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HICKORY HILLS BBQ COMPANY

HICKORY HILLS BBQ COMPANY is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 16th of 30 at the 2016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ Competition (2016). They are ranked #2620 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,620
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1516
peak 1516 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

5
in the data

First seen

Sep 11, 2015
latest Mar 31, 2017 · 1.6 years on the trail

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

1
2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0
0% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 49%
overall standings

Best overall

676.4456 / 720
Master · Racing for the BBQ

Perfect 180s

0

Walk rate

40%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028
Pork Ribs · Racing for the BBQ

Consistency

±11.03
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.51 · weakest Brisket (159.63)

Road miles

60
across 5 mapped stops

Schedule strength

61%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1578)

Master avg

663.11 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

676.4456 career-best overall

94.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 676.4456 at Racing for the BBQ — 94.0% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jul 29, 2016

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

The weak link

−10.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.88 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.

  • Brisket avg 159.63
  • Chicken avg 170.51
  • 0 calls in 5 entries

A strong matchup

3–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 75% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of SMOKIN R BUTTS in 3 of their 4 shared contests.

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#2,628 of the rated field
1516 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
60%
Peak
1516

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Nov 17, 2023
  • on a 3-contest top-10 run
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SMOKIN HOGS BBQ
#2,627 of the rated field
1516 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1526

Level with HICKORY HILLS BBQ COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Jun 18, 2021
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BOOTHEEL BBQ
#2,613 of the rated field
1516 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1523

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Aug 28, 2015
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ROOTER-TOOTER BBQ
#2,634 of the rated field
1516 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1516

Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 4 years before HICKORY HILLS BBQ COMPANY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 5 contests
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SMOKING NEIGHBOURS
#2,632 of the rated field
1516 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
100%
Peak
1516

They turned up 6 years after HICKORY HILLS BBQ COMPANY did, first appearing in 2021.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Feb 28, 2026
  • on a 6-contest top-10 run
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Fat Texan
#2,636 of the rated field
1516 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
33%
Peak
1519

Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Jul 27, 2019
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By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 5 0 0 0 171.9656 168.5944 170.51 top 31%
Pork Ribs 5 2 1 2 177.7028 154.8228 167.28 top 40%
Pork 5 0 0 0 168.5372 161.7028 165.69 top 55%
Brisket 5 0 0 0 166.2972 146.7884 159.63 top 64%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)10top 53%
Large (40+)40top 48%

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 3 contests
Contests a season 1.7 across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in MO 5 of 5 contests
Contests visited 5 a different one every time
Opponents faced 203 finished ahead 151 times, behind 139

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20171 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)
20165 milestones
  1. First call 2016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ Competition
  2. First category win (Pork Ribs) 2016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ Competition
  3. Career-best overall score676.4456 Racing for the BBQ
  4. Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)177.7028 Racing for the BBQ
  5. Peak power rating (1516) Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
20152 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Independence Fire & Ice BBQ
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7200 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+6.2Racing for the BBQJul 29, 2016
+6.1Independence Fire & Ice BBQSep 11, 2015
+3.12016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ CompetitionMay 13, 2016
+0.8Independence Fire & Ice BBQSep 9, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-0.4Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)Mar 31, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20171000 0% top 59% 89.9% 89.9%
20163001 67% top 50% 94% 93%
20151000 0% top 38% 91.5% 91.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Mar 31, 2017 Smokin On Big Creek BBQ Contest Benefiting Operation BBQ Relief (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Pleasant Hill, MO 35 / 59 (647.3252) 14 (170.8800) 34 (162.7884) 22 (166.8684) 49 (146.7884)
Sep 9, 2016 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO 42 / 76 (658.1944) 21 (169.6800) 43 (163.9544) 57 (161.7028) 44 (162.8572)
Jul 29, 2016 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO 22 / 54 (676.4456) 17 (171.9656) 2 (177.7028) 28 (168.5256) 47 (158.2516)
May 13, 2016 2016 Smokin in the Wood BBQ Competition Greenwood, MO 16 / 30 (674.8684) 17 (168.5944) 1 (177.1428) 26 (162.8340) 16 (166.2972)
Sep 11, 2015 Independence Fire & Ice BBQ Independence, MO 29 / 76 (658.7200) 12 (171.4056) 58 (154.8228) 19 (168.5372) 30 (163.9544)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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