High-water mark
662.6968
career-best overall
92.0% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 662.6968 at Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship — 92.0% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2015-08-07
Hillbilly Sheek BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1503 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2014-08-08
latest 2015-08-07
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
602.37
last 3 Master vs avg 602.37 (+0.00)
Walk rate
33%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±82.56
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.29 · weakest Chicken (117.52)
Road miles
141
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Master avg
602.37 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUMP & STRUM BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUMP & STRUM BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
Hillbilly Sheek BBQ 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 125 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.
#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hillbilly Sheek BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after Hillbilly Sheek BBQ did, first appearing in 2019.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
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 | 170.2628 | 20.0000 | 117.52 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 164.0344 | 166.29 | top 44% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.5256 | 137.0628 | 155.94 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5372 | 159.9312 | 162.62 | top 48% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| MO | 2 | 0 | top 65% |
| KS | 1 | 0 | top 49% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 31% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 75% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2014-08-08 → 2015-08-07
Busiest season
2015
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MO
2 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 166.29 · weakest Chicken (117.52)
Walk rate
33%
a top-10 call in 1 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
602.37
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
117
45–83 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
141
3 mapped stops · furthest 81 mi
Schedule strength
1557
average field rating faced — tougher than 44% of rated contests
Power rating
1499
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7772 Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway
- Peak power rating (1503) Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway
- 2015
- First call Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
- First overall top-10 Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
- Career-best overall score662.6968 Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)170.2744 Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
- Most recent contest Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.8 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship | 2015-08-07 |
| +3 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway | 2014-08-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.7 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest | 2015-04-10 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 65% | 92% | 79.7% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 91.5% | 91.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-07 | Missouri's North Star BBQ Championship Kirksville, MO | 8 / 26 (662.6968) | 5 (170.2628) | 5 (170.2744) | 17 (162.2284) | 14 (159.9312) |
| 2015-04-10 | The Best Damn BBQ Contest Smithville, MO | 52 / 52 (485.6344) | 52 (20.0000) | 31 (164.0344) | 52 (137.0628) | 18 (164.5372) |
| 2014-08-08 | Balloons & BBQ Festival at Kansas Speedway Kansas City, KS | 26 / 53 (658.7772) | 33 (162.2860) | 28 (164.5600) | 20 (168.5256) | 29 (163.4056) |