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
- Jun 20, 2025
Truckin Sauced
Truckin Sauced is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 26 at the Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023). They are ranked #2686 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jun 17, 2022
latest Jun 20, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.04
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.89 · weakest Chicken (164.10)
Road miles
199
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 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #159 (301 pts) | #138 (466 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Truckin Sauced, each with one reason worth a look.
109 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,706 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1513
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 7 contests, alongside a 14% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,680 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
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.
⚔ Compare careers#2,688 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1521
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Truckin Sauced's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,682 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1517
Level with Truckin Sauced on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,691 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Truckin Sauced's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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 | 156.0456 | 164.10 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.8228 | 149.6572 | 164.89 | top 42% |
“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.
Repeat visits (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% | Jun 17, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
1.7
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
107
finished ahead 84 times, behind 70
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
Aug 25, 2023 → Jun 20, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- 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)
20232 milestones
- 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)
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- First call Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | Aug 25, 2023 |
| +6 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 17, 2023 |
| +3 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 20, 2025 |
| +0.6 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown | Jul 14, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -3.6 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) | Jun 17, 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2025 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 17 / 36 (338.2172) | 20 (167.3944) | 17 (170.8228) | — | — |
| Aug 25, 2023 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) Lincoln, IL | 8 / 26 (338.2056) | 13 (167.3828) | 7 (170.8228) | — | — |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Central Illinois BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Eureka, IL | 12 / 25 (318.9256) | 13 (156.0456) | 7 (162.8800) | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2023 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 12 / 33 (331.9200) | 19 (161.6572) | 7 (170.2628) | — | — |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (Backyard) Morris, IL | 15 / 23 (317.6572) | 10 (168) | 20 (149.6572) | — | — |