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.
Sausage Fest BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1469
peak 1469 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-08-23
latest 2019-08-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
618.21
last 4 Master vs avg 618.21 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.03
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.85 · weakest Brisket (147.53)
Road miles
0
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Purse competed for
$4K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
618.21 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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 (2019-08-23).
- last seen 2015-08-28
- back 2019-08-23
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Sausage Fest BBQ has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 156 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4694 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#4681 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sausage Fest BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4689 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4657 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4652 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1469
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4740 | 148.6060 | 155.01 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.4628 | 154.8228 | 159.85 | top 64% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.0116 | 153.6456 | 155.83 | top 77% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2019-08-23 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6 yrs
2013-08-23 → 2019-08-23
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 159.85 · weakest Brisket (147.53)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
618.21
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
166
52–212 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$4,300
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4 yrs
2015-08-28 → 2019-08-23
Power rating
1469
peak 1469 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.4740 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
- Peak power rating (1494) East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival
- 2019
- Career-best overall score626.7088 East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival
- Most recent contest 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 | 2015-08-28 |
| -7.6 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival | 2014-08-22 |
| -7 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off, Paola Roots Festival | 2019-08-23 |
| -6.4 | East Central State BBQ Cook-Off Paola Roots Festival | 2013-08-23 |
Category scores over time
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 85% | 87% | 87% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 84.7% | 84.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-23 | 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) |
| 2015-08-28 | East Central State BBQ Cook Off Paola Roots Festival Paola, KS | 57 / 65 (610.1948) | 62 (148.6060) | 42 (160.0000) | 56 (153.6456) | 53 (147.9432) |
| 2014-08-22 | 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) |
| 2013-08-23 | 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) |