High-water mark
663.4060
career-best overall
92.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 663.4060 at Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee — 92.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Oct 10, 2014
3 Sauce'D Pigs
3 Sauce'D Pigs is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 9th of 37 at the Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee (2014). They finished #2051 in the 2015 Master Series Team of the Year standings. Also listed in KCBS results as “3 SAUCED PIGS”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Oct 10, 2014
latest Oct 6, 2018 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.62
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.14 · weakest Brisket (154.52)
Road miles
485
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 236 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Master avg
638.63 / 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)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2051 (76 pts) | #2014 (96 pts) | #2205 (61 pts) | #2220 (61 pts) | #1944 (111 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 160.5828 | 165.14 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1316 | 143.9316 | 155.97 | top 72% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5828 | 153.1200 | 162.99 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 140.4916 | 154.52 | top 61% |
“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
More numbers
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
109
finished ahead 50 times, behind 74
Longest layoff
3.2 yrs
Aug 7, 2015 → Oct 6, 2018
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Rib's and Bibs
20147 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- First call Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.4060 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Career-best overall score663.4060 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5828 Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
- Peak power rating (1509) Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.2 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee | Oct 10, 2014 |
| +2.8 | Rib's and Bibs | Oct 6, 2018 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.6 | Knights of Columbus | Jun 19, 2015 |
| -5.8 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship | Aug 7, 2015 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 88% | 87.7% | 85.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2018 | Rib's and Bibs Topeka, KS | 21 / 37 (658.1948) | 18 (168) | 14 (169.1316) | 13 (170.2744) | 31 (150.7888) |
| Aug 7, 2015 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO | 20 / 26 (631.3716) | 16 (160.5828) | 23 (154.8344) | 23 (156) | 13 (159.9544) |
| Jun 19, 2015 | Knights of Columbus Quincy, IL | 28 / 28 (601.5432) | 18 (164) | 28 (143.9316) | 26 (153.1200) | 28 (140.4916) |
| Oct 10, 2014 | Smoke on the Water at Lake Shawnee Topeka, KS | 9 / 37 (663.4060) | 9 (167.9772) | 23 (155.9888) | 4 (172.5828) | 4 (166.8572) |