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
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1561
peak 1561 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2013-06-21
latest 2017-06-23
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 10%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.65
last 5 Master vs avg 664.65 (+0.00)
Walk rate
20%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.01
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.04)
Road miles
4
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.65 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
High-water mark
672.0000
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.0000 at Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2014-06-27
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em has finished one call ahead of Big Sausage BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
3–1
behind in the head-to-head
JAESTAR BBQ ahead in 75% of their meetings
JAESTAR BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 4 shared contests.
The weak link
−7.0
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.98 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 20%.
- Pork Ribs avg 162.04
- Chicken avg 169.02
- 0 calls in 5 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of All Fired Up in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A standing appointment
4
years running at one contest
They've cooked Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship every year from 2013 to 2016 — the contest they never miss.
- 4 visits in all
- best finish 5th
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.
53 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1555 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 45%
- Peak
- 1561
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 11 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#1557 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 27%
- Peak
- 1561
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 23
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1583
No shared contest yet.
23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 22% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1552 of the rated field
- Contests
- 28
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 32%
- Peak
- 1584
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#1554 of the rated field
- Contests
- 33
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1577
No shared contest yet.
Level with Big Sausage BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1553 of the rated field
- Contests
- 34
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1591
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1591 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 | 164.0000 | 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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2016-06-24 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2017-06-23
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.02 · weakest Pork Ribs (162.04)
Walk rate
20%
a top-10 call in 1 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Master average
664.65
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
333
827–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1507
average field rating faced — tougher than 5% of rated contests
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2013-06-21 → 2014-06-27
Power rating
1561
peak 1561 · #1559 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- 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
- 2014
- First overall top-10 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best overall score672.0000 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- 2015
- 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
- 2017
- Peak power rating (1561) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest 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 | 2014-06-27 |
| +12.7 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2013-06-21 |
| +12.3 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2017-06-23 |
| +12.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2015-06-26 |
| +8.6 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle-Kansas State Championship | 2016-06-24 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | 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) |
| 2016-06-24 | 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) |
| 2015-06-26 | 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) |
| 2014-06-27 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 5 / 184 (672.0000) | 48 (165.6800) | 24 (168.6056) | 20 (168.5716) | 18 (169.1428) |
| 2013-06-21 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 20 / 183 (658.8572) | 33 (165.7144) | 58 (162.8570) | 54 (164.0000) | 31 (166.2858) |