A tough matchup
11–0
behind in the head-to-head
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM has come out ahead in 11 of their 11 shared contests.
Good Ole Boys Country BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1424
peak 1424 · rated over 11 contests ⓘ
Contests
11
in the data
First seen
2013-11-01
latest 2018-04-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 11 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
619.87 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 623.13 (-3.25)
Walk rate
18%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 159.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.43)
Road miles
266
mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
39%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
623.13 / 720
11 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (5 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.
The weak link
−7.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.82 points below their pork, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 9%.
- Pork Ribs avg 151.43
- Pork avg 159.26
- 0 calls in 11 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of FIRE HOUSE GRILL in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Pork nemesis
10 of 10
shared pork entries lost
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA ahead 100% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA has out-cooked them in 10 of 10 shared pork entries.
The metronome
±2.48%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.48% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 86.5% of a perfect score
- 11 contests
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.
33 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#6107 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#6115 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1424
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#6106 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
Level with Good Ole Boys Country BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#6108 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1425
No shared contest yet.
15 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 7% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#6116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1424
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 11 years after Good Ole Boys Country BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#6117 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1424
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAUCED! BBQ TEAM | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| King's Cooking | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| BUBBAJACK'S | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SUE E PIGG | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE THIS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKING BUTT HEADS | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| CHECKERED PIG | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MIDNIGHT BURN | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| A TASTE OF CAROLINA | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BS PITMEISTERS | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| SWIG-N-PIG | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| EB'S BAR-B-QUE | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 142.8000 | 155.26 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 141.0628 | 151.43 | top 85% |
| Pork | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.8456 | 150.2056 | 159.26 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1772 | 137.0972 | 157.18 | 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 79% |
| Large (40+) | 8 | 0 | top 84% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2 | 52 | 0 | top 79% | 2015-06-12 |
| Hog Happnin' | 2 | 58 | 0 | top 86% | 2014-10-31 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.5 yrs
2013-11-01 → 2018-04-20
Busiest season
2014
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
11 of 11 contests
Contests visited
9
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
11 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 159.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.43)
Walk rate
18%
a top-10 call in 2 of 11 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 11 contests
Master average
623.13
out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
273
101–465 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
266
11 mapped stops · furthest 41 mi
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 39% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2017-04-14 → 2018-04-20
Power rating
1424
peak 1424 · #6111 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hog Happnin'
- Peak power rating (1493) Hog Happnin'
- 2014
- First call Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.6912 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- Career-best overall score653.6912 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.8456 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
- 2017
- 10th tracked contest 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off
- 2018
- Most recent contest *22nd Annual Firehouse BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.7 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' | 2014-06-06 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival | 2014-06-13 |
| -10.8 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest | 2015-06-05 |
| -10.6 | Hog Happnin' | 2014-10-31 |
| -8.8 | 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off | 2017-04-14 |
| -8.4 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2014-04-18 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 82% | 88.7% | 87.6% |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25% | top 80% | 90.8% | 86.6% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-20 | *22nd Annual Firehouse BBQ Cookoff Kings Mountain, NC | 31 / 33 (592.9252) | 33 (144.5028) | 30 (150.8000) | 29 (153.1084) | 31 (144.5140) |
| 2017-04-14 | 21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 46 / 49 (613.5768) | 44 (153.7256) | 36 (153.6800) | 49 (150.2284) | 42 (155.9428) |
| 2016-04-15 | 20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 34 / 41 (621.6000) | 34 (157.1200) | 39 (144.5028) | 22 (164.0000) | 32 (155.9772) |
| 2015-06-12 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 52 / 78 (638.7656) | 69 (151.9772) | 52 (159.4056) | 10 (170.8456) | 54 (156.5372) |
| 2015-06-05 | Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC | 32 / 34 (632.5028) | 15 (169.1428) | 30 (153.0856) | 31 (153.1200) | 29 (157.1544) |
| 2015-04-17 | 19th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC | 35 / 41 (621.0400) | 41 (142.8000) | 40 (147.3600) | 23 (162.8572) | 16 (168.0228) |
| 2014-10-31 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 58 / 61 (598.1600) | 55 (155.9884) | 60 (141.0628) | 34 (164.0116) | 60 (137.0972) |
| 2014-06-13 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC | 67 / 73 (608.4000) | 70 (147.9772) | 68 (147.9200) | 46 (162.8228) | 64 (149.6800) |
| 2014-06-06 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC | 19 / 38 (653.6912) | 25 (162.2628) | 27 (156.5600) | 14 (165.7600) | 10 (169.1084) |
| 2014-04-18 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC | 45 / 55 (633.2228) | 42 (160.5828) | 48 (152.0228) | 51 (154.8456) | 19 (165.7716) |
| 2013-11-01 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 58 / 75 (640.5028) | 53 (161.7372) | 55 (159.3828) | 74 (150.2056) | 22 (169.1772) |