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Salt City Barbecue

Salt City Barbecue is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship (2020), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #844 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#844
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1622
peak 1629 · rated over 16 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

19
in the data

First seen

Aug 16, 2019
latest Sep 9, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#68
Master 2020 · every season

Grand champs

1
1 reserve · wins it all 5% of the time

Category wins

0
11 podiums

Overall top-10s

10
53% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

5
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%
overall standings

Best overall

705.7028 / 720
Master · Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

673.99 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 676.25 (-2.26)

Walk rate

74%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028
Chicken · 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)

Consistency

±14.75
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket
avg 169.45 · weakest Pork Ribs (168.34)

Road miles

11,506
across 19 mapped stops · furthest 1,462 mi

Schedule strength

78%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1601)

Purse competed for

$146K
listed at 11 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
won from 17 state-championship entries

Master avg

676.25 / 720
18 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Against the odds

11-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 89 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship (Jun 19, 2020) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 11-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Burnin and Lootin.

They almost always walk

74% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 74% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

705.7028 career-best overall

98.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 705.7028 at Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship — 98.0% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jun 19, 2020

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 17 entries at contests carrying the title.

  • 17 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

All About Smokin Q has finished one call ahead of Salt City Barbecue 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

6–1 behind in the head-to-head

Your Behind BBQ ahead in 86% of their meetings

Your Behind BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.

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The drought

10 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship on Jun 19, 2020 — 10 contests and 6.3 years ago.

  • last GC Jun 19, 2020
  • 6.3 years ago

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of WILD HOGS BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Burnin and Lootin has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.26% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.26% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 93.7% of a perfect score
  • 19 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2022 ↗ Master #1189 (91 pts) #713 (256 pts) #940 (175 pts) #1220 (95 pts) #981 (131 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #475 (378 pts) #586 (293 pts) #721 (228 pts) #541 (333 pts) #459 (428 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #68 (1,281 pts) #72 (1,136 pts) #95 (1,051 pts) #96 (1,016 pts) #71 (1,161 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #684 (466 pts) #815 (401 pts) #719 (466 pts) #719 (461 pts) #518 (646 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Salt City Barbecue, each with one reason worth a look.

FROZEN TOQUE BBQ
#846 of the rated field
1622 power rating
Contests
30
GCs
2
Top-10s
63%
Peak
1624
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Salt City Barbecue)

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

  • rated over 28 contests
  • last seen Oct 14, 2022
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HOOSIER FAVORITE BBQ
#847 of the rated field
1622 power rating
Contests
24
GCs
1
Top-10s
42%
Peak
1622

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 23 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 23 contests
  • last seen Sep 2, 2016
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PORKYLICIOUS
#845 of the rated field
1622 power rating
Contests
38
GCs
0
Top-10s
18%
Peak
1622

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 38 contests to 19.

  • rated over 38 contests
  • last seen May 13, 2022
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YOU NEED A BBQ
#843 of the rated field
1623 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
0
Top-10s
58%
Peak
1654

45 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 58% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Sep 11, 2026
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Wabash BBQ
#848 of the rated field
1622 power rating
Contests
100
GCs
1
Top-10s
25%
Peak
1669

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Salt City Barbecue's first contest.

  • rated over 96 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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Sweaty Hogs
#852 of the rated field
1621 ▼ 1 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
7
Top-10s
83%
Peak
1621
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Salt City Barbecue)

8 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Aug 19, 2022
⚔ Head-to-head

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

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
UTAH BBQ COMPANY 12 6 6 50% ⚔ compare
GIRLS CAN GRILL 11 4 7 36% ⚔ compare
UNCLE J'S 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
Backdraft BBQ 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
CROOKED PIGS 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
WILD HOGS BBQ 7 7 0 100% ⚔ compare
COW TIPPIN BBQ 7 5 2 71% ⚔ compare
All About Smokin Q 7 4 3 57% ⚔ compare
4 LEGS UP BBQ 7 2 5 29% ⚔ compare
Your Behind BBQ 7 1 6 14% ⚔ compare
Rhythm n QUE 6 4 2 67% ⚔ compare
Burnin and Lootin 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
GRILLIN' BEAVERS 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ 6 3 3 50% ⚔ compare
BIG POPPA SMOKERS 6 1 5 17% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 18 10 0 3 177.7028 153.0628 169.30 top 40%
Pork Ribs 18 6 0 3 177.1544 156.5256 168.34 top 41%
Pork 15 7 0 1 177.7028 158.2972 168.98 top 43%
Brisket 18 11 0 4 177.7028 151.3712 169.45 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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)30top 35%
Medium (20–39)71top 31%
Large (40+)90top 51%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
UT51top 29%
AZ30top 59%
MT20top 13%
NV20top 35%
WY20top 15%
CO20top 42%
TN10top 86%
KS10top 97%
MO10top 64%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 2 31 0 top 56% Jan 14, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2020 9 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season 4.8 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in UT 5 of 19 contests · 9 states in all
Contests visited 18 1 of them more than once
First title Jun 19, 2020 Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship
Opponents faced 503 finished ahead 403 times, behind 423

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

20221 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Western Legends BBQ Contest
20212 milestones
  1. Peak power rating (1629) Montana BBQ Cook-off
  2. Career-best single call (Chicken)177.7028 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY)
20205 milestones
  1. First Grand Championship Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship
  2. First state championship Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship
  3. Biggest field won (32 teams) Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship
  4. Career-best overall score705.7028 Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship
  5. 10th tracked contest Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival
20196 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off
  2. First call Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off
  3. First overall top-10 Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.1200 Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off
  5. First overall podium BBQ In The Badlands
  6. First Reserve Championship BBQ In The Badlands

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+17.4Traeger NorUt State BBQ ChampionshipJun 19, 2020
+17.2BBQ In The BadlandsSep 27, 2019
+17.1Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1Oct 2, 2020
+16.4Western Legends Heritage and Music FestivalAug 14, 2020
+11.6Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2Oct 3, 2020

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-3.7Slab-O-Rama Barbeque ChallengeJan 14, 2022
-3.3Western Legends BBQ ContestSep 9, 2022
-0.6Arizona National BBQ StampedeDec 27, 2019

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20222000 100% top 59% 92.5% 92.3%
20213020 100% top 40% 96.3% 94.5%
20209160 67% top 35% 98% 94.2%
20195020 60% top 44% 94.6% 92.9%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 9, 2022 Western Legends BBQ Contest 🏅 Kanab, UT 18 / 31 (666.2512) 2 (175.4056) 27 (160.0116) 24 (163.3940) 10 (167.4400)
Jan 14, 2022 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ 35 / 59 (663.3024) 35 (167.3828) 6 (173.7028) 18 (170.8456) 52 (151.3712)
Oct 8, 2021 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 60 / 70 (664.5028) 5 (177.7028) 53 (168.5256) 68 (158.2972) 66 (159.9772)
Jun 11, 2021 Montana BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Absarokee, MT 5 / 27 (693.6572) 8 (171.9772) 14 (166.2744) 5 (177.7028) 5 (177.7028)
May 28, 2021 The Best Dam Barbeque 🏅 Boulder City, NV 4 / 26 (682.2284) 8 (170.2972) 11 (163.9772) — 2 (174.8456)
Nov 13, 2020 Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition 🏅 unrated Mayetta, KS 91 / 94 (660.4340) 94 (154.2056) 64 (168.0116) — 54 (169.6912)
Oct 3, 2020 Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 🏅 Casper, WY 9 / 41 (684.5256) 5 (174.8572) 16 (169.6800) 7 (173.7256) 26 (166.2628)
Oct 2, 2020 Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 🏅 Casper, WY 3 / 41 (693.0972) 3 (176.5600) 12 (169.6800) 11 (172) 4 (174.8572)
Sep 5, 2020 S.T.A.R Brews & Q 🏅 Lake City, CO 5 / 19 (685.0856) 4 (173.7028) 13 (165.6800) 5 (173.1428) 7 (172.5600)
Aug 14, 2020 Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival 🏅 Kanab, UT 3 / 42 (694.8800) 16 (172.5484) 5 (174.2972) 2 (176.5944) 10 (171.4400)
Jun 19, 2020 Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship 🏅 Riverdale, UT 1 / 32 (705.7028) 3 (177.1428) 2 (177.1544) 10 (173.7028) 2 (177.7028)
Apr 6, 2020 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League unrated washington, MO 70 / 109 (160.5600) — — — —
Jan 17, 2020 Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 🏅 Bullhead City, AZ 31 / 59 (658.7200) 36 (165.0856) 27 (165.7144) 44 (159.3944) 15 (168.5256)
Jan 3, 2020 Red Rock BBQ 🏅 Hurrican, UT 6 / 15 (677.0856) 9 (168.5256) 3 (169.7372) 13 (162.2400) 2 (176.5828)
Dec 27, 2019 Arizona National BBQ Stampede 🏅 Phoenix, AZ 28 / 44 (668.4568) 17 (169.6684) 17 (169.7144) — 37 (160.5140)
Sep 27, 2019 BBQ In The Badlands 🏅 Glendive, MT 2 / 25 (676.5256) 7 (166.2628) 3 (171.9772) 4 (170.8572) 8 (167.4284)
Sep 6, 2019 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge 🏅 Grand Jct, CO 16 / 28 (647.2684) 25 (153.0628) 21 (156.5256) 12 (166.2744) 4 (171.4056)
Aug 23, 2019 Wild West BBQ Shoot Out 🏅 Wendover, NV 20 / 37 (669.6460) 17 (168.5372) 15 (167.9772) 18 (166.2972) 24 (166.8344)
Aug 16, 2019 Western Legends Roundup BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Kanab, UT 7 / 18 (681.1200) 15 (164.5256) 4 (171.4172) 9 (170.2972) 2 (174.8800)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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