MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ

MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 34 at the Lincolnton Hog Happenin' (2013). They finished #1156 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1505

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 7, 2013

latest Nov 4, 2016 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1156

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 53%

overall standings

Best overall

675.9998 / 720

Master · Lincolnton Hog Happenin'

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.8572

Chicken · Lincolnton Hog Happenin'

Consistency

±11.34

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 166.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.40)

Road miles

across 4 mapped stops

Schedule strength

37%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

657.69 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (5 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

675.9998 career-best overall

93.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.9998 at Lincolnton Hog Happenin' — 93.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 7, 2013

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC ahead in 100% of their meetings

REDNECK SCIENTIFIC has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Bubba & Son BBQ in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

The comeback

1.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Hog Happnin' (Nov 6, 2015).

last seen Apr 18, 2014
back Nov 6, 2015

Announced themselves early

3rd at their very first contest

Finished 3 of 34 at their very first tracked contest, Lincolnton Hog Happenin' (Jun 7, 2013).

Jun 7, 2013
34-team field

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2084 (75 pts)	#2145 (80 pts)	#2161 (75 pts)	#2172 (75 pts)	#2148 (75 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1156 (234 pts)	#1137 (259 pts)	#1426 (184 pts)	#1832 (119 pts)	#1460 (164 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	1	1	174.8572	158.8572	165.86	top 51%
Pork Ribs	4	1	0	167.9998	157.0740	160.40	top 58%
Pork	4	0	0	172	161.1426	164.57	top 45%
Brisket	4	1	0	172.0002	162.8344	166.86	top 44%

“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)	1	0	top 9%
Large (40+)	3	0	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Hog Happnin'	2	38	0	top 75%	Nov 4, 2016

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 140 finished ahead 86 times, behind 115

Longest layoff 1.6 yrs Apr 18, 2014 → Nov 6, 2015

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

20161 milestone

Nov 4 Most recent contest Hog Happnin'

20141 milestone

Apr 18 Peak power rating (1515) 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off

20137 milestones

Jun 7 First tracked contest Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 First call Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 First overall podium Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9998 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 Career-best overall score675.9998 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Jun 7 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Lincolnton Hog Happenin'	Jun 7, 2013
+0.1	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off	Apr 18, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.6	Hog Happnin'	Nov 6, 2015
-2.5	Hog Happnin'	Nov 4, 2016

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2016	1	0	0%	top 68%	91.4%	91.4%
2015	1	0	0%	top 82%	89.8%	89.8%
2014	1	0	0%	top 53%	90.4%	90.4%
2013	1	1	100%	top 9%	93.9%	93.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Nov 4, 2016	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	38 / 56 (657.7260)	38 (162.2744)	44 (158.8572)	13 (172)	35 (164.5944)
Nov 6, 2015	Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC	49 / 60 (646.2284)	52 (158.8572)	46 (157.0740)	40 (162.2972)	29 (168)
Apr 18, 2014	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	29 / 55 (650.8000)	24 (167.4400)	34 (157.6800)	29 (162.8456)	25 (162.8344)
Jun 7, 2013	Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC	3 / 34 (675.9998)	2 (174.8572)	5 (167.9998)	13 (161.1426)	7 (172.0002)