The Hicktown BBQ
The Hicktown BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 23rd of 30 at the Smoke on the Falls (2019). They finished #1920 in the 2019 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 12, 2019
latest May 5, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.83 · weakest Pork (159.35)
Road miles
112
across 2 mapped stops · furthest 56 mi
Purse competed for
$43K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
Master avg
648.93 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
330.79 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 168.5484 | 168.83 | top 33% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 157.6572 | 159.95 | top 68% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.3484 | 159.3484 | 159.35 | top 83% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8000 | 162.8000 | 162.80 | top 70% |
“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
Opponents faced
180
finished ahead 94 times, behind 102
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Apr 12, 2019 → May 5, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Falls
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.9256 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best overall score648.9256 Smoke on the Falls
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.1200 Smoke on the Falls
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2022 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 30 / 72 (330.7884) | 19 (168.5484) | 36 (162.2400) | — | — |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL | 23 / 30 (648.9256) | 12 (169.1200) | 26 (157.6572) | 25 (159.3484) | 21 (162.8000) |