A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
SON OF SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
SON OF SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Salt and Pepper Pork Pullers
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-01
latest 2015-09-18
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
606.02
last 3 Master vs avg 606.02 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.36
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 157.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (139.72)
Road miles
158
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 53 mi
Schedule strength
19%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Master avg
606.02 / 720
3 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.
Salt and Pepper Pork Pullers has 3 rated contests — 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 119 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.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Salt and Pepper Pork Pullers did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Level with Salt and Pepper Pork Pullers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4025 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7600 | 156.5484 | 156.96 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.9200 | 134.1828 | 139.72 | top 91% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7028 | 147.3712 | 151.98 | top 75% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.2000 | 152.0000 | 157.35 | top 50% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 76% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.4 yrs
2015-05-01 → 2015-09-18
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 157.35 · weakest Pork Ribs (139.72)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
606.02
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
76
28–77 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
158
3 mapped stops · furthest 53 mi
Schedule strength
1527
average field rating faced — tougher than 19% of rated contests
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- First call Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score608.0116 Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Brisket)165.2000 Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- Peak power rating (1493) Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Smoke on the River
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.6 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship | 2015-05-01 |
| -6.4 | Smoke on the River | 2015-09-18 |
| -4.5 | Oaktown Throwdown | 2015-07-31 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 74% | 84.4% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-18 | Smoke on the River Sacramento, CA | 37 / 49 (602.6968) | 33 (156.5484) | 44 (143.9200) | 45 (147.3712) | 27 (154.8572) |
| 2015-07-31 | Oaktown Throwdown Oakland, CA | 19 / 27 (607.3372) | 18 (156.5828) | 23 (141.0516) | 15 (157.7028) | 20 (152.0000) |
| 2015-05-01 | Elk Grove Western Festival & BBQ Championship Elk Grove, CA | 24 / 32 (608.0116) | 20 (157.7600) | 31 (134.1828) | 25 (150.8688) | 7 (165.2000) |