High-water mark
338.2172
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 338.2172 at Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) — 93.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2025-06-20
Truckin Sauced
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2022-06-17
latest 2025-06-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
328.99
last 5 Backyard vs avg 328.99 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.04
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.89 · weakest Chicken (164.10)
Road miles
199
mi across 5 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Purse competed for
$18K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
328.99 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (4 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
309 BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
309 BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Bulldog BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-06-20).
- last seen 2023-08-25
- back 2025-06-20
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.
104 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2692 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-head#2672 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Truckin Sauced's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 7 years before Truckin Sauced's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Truckin Sauced on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2682 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Truckin Sauced's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 309 BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Rudes BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 156.0456 | 164.10 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 149.6572 | 164.89 | top 42% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 12 | 0 | top 51% | 2023-06-17 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2022-06-17 → 2025-06-20
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 164.89 · weakest Chicken (164.10)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
20%
1 of 5 contests
Backyard average
328.99
out of 360 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
107
84–70 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
199
5 mapped stops · furthest 66 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$17,675
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2023-08-25 → 2025-06-20
Power rating
1514
peak 1514 · #2681 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- First call Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score331.9200 Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2025
- Career-best overall score338.2172 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.8228 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Peak power rating (1514) Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-08-25 |
| +6 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-06-17 |
| +3 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2025-06-20 |
| +0.6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | 2023-07-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | 2022-06-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 47% | 93.9% | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 93.9% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 17 / 36 (338.2172) | 20 (167.3944) | 17 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-08-25 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 8 / 26 (338.2056) | 13 (167.3828) | 7 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2023-07-14 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 12 / 25 (318.9256) | 13 (156.0456) | 7 (162.8800) | — | — |
| 2023-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 12 / 33 (331.9200) | 19 (161.6572) | 7 (170.2628) | — | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) Morris, IL | 15 / 23 (317.6572) | 10 (168.0000) | 20 (149.6572) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #159 (301 pts) | #138 (466 pts) | — | — |