A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Capt. Blue BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
Capt. Blue BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Sauced Up Porkers
Sauced Up Porkers is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 19th of 30 at the Maryland State BBQ Bash (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1458
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Aug 9, 2019
latest Oct 9, 2026 · 7.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 124%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.83
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 148.93 · weakest Pork Ribs (138.05)
Road miles
0
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Purse competed for
$50K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
286.98 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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Sauced Up Porkers has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 114 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#5,212 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,186 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1459
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Sauced Up Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,213 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Level with Sauced Up Porkers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,192 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1459
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Sauced Up Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,201 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Sauced Up Porkers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,217 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1458
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Sauced Up Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 143.9772 | 148.93 | top 136% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.8456 | 129.6456 | 138.05 | top 144% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD State BBQ Bash | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 135% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2 | 19 | 0 | top 112% | Oct 13, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MD
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
167
finished ahead 34 times, behind 216
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
Aug 9, 2019 → Oct 13, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score303.3828 MD State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)156.5372 MD State BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
20191 milestone
- Peak power rating (1500) Maryland State BBQ Bash
20141 milestone
- First tracked contest MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Oct 13, 2023 |
| -13.9 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 11, 2024 |
| -12.5 | MD State BBQ Bash | Oct 9, 2026 |
| -0.1 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | Aug 9, 2019 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 136% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 135% | 78.2% | 78.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 161% | 76.6% | 76.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 38 / 28 (303.3828) | 34 (156.5372) | 38 (146.8456) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2024 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 35 / 26 (281.6460) | 34 (143.9772) | 35 (137.6688) | — | — |
| Oct 13, 2023 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 37 / 23 (275.9084) | 36 (146.2628) | 37 (129.6456) | — | — |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 19 / 30 (301.6460) | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 11, 2017 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aug 8, 2014 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |