The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship (2016-04-29).
- last seen 2014-08-08
- back 2016-04-29
Salt & Pepper Pork Pullers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-04-29
latest 2016-04-29
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 63%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.89 · weakest Pork (143.91)
Road miles
80
mi across 4 mapped stops
Master avg
606.23 / 720
1 Master contest · 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.
Salt & Pepper Pork Pullers 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 125 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.
#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Salt & Pepper Pork Pullers did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Salt & Pepper Pork Pullers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.9656 | 158.8688 | 161.89 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 157.7488 | 137.0400 | 149.50 | top 65% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9084 | 143.9084 | 143.91 | top 87% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.7028 | 145.7028 | 145.70 | top 70% |
“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.
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2016-04-29 → 2016-04-29
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 161.89 · weakest Pork (143.91)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 2 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
606.23
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
29
11–18 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
80
4 mapped stops
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2014-08-08 → 2016-04-29
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show
- 2016
- Career-best overall score606.2288 Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship
- First call 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES )
- Career-best single call (Chicken)163.9656 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES )
- 2017
- Most recent contest *2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 63% | 84.2% | 84.2% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-07-15 | *2017 Clayton BBQ Cook-off a KCBS(Competitor Series) event Sponsored by the CBCA Clayton, CA | — | 10 (162.8456) | 10 (153.7028) | — | — |
| 2016-08-05 | 2016 Clayton Rib Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES ) Clayton, CA | — | 4 (163.9656) | 15 (137.0400) | — | — |
| 2016-04-29 | Elk Grove Western Festival and BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 19 / 30 (606.2288) | 17 (158.8688) | 15 (157.7488) | 26 (143.9084) | 21 (145.7028) |
| 2014-08-08 | Brentwood Cook Off & Car Show Brentwood, CA | — | — | — | — | — |