High-water mark
689.0628
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.0628 at Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jul 1, 2022
In Deep Sauce BBQ Team
In Deep Sauce BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 25 at the EffingHAM-JAM (2022). They are ranked #3640 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
peak 1517 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 1, 2022
latest Jul 10, 2026 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.37 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 670.15 (-3.78)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.67
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.91 · weakest Pork (166.06)
Road miles
1,065
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 386 mi
Schedule strength
89%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1624)
Purse competed for
$47K
listed at 6 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 6 state-championship entries
Master avg
670.15 / 720
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #856 (125 pts) | #879 (150 pts) | #782 (220 pts) | #907 (130 pts) | #830 (155 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1531 (53 pts) | #1570 (53 pts) | #1612 (53 pts) | #1536 (53 pts) | #1175 (68 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #706 (240 pts) | #858 (185 pts) | #1022 (145 pts) | #668 (285 pts) | #510 (430 pts) |
Overall rank by season
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to In Deep Sauce BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
157 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,621 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,632 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1491
Level with In Deep Sauce BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,643 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before In Deep Sauce BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,656 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
They were already cooking in 2016, 6 years before In Deep Sauce BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before In Deep Sauce BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,647 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before In Deep Sauce BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 156.5144 | 166.64 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 177.7144 | 162.8000 | 168.54 | top 61% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 159.9312 | 166.06 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 177.7028 | 162.7884 | 168.91 | top 53% |
“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
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) | 2 | 25 | 0 | top 75% | Jul 10, 2026 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MO
2 of 6 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
149
finished ahead 56 times, behind 151
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Jul 22, 2022 → Aug 31, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7144 Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
- Most recent contest Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1)
20226 milestones
- First tracked contest Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge
- First call Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.0628 Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge
- Career-best overall score689.0628 Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge
- First overall top-10 EffingHAM-JAM
- Peak power rating (1517) EffingHAM-JAM
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | EffingHAM-JAM | Jul 22, 2022 |
| +6.9 | Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge | Jul 1, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.6 | Smoke on the River | Aug 31, 2024 |
| -7.9 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off (MASTERS and BACKYARD 1) | Jul 10, 2026 |
| -4.7 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off | Jul 11, 2025 |
| -3.6 | Smoke on the Water | Oct 10, 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 73% | 93.5% | 92.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 95.7% | 95% |
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 | 30 / 37 (673.5656) | 27 (168.5256) | 7 (177.7144) | 34 (164.5372) | 31 (162.7884) |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Smoke on the Water 🏅 Topeka, KS | 23 / 30 (660.4228) | 22 (167.9772) | 25 (163.3828) | 22 (165.1200) | 22 (163.9428) |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Cameron Elks BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cameron, MO | 25 / 36 (673.5540) | 21 (169.6800) | 7 (176.5600) | 33 (159.9312) | 20 (167.3828) |
| Aug 31, 2024 | Smoke on the River 🏅 Burlington, KS | 28 / 28 (646.0688) | 27 (156.5144) | 25 (162.8000) | 28 (160.5144) | 22 (166.2400) |
| Jul 22, 2022 | EffingHAM-JAM 🏅 Effingham, IL | 9 / 25 (678.2284) | 15 (166.8800) | 19 (165.6800) | 8 (170.2628) | 4 (175.4056) |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Lowell's Smokin' In the Ozarks-Arkansas State Challenge 🏅 Lowell, AR | 15 / 30 (689.0628) | 19 (170.2744) | 23 (165.0856) | 9 (176) | 3 (177.7028) |