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.
CATTAILQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1479
peak 1479 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-15
latest 2018-05-18
Best ToY finish
#1524
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
633.57
last 3 Master vs avg 633.57 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.53
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.17 · weakest Brisket (152.14)
Road miles
194
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1582)
Master avg
633.57 / 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.
CATTAILQ 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 146 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.
#4138 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CATTAILQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CATTAILQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4143 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2017.
⚔ Head-to-head#4169 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1479
No shared contest yet.
Level with CATTAILQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4144 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
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 | 166.2628 | 162.8116 | 164.17 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9660 | 153.0744 | 156.34 | top 84% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9772 | 155.9428 | 160.91 | top 70% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2744 | 149.0972 | 152.14 | top 92% |
“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 76% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 86% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2017-09-15 → 2018-05-18
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 164.17 · weakest Brisket (152.14)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
633.57
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
105
27–141 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
194
3 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
1582
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Power rating
1479
peak 1479 · #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
- Career-best overall score639.3032 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Career-best single call (Chicken)166.2628 Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- Peak power rating (1494) Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
- 2018
- Most recent contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.9 | Jiggy With the Piggy | 2018-05-04 |
| -6.1 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2017-09-15 |
| -4.8 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2018-05-18 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.2% | 87.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 88.8% | 88.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-18 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 29 / 38 (635.3032) | 28 (163.4288) | 32 (155.9888) | 24 (162.8228) | 32 (153.0628) |
| 2018-05-04 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 65 / 70 (626.1032) | 52 (162.8116) | 64 (153.0744) | 59 (155.9428) | 66 (154.2744) |
| 2017-09-15 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 50 / 63 (639.3032) | 37 (166.2628) | 49 (159.9660) | 40 (163.9772) | 61 (149.0972) |
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 | #1524 (120 pts) | #1598 (120 pts) | #1614 (120 pts) | #1569 (125 pts) | #1586 (120 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |