A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
IRON CITY BOYS BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1494
peak 1502 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-15
latest 2018-09-14
Best ToY finish
#1722
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
646.71
last 3 Master vs avg 646.71 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±14.74
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.97 · weakest Brisket (154.04)
Road miles
37
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
69%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1587)
Master avg
646.71 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
IRON CITY BOYS BBQ 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 126 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.
#3450 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3446 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#3459 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Level with IRON CITY BOYS BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3467 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3466 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3461 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 172.5484 | 165.1312 | 167.97 | top 45% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5600 | 150.8000 | 159.21 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 159.3944 | 165.49 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3828 | 150.8000 | 154.04 | top 82% |
“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 62% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 70% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 59% | 2018-09-14 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2017-09-15 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
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
Chicken
averages 167.97 · weakest Brisket (154.04)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
646.71
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
92
46–90 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
37
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1587
average field rating faced — tougher than 69% of rated contests
Power rating
1494
peak 1502 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8744 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Career-best overall score659.8744 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)172.5484 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1502) Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- 2018
- Most recent contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.6 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2017-09-15 |
| +0.8 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2018-09-14 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.3 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) | 2017-11-10 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 90.9% | 90.9% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 70% | 91.6% | 89.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 18 / 29 (654.1260) | 16 (166.2400) | 21 (162.2632) | 16 (166.2400) | 21 (159.3828) |
| 2017-11-10 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC | 40 / 47 (626.1256) | 29 (165.1312) | 42 (150.8000) | 30 (159.3944) | 38 (150.8000) |
| 2017-09-15 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 35 / 63 (659.8744) | 12 (172.5484) | 39 (164.5600) | 13 (170.8344) | 58 (151.9316) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1818 (89 pts) | #1829 (99 pts) | #1942 (74 pts) | #1836 (99 pts) | #1925 (74 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1722 (120 pts) | #1469 (185 pts) | #1822 (120 pts) | #1489 (180 pts) | #1794 (120 pts) |