The heartbreaker
2.8688
points from the title
Came within 2.8688 points of the Grand Championship at Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jun 14, 2024).
Truck'n Sauced
Truck'n Sauced is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 40 at the Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2604 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Truck n' Sauced”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1517
peak 1527 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jul 15, 2022
latest Aug 22, 2025 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
326.55 ▲
last 5 Backyard vs avg 319.54 (+7.01)
Walk rate
29%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.31
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 165.12 · weakest Chicken (160.70)
Road miles
887
across 7 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
53%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1568)
Purse competed for
$41K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.54 / 360
6 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
500.49 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Truck'n Sauced, each with one reason worth a look.
78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,606 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1517
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Truck'n Sauced's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,594 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1529
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Truck'n Sauced's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1519
Level with Truck'n Sauced on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,597 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1531
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 10 years before Truck'n Sauced's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 38%
- Peak
- 1528
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudes BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 147.3716 | 160.70 | top 49% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 175.4172 | 137.1200 | 161.10 | top 45% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 165.1200 | 165.12 | top 19% |
“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) | 6 | 0 | top 52% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 5% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 13 | 0 | top 65% | Aug 22, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
1.8
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
6
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
198
finished ahead 143 times, behind 144
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Jul 15, 2022 → Oct 6, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
20244 milestones
- First overall podium Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Reserve Championship Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)175.4172 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1527) Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20234 milestones
- First call Smokin' for Garrett
- First overall top-10 Smokin' for Garrett
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score500.4912 Smokin' for Garrett
- Career-best overall score500.4912 Smokin' for Garrett
20221 milestone
- First tracked contest Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.8 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 14, 2024 |
| +13.3 | Smokin' for Garrett | Oct 6, 2023 |
| +1.4 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 23, 2024 |
| +1 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 14, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.1 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 22, 2025 |
| -5 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
| -1.9 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 15, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 86.1% | 86.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25% | top 42% | 96.3% | 91.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 15% | 92.7% | 92.7% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 52% | 79% | 79% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2025 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 26 / 31 (310.1368) | 27 (154.7884) | 25 (155.3484) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 17 / 35 (330.1828) | 16 (165.0972) | 18 (165.0856) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 13 / 28 (327.3600) | 18 (159.9656) | 13 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 23 / 34 (318.2400) | 23 (159.4400) | 19 (158.8000) | — | — |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 2 / 40 (346.8228) | 6 (171.4056) | 2 (175.4172) | — | — |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Smokin' for Garrett 🏅 Mt. Carmel, IL | 4 / 26 (500.4912) | 4 (166.8228) | 5 (168.5484) | 5 (165.1200) | — |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 13 / 25 (284.4916) | 12 (147.3716) | 14 (137.1200) | — | — |