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.
The Sauce (And All That Goes With It)
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1478
peak 1478 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-05-08
latest 2017-05-05
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 81%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
626.87
last 3 Master vs avg 626.87 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±15.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.01 · weakest Pork (151.97)
Road miles
1
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
40%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1552)
Master avg
626.87 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
The Sauce (And All That Goes With It) 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 150 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.
#4234 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4205 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1511 at their best, 33 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4209 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after The Sauce (And All That Goes With It) did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#4210 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Sauce (And All That Goes With It) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4222 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4221 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1478
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.1084 | 148.5256 | 163.01 | top 52% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.0000 | 147.8972 | 156.14 | top 74% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6572 | 138.8344 | 151.97 | top 82% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.9544 | 151.3828 | 155.76 | top 68% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiggy With the Piggy | 2 | 49 | 0 | top 73% | 2017-05-05 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-05-08 → 2017-05-05
Busiest season
2017
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 · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.01 · weakest Pork (151.97)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
626.87
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
120
43–179 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1552
average field rating faced — tougher than 40% of rated contests
Power rating
1478
peak 1478 · #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
- Peak power rating (1487) Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge
- 2016
- Career-best overall score645.5204 Jiggy With the Piggy
- 2017
- First call Jiggy With the Piggy
- Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1084 Jiggy With the Piggy
- Most recent contest Jiggy With the Piggy
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge | 2015-05-08 |
| -6.7 | Jiggy With the Piggy | 2017-05-05 |
| -1.8 | Jiggy With the Piggy | 2016-05-06 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 81% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 89.7% | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-05 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 61 / 75 (628.3428) | 10 (173.1084) | 73 (147.8972) | 64 (155.4056) | 57 (151.9316) |
| 2016-05-06 | Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC | 49 / 76 (645.5204) | 35 (167.3944) | 66 (152.5144) | 47 (161.6572) | 34 (163.9544) |
| 2015-05-08 | Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC | 72 / 74 (606.7428) | 71 (148.5256) | 29 (168.0000) | 73 (138.8344) | 61 (151.3828) |