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
- Sep 22, 2023
Salt City Smokehouse
Salt City Smokehouse is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 15th of 22 at the I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) (2022). They are ranked #5021 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1462
peak 1462 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Jul 29, 2022
latest Sep 23, 2023 · 1.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
644.42 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 633.94 (+10.48)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±30.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.74 · weakest Brisket (153.47)
Road miles
782
across 6 mapped stops · furthest 288 mi
Schedule strength
55%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1571)
Purse competed for
$31K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 5 state-championship entries
Master avg
633.94 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 Salt City Smokehouse, each with one reason worth a look.
128 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1505
They've been 1505 at their best, 42 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Compare careers#5,035 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
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.
⚔ Compare careers#5,031 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1462
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Salt City Smokehouse's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,040 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
Level with Salt City Smokehouse on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,008 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1463
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 5 years before Salt City Smokehouse'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 149.1200 | 164.74 | top 58% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2628 | 142.2172 | 157.96 | top 80% |
| Pork | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 143.4056 | 157.77 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
Repeat visits (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% | Sep 23, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
4 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
MA
2 of 6 contests · 4 states in all
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
171
finished ahead 36 times, behind 245
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20235 milestones
- First call Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9200 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score675.9200 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4172 Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1)
- Most recent contest Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2)
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
- Peak power rating (1487) Smoke in the Grove (Day 1)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.6 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) | Sep 22, 2023 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.3 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) | Jul 29, 2022 |
| -10.6 | Red White & Que: Day 1 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Oct 21, 2022 |
| -9.7 | Red White & Que: Day 2 - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES | Oct 22, 2022 |
| -6.2 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 2) | Sep 23, 2023 |
| -0.5 | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival (Masters) (JUDGING FULL) | Sep 2, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2023 | 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) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Nor'Easter BBQ Showdown - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (Day 1) 🏅 Southwick, MA | 17 / 31 (675.9200) | 4 (175.4172) | 14 (170.2628) | 18 (168) | 25 (162.2400) |
| Oct 22, 2022 | 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) |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 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) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 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) |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 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) |