HILLBILLY SHEEK

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

Power ranking

#2119

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1533

peak 1533 · rated over 13 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-03-15

latest 2019-09-12

Best ToY finish

#1081

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 13 contests

Avg finish

top 46%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2056 / 720

Master · Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

Perfect 180s

Current form

617.99 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 635.89 (-17.90)

Walk rate

46%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7028

Brisket · Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out

Consistency

±40.69

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.84 · weakest Brisket (159.05)

Road miles

345

mi across 13 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi

Schedule strength

34%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1546)

Purse competed for

$68K

listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 1 state-championship entries

Master avg

635.89 / 720

13 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 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

674.2056 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2056 at Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
2015-09-18

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 29%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 29%

A tough matchup

10–1 behind in the head-to-head

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead in 91% of their meetings

DIRT ROAD BBQ has come out ahead in 10 of their 11 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.79 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 23% of the time against 8%.

Brisket avg 159.05
Chicken avg 165.84
3 calls in 13 entries

A strong matchup

6–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of FOUNTAIN CITY BARBEQUE in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at 38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) (2017-09-01).

last seen 2015-10-03
back 2017-09-01

Chicken nemesis

9 of 11 shared chicken entries lost

DIRT ROAD BBQ ahead 82% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, DIRT ROAD BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 11 shared chicken entries.

An October team

Top 34% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 34% across 3 contests, versus top 46% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 46% the rest of the year

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.

78 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

WarPig BBQ

#2127 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1541

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to HILLBILLY SHEEK)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team HILLBILLY SHEEK has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2025-03-28

⚔ Head-to-head

COOK'N WITH WOOD

#2113 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1542

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HILLBILLY SHEEK)

Fewer contests behind them than HILLBILLY SHEEK has cooked, 7 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-10-19

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REDNECK BBQ

#2128 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1541

2–3 in 5 shared contests (40% to HILLBILLY SHEEK)

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 11% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 28 contests
last seen 2019-12-27

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Disco Pigs

#2125 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1533

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to HILLBILLY SHEEK)

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 6 contests
last seen 2019-09-12

⚔ Head-to-head

SWEET SMOKE BBQ

#2109 of the rated field

1533 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 65
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1603

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to HILLBILLY SHEEK)

They've been 1603 at their best, 70 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 61 contests
last seen 2025-05-24

⚔ Head-to-head

Gettin Piggy With It Backyard BBQ

#2117 of the rated field

1533 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1540

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BURNT FINGER BBQ	11	2	9	18%	⚔ compare
DIRT ROAD BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
Sons of a Brisket	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
Four Men and A Pig	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN ELVISES	8	5	3	63%	⚔ compare
Theslabs.com	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
S&S BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN GUNS BBQ	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
PARK AVENUE PORK	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN O BBQ	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Three Brothers Different Mothers	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
50 SHADES OF QUE	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
R BUTTS R SMOKIN	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
JAESTAR BBQ	8	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	13	1	173.1544	142.8570	165.84	top 39%
Pork Ribs	13	2	173.1200	144.5372	160.43	top 55%
Pork	13	2	173.1084	147.4284	160.37	top 57%
Brisket	13	3	173.7028	139.3600	159.05	top 55%

“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
MO	10	0	top 46%
KS	3	0	top 48%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 50%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 46%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2	33	0	top 70%	2014-04-11

The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 6.5 yrs 2013-03-15 → 2019-09-12

Busiest season 2015 4 contests

Contests a season 2.2 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in MO 10 of 13 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 12 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 13 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 165.84 · weakest Brisket (159.05)

Walk rate 46% a top-10 call in 6 of 13 contests

Overall top-10 rate 8% 1 of 13 contests

Master average 635.89 out of 720 · 13 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 1,671 1,897–1,466 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 345 13 mapped stops · furthest 45 mi

Schedule strength 1546 average field rating faced — tougher than 34% of rated contests

Purse competed for $68,425 listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 1 state-championship entries

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs 2015-10-03 → 2017-09-01

Power rating 1533 peak 1533 · #2119 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Mar 15 First tracked contest NKC MO State BBQ Championship
Mar 15 First call NKC MO State BBQ Championship
2014
Jul 11 First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3256 Johnson County Fair BBQ
2015
Sep 18 First overall top-10 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Sep 18 Career-best overall score674.2056 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Sep 18 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.7028 Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out
Oct 3 10th tracked contest 36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open
2019
Sep 12 Peak power rating (1533) 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
Sep 12 Most recent contest 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.2	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	2015-10-03
+13.8	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out	2015-09-18
+11.8	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2014-10-02
+9.8	Johnson County Fair BBQ	2014-07-11
+8.7	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off	2015-05-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake	2013-04-12
-7.8	NKC MO State BBQ Championship	2013-03-15
-6.7	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN)	2017-09-01
-6.5	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open	2013-10-03
-3.4	Johnson County Fair BBQ	2015-07-10

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	0	0%	top 26%	—	—
2018	1	0	0%	top 42%	92.5%	92.5%
2017	1	0	0%	top 77%	88.3%	88.3%
2015	4	1	75%	top 29%	93.6%	86.5%
2014	3	0	67%	top 38%	93.3%	91.6%
2013	3	0	33%	top 77%	86.7%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	121 / 468 (344.0228)	162 (168.5716)	191 (166.8456)	385 (154.2972)	193 (166.2628)
2018-09-15	39th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	198 / 467 (666.1712)	105 (172.0000)	368 (158.2744)	65 (173.1084)	264 (162.7884)
2017-09-01	38th American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	312 / 407 (635.9200)	206 (166.3200)	182 (166.2744)	387 (148.5028)	318 (154.8228)
2015-10-03	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	23 / 606 (508.6168)	66 (173.1544)	538 (149.0856)	446 (158.2284)	560 (142.8116)
2015-09-18	Jesse James Barbeque Cook Out Kearney, MO	5 / 41 (674.2056)	13 (168.5372)	10 (171.4056)	27 (160.5600)	4 (173.7028)
2015-07-10	Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO	23 / 33 (649.0516)	11 (169.1200)	27 (154.8688)	30 (154.2400)	9 (170.8228)
2015-05-15	20th Annual Platte City BBQ Cook-Off Platte City, MO	15 / 51 (660.4112)	43 (156.5028)	26 (163.9656)	11 (170.8228)	10 (169.1200)
2014-10-02	35th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	117 / 552 (671.8740)	122 (170.8228)	67 (173.1200)	370 (159.9656)	147 (167.9656)
2014-07-11	Johnson County Fair BBQ Warrensburg, MO	11 / 36 (663.3256)	11 (169.1200)	18 (160.0000)	5 (169.6684)	17 (164.5372)
2014-04-11	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	33 / 54 (642.8228)	20 (165.7256)	9 (169.7488)	10 (167.9884)	54 (139.3600)
2013-10-03	34th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Kansas City, MO	405 / 535 (614.8568)	210 (163.4284)	469 (144.5372)	377 (154.8684)	365 (152.0228)
2013-04-12	The Best Dam BBQ Contest at Smithville Lake Smithville, MO	38 / 48 (624.5714)	48 (142.8570)	27 (159.4286)	18 (165.1428)	28 (157.1430)
2013-03-15	NKC MO State BBQ Championship N. Kansas City, MO	59 / 79 (611.4284)	8 (169.7142)	66 (148.0000)	70 (147.4284)	68 (146.2858)

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
2015 ↗	Master	#1192 (238 pts)	#1228 (248 pts)	#1501 (178 pts)	#1261 (248 pts)	#987 (338 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1081 (281 pts)	#1085 (306 pts)	#1021 (331 pts)	#892 (411 pts)	#1214 (251 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1546 (148 pts)	#1178 (243 pts)	#1637 (148 pts)	#1409 (183 pts)	#1567 (148 pts)