Happy hunting ground
Top 14%
average finish here
Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main is their spot: an average finish in the top 14% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 4th
- average top 14%
Salty Heifer BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1541
peak 1541 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2024-07-27
latest 2025-09-13
Best ToY finish
#151
Backyard 2024
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
335.82
last 5 Backyard vs avg 335.82 (-0.00)
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.70
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.62)
Road miles
65
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1598)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 5 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
335.82 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 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.
High-water mark
345.0972
career-best overall
95.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 345.0972 at Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main — 95.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2025-07-26
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Bumpy Pickle BBQ has finished one call ahead of Salty Heifer BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Smokin A's in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 34 at their very first tracked contest, Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main (2024-07-27).
- 2024-07-27
- 34-team field
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.
51 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1926 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Salty Heifer BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1934 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 9 years before Salty Heifer BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#1923 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
Level with Salty Heifer BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1925 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1541
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 5.
⚔ Head-to-head#1939 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1540
No shared contest yet.
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin A's | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Eleven Thirteen Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| 1Bite Stand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Can Country Outlaw BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Three Stooges Barbeque | 5 | 3 | 1 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Bumpy Pickle BBQ | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Mulkey's BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| TRIPLE H BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| SmokinGhost BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Snake Holler BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 165.1088 | 168.20 | top 31% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 161.6572 | 167.62 | top 38% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trekking for CDH | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 43% | 2025-09-13 |
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 14% | 2025-07-26 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2024-07-27 → 2025-09-13
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.62)
Walk rate
60%
a top-10 call in 3 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Backyard average
335.82
out of 360 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
127
184–86 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
65
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1598
average field rating faced — tougher than 76% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$42,600
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 5 state-championship entries
Power rating
1541
peak 1541 · #1930 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2024
- First tracked contest Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First call Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall top-10 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score341.6572 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- 2025
- Career-best overall score345.0972 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5600 Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main
- Peak power rating (1541) Trekking for CDH
- Most recent contest Trekking for CDH
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.8 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2024-07-27 |
| +14.3 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2025-07-26 |
| +5.5 | Trekking for CDH | 2025-09-13 |
| +4.1 | Smoke N for the Kids | 2024-08-17 |
| +2.3 | Trekking for CDH | 2024-09-14 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 27% | 95.9% | 94.4% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33% | top 35% | 94.9% | 92.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-13 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 11 / 27 (334.7772) | 5 (169.6800) | 14 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2025-07-26 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 4 / 32 (345.0972) | 11 (168.5372) | 3 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-09-14 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 16 / 35 (330.2060) | 14 (165.1088) | 17 (165.0972) | — | — |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 12 / 27 (327.3488) | 12 (165.6916) | 16 (161.6572) | — | — |
| 2024-07-27 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 5 / 34 (341.6572) | 6 (171.9656) | 7 (169.6916) | — | — |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #589 (213 pts) | #737 (163 pts) | #557 (298 pts) | #737 (138 pts) | #601 (218 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Backyard | #163 (320 pts) | #171 (295 pts) | #169 (330 pts) | — | — |
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #151 (385 pts) | #155 (385 pts) | #164 (340 pts) | — | — |