#3758 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Hickory Grove BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headHickory Grove BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1488
peak 1488 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
2016-06-24
latest 2016-06-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 1 contests
Avg finish
top 100%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.86 · weakest Brisket (147.38)
Master avg
624.49 / 720
1 Master contest · 0 GCs
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.
Hickory Grove BBQ has 1 rated contest — 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 142 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.
#3748 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1488
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Hickory Grove BBQ did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3776 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hickory Grove BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3740 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Hickory Grove BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3764 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Hickory Grove BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#3772 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
5 contests to 1: their number has had years to settle where Hickory Grove BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.9656 | 155.9656 | 155.97 | top 100% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 154.2856 | 154.29 | top 89% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8572 | 166.8572 | 166.86 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.3828 | 147.3828 | 147.38 | top 100% |
“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.
The story so far (11 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0 yrs
2016-06-24 → 2016-06-24
Busiest season
2016
1 contest
Cooks most in
IL
1 of 1 contests
Contests visited
1
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
1 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 166.86 · weakest Brisket (147.38)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 1 of 1 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 1 contests
Master average
624.49
out of 720 · 1 contest · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
17
0–17 across every shared overall standing
Power rating
1488
peak 1488 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest
- First call Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score624.4912 Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8572 Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-24 | Assumption Fest Smokin Hot BBQ Contest Assumption, IL | 18 / 18 (624.4912) | 18 (155.9656) | 16 (154.2856) | 9 (166.8572) | 18 (147.3828) |