021 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF 🏅 Waynesboro, GA | 39 / 42 (621.4516) | 35 (159.9428) | 41 (152.5260) | 32 (163.9428) | 39 (145.0400) |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Boss of the Sauce BBQ Festival 🏅 Jacksonville, FL | 23 / 40 (667.3032) | 8 (175.4288) | 23 (167.3828) | 35 (154.8000) | 15 (169.6916) |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Dorchester Shrine Club 🏅 Summerville, SC | 24 / 26 (643.2912) | 22 (165.6800) | 24 (157.6572) | 15 (168) | 25 (151.9540) |