SALE & PEPE

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#3331

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1497

peak 1523 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-05-21

latest 2019-09-07

Best ToY finish

#753

Master 2019

Grand champs

2 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

685.6800 / 720

Master · Brixia 4 Star Championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

646.37 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 653.40 (-7.02)

Walk rate

82%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Brixia 4 Star Championship

Consistency

±20.05

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 166.31 · weakest Brisket (160.58)

Road miles

3,516

mi across 11 mapped stops · furthest 715 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1541)

Master avg

653.40 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

The heartbreaker

4.0916 points from the title

Came within 4.0916 points of the Grand Championship at Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest (2019-09-07).

They almost always walk

82% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 9 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 82% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

685.6800 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.6800 at Brixia 4 Star Championship — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-09-10

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 47%.

3 contests
1 overall top-10s
1 category wins
average top 47%

A tough matchup

8–2 behind in the head-to-head

White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings

White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.74 points below their pork, and turns into a call 36% of the time against 64%.

Brisket avg 160.58
Pork avg 166.31
4 calls in 11 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SALZBURGER STIERGRILLER in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

7 of 10 shared pork entries lost

DRAGON BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DRAGON BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared pork entries.

A September team

Top 28% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 61% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 61% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,516 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,516 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 715 miles to Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL).

11 mapped stops
furthest 715 mi

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SMAAKMAKERS (BE)

#3326 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SALE & PEPE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team SALE & PEPE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-09-15

⚔ Head-to-head

Hoochie Que

#3336 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-05-09

⚔ Head-to-head

KCKing BBQ

#3346 of the rated field

1496 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1524

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 11 contests, alongside a 18% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2022-04-08

⚔ Head-to-head

MACK DADDYS BBQ

#3333 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Level with SALE & PEPE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2021-04-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Solo Dolo BBQ

#3322 of the rated field

1497 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2018-07-13

⚔ Head-to-head

BLAZIN'7'S

#3335 of the rated field

1497 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before SALE & PEPE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
White Squirrel BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
GECKO BBQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	3	0	0	172.5828	144.4800	163.88	top 63%
Pork Ribs	11	4	1	3	174.2972	147.9772	162.63	top 53%
Pork	11	7	1	1	176.5600	155.3368	166.31	top 47%
Brisket	11	4	0	2	173.1316	134.2172	160.58	top 54%

“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

Where	Contests	Avg finish
DE	1	top 52%
IT	1	top 15%
CZ	1	top 73%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 15%
Medium (20–39)	8	top 74%
Large (40+)	1	top 52%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Brew N Q (OPEN)	2	22	0	top 91%	2017-05-27

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.3 yrs 2016-05-21 → 2019-09-07

Busiest season 2017 4 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in DE 1 of 11 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 11 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 166.31 · weakest Brisket (160.58)

Walk rate 82% a top-10 call in 9 of 11 contests

Overall top-10 rate 27% 3 of 11 contests

Master average 653.40 out of 720 · 11 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 147 108–180 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,516 11 mapped stops · furthest 715 mi

Schedule strength 1541 average field rating faced — tougher than 31% of rated contests

Power rating 1497 peak 1523 · #3331 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2016
May 21 First tracked contest Bohemian BBQ
May 21 First call Bohemian BBQ
Sep 10 First category win (Pork) Brixia 4 Star Championship
Sep 10 First overall top-10 Brixia 4 Star Championship
Sep 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score685.6800 Brixia 4 Star Championship
Sep 10 Career-best overall score685.6800 Brixia 4 Star Championship
Sep 10 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Brixia 4 Star Championship
2017
Apr 8 First overall podium Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017
Apr 8 First Reserve Championship Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017
Apr 8 Peak power rating (1523) Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017
2019
Mar 23 10th tracked contest Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2
Sep 7 Most recent contest Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17.3	Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest	2019-09-07
+14.5	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017	2017-04-08
+13.3	Brixia 4 Star Championship	2016-09-10
+0.3	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	2016-09-24

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.7	Brew N Q (OPEN)	2017-05-27
-10.6	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018	2018-04-28
-9.3	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1	2019-03-22
-5.6	Bohemian BBQ	2016-05-21
-5.6	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2017-04-22

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	1	0	100%	top 60%	94%	91.6%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 88%	86.9%	86.9%
2017	4	1	1	100%	top 66%	94.1%	91%
2016	3	1	1	67%	top 47%	95.2%	90.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-07	Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague, 17000	2 / 13 (676.4912)	4 (166.8572)	2 (171.4056)	5 (168.5600)	2 (169.6684)
2019-03-23	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia, Pa 30027	19 / 25 (653.6456)	19 (165.7144)	20 (161.1200)	7 (170.2856)	21 (156.5256)
2019-03-22	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia, Pa 30027	18 / 20 (648.4916)	17 (162.2744)	20 (147.9772)	7 (173.1428)	9 (165.0972)
2018-04-28	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 Salzburg Austria, 5020	21 / 24 (625.4512)	15 (164.5256)	15 (160.5256)	17 (159.9428)	24 (140.4572)
2017-05-27	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	33 / 34 (627.7944)	34 (144.4800)	31 (153.6228)	29 (156.5600)	2 (173.1316)
2017-05-26	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent, DE14 1NG	22 / 26 (647.3140)	24 (162.8456)	24 (151.3712)	8 (169.1200)	15 (163.9772)
2017-04-22	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia, 10098	19 / 28 (669.0516)	26 (162.2744)	9 (170.8344)	17 (167.9656)	15 (167.9772)
2017-04-08	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels, 4072	2 / 14 (677.6572)	4 (170.2972)	1 (170.8688)	7 (166.2284)	4 (170.2628)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	35 / 67 (642.0908)	40 (160.5256)	21 (165.7372)	47 (155.3368)	30 (160.4912)
2016-09-10	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, IT	4 / 26 (685.6800)	11 (170.2972)	2 (174.2972)	1 (176.5600)	15 (164.5256)
2016-05-21	Bohemian BBQ Prague, CZ	16 / 22 (633.6800)	4 (172.5828)	13 (161.1428)	10 (165.7372)	22 (134.2172)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019 ↗	Master	#753 (398 pts)	#870 (353 pts)	#832 (383 pts)	#709 (468 pts)	#749 (438 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1917 (69 pts)	#1829 (99 pts)	#1834 (99 pts)	#1886 (89 pts)	#2540 (54 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1625 (142 pts)	#1974 (112 pts)	#1437 (197 pts)	#1639 (152 pts)	#980 (362 pts)