High-water mark
812.4116
career-best overall
112.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 812.4116 at Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off — 112.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2013-07-26
On The Sauce BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2014-07-25
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
550.89 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 599.17 (-48.28)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±187.62
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 162.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.74)
Road miles
476
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
599.17 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.2
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.18 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 158.74
- Chicken avg 162.93
- 2 calls in 6 entries
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.
124 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after On The Sauce BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3298 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1498
No shared contest yet.
Level with On The Sauce BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3305 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3318 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3307 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.9772 | 152.5256 | 162.93 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4288 | 146.2288 | 158.74 | top 58% |
| Pork | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 149.0968 | 161.98 | top 57% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1088 | 156.5144 | 161.12 | top 51% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 59% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 49% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 46% | 2014-07-25 |
| Blues, BBQ & Bargains | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 61% | 2014-07-18 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2013
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 162.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.74)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
17%
1 of 6 contests
Master average
599.17
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
129
85–107 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
476
6 mapped stops · furthest 114 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #3315 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- First call Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
- Career-best overall score812.4116 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off
- First overall top-10 Bricks, Brons & BBQ
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.8628 Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- Peak power rating (1499) Blues, BBQ & Bargains
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.9772 Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
- Most recent contest Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.8 | Bricks, Brons & BBQ | 2013-09-20 |
| +2.8 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off | 2013-07-26 |
| +0.4 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | 2014-07-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.4 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains | 2013-07-19 |
| -2.8 | National Bar-B-Que Derby | 2013-09-06 |
| -1.4 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 91.3% | 90.9% |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 53% | 89.3% | 72% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-Off Dodge City, KS | 18 / 30 (657.7032) | 12 (167.9772) | 16 (165.7372) | 16 (165.1428) | 22 (158.8460) |
| 2014-07-18 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS | 18 / 33 (651.8628) | 18 (165.1200) | 22 (160.5372) | 21 (164.5484) | 16 (161.6572) |
| 2013-09-20 | Bricks, Brons & BBQ Russell, KS | 7 / 14 (643.3028) | 9 (159.9884) | 4 (163.9772) | 9 (162.8228) | 8 (156.5144) |
| 2013-09-06 | National Bar-B-Que Derby Derby, KS | 22 / 35 (638.8000) | 15 (163.9656) | 32 (148.5372) | 15 (164.0000) | 16 (162.2972) |
| 2013-07-26 | Dodge City Days Barbeque Cook-off Dodge City, KS | 15 / 47 (162.8000) | 7 (167.9772) | 10 (167.4288) | 42 (149.0968) | 17 (165.1088) |
| 2013-07-19 | Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays, KS | 28 / 42 (627.3256) | 34 (152.5256) | 36 (146.2288) | 13 (166.2856) | 18 (162.2856) |