A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
iBQ'n ahead in 100% of their meetings
iBQ'n has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smoked & Sauced
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2015-08-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.58
last 3 Master vs avg 608.58 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±27.89
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.26 · weakest Brisket (137.71)
Road miles
11
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
14%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)
Master avg
608.58 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Smoked & Sauced has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4345 of the rated field
- Contests
- 29
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1476
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Smoked & Sauced)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Smoked & Sauced has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smoked & Sauced did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smoked & Sauced on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1772 | 138.2172 | 152.54 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7372 | 137.7372 | 155.06 | top 61% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 160.5828 | 163.26 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.7372 | 130.7772 | 137.71 | top 90% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 90% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2015-08-28
Busiest season
2015
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.26 · weakest Brisket (137.71)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
608.58
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
82
31–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1520
average field rating faced — tougher than 14% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2014-07-25 → 2015-08-28
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Taste of Grand Rapids
- First call Taste of Grand Rapids
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)169.7372 Taste of Grand Rapids
- Peak power rating (1491) Taste of Grand Rapids
- 2014
- Career-best overall score629.6800 Taste of Grand Rapids 2014
- 2015
- Most recent contest Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.1 | Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing | 2015-08-28 |
| -8.9 | Taste of Grand Rapids | 2013-07-19 |
| -1.1 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 | 2014-07-25 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 79.1% | 79.1% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 58% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-28 | Ribstock II: Ribs & Racing Marne, MI | 32 / 32 (569.1660) | 32 (138.2172) | 31 (137.7372) | 15 (160.5828) | 31 (132.6288) |
| 2014-07-25 | Taste of Grand Rapids 2014 Grand Rapids, MI | 32 / 55 (629.6800) | 38 (154.2400) | 33 (157.7028) | 10 (168.0000) | 41 (149.7372) |
| 2013-07-19 | Taste of Grand Rapids Comstock Park, MI | 31 / 39 (626.8800) | 17 (165.1772) | 10 (169.7372) | 24 (161.1884) | 38 (130.7772) |