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
Salty Heifer BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 4th of 32 at the Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main (2025). They are ranked #1944 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1541
peak 1541 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 27, 2024
latest Sep 13, 2025 · 1.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
60%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.70
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.20 · weakest Pork Ribs (167.62)
Road miles
65
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
76%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1597)
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 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.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Salty Heifer BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
56 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1,948 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1541
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#1,940 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1541
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.
⚔ Compare careers#1,952 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1541
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#1,941 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1541
Level with Salty Heifer BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#1,955 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1540
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 10 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#1,939 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1541
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Salty Heifer BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar 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% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trekking for CDH | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 43% | Sep 13, 2025 |
| Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 14% | Jul 26, 2025 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
IL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them more than once
Opponents faced
127
finished ahead 184 times, behind 86
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20254 milestones
- 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
20244 milestones
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 27, 2024 |
| +14.2 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main | Jul 26, 2025 |
| +5.5 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 13, 2025 |
| +4.1 | Smoke N for the Kids | Aug 17, 2024 |
| +2.3 | Trekking for CDH | Sep 14, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2025 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 11 / 27 (334.7772) | 5 (169.6800) | 14 (165.0972) | — | — |
| Jul 26, 2025 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 4 / 32 (345.0972) | 11 (168.5372) | 3 (176.5600) | — | — |
| Sep 14, 2024 | Trekking for CDH 🏅 Pierron, IL | 16 / 35 (330.2060) | 14 (165.1088) | 17 (165.0972) | — | — |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Smoke N for the Kids 🏅 Troy, IL | 12 / 27 (327.3488) | 12 (165.6916) | 16 (161.6572) | — | — |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Code 3 Spices - Smokin' on Main 🏅 Collinsville, IL | 5 / 34 (341.6572) | 6 (171.9656) | 7 (169.6916) | — | — |