A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1448
peak 1448 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-06-20
latest 2018-06-15
Best ToY finish
#2158
Master 2015
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
608.23
last 5 Master vs avg 608.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±19.49
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.56)
Road miles
8
mi across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
26%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)
Master avg
608.23 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
The weak link
−8.9
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.93 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 145.56
- Chicken avg 154.49
- 0 calls in 5 entries
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.
97 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5588 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1448
0–3 in 3 shared contests (0% to CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — THE KINGS OF Q ahead 3–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#5607 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5605 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Level with CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5611 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1447
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5603 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1448
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before CHILLIN' THE MOST BBQ PARTY TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5601 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1448
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RECYCLED SMOKE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN SKULLIES | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLY SMOKE BBQ-NC | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| DANCING MOOSE BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| EVEL QUE-NIEVEL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| FatHeads bbq | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 142.2400 | 154.49 | top 80% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5944 | 133.6572 | 145.56 | top 94% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1544 | 148.4912 | 153.79 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 144.5028 | 154.38 | top 71% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak City Pig Fest | 2 | 45 | 0 | top 96% | 2017-06-16 |
| Peak City Pigfest | 2 | 35 | 0 | top 82% | 2016-06-17 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-06-20 → 2018-06-15
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.49 · weakest Pork Ribs (145.56)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 5 contests
Master average
608.23
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
122
22–203 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
8
5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1536
average field rating faced — tougher than 26% of rated contests
Power rating
1448
peak 1448 · #5594 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Peak City Pig Fest
- Peak power rating (1486) Peak City Pig Fest
- 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.8572 Peak City Pigfest
- 2016
- Career-best overall score634.1256 Peak City Pigfest
- 2018
- Most recent contest Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | Peak City Pig Fest | 2014-06-20 |
| -11.2 | Peak City Pig Fest | 2017-06-16 |
| -11.1 | Peak City Pigfest | 2015-06-19 |
| -10.1 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2018-06-15 |
| -6.1 | Peak City Pigfest | 2016-06-17 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 95% | 82.4% | 82.4% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 76% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 96% | 84.4% | 84.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-15 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 42 / 44 (592.9828) | 39 (153.6916) | 43 (143.3828) | 43 (148.4912) | 39 (147.4172) |
| 2017-06-16 | Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 45 / 47 (581.5544) | 46 (142.2400) | 46 (133.6572) | 25 (161.1544) | 44 (144.5028) |
| 2016-06-17 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 35 / 46 (634.1256) | 34 (160.5600) | 41 (150.2056) | 37 (156.5372) | 16 (166.8228) |
| 2015-06-19 | Peak City Pigfest Apex, NC | 40 / 45 (625.0744) | 18 (166.8572) | 43 (147.9772) | 40 (152.5372) | 33 (157.7028) |
| 2014-06-20 | Peak City Pig Fest Apex, NC | 46 / 48 (607.4176) | 48 (149.0972) | 42 (152.5944) | 44 (150.2516) | 32 (155.4744) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2274 (60 pts) | #2353 (60 pts) | #2349 (60 pts) | #2326 (60 pts) | #2086 (105 pts) |
| 2015 ↗ | Master | #2158 (60 pts) | #2017 (95 pts) | #2209 (60 pts) | #2225 (60 pts) | #2214 (60 pts) |