Salt City Smokehouse

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4990

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1462

peak 1462 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2022-07-29

latest 2023-09-23

Best ToY finish

#661

Master 2022

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 6 contests

Avg finish

top 80%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9200 / 720

Master · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

644.42 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 633.94 (+10.48)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172

Chicken · Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)

Consistency

±30.26

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.74 · weakest Brisket (153.47)

Road miles

782

mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi

Schedule strength

56%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)

Purse competed for

$31K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 5 state-championship entries

Master avg

633.94 / 720

6 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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

675.9200 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9200 at Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
2023-09-22

A tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit ahead in 100% of their meetings

Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.27 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.

Brisket avg 153.47
Chicken avg 164.74
0 calls in 6 entries

A September team

Top 67% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 67% across 3 contests, versus top 80% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 80% the rest of the year

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.

126 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

LET YOUR MEAT SHINE THROUGH BAR-B-QUE

#4979 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Salt City Smokehouse)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Salt City Smokehouse has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2022-09-02

⚔ Head-to-head

Santo Smokes

#4994 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-05-16

⚔ Head-to-head

Smokaholics

#4976 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1505 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2023-07-28

⚔ Head-to-head

BONNAROO BBQ

#5007 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Salt City Smokehouse's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 6 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

JAY'S SMOKIN REDNECK BBQ

#5004 of the rated field

1462 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1462

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Salt City Smokehouse's first contest.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2018-09-21

⚔ Head-to-head

WINK'S BBQ, LLC

#4970 of the rated field

1463 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1463

No shared contest yet.

Level with Salt City Smokehouse on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2017-07-21

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Uncle Pig's Barbeque Pit	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Second Helping BBQ -PA	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	6	2	175.4172	149.1200	164.74	top 58%
Pork Ribs	6	0	170.2628	142.2172	157.96	top 80%
Pork	6	0	169.1200	143.4056	157.77	top 80%
Brisket	6	0	162.2400	146.8116	153.47	top 87%

“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

Where	Contests	Avg finish
MA	2	top 67%
NJ	2	top 89%
NY	1	top 68%
PA	1	top 100%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	4	0	top 75%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 89%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2	17	0	top 67%	2023-09-23

The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 1.2 yrs 2022-07-29 → 2023-09-23

Busiest season 2022 4 contests

Contests a season 3 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MA 2 of 6 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 5 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 164.74 · weakest Brisket (153.47)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 2 of 6 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 6 contests

Master average 633.94 out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 171 36–245 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 782 6 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi

Schedule strength 1571 average field rating faced — tougher than 56% of rated contests

Purse competed for $31,450 listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 5 state-championship entries

Power rating 1462 peak 1462 · #4990 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2022
Jul 29 First tracked contest Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
Jul 29 Peak power rating (1487) Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
2023
Sep 22 First call Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Sep 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9200 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Sep 22 Career-best overall score675.9200 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Sep 22 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
Sep 23 Most recent contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+2.7	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)	2023-09-22

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.3	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)	2022-07-29
-10.6	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2022-10-21
-9.7	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2022-10-22
-6.2	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)	2023-09-23
-0.5	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL)	2022-09-02

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)
2023	2	0	0	0	100%	top 67%	93.9%	92.8%
2022	4	0	0	0	0%	top 87%	88.5%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2023-09-23	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) 🏅 Southwick, MA	33 / 42 (659.8856)	9 (174.2972)	30 (162.8228)	24 (169.1200)	40 (153.6456)
2023-09-22	Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA	17 / 31 (675.9200)	4 (175.4172)	14 (170.2628)	18 (168.0000)	25 (162.2400)
2022-10-22	Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	24 / 27 (632.8912)	22 (159.9428)	21 (162.8000)	24 (157.6456)	24 (152.5028)
2022-10-21	Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Jackson, NJ	26 / 29 (636.9256)	14 (169.7144)	27 (156.4912)	25 (160.5028)	28 (150.2172)
2022-09-02	I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) Lake Placid, NY	15 / 22 (616.4804)	19 (159.9660)	20 (153.1544)	20 (147.9428)	14 (155.4172)
2022-07-29	Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 🏅 Spring Grove, PA	54 / 54 (581.5544)	53 (149.1200)	54 (142.2172)	54 (143.4056)	52 (146.8116)

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
2023 ↗	Master	#838 (156 pts)	#553 (351 pts)	#948 (171 pts)	#878 (156 pts)	#1066 (116 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#661 (268 pts)	#628 (313 pts)	#755 (258 pts)	#734 (243 pts)	#683 (273 pts)