SaucyRossyBBQ KCBS Helper

← All teams

Salt and Pepper BBQ IL

Rating

1494
peak 1502

Contests

3
in the data

First seen

2019-06-14
latest 2025-10-03

Best ToY finish

#324
Backyard 2025

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

0
0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 65%
overall standings

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

542.03
last 3 vs career avg 542.03 (+0.00)

Walk rate

33%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

170.2972

Consistency

±145.85
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs
avg 169.13 · weakest Brisket (157.40)

Road miles

578
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 302 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Teams like this (closest power rating, IL first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 3 0 0 0 167.4400 160.0228 162.66 top 70%
Pork Ribs 3 1 0 0 170.2972 167.3828 169.13 top 45%
Pork 2 0 0 0 165.0856 150.8228 157.95 top 79%
Brisket 2 1 0 0 169.7256 145.0744 157.40 top 57%

“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

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
MO10top 61%
IL10top 88%
KS10top 47%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)20top 54%
Large (40+)10top 88%

The story so far

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

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025100 337.1544 337.15
2023100 623.8056 623.81
2019100 665.1312 665.13

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-10-03 Big Creek BBQ Bash (BACKYARD ONLY) Pleasant Hill, MO 14 / 23 (337.1544) 12 (167.4400) 11 (169.7144)
2023-09-21 Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard Murphysboro, IL 44 / 50 (623.8056) 37 (160.5256) 31 (167.3828) 49 (150.8228) 46 (145.0744)
2019-06-14 Knights Of Columbus BBQ Smoke Off 4 Life Kansas City, KS 18 / 38 (665.1312) 32 (160.0228) 10 (170.2972) 23 (165.0856) 8 (169.7256)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Backyard #324 (103 pts) #314 (113 pts) #321 (118 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #1255 (60 pts) #1319 (60 pts) #1432 (60 pts) #1287 (60 pts) #1296 (60 pts)

Heading out? 🔥

Are you sure you want to leave the KCBS Helper Tool and go to SaucyRossyBBQ.com?

Yes, take me there