#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headHICKORY GROVE
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2013-06-28
latest 2013-08-09
Best ToY finish
#1654
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 159.43 · weakest Chicken (144.25)
Road miles
93
mi across 2 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi
Master avg
610.51 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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.
HICKORY GROVE has 2 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 133 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.
#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after HICKORY GROVE did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with HICKORY GROVE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#3987 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1510
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5028 | 131.9996 | 144.25 | top 87% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 153.6800 | 153.98 | top 76% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9656 | 145.7142 | 152.84 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1426 | 149.7256 | 159.43 | top 50% |
“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.
The story so far (12 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.1 yrs
2013-06-28 → 2013-08-09
Busiest season
2013
2 contests
Cooks most in
MI
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Brisket
averages 159.43 · weakest Chicken (144.25)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Master average
610.51
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
12–43 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
93
2 mapped stops · furthest 47 mi
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best single call (Brisket)169.1426 Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
- Career-best overall score619.8740 Dam Good BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Dam Good BBQ Championship
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 86.1% | 84.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-08-09 | Dam Good BBQ Championship Newaygo, MI | 23 / 31 (619.8740) | 23 (156.5028) | 23 (153.6800) | 15 (159.9656) | 26 (149.7256) |
| 2013-06-28 | Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Traverse City, MI | 22 / 26 (601.1420) | 26 (131.9996) | 20 (154.2856) | 24 (145.7142) | 4 (169.1426) |
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 | #1654 (132 pts) | #1818 (117 pts) | #1668 (142 pts) | #1502 (162 pts) | #1126 (257 pts) |