High-water mark
679.9884
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 679.9884 at Horse Town Brew n Que Festival — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-05-29
Rod's Hickory Hawgs
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1507 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-29
latest 2016-07-15
Best ToY finish
#1775
Master 2016
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 69%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
647.30
last 3 Master vs avg 647.30 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.26
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.19 · weakest Brisket (158.41)
Road miles
70
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 46 mi
Schedule strength
46%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1559)
Master avg
647.30 / 720
3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MAR-B-QUE'S BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Rod's Hickory Hawgs has 3 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 149 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.
#3717 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to Rod's Hickory Hawgs)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Rod's Hickory Hawgs has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rod's Hickory Hawgs on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Rod's Hickory Hawgs did, first appearing in 2020.
⚔ Head-to-head#3683 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 153.6456 | 163.02 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 154.2172 | 161.67 | top 67% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 159.4056 | 164.19 | top 60% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 150.1944 | 158.41 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2 | 26 | 0 | top 60% | 2016-06-03 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2016-07-15
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
CA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.19 · weakest Brisket (158.41)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
647.30
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
116
63–114 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
70
3 mapped stops · furthest 46 mi
Schedule strength
1559
average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-05-29 → 2016-06-03
Power rating
1489
peak 1507 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score679.9884 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Career-best overall score679.9884 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.2628 Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- Peak power rating (1507) Horse Town Brew n Que Festival
- 2016
- Most recent contest Del Mar BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.8 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2015-05-29 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival | 2016-06-03 |
| -8.4 | Del Mar BBQ Championship | 2016-07-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.1% | 87.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 35% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-15 | Del Mar BBQ Championship Del Mar, CA | 41 / 47 (634.1256) | 29 (165.7028) | 40 (158.2400) | 40 (159.4056) | 44 (150.7772) |
| 2016-06-03 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 50 / 58 (627.7828) | 57 (153.6456) | 52 (154.2172) | 17 (169.7256) | 53 (150.1944) |
| 2015-05-29 | Horse Town Brew n Que Festival Norco, CA | 26 / 75 (679.9884) | 29 (169.7256) | 19 (172.5600) | 50 (163.4400) | 21 (174.2628) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #1775 (120 pts) | #1883 (120 pts) | #1884 (120 pts) | #1697 (160 pts) | #1839 (120 pts) |