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IN DEEP SAUCE KS

Power ranking

#894
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1544
peak 1544

Contests

26
in the data

First seen

2020-10-17
latest 2026-06-05

Best ToY finish

#171
Master 2014

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

3
9 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
of 26 contests

Avg finish

top 54%
overall standings

Best overall

701.1088

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Current form

678.30 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 679.68 (-1.38)

Walk rate

69%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

2
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±11.54
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.90 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.46)

Road miles

5651
mi across 26 mapped stops · furthest 1108 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

MAN MEAT BBQ has finished one call ahead of IN DEEP SAUCE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of M2 Smokin' Q in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 26 10 1 2 180.0000 🔥 157.0972 170.90 top 50%
Pork Ribs 26 8 0 2 177.7144 148.5372 168.46 top 54%
Pork 26 7 1 2 180.0000 🔥 162.2284 170.85 top 50%
Brisket 26 6 1 3 180.0000 🔥 153.6228 169.47 top 46%

“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 state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS110top 39%
MO100top 66%
ND10top 69%
AZ10top 49%
NV10top 40%
NE10top 88%
IA10top 70%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)20top 53%
Medium (20–39)130top 58%
Large (40+)110top 49%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2026600 690.1712 678.47
20251003 699.3828 681.84
2024600 701.1088 683.72
2023300 682.7428 670.55
2020100 668.4228 668.42

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-05 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville, KS 9 / 25 (683.9084) 20 (166.2628) 3 (174.2628) 20 (167.9656) 3 (175.4172)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND 49 / 71 (657.0400) 59 (162.2400) 70 (148.5372) 3 (177.7144) 27 (168.5484)
2026-04-17 Knox Co. 4-H/FFA Ring of Smoke Edina, MO 13 / 25 (681.0280) 16 (170.2628) 10 (170.2512) 11 (173.1084) 12 (167.4056)
2026-04-10 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) Osage City, KS 39 / 101 (690.1712) 30 (175.4056) 26 (174.2744) 61 (169.6684) 53 (170.8228)
2026-03-20 8th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS 31 / 68 (679.3600) 28 (170.2628) 37 (167.4400) 15 (175.4172) 40 (166.2400)
2026-01-16 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge Bullhead City, AZ 26 / 53 (679.3028) 8 (175.4056) 39 (165.6916) 25 (169.6800) 27 (168.5256)
2025-11-21 BBQ Jackpot Las Vegas, NV 36 / 90 (684.5144) 30 (173.7028) 59 (167.9772) 32 (171.9772) 36 (170.8572)
2025-10-31 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) Oak Grove, MO 35 / 53 (683.3372) 2 (178.8572) 4 (177.7144) 49 (163.3828) 50 (163.3828)
2025-10-24 1st Annual Boost & BBQ Odessa, MO 14 / 25 (684.5032) 1 (180.0000) 15 (170.8344) 21 (163.9544) 13 (169.7144)
2025-10-17 Happy Basset 5th Annual BBQ Competition Topeka, KS 10 / 23 (691.3140) 16 (167.3828) 3 (176.5600) 12 (173.1084) 7 (174.2628)
2025-10-03 La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown La Belle, MO 26 / 39 (686.7772) 4 (178.8572) 34 (165.6800) 11 (176.0000) 28 (166.2400)
2025-08-22 East Central State BBQ Cookoff Paola, KS 16 / 27 (663.2572) 8 (175.4172) 22 (157.0628) 9 (168.5372) 18 (162.2400)
2025-08-15 BBQ & Fly-In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO 49 / 62 (662.6740) 54 (162.2400) 53 (162.8000) 55 (162.2284) 13 (175.4056)
2025-08-08 Smoke on the Bricks Baldwin City, KS 8 / 53 (699.3828) 30 (171.9772) 21 (173.1200) 1 (180.0000) 12 (174.2856)
2025-07-19 Smokin on the Osage BBQ Contest and Car Show (Day 2) Osceola, MO 17 / 28 (690.1712) 25 (165.0856) 21 (169.6800) 8 (175.4056) 1 (180.0000)
2025-06-13 11th Annual K of C BBQ Smoke Off 4-Life Kansas City, KS 19 / 30 (672.4456) 19 (167.9772) 21 (166.2400) 20 (169.6684) 12 (168.5600)
2024-10-25 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) Oak Grove, MO 46 / 53 (670.1716) 41 (169.1200) 48 (162.8116) 33 (169.6916) 32 (168.5484)
2024-10-11 Smoke on the Water Topeka, KS 14 / 31 (685.0168) 10 (174.8456) 5 (175.4172) 26 (165.0856) 16 (169.6684)
2024-10-04 Meat Inferno Edgerton, KS 11 / 38 (695.3828) 9 (176.0000) 6 (177.7144) 9 (176.5828) 26 (165.0856)
2024-09-27 Shawnee Great Grillers Shawnee, KS 3 / 73 (701.1088) 6 (176.5716) 15 (171.9772) 14 (174.2628) 3 (178.2972)
2024-09-13 Buds Blues and BBQ Columbia, MO 6 / 16 (675.3372) 4 (173.1200) 7 (169.7028) 8 (169.6800) 11 (162.8344)
2024-03-15 6th Annual Qlathe BBQ Championship Olathe, KS 29 / 58 (675.3144) 38 (168.5372) 47 (162.7884) 25 (172.0116) 11 (171.9772)
2023-09-08 Anchor City Cook-Off Centralia, MO 9 / 13 (682.7428) 10 (169.6800) 11 (169.1084) 7 (171.9772) 5 (171.9772)
2023-09-02 Septemberfest BBQ & RibEye Steak Cook-off Challenge Omaha, NE 30 / 34 (663.3028) 33 (162.2400) 27 (163.9772) 20 (167.4056) 14 (169.6800)
2023-06-16 Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA 19 / 27 (665.6116) 24 (157.0972) 17 (163.9544) 13 (172.0000) 8 (172.5600)
2020-10-17 Columbia Elks Lodge # 594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO 32 / 38 (668.4228) 18 (174.8572) 6 (174.2744) 31 (165.6684) 38 (153.6228)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #330 (350 pts) #287 (430 pts) #374 (365 pts) #280 (410 pts) #323 (355 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #263 (838 pts) #172 (1243 pts) #273 (948 pts) #206 (1083 pts) #195 (1113 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #764 (182 pts) #866 (172 pts) #958 (167 pts) #712 (227 pts) #626 (277 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #856 (60 pts) #807 (95 pts) #592 (175 pts) #899 (60 pts) #883 (60 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1228 (194 pts) #1463 (154 pts) #1195 (239 pts) #1450 (159 pts) #1105 (259 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #267 (1288 pts) #187 (1456 pts) #331 (1089 pts) #265 (1239 pts) #143 (1632 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #235 (1382 pts) #195 (1421 pts) #192 (1458 pts) #166 (1517 pts) #90 (1926 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #192 (1551 pts) #161 (1558 pts) #83 (1896 pts) #128 (1667 pts) #232 (1359 pts)
2014 ↗ Master #171 (1630 pts) #126 (1727 pts) #94 (1895 pts) #246 (1268 pts) #231 (1389 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #875 (340 pts) #759 (430 pts) #1011 (305 pts) #1392 (185 pts) #1077 (270 pts)

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