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LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY MN

Power ranking

#174
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1691
peak 1703

Contests

94
in the data

First seen

2019-04-12
latest 2026-06-13

Best ToY finish

#82
Master 2019

Grand champs

1
1 reserve

Category wins

10
37 podiums

Overall top-10s

32
of 94 contests

Avg finish

top 32%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

682.06 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 671.90 (+10.16)

Walk rate

77%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

6
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±60.93
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 172.26 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.94)

Road miles

15784
mi across 94 mapped stops · furthest 482 mi

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

SHIGGIN & GRINNIN has finished one call ahead of LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 7 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

ACES HIGH BBQ has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of SIX BUTT BBQ in 37 of their 44 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 3.4172 points of the Grand Championship at National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) (2019-10-18).

🗡️ Giant slayer

Took the Grand Championship over a 43-team field at Smokin In Steele.

Teams like this (closest power rating, MN first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 79 39 4 11 180.0000 🔥 163.9428 172.26 top 31%
Pork Ribs 93 33 3 14 179.4400 153.6572 168.94 top 42%
Pork 79 26 2 6 179.4400 160.5716 170.26 top 40%
Brisket 78 26 1 6 178.8800 154.2172 169.49 top 38%

“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
WI250top 36%
MN231top 29%
KS120top 36%
IA110top 29%
SD40top 25%
ND20top 27%
NE10top 34%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)10top 29%
Medium (20–39)350top 34%
Large (40+)431top 31%

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
20261000 694.8000 684.18
20251402 691.3484 682.61
20241200 693.0744 683.20
20231101 686.7428 677.73
20221000 686.7772 677.05
2021801 682.2288 673.43
2020800 695.9544 677.63
20192116 708.5716 649.92

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 22 / 37 (680.4456) 14 (173.7144) 35 (161.6572) 19 (169.6684) 8 (175.4056)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 18 / 40 (671.8512) 12 (173.1200) 23 (167.3828) 30 (163.3828) 13 (167.9656)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 5 (176.5716)
2026-06-05 Original SD BBQ Championships Huron, SD 14 / 48 (685.6576) 2 (175.4172) 37 (167.4172) 28 (169.6916) 12 (173.1316)
2026-06-05 Original SD BBQ Championships (ONE MEAT RIBS) Huron, SD 9 (171.9772)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 15 / 77 (687.3368) 35 (171.9656) 3 (178.8572) 58 (166.8456) 36 (169.6684)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 11 (171.4056)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND 14 / 71 (685.0168) 21 (171.9656) 8 (175.4172) 48 (164.5256) 13 (173.1084)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Fargo, ND 11 (169.1200)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 3 / 42 (694.8000) 3 (176.5716) 15 (171.9772) 7 (174.8456) 13 (171.4056)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 225 / 401 (674.2056) 124 (173.1200) 230 (167.9772) 211 (169.1200) 272 (163.9884)
2025-10-03 ND BBQ Championship Fargo, ND 16 / 46 (678.7768) 9 (173.1428) 2 (176.5600) 24 (167.9656) 32 (161.1084)
2025-09-05 Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI 13 / 35 (681.0284) 28 (163.9428) 14 (168.5600) 12 (171.9656) 5 (176.5600)
2025-08-22 MN Masters BBQ Pierz, MN 3 / 26 (686.1940) 7 (173.1084) 7 (171.4172) 10 (171.9656) 5 (169.7028)
2025-07-25 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA 27 / 31 (666.7540) 5 (176.5600) 22 (165.1200) 29 (161.6684) 25 (163.4056)
2025-07-11 KTD Smokn' Gobbler Worthington, MN 3 / 26 (686.7428) 11 (169.6800) 1 (173.1084) 2 (176.5600) 16 (167.3944)
2025-07-11 KTD Smokn' Gobbler (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN 2 (175.4172)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 7 / 36 (688.4684) 12 (173.7144) 3 (175.4172) 23 (167.3712) 10 (171.9656)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 10 / 36 (683.2796) 1 (178.8572) 28 (162.7884) 17 (171.9656) 20 (169.6684)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 11 (170.8344)
2025-05-30 Smokin' in Steele Owatonna, MN 7 / 28 (691.3484) 9 (174.2628) 8 (172.5600) 12 (171.4172) 8 (173.1084)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 25 / 58 (682.2172) 35 (168.5600) 28 (169.1200) 33 (170.2744) 11 (174.2628)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 2 (178.8572)
2025-02-21 Fire on Ice BBQ Championship Onamia, MN 5 / 42 (689.6456) 4 (175.4400) 17 (169.1200) 24 (168.5256) 2 (176.5600)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 134 / 444 (684.5372) 238 (168.5600) 247 (168.5372) 3 (179.4400) 193 (168.0000)
2024-09-06 Puckaway Pigfest Montello, WI 9 / 37 (679.3028) 6 (174.2744) 7 (169.6916) 2 (173.7028) 27 (161.6340)
2024-08-23 MN Masters BBQ Pierz, MN 9 / 27 (683.3256) 5 (173.7144) 20 (162.8000) 7 (173.7028) 7 (173.1084)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN 6 / 34 (693.0744) 3 (177.7144) 13 (171.4172) 7 (174.2628) 13 (169.6800)
2024-07-12 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Worthington, MN 11 (167.4172)
2024-06-08 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 5 / 37 (693.0628) 9 (177.1428) 14 (173.1316) 18 (171.9772) 18 (170.8112)
2024-06-07 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 16 / 41 (675.2912) 5 (175.4056) 28 (163.3828) 22 (166.8344) 20 (169.6684)
2024-05-31 Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN 19 / 32 (671.8628) 20 (168.5372) 18 (166.8228) 28 (162.2400) 9 (174.2628)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 25 / 58 (683.9200) 10 (175.4400) 22 (170.8344) 32 (170.2628) 40 (167.3828)
2024-05-10 Minnesota in May (ONE MEAT RIBS) St. Peter, MN 4 (176.5600)
2024-04-05 Smoke in the Spring Osage City, KS 45 / 97 (684.4452) 15 (176.5600) 79 (165.0856) 49 (170.2512) 35 (172.5484)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 13 / 21 (671.8512) 19 (165.0972) 15 (164.5256) 3 (174.8572) 14 (167.3712)
2023-10-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon II (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI 1 (177.1544)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 101 / 487 (686.2284) 237 (168.5600) 184 (170.8456) 121 (172.5600) 61 (174.2628)
2023-08-25 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) Washington Island, WI 20 / 28 (673.5424) 21 (168.5256) 18 (165.6800) 5 (174.2628) 18 (165.0740)
2023-08-24 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) Washington Island, WI 7 / 27 (686.7428) 14 (169.6800) 7 (171.9656) 11 (169.6800) 2 (175.4172)
2023-07-14 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN 8 / 39 (677.6116) 18 (171.4172) 28 (163.3944) 6 (173.1200) 11 (169.6800)
2023-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 16 / 40 (678.1712) 16 (171.9772) 6 (172.5600) 25 (166.8228) 23 (166.8112)
2023-06-09 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 14 / 43 (680.4800) 20 (167.9656) 23 (166.8228) 11 (171.9772) 6 (173.7144)
2023-06-02 Smokin in Steele Owatonna, MN 14 / 29 (666.1828) 19 (165.7028) 20 (163.9772) 20 (163.3828) 4 (173.1200)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May St. Peter, MN 19 / 59 (678.7888) 25 (170.8228) 21 (169.6916) 35 (165.6800) 9 (172.5944)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) St. Peter, MN 14 (170.2972)
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 93 / 249 (685.0284) 162 (169.6800) 13 (177.7028) 137 (170.2628) 161 (167.3828)
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 245 / 505 (668.5028) 70 (174.8572) 275 (166.2972) 288 (165.7028) 329 (161.6456)
2022-07-29 6th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA 16 / 32 (669.6344) 20 (166.2400) 17 (166.2744) 14 (169.1544) 15 (167.9656)
2022-07-15 KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN 12 / 40 (674.2172) 18 (170.8456) 32 (161.6572) 22 (167.4172) 4 (174.2972)
2022-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 4 / 37 (686.7772) 11 (173.7028) 11 (170.2744) 11 (171.9772) 12 (170.8228)
2022-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) West Salem, WI 8 / 39 (683.3372) 13 (170.8344) 14 (168.5372) 13 (172.5484) 9 (171.4172)
2022-06-03 Smokin in Steele (Master & Backyard Contest) Owatonna, MN 10 / 33 (679.9316) 19 (167.4172) 6 (170.8572) 8 (173.1200) 14 (168.5372)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (Masters) Cambridge, MN 23 / 59 (674.1368) 26 (168.5372) 12 (170.8456) 25 (169.6684) 35 (165.0856)
2022-05-13 Minnesota in May (One Meat Ribs) Cambridge, MN 15 (166.8228)
2022-04-29 Masters in May Bancroft, WI 13 / 43 (671.8400) 6 (173.1200) 33 (160.5028) 17 (167.3828) 7 (170.8344)
2021-08-20 13th Annual Big Island BBQ Albert Lea, MN 9 / 35 (682.2288) 7 (174.2744) 32 (155.9544) 6 (173.1200) 1 (178.8800)
2021-07-16 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off Worthington, MN 12 / 33 (678.1712) 24 (165.6800) 12 (170.8572) 13 (170.8228) 11 (170.8112)
2021-07-16 KTD Smokin' Gobbler Cook-off - One Meat Rib Contest Worthington, MN 8 (166.8572)
2021-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 2 West Salem, WI 9 / 45 (671.9432) 5 (172.5716) 10 (169.6800) 32 (160.5716) 14 (169.1200)
2021-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon - Day 1 West Salem, WI 20 / 52 (666.1712) 8 (171.9656) 47 (154.8228) 10 (173.1200) 19 (166.2628)
2021-06-04 Original SD BBQ Championship Huron, SD 9 / 49 (681.0512) 9 (172.5484) 17 (169.1316) 18 (169.1200) 14 (170.2512)
2021-06-04 The Original SD BBQ Championships - One Meat Standalone Ribs Contest Huron, SD 16 (161.7372)
2021-05-07 Minnesota in May Cambridge, MN 34 / 60 (661.0400) 6 (174.2744) 50 (157.1200) 32 (165.1084) 30 (164.5372)
2020-11-13 Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition Mayetta, KS 57 / 94 (682.7312) 82 (165.0856) 54 (169.6800) 34 (173.7028) 29 (174.2628)
2020-10-17 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 West Salem, WI 3 / 33 (695.9544) 12 (173.7028) 2 (178.8572) 9 (173.7144) 11 (169.6800)
2020-10-16 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 West Salem, WI 17 / 40 (669.0400) 18 (167.4056) 10 (168.5488) 17 (169.6800) 26 (163.4056)
2020-10-02 Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA 29 / 66 (670.1940) 7 (174.2628) 49 (159.9772) 49 (163.4056) 5 (172.5484)
2020-08-28 Minnesota in Mayaugust Cambridge, MN 15 / 45 (676.4796) 11 (171.9884) 3 (174.8456) 30 (163.9312) 24 (165.7144)
2020-07-25 4th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA 20 / 30 (657.6000) 8 (169.7028) 15 (166.8572) 13 (166.8228) 29 (154.2172)
2020-06-27 Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA 5 / 47 (683.9084) 4 (174.8456) 2 (174.2628) 22 (169.7028) 29 (165.0972)
2020-06-26 Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA 3 / 53 (685.0972) 3 (176.0228) 29 (165.6800) 16 (170.8344) 7 (172.5600)
2019-10-19 Rock-N-Q on the planes Great Bend, KS 5 / 28 (685.0972) 7 (170.2628) 4 (170.8572) 9 (169.1316) 3 (174.8456)
2019-10-18 National Head 2 Head Invitational Top 50 (Competitors Series) Great Bend, KS 2 / 7 (708.5716) 1 (180.0000) 3 (175.4288) 4 (177.1428) 3 (176.0000)
2019-10-04 Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA 7 / 49 (690.8344) 2 (178.3200) 22 (168.5372) 11 (170.2628) 13 (173.7144)
2019-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 3 / 34 (689.6572) 1 (177.7144) 1 (176.0000) 7 (174.8572) 23 (161.0856)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 145 / 468 (162.8916) 9 (178.2972) 340 (159.9656) 109 (170.8228) 8 (177.7028)
2019-09-12 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS 41 / 135 (689.0512) 11 (177.7028) 80 (169.1200) 37 (173.1200) 88 (169.1084)
2019-09-06 Ribs, Rod & Rock'n Roll Vermillion, SD 13 / 29 (679.8740) 14 (168.5372) 7 (171.9884) 17 (167.3828) 10 (171.9656)
2019-08-23 Big Island BBQ Alberta Lea, MN 8 / 50 (681.6112) 8 (172.0000) 20 (166.2400) 9 (173.1200) 7 (170.2512)
2019-08-16 SMSU Smokefest MARSHALL, MN 13 / 46 (681.0516) 20 (170.2628) 13 (170.8344) 20 (169.1316) 11 (170.8228)
2019-08-09 16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash Mason City, IA 4 / 38 (683.8968) 5 (173.7028) 10 (166.8228) 7 (171.4056) 5 (171.9656)
2019-07-19 Cookin On Kampeska Watertown, SD 3 / 40 (688.0000) 3 (176.5600) 18 (167.4744) 1 (179.4400) 20 (164.5256)
2019-07-13 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 2 Green Bay, WI 12 / 36 (672.4460) 4 (174.8572) 7 (170.8228) 7 (171.9888) 30 (154.7772)
2019-07-12 Gold Ribbin' BBQ Fest of Greater Green Bay-Heat 1 Green Bay, WI 36 / 37 (510.8116) 2 (175.4172) 15 (169.6800) 15 (165.7144)
2019-06-21 Bring'n Home the Bacon West Salem, WI 8 / 37 (663.8400) 6 (170.8228) 31 (153.6572) 5 (173.1200) 11 (166.2400)
2019-06-14 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA 4 / 31 (685.6456) 8 (171.4056) 12 (166.8572) 1 (177.7144) 12 (169.6684)
2019-05-31 Smokin In Steele Owatonna, MN 1 / 43 (697.6916) 1 (177.7144) 3 (174.2972) 8 (171.9772) 3 (173.7028)
2019-05-10 Minnesota in May 18 / 57 (673.6688) 10 (173.7028) 44 (158.2744) 8 (175.4056) 26 (166.2860)
2019-05-04 Masters in May Day 2 Bancroft, WI 15 / 40 (668.4684) 24 (165.1200) 4 (175.4400) 22 (166.2512) 30 (161.6572)
2019-05-03 Masters In May Day 1 Bancroft, WI 16 / 42 (671.3600) 19 (166.8456) 34 (160.5372) 8 (173.1316) 10 (170.8456)
2019-04-26 Q for a Cause Papillion, NE 11 / 32 (683.9428) 10 (172.0000) 4 (173.1428) 18 (169.1200) 14 (169.6800)
2019-04-12 Smoke In the Springs Osage City, KS 25 / 104 (679.8852) 47 (167.4056) 2 (179.4400) 52 (166.8112) 52 (166.2284)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #209 (520 pts) #155 (735 pts) #211 (619 pts) #308 (375 pts) #221 (520 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #161 (1278 pts) #150 (1343 pts) #107 (1638 pts) #241 (918 pts) #195 (1113 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #208 (1013 pts) #134 (1303 pts) #208 (1081 pts) #162 (1163 pts) #267 (838 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1084 (106 pts) #1253 (76 pts) #582 (372 pts) #722 (221 pts) #1145 (101 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #206 (1035 pts) #267 (870 pts) #227 (1052 pts) #276 (870 pts) #210 (1045 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #276 (703 pts) #215 (888 pts) #274 (768 pts) #319 (643 pts) #243 (793 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #99 (1003 pts) #78 (1108 pts) #84 (1113 pts) #180 (658 pts) #161 (718 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #82 (1950 pts) #26 (2207 pts) #56 (1979 pts) #74 (1855 pts) #120 (1613 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #131 (1704 pts) #85 (1839 pts) #143 (1540 pts) #126 (1579 pts) #198 (1414 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #223 (1409 pts) #347 (1060 pts) #177 (1500 pts) #290 (1191 pts) #91 (1875 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #294 (1187 pts) #441 (897 pts) #321 (1127 pts) #186 (1482 pts) #270 (1242 pts)
2015 ↗ Master #883 (370 pts) #1254 (240 pts) #1086 (305 pts) #677 (560 pts) #730 (505 pts)

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