High-water mark
676.4684
career-best overall
94.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.4684 at BBQ & Fly-In on the River — 94.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Aug 15, 2025
Too Sauced To Smoke
Too Sauced To Smoke is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 30 at the Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (2023). They are ranked #3014 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
peak 1513 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Jul 7, 2023
latest Jul 10, 2026 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
3
33% of 9 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
44%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±4.66
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.99 · weakest Brisket (159.95)
Road miles
222
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 46 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
656.40 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
336.85 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Backyard | #142 (294 pts) | #136 (334 pts) | #138 (364 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | — | — | #333 (107 pts) | — | — |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1148 (60 pts) | #1199 (65 pts) | #886 (167 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) | #1190 (60 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #293 (119 pts) | #339 (94 pts) | #264 (159 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #280 (110 pts) | #159 (355 pts) | — | — |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #1255 (60 pts) | #1319 (60 pts) | #936 (175 pts) | #1287 (60 pts) | #1296 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Too Sauced To Smoke, each with one reason worth a look.
99 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to Too Sauced To Smoke)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — Too Sauced To Smoke ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,021 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
Level with Too Sauced To Smoke on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,020 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,028 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1529
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 8 contests, alongside a 25% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#3,006 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Too Sauced To Smoke's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too Sauced BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1428 | 152.5028 | 165.76 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 161.0856 | 168.99 | top 47% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 166.2400 | 168.53 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.3944 | 156.5028 | 159.95 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 61% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 39% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 76% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | 3 | 6 | 0 | top 39% | Jul 10, 2026 |
| BBQ & Fly-In on the River | 2 | 42 | 0 | top 76% | Aug 15, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
9 of 9 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
9 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Opponents faced
190
finished ahead 117 times, behind 157
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Aug 18, 2023 → Oct 4, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
20251 milestone
- Career-best overall score676.4684 BBQ & Fly-In on the River
20236 milestones
- First tracked contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- First overall top-10 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score343.9656 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
- Peak power rating (1513) Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.5 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off | Jul 7, 2023 |
| +7.7 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| +1.5 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 4, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.5 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 18, 2023 |
| -4.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest | Mar 20, 2026 |
| -2.8 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| -2 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River | Aug 15, 2025 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 55% | 93.3% | 92.7% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 94% | 94% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 94.1% | 94.1% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 52% | 95.5% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) 🏅 Cameron, MO | 10 / 37 (335.9428) | 15 (163.9428) | 4 (172) | — | — |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (BACKYARD 2) Cameron, MO | 11 / 16 (329.6112) | 13 (165.0856) | 11 (164.5256) | — | — |
| Mar 20, 2026 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest Kansas City, MO | 23 / 33 (335.9428) | 9 (173.1428) | 24 (162.8000) | — | — |
| Aug 15, 2025 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 42 / 62 (676.4684) | 24 (173.1428) | 35 (169.1084) | 33 (170.8228) | 47 (163.3944) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | 14 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO | 10 / 19 (338.7884) | 15 (164.5256) | 6 (174.2628) | — | — |
| Aug 18, 2023 | BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO | 48 / 57 (636.3312) | 52 (152.5028) | 45 (161.0856) | 39 (166.2400) | 43 (156.5028) |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 6 / 30 (343.9656) | 11 (167.9656) | 2 (176) | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2023 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cameron, MO | — | — | 13 (170.8228) | — | — |