A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
EUREKA SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings
EUREKA SMOKE has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Sons of Hickory
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1486
peak 1486 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-01-31
latest 2017-02-04
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 68%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
594.32
last 3 Master vs avg 594.32 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±36.87
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 155.42 · weakest Chicken (142.19)
Road miles
0
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1503)
Master avg
594.32 / 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.
Sons of Hickory 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.
#3890 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3881 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Sons of Hickory did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3879 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Sons of Hickory on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3869 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1486
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3888 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1485
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 152.5144 | 131.2112 | 142.19 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.8800 | 143.3944 | 155.42 | top 46% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.4628 | 135.9884 | 150.29 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.5372 | 135.3716 | 146.42 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 65% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2015-01-31 → 2017-02-04
Busiest season
2017
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AU
1 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 Ribs
averages 155.42 · weakest Chicken (142.19)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
594.32
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
69
38–51 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
0
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1503
average field rating faced — tougher than 3% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1 yrs
2015-01-31 → 2016-02-05
Power rating
1486
peak 1486 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- 2016
- First call The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival
- 2017
- Career-best overall score635.3944 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)163.4628 Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Peak power rating (1486) Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
- Most recent contest Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2017-02-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -16 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival | 2015-01-31 |
| -3.5 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival | 2016-02-05 |
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 40% | 88.2% | 88.2% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 75.8% | 75.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-04 | Yak Ales Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, 8008 | 17 / 43 (635.3944) | 35 (152.5144) | 9 (162.8800) | 9 (163.4628) | 23 (156.5372) |
| 2016-02-05 | The Yaks Melbourne BBQ Festival Melbourne, AU | 22 / 34 (601.6116) | 31 (142.8572) | 8 (160.0000) | 23 (151.4056) | 23 (147.3488) |
| 2015-01-31 | Melbourne Barbecue Festival Melbourne, Victoria, | 15 / 15 (545.9656) | 15 (131.2112) | 14 (143.3944) | 15 (135.9884) | 15 (135.3716) |