[EricH]

Originally Posted by Caleb Sykes

Basically, BBQ can probably have good uses, but rating the difficulty of the competition at an event is generally not one of them.

Actually, that's where SAUCE comes in. SAUCE is applied to BBQ to filter out anything that is before a certain timeframe--say, about 5 years ago--and get a better picture of the current situation. See the link in the OP.