Happy hunting ground
Top 9%
average finish here
Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 15th
- average top 9%
Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ
Martz Madness Half Sauced BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 12th of 27 at the Smokin' N the Ville (2014).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1530
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Apr 25, 2014
latest Jun 26, 2015 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 27%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.35
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.56 · weakest Pork Ribs (161.57)
Road miles
17
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
658.11 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1544 | 158.8000 | 167.56 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 158.2400 | 161.57 | top 44% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.8916 | 160 | 165.44 | top 34% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2628 | 161.7144 | 163.55 | top 29% |
“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
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 22% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 9% | Jun 26, 2015 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2014
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
333
finished ahead 408 times, behind 94
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20153 milestones
- Career-best overall score670.8460 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Peak power rating (1530) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Most recent contest Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
20145 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' N the Ville
- First call Smokin' N the Ville
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.4400 Smokin' N the Ville
- First category win (Chicken) Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
- Career-best single call (Chicken)177.1544 Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 26, 2015 |
| +12.9 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | Jun 27, 2014 |
| +3.4 | Smokin' N the Ville | Apr 25, 2014 |
| +0.8 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship | Sep 26, 2014 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 8% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67% | top 34% | 91.8% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2015 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 15 / 183 (670.8460) | 53 (165.1316) | 32 (167.9772) | 4 (174.8916) | 56 (162.8456) |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship 🏅 Shawnee, KS | 52 / 112 (645.0172) | 75 (158.8000) | 63 (158.2400) | 42 (166.2628) | 52 (161.7144) |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship 🏅 Lenexa, KS | 19 / 184 (661.1544) | 1 (177.1544) | 73 (160.6288) | 75 (160) | 47 (163.3712) |
| Apr 25, 2014 | Smokin' N the Ville Edwardsville, KS | 12 / 27 (655.4400) | 6 (169.1544) | 17 (159.4284) | 15 (160.5944) | 4 (166.2628) |