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Lost In The Sauce

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4612
of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1470
peak 1501 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ

Contests

6
in the data

First seen

2013-06-21
latest 2025-10-03

Best ToY finish

#1182
Master 2024

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 77%
overall standings

Best overall

644.4804 / 720
Master · ND BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

624.47
last 5 Master vs avg 624.47 (+0.00)

Walk rate

0%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

168.5716
Pork · ND BBQ Championship

Consistency

±17.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 158.82 · weakest Brisket (153.92)

Road miles

1,775
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 1096 mi

Schedule strength

37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Purse competed for

$19K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
GCs in 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

624.47 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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

−4.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.90 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Brisket avg 153.92
  • Chicken avg 158.82
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

The comeback

7.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 7.2 years, then back at ND BBQ Championship (2024-09-27).

  • last seen 2017-07-14
  • back 2024-09-27

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.

140 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Sea Brisket
#4595 of the rated field
1470 ▲ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1470
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Lost In The Sauce)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Lost In The Sauce has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2017-09-29
⚔ Head-to-head
IlliDueQue
#4616 of the rated field
1470 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1470
No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2025-06-27
⚔ Head-to-head
ManBearPig
#4632 of the rated field
1470 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1470
No shared contest yet.

They turned up 8 years after Lost In The Sauce did, first appearing in 2021.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2024-10-25
⚔ Head-to-head
DROP THE GLOVES BBQ
#4615 of the rated field
1470 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1470
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Lost In The Sauce's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
⚔ Head-to-head
CR SMOKIN BBQ
#4610 of the rated field
1470 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1470
No shared contest yet.

Level with Lost In The Sauce on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen 2019-09-21
⚔ Head-to-head
BBQ Outcooker
#4617 of the rated field
1470 ▼ 0 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1470
No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Lost In The Sauce's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
⚔ Head-to-head

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 164.5484 153.0860 158.82 top 71%
Pork Ribs 6 0 0 0 166.2856 141.6228 157.96 top 67%
Pork 5 0 0 0 168.5716 142.8572 154.51 top 74%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 158.8344 146.8116 153.92 top 72%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
ND20top 81%
KS20top 64%
GA10top 95%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
ND BBQ Championship 2 36 0 top 81% 2025-10-03

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 12.3 yrs 2013-06-21 → 2025-10-03
Busiest season 2025 2 contests
Contests a season 1.5 across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in ND 3 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited 4 1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 6 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat Chicken averages 158.82 · weakest Brisket (153.92)
Walk rate 0% a top-10 call in 0 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests
Master average 624.47 out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced 381 139–287 across every shared overall standing
Road miles 1,775 6 mapped stops · furthest 1,096 mi
Schedule strength 1549 average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Purse competed for $19,400 listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships 0 from 4 state-championship entries
Longest layoff 7.2 yrs 2017-07-14 → 2024-09-27
Power rating 1470 peak 1501 · #4612 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

  1. 2013
  2. First tracked contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  3. Peak power rating (1501) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
  4. 2024
  5. Career-best overall score644.4804 ND BBQ Championship
  6. Career-best single call (Pork)168.5716 ND BBQ Championship
  7. 2025
  8. Most recent contest ND BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+0.8Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship2013-06-21

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.7The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig2017-07-14
-9.1Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship2013-09-27
-6.5ND BBQ Championship2025-10-03
-4.7ND BBQ Championship2024-09-27

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20252000 0% top 85% 88.6% 88.6%
20241000 0% top 77% 89.5% 89.5%
20171000 0% top 95% 82.8% 82.8%
20132000 0% top 64% 87.6% 86.4%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 39 / 46 (637.6800) 44 (154.8000) 37 (160.5828) 28 (166.2856) 39 (156.0116)
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND — — 15 (161.6684) — —
2024-09-27 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 36 / 47 (644.4804) 42 (159.3944) 27 (164.0000) 17 (168.5716) 41 (152.5144)
2017-07-14 The Georgia Smithfield Guinea Pig Cummings, GA 39 / 41 (596.3776) 40 (153.0860) 36 (153.6228) 41 (142.8572) 38 (146.8116)
2013-09-27 Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS 90 / 114 (612.9712) 40 (164.5484) 110 (141.6228) 102 (147.9656) 47 (158.8344)
2013-06-21 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS 88 / 183 (630.8564) 65 (162.2856) 30 (166.2856) 153 (146.8568) 103 (155.4284)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2024 ↗ Master #1182 (60 pts) #1242 (60 pts) #1317 (60 pts) #1064 (100 pts) #1204 (60 pts)

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