High-water mark
685.6116
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6116 at Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2020-07-18
Hicks from the Sticks
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1492 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2019-07-20
latest 2020-07-18
Best ToY finish
#600
Master 2020
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
655.10
last 3 Master vs avg 655.10 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±26.51
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 166.46 · weakest Pork (161.47)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
91%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1630)
Purse competed for
$15K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
655.10 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (3 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
GETTIN' BASTED ahead in 100% of their meetings
GETTIN' BASTED has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
They cook the hard rooms
1630
average field rating faced
A tougher draw than 91% of rated fields
The fields they enter average a 1630 power rating — a tougher draw than 91% 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.
Hicks from the Sticks 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 140 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.
#3556 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3538 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after Hicks from the Sticks did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3559 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hicks from the Sticks on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before Hicks from the Sticks's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3561 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 3 years before Hicks from the Sticks's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.3712 | 163.20 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 152.5484 | 163.97 | top 65% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 149.6572 | 161.47 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 162.8572 | 166.46 | top 54% |
“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.
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) | 2 | 18 | 0 | top 70% | 2020-07-18 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2019-07-20 → 2020-07-18
Busiest season
2020
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
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
Brisket
averages 166.46 · weakest Pork (161.47)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
655.10
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
44
22–62 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1630
average field rating faced — tougher than 91% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$15,000
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 3 state-championship entries
Power rating
1492
peak 1492 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show
- Peak power rating (1494) Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show
- 2020
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7084 Smokin on the Osage (Day 1)
- First call Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
- Career-best overall score685.6116 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2744 Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smokin on the Osage (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.1 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) | 2020-07-18 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.5 | Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show | 2019-07-20 |
| -4.7 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) | 2020-07-17 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 70% | 95.2% | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-18 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 2) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 18 / 31 (685.6116) | 22 (168.5372) | 21 (169.6800) | 7 (174.2744) | 8 (173.1200) |
| 2020-07-17 | Smokin on the Osage (Day 1) 🏅 Osceola, MO | 24 / 29 (658.7084) | 26 (165.6800) | 12 (169.6800) | 25 (160.4912) | 21 (162.8572) |
| 2019-07-20 | Smoking on the Osage BBQ contest and Car show 🏅 Osceola, MO | 23 / 27 (620.9712) | 24 (155.3712) | 23 (152.5484) | 25 (149.6572) | 17 (163.3944) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #600 (150 pts) | #680 (125 pts) | #553 (195 pts) | #505 (215 pts) | #503 (225 pts) |