High-water mark
341.1660
career-best overall
94.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 341.1660 at Mission Q (Backyard Only) — 94.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- Nov 20, 2020
Sauced Hawgs
Sauced Hawgs is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2020 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 5th of 21 at the Mission Q (Backyard Only) (2020). They finished #356 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1502
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Nov 20, 2020
latest Aug 17, 2024 · 3.7 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.39
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 167.62 · weakest Chicken (162.03)
Road miles
302
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 301 mi
Schedule strength
62%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)
Purse competed for
$16K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
329.65 / 360
3 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)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 152.4800 | 162.03 | top 64% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 165.6800 | 167.62 | top 44% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Q (Backyard Only) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 51% | Nov 19, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
74
finished ahead 31 times, behind 48
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Nov 19, 2021 → Aug 17, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Smoke N for the Kids
20207 milestones
- First tracked contest Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First call Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First overall top-10 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.1660 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Career-best overall score341.1660 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2744 Mission Q (Backyard Only)
- Peak power rating (1512) Mission Q (Backyard Only)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 18 / 27 (318.1600) | 20 (152.4800) | 9 (165.6800) | — | — |
| Nov 19, 2021 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 11 / 14 (329.6112) | 14 (159.3368) | 6 (170.2744) | — | — |
| Nov 20, 2020 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) Tuscumbia, AL | 5 / 21 (341.1660) | 4 (174.2744) | 12 (166.8916) | — | — |