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Salted Anchor KS

Power ranking

#559
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1584
peak 1587

Contests

39
in the data

First seen

2020-08-07
latest 2026-06-26

Best ToY finish

#237
Master 2026

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

5
11 podiums

Overall top-10s

9
of 39 contests

Avg finish

top 44%
overall standings

Best overall

703.4060

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

681.98 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 679.80 (+2.18)

Walk rate

62%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

3
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±10.61
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.65 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.94)

Road miles

11427
mi across 39 mapped stops · furthest 749 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ has finished one call ahead of Salted Anchor 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BIG DOGG BBQ - CINCINNATI, OH has landed one call behind them 2 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

SmokinGhost BBQ has come out ahead in 14 of their 18 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Brisket Bones n Brews in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

The Buckeye BBQ Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 9% across 2 visits.

📅 A April team

Something about April: average finish in the top 25% across 3 contests, versus top 44% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 34 9 1 2 178.8572 162.2860 170.65 top 46%
Pork Ribs 37 10 2 4 177.7028 155.9200 168.94 top 47%
Pork 34 10 1 2 180.0000 🔥 159.3828 169.75 top 45%
Brisket 34 15 1 3 179.4400 150.2284 170.18 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
KS80top 51%
OH60top 37%
IN50top 44%
MI30top 25%
TN30top 60%
OK30top 53%
TX30top 40%
AL10top 24%
KY10top 52%
CO10top 43%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)40top 66%
Medium (20–39)120top 45%
Large (40+)180top 39%

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
2026400 703.4060 682.93
2025800 696.5028 686.53
2024803 692.5140 677.69
2023600 689.7032 682.01
2022802 687.9204 676.48
2021400 691.9432 673.21
2020100 671.4396 671.44

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-06-26 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH 14 / 39 (682.1600) 29 (165.0972) 9 (173.1200) 14 (173.1200) 13 (170.8228)
2026-05-15 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana Warsaw, IN 23 / 35 (672.5832) 27 (166.2972) 30 (165.7372) 17 (169.7144) 17 (170.8344)
2026-04-17 GLBBQA Spring Fling Coldwater, MI 3 / 48 (703.4060) 5 (176.5716) 12 (176.0000) 10 (173.1200) 5 (177.7144)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 90 / 125 (673.5884) 88 (168.5256) 103 (162.8000) 52 (172.5600) 64 (169.7028)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 198 / 401 (678.1828) 168 (171.9656) 286 (165.1200) 146 (171.9772) 167 (169.1200)
2025-09-05 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wellington, OH 25 / 42 (674.7544) 5 (178.2972) 36 (155.9200) 23 (169.6800) 9 (170.8572)
2025-08-15 Madison Ribberfest Madison, IN 12 / 45 (692.4800) 10 (175.4056) 23 (169.6800) 10 (176.5600) 16 (170.8344)
2025-06-20 Poosa Q Montgomery, AL 10 / 42 (693.6688) 17 (173.1316) 21 (170.8572) 24 (171.9656) 2 (177.7144)
2025-05-16 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, IN 17 / 34 (679.9316) 31 (162.8000) 14 (173.1200) 10 (172.5716) 10 (171.4400)
2025-04-18 GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI 8 / 56 (696.5028) 25 (173.1200) 2 (177.1428) 19 (173.1200) 15 (173.1200)
2025-03-14 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 30 / 100 (690.2056) 33 (174.8572) 40 (171.4056) 75 (166.2400) 9 (177.7028)
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 247 / 444 (672.9940) 228 (169.1084) 262 (167.9656) 225 (168.5372) 219 (167.3828)
2024-09-06 Grizzly BBQ Brawl Wadsworth, OH 15 / 30 (671.8972) 25 (164.5600) 21 (164.5256) 17 (168.5372) 4 (174.2744)
2024-07-19 The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 3 / 33 (692.5140) 11 (171.9656) 4 (173.7028) 22 (167.4056) 1 (179.4400)
2024-05-17 Rockin' BBQ Warsaw Warsaw, IN 14 / 32 (684.4224) 13 (174.2628) 1 (177.7028) 23 (162.7884) 19 (169.6684)
2024-04-19 GLBBQA Spring Fling Charlotte, MI 33 / 62 (676.9940) 46 (166.8228) 53 (159.3484) 1 (180.0000) 26 (170.8228)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship Lebanon, TN 73 / 93 (667.3028) 56 (170.8112) 29 (171.4516) 65 (166.2400) 81 (158.8000)
2024-03-15 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 52 (163.3944)
2023-10-13 BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport Wadsworth, OH 12 / 20 (676.5716) 16 (163.9428) 12 (165.1772) 2 (173.7372) 6 (173.7144)
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS
2023-09-27 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest Kansas City, KS 174 / 487 (679.9200) 11 (178.8572) 279 (166.8228) 267 (166.8572) 239 (167.3828)
2023-09-08 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY 17 / 33 (677.1088) 14 (170.8344) 20 (165.1316) 4 (173.1428) 17 (168.0000)
2023-08-18 Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues Madison, IN 14 / 41 (686.7312) 26 (169.6800) 18 (170.8228) 15 (171.9656) 7 (174.2628)
2023-07-21 The Buckeye BBQ Classic Hillsboro, OH 3 / 32 (689.7032) 22 (166.2744) 3 (176.5716) 11 (170.2744) 2 (176.5828)
2022-11-05 Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 2 Harper, KS 8 / 9 (687.9204) 8 (173.1200) 7 (171.9888) 5 (173.1200) 7 (169.6916)
2022-11-04 Harper County Bullseye BBQ - Day 1 Harper, KS 8 / 10 (674.7660) 1 (177.7028) 8 (163.4288) 8 (162.8232) 5 (170.8112)
2022-10-21 OKC BBQ Fest Oklahoma City, OK 14 / 35 (686.1944) 4 (176.5600) 18 (170.8344) 14 (171.4172) 20 (167.3828)
2022-10-01 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS
2022-09-29 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 84 / 505 (686.2284) 37 (177.1428) 311 (165.1200) 190 (169.6800) 51 (174.2856)
2022-08-19 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships Lubbock, TX 21 / 59 (661.6000) 10 (172.5716) 24 (166.2400) 26 (163.3828) 43 (150.2284)
2022-08-05 Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews Alamosa, CO 15 / 35 (681.6572) 19 (166.8572) 18 (169.6800) 9 (173.1544) 9 (171.9656)
2022-03-19 Inaugural Yellow City BBQ Shootout Amarillo, TX 8 / 17 (656.9596) 8 (166.2400) 1 (171.4056) 13 (159.3828) 12 (159.9312)
2021-10-15 Harper County Bullseye BBQ Harper, KS 8 / 16 (691.9432) 3 (176.5600) 6 (173.7260) 10 (168.5372) 6 (173.1200)
2021-09-16 American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS 158 / 467 (670.2516) 201 (167.4288) 49 (174.8456) 195 (166.2972) 274 (161.6800)
2021-08-20 Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championship Lubbock, TX 16 / 43 (669.0856) 19 (162.2860) 15 (167.3944) 12 (170.3084) 6 (170.8228)
2021-06-11 Beats, Brews, & BBQ Wagoner, OK 20 / 25 (661.5540) 21 (162.7884) 17 (164.5372) 16 (166.8572) 13 (167.3712)
2020-08-07 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK 21 / 54 (671.4396) 18 (169.7028) 24 (166.8456) 27 (166.2856) 16 (168.6056)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #237 (480 pts) #345 (365 pts) #357 (390 pts) #280 (410 pts) #249 (465 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #311 (694 pts) #350 (659 pts) #367 (704 pts) #369 (614 pts) #239 (959 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #346 (630 pts) #449 (480 pts) #313 (805 pts) #351 (640 pts) #307 (755 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #243 (874 pts) #264 (854 pts) #286 (849 pts) #189 (1039 pts) #194 (1039 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #433 (502 pts) #372 (632 pts) #363 (702 pts) #466 (482 pts) #494 (457 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #476 (376 pts) #449 (436 pts) #495 (406 pts) #469 (396 pts) #403 (501 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #803 (80 pts) #807 (95 pts) #900 (65 pts) #899 (60 pts) #773 (105 pts)

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