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
- 2013-06-07
MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1504
peak 1515 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-06-07
latest 2016-11-04
Best ToY finish
#1156
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.69
last 4 Master vs avg 657.69 (-0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.34
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.40)
Road miles
31
mi 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 this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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' (2015-11-06).
- last seen 2014-04-18
- back 2015-11-06
Announced themselves early
3rd
at their very first contest
Finished 3 of 34 at their very first tracked contest, Lincolnton Hog Happenin' (2013-06-07).
- 2013-06-07
- 34-team field
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.
MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ has 4 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 111 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.
#3030 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1514
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3042 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3046 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3022 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Level with MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3036 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 3 years before MOUNTAIN MAGIC COUNTRY BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 158.8572 | 165.86 | top 51% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.9998 | 157.0740 | 160.40 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.0000 | 161.1426 | 164.57 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 67% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hog Happnin' | 2 | 38 | 0 | top 75% | 2016-11-04 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2013-06-07 → 2016-11-04
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 166.86 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.40)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
25%
1 of 4 contests
Master average
657.69
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
140
86–115 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
31
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1549
average field rating faced — tougher than 37% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2014-04-18 → 2015-11-06
Power rating
1504
peak 1515 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- First call Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- First overall top-10 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- First overall podium Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.9998 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- Career-best overall score675.9998 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- Career-best single call (Chicken)174.8572 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
- 2014
- Peak power rating (1515) 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off
- 2016
- Most recent contest Hog Happnin'
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.5 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' | 2013-06-07 |
| +0.1 | 17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off | 2014-04-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.7 | * Hog Happnin' | 2015-11-06 |
| -2.6 | Hog Happnin' | 2016-11-04 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-04 | Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 38 / 56 (657.7260) | 38 (162.2744) | 44 (158.8572) | 13 (172.0000) | 35 (164.5944) |
| 2015-11-06 | * Hog Happnin' Shelby, NC | 49 / 60 (646.2284) | 52 (158.8572) | 46 (157.0740) | 40 (162.2972) | 29 (168.0000) |
| 2014-04-18 | 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) |
| 2013-06-07 | Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC | 3 / 34 (675.9998) | 2 (174.8572) | 5 (167.9998) | 13 (161.1426) | 7 (172.0002) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |