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.
Make Her Squeal
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1464
peak 1464 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-08
latest 2018-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 97%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.35
last 3 Master vs avg 602.35 (-0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.96
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 160.56 · weakest Chicken (143.00)
Road miles
15
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1565)
Master avg
602.35 / 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.
The comeback
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic (2018-09-14).
- last seen 2016-05-06
- back 2018-09-14
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.
Make Her Squeal 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 137 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.
#4920 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Make Her Squeal)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Make Her Squeal has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#4914 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
Level with Make Her Squeal on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4893 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4902 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1464
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
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 | 151.9656 | 133.6800 | 143.00 | top 97% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8800 | 143.9200 | 150.45 | top 90% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 146.2400 | 160.56 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 134.2060 | 148.34 | top 83% |
“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 95% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2015-05-08 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2018
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 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
Pork
averages 160.56 · weakest Chicken (143.00)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
602.35
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
109
7–169 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
15
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1565
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2016-05-06 → 2018-09-14
Power rating
1464
peak 1464 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score613.6232 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5716 Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1489) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- 2018
- Most recent contest Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.4 | Jiggy With the Piggy | 2016-05-06 |
| -11.3 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2015-05-08 |
| -11 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 2018-09-14 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 84.8% | 84.8% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 80.9% | 80.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.2% | 85.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 29 / 29 (610.7656) | 29 (143.3600) | 29 (148.5484) | 13 (166.8800) | 26 (151.9772) |
| 2016-05-06 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 76 / 76 (582.6744) | 76 (133.6800) | 74 (143.9200) | 75 (146.2400) | 46 (158.8344) |
| 2015-05-08 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 67 / 74 (613.6232) | 68 (151.9656) | 53 (158.8800) | 23 (168.5716) | 74 (134.2060) |