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
CATTAILQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 29th of 38 at the Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival (2018). They finished #1524 in the 2018 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1479
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Sep 15, 2017
latest May 18, 2018
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Consistency
±5.53
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 164.17 · weakest Brisket (152.14)
Road miles
194
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 117 mi
Schedule strength
66%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1583)
Master avg
633.57 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By 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.
More numbers
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
105
finished ahead 27 times, behind 141
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20181 milestone
- Most recent contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
20174 milestones
- 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
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2018 | 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) |
| May 4, 2018 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 65 / 70 (626.1032) | 52 (162.8116) | 64 (153.0744) | 59 (155.9428) | 66 (154.2744) |
| Sep 15, 2017 | 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) |