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.
RUBBER BRISKET
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1473
peak 1473 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-08-04
latest 2019-08-30
Best ToY finish
#1954
Master 2018
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
607.26
last 3 Master vs avg 607.26 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.13
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.59 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.92)
Road miles
97
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
85%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1615)
Purse competed for
$8K
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
607.26 / 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.
They cook the hard rooms
1615
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 85% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1615 power rating — a tougher draw than 85% of every rated contest in the data.
- 3 rated 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.
RUBBER BRISKET 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.
#4469 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1509 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4436 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after RUBBER BRISKET did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Head-to-head#4462 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1473
No shared contest yet.
Level with RUBBER BRISKET on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4440 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1474
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4468 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1503 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 148.5372 | 155.59 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6916 | 135.3600 | 148.92 | top 86% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6456 | 147.3716 | 150.60 | top 94% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.9772 | 146.8572 | 152.15 | top 85% |
“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 100% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigs & Pedals | 2 | 41 | 0 | top 89% | 2018-08-03 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2017-08-04 → 2019-08-30
Busiest season
2019
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 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 155.59 · weakest Pork Ribs (148.92)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
607.26
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
79
10–105 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
97
3 mapped stops · furthest 65 mi
Schedule strength
1615
average field rating faced — tougher than 85% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$7,500
listed at 1 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 1 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2018-08-03 → 2019-08-30
Power rating
1473
peak 1473 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest *Pigs & Pedals
- Peak power rating (1490) *Pigs & Pedals
- 2018
- Career-best overall score638.7316 Pigs & Pedals
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4172 Pigs & Pedals
- 2019
- Most recent contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.3 | *Pigs & Pedals | 2017-08-04 |
| -10 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival | 2019-08-30 |
| -6.5 | Pigs & Pedals | 2018-08-03 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 88.7% | 88.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 81.1% | 81.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-08-30 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 West Jefferson, NC | 24 / 24 (599.2344) | 24 (148.5372) | 22 (153.7028) | 24 (147.3716) | 23 (149.6228) |
| 2018-08-03 | Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 41 / 48 (638.7316) | 22 (167.4172) | 33 (157.6916) | 46 (153.6456) | 34 (159.9772) |
| 2017-08-04 | *Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 43 / 46 (583.8168) | 41 (150.8112) | 45 (135.3600) | 40 (150.7884) | 40 (146.8572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #2549 (54 pts) | #2552 (54 pts) | #2010 (64 pts) | #2545 (54 pts) | #2466 (59 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #1954 (60 pts) | #1925 (75 pts) | #1996 (60 pts) | #2030 (60 pts) | #1990 (60 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #2212 (60 pts) | #2286 (60 pts) | #2304 (60 pts) | #2260 (60 pts) | #2266 (60 pts) |