Happy hunting ground
Top 11%
average finish here
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 4 visits.
- 4 visits
- best finish 5th
- average top 11%
Big Sausage BBQ
Big Sausage BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 5th of 184 at the Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship (2014). They are ranked #1561 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1561
peak 1561 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 21, 2013
latest Jun 23, 2017 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 10%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.01
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.04)
Road miles
4
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.65 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Big Sausage BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
49 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 45%
- Peak
- 1561
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#1,559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1561
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#1,560 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 56%
- Peak
- 1561
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Compare careers#1,565 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 30%
- Peak
- 1562
Level with Big Sausage BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1584
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 28 contests, alongside a 32% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1576
33 contests to 5: their number has had years to settle where Big Sausage BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Fired Up | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Animal House BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| B&D BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Big Fork BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Can't Beat Our Meat | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| DUNN UP BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Every Man A Smoker | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Grill on Grill Action | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Hogs Breath BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| J Adams Rib | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| KC Rib doctor | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Mad Cow BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Meat Rubbers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Meaty Bone BBQ | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Natural Born Grillers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 163.9888 | 169.02 | top 16% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.6056 | 151.3712 | 162.04 | top 38% |
| Pork | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 164 | 168.81 | top 17% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 157.6456 | 164.78 | top 25% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 4 | 5 | 0 | top 11% | Jun 24, 2016 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
332
finished ahead 827 times, behind 85
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Jun 21, 2013 → Jun 27, 2014
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20172 milestones
- Peak power rating (1561) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
20153 milestones
- First call Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First category win (Pork) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20142 milestones
- First overall top-10 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score672 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20132 milestones
- First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.8572 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2014 |
| +12.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 21, 2013 |
| +12.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 23, 2017 |
| +12.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 26, 2015 |
| +8.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | Jun 24, 2016 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 7% | 92.5% | 92.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 19% | 91.2% | 91.2% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 10% | 93% | 93% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 3% | 93.3% | 93.3% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 11% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2017 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 12 / 184 (666.2288) | 50 (163.9888) | 41 (166.2628) | 30 (168.5600) | 33 (167.4172) |
| Jun 24, 2016 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 35 / 183 (656.5372) | 14 (172.0228) | 82 (161.1088) | 49 (165.7600) | 89 (157.6456) |
| Jun 26, 2015 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 18 / 183 (669.6112) | 2 (177.7028) | 147 (151.3712) | 1 (177.1428) | 54 (163.3944) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 5 / 184 (672) | 48 (165.6800) | 24 (168.6056) | 20 (168.5716) | 18 (169.1428) |
| Jun 21, 2013 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 20 / 183 (658.8572) | 33 (165.7144) | 58 (162.8570) | 54 (164) | 31 (166.2858) |