The comeback
2.1 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out (2019-09-20).
- last seen 2017-09-01
- back 2019-09-20
Salty Dawg BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-08-31
latest 2019-09-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 95%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 164.55 · weakest Pork (149.66)
Road miles
32
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
627.58 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Salty Dawg BBQ has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 152 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3666 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Salty Dawg BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 142.7884 | 152.52 | top 96% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8344 | 158.8572 | 160.85 | top 81% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6688 | 149.6572 | 149.66 | top 95% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.9656 | 161.1316 | 164.55 | top 69% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 97% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2017-08-31 → 2019-09-20
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
KS
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 164.55 · weakest Pork (149.66)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
627.58
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
156
6–152 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
32
3 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Purse competed for
$5,025
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
2017-09-01 → 2019-09-20
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best overall score642.7200 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)167.9656 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL)
- 2019
- Most recent contest Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 89.3% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-20 | Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out 🏅 Kearney, MO | 29 / 31 (612.4344) | 31 (142.7884) | 23 (158.8572) | 28 (149.6572) | 23 (161.1316) |
| 2017-09-01 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-08-31 | 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (INVITATIONAL) unrated Kansas City, KS | 125 / 129 (642.7200) | 118 (162.2512) | 114 (162.8344) | 128 (149.6688) | 82 (167.9656) |