A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Sugar Hounds ahead in 100% of their meetings
Sugar Hounds has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Aurell's Brew-BQ
Aurell's Brew-BQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 39 at the Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest (2019). They are ranked #2722 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1513
peak 1513 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Jun 7, 2019
latest Jun 12, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
14% of 7 contests
Avg finish
top 39%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
57%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.64
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (158.82)
Road miles
4
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)
Purse competed for
$68K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
323.95 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Aurell's Brew-BQ, each with one reason worth a look.
129 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,743 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 36%
- Peak
- 1515
2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to Aurell's Brew-BQ)
These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — honours even — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,714 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1513
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,749 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Aurell's Brew-BQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,707 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Aurell's Brew-BQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,721 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
Level with Aurell's Brew-BQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Aurell's Brew-BQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALWAYS SAUCED | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 170.2512 | 160.5600 | 165.13 | top 32% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7028 | 149.6804 | 158.82 | top 39% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | 3 | 9 | 0 | top 35% | Jun 10, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
160
finished ahead 130 times, behind 118
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Jun 10, 2022 → Jun 13, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score330.8000 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Peak power rating (1513) Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
20251 milestone
- Career-best single call (Chicken)170.2512 Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest
20193 milestones
- First call Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall top-10 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score324.5256 Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
20171 milestone
- First tracked contest Derby BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.7 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 7, 2019 |
| +2.3 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 12, 2026 |
| +1.8 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 10, 2022 |
| +0.9 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest | Jun 11, 2021 |
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 42% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 47% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 15 / 36 (330.8000) | 15 (166.8456) | 15 (163.9544) | — | — |
| Jun 13, 2025 | Smoke on the Plains BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 17 / 36 (324.4800) | 6 (170.2512) | 20 (154.2288) | — | — |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 11 / 29 (326.2628) | 14 (160.5600) | 8 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Jun 11, 2021 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 12 / 28 (313.6576) | 10 (163.9772) | 13 (149.6804) | — | — |
| Jun 7, 2019 | Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest 🏅 Derby, KS | 9 / 39 (324.5256) | 6 (164) | 10 (160.5256) | — | — |
| Jun 8, 2018 | Derby BBQ Festival Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2017 | Derby BBQ Festival (JUDGES FULL) Derby, KS | — | — | — | — | — |