Sausage Fest BBQ

Sausage Fest BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 49th of 68 at the East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival (2013).

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1469

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 23, 2013

latest Aug 23, 2019 · 6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 81%

overall standings

Best overall

626.7088 / 720

Master · East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

163.4740

Chicken · East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival

Consistency

±6.03

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 159.85 · weakest Brisket (147.53)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Purse competed for

$4,300

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

618.21 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

B & C SMOKERS ahead in 100% of their meetings

B & C SMOKERS has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Two Fat Guys Burning Meat in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

4 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 4 years, then back at East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival (Aug 23, 2019).

last seen Aug 28, 2015
back Aug 23, 2019

By meat

Category	Entries	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	163.4740	148.6060	155.01	top 72%
Pork Ribs	4	163.4628	154.8228	159.85	top 64%
Pork	4	160.0116	153.6456	155.83	top 77%
Brisket	4	152.5028	138.8800	147.53	top 81%

“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
East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	4	49	0	top 81%	Aug 23, 2019

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in KS 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 1 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 165 finished ahead 52 times, behind 212

Longest layoff 4 yrs Aug 28, 2015 → Aug 23, 2019

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20192 milestones

Aug 23 Career-best overall score626.7088 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 Most recent contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival

20133 milestones

Aug 23 First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)163.4740 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
Aug 23 Peak power rating (1494) East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 28, 2015
-7.6	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 22, 2014
-7	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival	Aug 23, 2019
-6.4	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival	Aug 23, 2013

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0%	top 85%	87%	87%
2015	1	0%	top 88%	84.7%	84.7%
2014	1	0%	top 78%	85.5%	85.5%
2013	1	0%	top 72%	86.1%	86.1%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 23, 2019	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival 🏅 Paola, KS	56 / 66 (626.7088)	57 (154.8000)	48 (161.1200)	50 (160.0116)	57 (150.7772)
Aug 28, 2015	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	57 / 65 (610.1948)	62 (148.6060)	42 (160)	56 (153.6456)	53 (147.9432)
Aug 22, 2014	East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	54 / 69 (615.8512)	50 (153.1428)	50 (154.8228)	51 (155.3828)	44 (152.5028)
Aug 23, 2013	East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS	49 / 68 (620.1024)	22 (163.4740)	31 (163.4628)	48 (154.2856)	63 (138.8800)