Head-to-head
PIG ON FIRE vs HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY
9 head-to-head wins
Met
19 times in the data
10 head-to-head wins
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY is the team PIG ON FIRE sees one call ahead more than anyone (3 times).
Career comparison
| PIG ON FIRE | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
|---|---|---|
| 51 | Contests | 70 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 2 |
| 4 | Category wins | 11 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 2 |
| 97.2% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.3% |
| 93.3% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 93.9% |
| top 56% | Avg finish | top 51% |
| ±2.08% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.82% |
Overall scores show as a share of a perfect total (Master /720, Backyard /360) so the two series compare fairly.
Meat by meat (who finishes ahead when both enter the category)
| PIG ON FIRE | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicken (19 meetings) | 16 |
| 10 | Pork Ribs (19 meetings) | 9 |
| 10 | Pork (19 meetings) | 9 |
| 11 | Brisket (19 meetings) | 8 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 4 times — PIG ON FIRE leads there 4–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 3 times — PIG ON FIRE leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked SC Festival of Discovery 2 times — HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 42.98 points at BBQ Capital Cook Off (2019-04-26)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5596 points at Squealin on the Square (2019-10-04)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | PIG ON FIRE | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 18 / 35 (674.7084) | 21 / 35 (673.5884) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2026-07-09 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | 54 / 75 (674.2056) | 53 / 75 (674.8000) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills | 12 / 25 (679.8968) | 17 / 25 (674.1484) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2025-09-19 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 13 / 36 (683.3372) | 29 / 36 (664.4804) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2025-07-18 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 13 / 34 (681.6116) | 27 / 34 (667.2800) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 15 / 31 (681.6344) | 20 / 31 (678.8000) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2023-07-14 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 12 / 36 (681.6572) | 23 / 36 (675.9084) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2021-09-24 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 14 / 27 (670.2172) | 23 / 27 (647.8972) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2021-07-09 | SC Festival of Discovery | 42 / 81 (662.7652) | 22 / 81 (683.3600) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2021-06-11 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck | 14 / 28 (680.5256) | 23 / 28 (666.6740) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2021-03-12 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland | 22 / 39 (673.0288) | 16 / 39 (682.2056) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2020-09-11 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 4 / 24 (691.9428) | 3 / 24 (691.9428) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2020-08-28 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck | 31 / 34 (650.6628) | 29 / 34 (656.9368) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2020-08-14 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken | 31 / 34 (646.0568) | 25 / 34 (664.4228) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2020-06-26 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge | 24 / 25 (629.4856) | 18 / 25 (659.2912) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2019-10-04 | Squealin on the Square | 12 / 19 (652.9368) | 13 / 19 (652.3772) | PIG ON FIRE |
| 2019-07-12 | SC Festival of Discovery | 42 / 83 (659.2228) | 31 / 83 (667.3028) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2019-06-28 | Saltwater BBQ Bash | 13 / 18 (662.6624) | 12 / 18 (667.3488) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ Capital Cook Off | 31 / 43 (634.6744) | 6 / 43 (677.6568) | HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY |