Saunders Cook Team
Saunders Cook Team is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 24th of 53 at the Lakeland Pig Festival (2020).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1497
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Jan 24, 2020
latest Jan 28, 2022 · 2 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.87 · weakest Brisket (143.97)
Road miles
1
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard (4-meat) avg
613.38 / 720
2 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5488 | 143.3596 | 155.95 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.6172 | 149.1316 | 158.87 | top 37% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3944 | 149.7716 | 154.58 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.5716 | 143.3600 | 143.97 | top 66% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Pig Festival | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 55% | Jan 28, 2022 |
More numbers
Opponents faced
165
finished ahead 79 times, behind 122
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Jan 24, 2020 → Jan 28, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Lakeland Pig Festival
20204 milestones
- First tracked contest Lakeland Pig Festival
- First call Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best overall score639.9204 Lakeland Pig Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.6172 Lakeland Pig Festival
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2022 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 39 / 60 (586.8344) | 41 (143.3596) | 35 (149.1316) | 36 (149.7716) | 35 (144.5716) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Lakeland Pig Festival 🏅 Lakeland, FL | 24 / 53 (639.9204) | 8 (168.5488) | 8 (168.6172) | 28 (159.3944) | 39 (143.3600) |