HICKTOWN BBQ

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

Rating

1522

peak 1522 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-17

latest 2015-05-08

Best ToY finish

#949

Master 2013

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 3 contests

Avg finish

top 32%

overall standings

Best overall

680.4340 / 720

Master · The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.61

last 3 Master vs avg 669.61 (+0.00)

Walk rate

100%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

178.8572

Pork Ribs · Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)

Consistency

±9.66

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 171.41 · weakest Pork (162.26)

Road miles

361

mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 153 mi

Schedule strength

22%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Master avg

669.61 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (2 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

680.4340 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.4340 at The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
2013-10-11

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Boda Getta BBQ (2015-05-08).

last seen 2013-10-11
back 2015-05-08

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.

HICKTOWN BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 97 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.

Firestarter

#2433 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 80%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2024-11-02

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Smokin Sauced

#2424 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1525

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after HICKTOWN BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2023-09-21

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Carnivorous Jim BBQ

#2436 of the rated field

1522 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Level with HICKTOWN BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2022-08-05

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ALBERTA BONES BBQ

#2419 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2018-06-16

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JaBs

#2411 of the rated field

1523 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1523

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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BONES 'N BREWS BBQ

#2417 of the rated field

1522 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2016-10-14

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	3	0	173.1084	165.0972	170.07	top 30%
Pork Ribs	3	2	1	178.8572	163.9428	171.41	top 27%
Pork	3	1	0	163.9428	159.4284	162.26	top 55%
Brisket	3	2	0	171.9656	161.1426	165.88	top 46%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
GA	2	0	top 25%
AL	1	0	top 48%

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

On the trail 2 yrs 2013-05-17 → 2015-05-08

Busiest season 2013 2 contests

Contests a season 1.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Cooks most in GA 2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 3 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 3 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 171.41 · weakest Pork (162.26)

Walk rate 100% a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests

Overall top-10 rate 67% 2 of 3 contests

Best top-10 run 2 straight contests — and still running

Master average 669.61 out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 72 57–23 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 361 3 mapped stops · furthest 153 mi

Schedule strength 1530 average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs 2013-10-11 → 2015-05-08

Power rating 1522 peak 1522 · #null of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 17 First tracked contest Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 First call Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4282 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
May 17 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 11 First overall top-10 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 11 Career-best overall score680.4340 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
2015
May 8 Peak power rating (1522) Boda Getta BBQ
May 8 Most recent contest Boda Getta BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.5	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)	2013-10-11
+7.4	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)	2013-05-17
+3.3	Boda Getta BBQ	2015-05-08

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	1	0	1	0	100%	top 48%	91.2%	91.2%
2013	2	0	1	0	100%	top 25%	94.5%	93.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2015-05-08	Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL	10 / 21 (656.9712)	10 (165.0972)	11 (163.9428)	8 (163.4056)	9 (164.5256)
2013-10-11	The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Lyons, GA	5 / 25 (680.4340)	4 (173.1084)	6 (171.4172)	14 (163.9428)	7 (171.9656)
2013-05-17	Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA	11 / 37 (671.4282)	10 (172.0000)	2 (178.8572)	26 (159.4284)	25 (161.1426)

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
2013 ↗	Master	#949 (307 pts)	#947 (337 pts)	#780 (427 pts)	#1480 (167 pts)	#1262 (217 pts)