They almost always walk
88%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 7 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 88% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Let's Smoke and Get Sauced
Let's Smoke and Get Sauced is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 17 at the Triple B Festival (2016). They are ranked #4340 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1511 · rated over 8 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
May 21, 2016
latest Jun 30, 2025 · 9.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
634.80 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 640.07 (-5.28)
Walk rate
88%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.21
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.56 · weakest Brisket (153.82)
Road miles
403
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 132 mi
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1553)
Purse competed for
$8,000
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
640.07 / 720
8 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Let's Smoke and Get Sauced, each with one reason worth a look.
152 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,371 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#4,362 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 22%
- Peak
- 1476
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Let's Smoke and Get Sauced's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,364 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,351 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
They turned up 7 years after Let's Smoke and Get Sauced did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Compare careers#4,370 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
Level with Let's Smoke and Get Sauced on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,365 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARROWHEAD NORTH BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| BIGG SMOAK BBQ | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dusty Rusty's BBQ | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| Butt Seriously Folks | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Pigtamer BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMELLAQUE | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 166.2856 | 153.7144 | 161.49 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176.0116 | 146.2400 | 160.20 | top 54% |
| Pork | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 154.8228 | 164.56 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.6684 | 141.7372 | 153.82 | top 76% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 62% |
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 69% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Water (Day 2) | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 79% | Jun 23, 2018 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.6
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
ON
4 of 8 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
7
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
76
finished ahead 53 times, behind 101
Longest layoff
5.9 yrs
Jul 26, 2019 → Jun 30, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown
20168 milestones
- First tracked contest Triple B Festival
- First call Triple B Festival
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Triple B Festival
- First overall top-10 Triple B Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9428 Triple B Festival
- Career-best overall score667.9428 Triple B Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.0116 Triple B Festival
- Peak power rating (1511) Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Triple B Festival | May 21, 2016 |
| +4.4 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival | Aug 19, 2016 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.7 | Triple B Festival Day 2 | Jun 24, 2017 |
| -8.5 | Smoke on the Water (Day 2) | Jun 23, 2018 |
| -4.5 | Rumble on the River | Jul 26, 2019 |
| -3.8 | Triple B Festival Day 1 | Jun 23, 2017 |
| -2.9 | Smoke on the Water (Day 1) | Jun 22, 2018 |
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 | 100% | top 71% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 53% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 88.4% | 88.2% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 82% | 87.6% | 86.7% |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 38% | 92.8% | 91.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2025 | Blue Bombers BBQ Pit Master Showdown Winnipeg, MB | 17 / 24 (650.8000) | 18 (160.5828) | 6 (173.1200) | 21 (154.8228) | 17 (162.2744) |
| Jul 26, 2019 | Rumble on the River Morris MB | 8 / 15 (634.8804) | 6 (165.1544) | 12 (153.6916) | 2 (174.2972) | 15 (141.7372) |
| Jun 23, 2018 | Smoke on the Water (Day 2) Kenora, Ontaro | 14 / 16 (634.1712) | 10 (163.9656) | 14 (146.2400) | 9 (165.7028) | 12 (158.2628) |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Smoke on the Water (Day 1) Kenora, ON | 12 / 17 (636.5028) | 8 (166.2856) | 12 (157.7144) | 5 (169.7028) | 15 (142.8000) |
| Jun 24, 2017 | Triple B Festival Day 2 Kenora, ON | 20 / 21 (617.6348) | 20 (156.5716) | 19 (147.3828) | 11 (164.0116) | 20 (149.6688) |
| Jun 23, 2017 | Triple B Festival Day 1 Kenora, ON | 15 / 22 (630.8000) | 21 (153.7144) | 7 (164.5716) | 13 (161.1428) | 19 (151.3712) |
| Aug 19, 2016 | Winnipeg Barbeque and Blues Festival Winnipeg | 10 / 25 (647.8632) | 16 (164.5256) | 10 (162.8344) | 6 (165.6916) | 15 (154.8116) |
| May 21, 2016 | Triple B Festival Kenora, ON | 6 / 17 (667.9428) | 13 (161.1428) | 1 (176.0116) | 12 (161.1200) | 5 (169.6684) |