A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HARCO LOCO BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
HARCO LOCO BBQ has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Sauced Up Porkers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1463
peak 1463 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2017-08-11
latest 2024-10-11
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 101%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 149.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.09)
Road miles
0
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$38K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
295.37 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
278.78 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), 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.
Storylines (3 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.
The comeback
4.2 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 4.2 years, then back at Maryland State BBQ Bash (2023-10-13).
- last seen 2019-08-09
- back 2023-10-13
An August team
Top 70%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 70% across 3 contests, versus top 101% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 101% the rest of the year
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.
125 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4988 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4986 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sauced Up Porkers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4992 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Sauced Up Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4978 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Sauced Up Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4964 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Sauced Up Porkers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Sauced Up Porkers'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARCO LOCO BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Team Meat Coma | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pig Kahunas | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.6800 | 143.9772 | 149.31 | top 107% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9660 | 129.6456 | 137.09 | top 126% |
| 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.
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 103% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland State BBQ Bash | 4 | 19 | 0 | top 93% | 2023-10-13 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.2 yrs
2017-08-11 → 2024-10-11
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MD
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 149.31 · weakest Pork Ribs (137.09)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
295.37
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
278.78
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
220
82–278 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$37,500
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
4.2 yrs
2019-08-09 → 2023-10-13
Power rating
1463
peak 1463 · #4971 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets
- 2018
- Career-best overall score309.1200 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2019
- First call Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Chicken)157.6800 Maryland State BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1491) Maryland State BBQ Bash
- 2024
- Most recent contest MD State BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2018-08-10 |
| +0.4 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2019-08-09 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.7 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2023-10-13 |
| -13.5 | MD State BBQ Bash | 2024-10-11 |
| -12 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 2017-08-11 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 100% | top 63% | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 42.9% | 42.9% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 39.1% | 39.1% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-11 | MD State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 35 / 26 (281.6460) | 34 (143.9772) | 35 (137.6688) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Bel Air, MD | 37 / 23 (275.9084) | 36 (146.2628) | 37 (129.6456) | — | — |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash 🏅 Belair, MD | 19 / 30 (301.6460) | 10 (157.6800) | 25 (143.9660) | — | — |
| 2018-08-10 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 20 / 38 (309.1200) | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-11 | Maryland State BBQ Bash Bel Air, MD | 44 / 47 (281.6116) | — | — | — | — |
| 2014-08-08 | MD State BBQ Bash, Presented by Mars Super Markets Bel Air, MD | — | — | — | — | — |