High-water mark
676.0116
career-best overall
93.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 676.0116 at Q'ing for a Cause — 93.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-09-04
Hickory Hills BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1514
peak 1514 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2013-09-27
latest 2016-07-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 53%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
666.54 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 661.52 (+5.02)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.09
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.83)
Road miles
137
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
48%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)
Master avg
661.52 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (6 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 one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
OKLAHOMA JOE'S SERIOUS QUE has finished one call ahead of Hickory Hills BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
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
−8.3
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.30 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 33% of the time against 33%.
- Pork Ribs avg 160.83
- Chicken avg 169.13
- 2 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
5–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of CALLAWAY CREAMATORS in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
The comeback
1.6 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.6 years, then back at Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest (2015-05-01).
- last seen 2013-09-27
- back 2015-05-01
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.
106 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2674 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2685 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#2697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hickory Hills BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2695 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2690 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 9 contests to 6.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAWAY CREAMATORS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SPICEWINE IRONWORKS | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN O BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7372 | 165.0972 | 169.13 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8344 | 144.5144 | 160.83 | top 56% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 158.8116 | 166.74 | top 52% |
| Brisket | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 157.0856 | 164.82 | top 42% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2 | 15 | 0 | top 49% | 2016-05-06 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.8 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2016-07-08
Busiest season
2015
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 169.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.83)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
661.52
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
97
81–88 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
137
6 mapped stops · furthest 37 mi
Schedule strength
1562
average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.6 yrs
2013-09-27 → 2015-05-01
Power rating
1514
peak 1514 · #2677 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival
- 2015
- First call Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score663.3372 Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Q'ing for a Cause
- Career-best overall score676.0116 Q'ing for a Cause
- Career-best single call (Pork)175.4172 Anchor City Cook Off
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1514) 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7 | Q'ing for a Cause | 2015-09-04 |
| +3.6 | Anchor City Cook Off | 2015-10-09 |
| +2.7 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2015-05-01 |
| +2.6 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest | 2016-05-06 |
| +2.4 | 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff | 2016-07-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.6 | Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival | 2013-09-27 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 92.2% | 92.1% |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 93.9% | 92.9% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 67% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-08 | 9th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO | 15 / 26 (662.7200) | 13 (169.7260) | 8 (167.3828) | 14 (168.5256) | 23 (157.0856) |
| 2016-05-06 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 15 / 32 (663.8744) | 20 (165.0972) | 4 (170.8344) | 26 (163.4056) | 12 (164.5372) |
| 2015-10-09 | Anchor City Cook Off Centralia, MO | 10 / 20 (666.7428) | 3 (173.7372) | 17 (154.2056) | 4 (175.4172) | 10 (163.3828) |
| 2015-09-04 | Q'ing for a Cause Columbia, MO | 9 / 21 (676.0116) | 5 (172.0000) | 17 (161.1544) | 8 (168.5716) | 2 (174.2856) |
| 2015-05-01 | Columbia Elks Lodge #594 BBQ Contest Columbia, MO | 19 / 37 (663.3372) | 21 (166.2284) | 12 (166.8800) | 29 (158.8116) | 6 (171.4172) |
| 2013-09-27 | Hermann BBQ & Brats Festival Hermann, MO | 26 / 39 (636.4456) | 14 (168.0000) | 37 (144.5144) | 16 (165.7028) | 20 (158.2284) |