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
- Oct 11, 2013
HICKTOWN BBQ
HICKTOWN BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) (2013). They finished #949 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
May 17, 2013
latest May 8, 2015 · 2 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 32%
overall standings
Best overall
680.4340 / 720
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.66
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 171.41 · weakest Pork (162.26)
Road miles
361
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
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the 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) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 165.0972 | 170.07 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 163.9428 | 171.41 | top 27% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 159.4284 | 162.26 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
2 of 3 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 57 times, behind 23
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
Oct 11, 2013 → May 8, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20152 milestones
- Peak power rating (1522) Boda Getta BBQ
- Most recent contest Boda Getta BBQ
20136 milestones
- First tracked contest Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
- First call Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score671.4282 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier)
- First overall top-10 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
- Career-best overall score680.4340 The Real Squeal: Lyons Barbeque & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2015 | Boda Getta BBQ Auburn, AL | 10 / 21 (656.9712) | 10 (165.0972) | 11 (163.9428) | 8 (163.4056) | 9 (164.5256) |
| Oct 11, 2013 | 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) |
| May 17, 2013 | Hawgin' on Lanier (GBC Qualifier) Gainesville, GA | 11 / 37 (671.4282) | 10 (172) | 2 (178.8572) | 26 (159.4284) | 25 (161.1426) |