A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
THUNDER HOG BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
THUNDER HOG BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Hickory Flats BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1497
peak 1497 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-19
latest 2014-08-15
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
643.59
last 4 Master vs avg 643.59 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±9.54
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 164.69 · weakest Brisket (156.09)
Road miles
139
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
18%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1526)
Master avg
643.59 / 720
4 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 strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ACME BBQ in 4 of their 4 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.
Hickory Flats BBQ has 4 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.
#3324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 16
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1506
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to Hickory Flats BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Hickory Flats BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3321 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1497
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after Hickory Flats BBQ did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3301 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hickory Flats BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 157.7144 | 160.26 | top 68% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5716 | 158.2516 | 162.55 | top 46% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 157.6456 | 164.69 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.2400 | 149.6112 | 156.09 | top 65% |
“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 (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.1 yrs
2013-07-19 → 2014-08-15
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 164.69 · weakest Brisket (156.09)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
643.59
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
135
97–125 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
139
4 mapped stops · furthest 59 mi
Schedule strength
1526
average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests
Power rating
1497
peak 1497 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too!
- First call Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues
- 2014
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3368 Smokin' On The River
- Career-best overall score655.3368 Smokin' On The River
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.6912 Smokin' On The River
- Peak power rating (1499) Smokin' On The River
- Most recent contest Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.5 | Smokin' On The River | 2014-06-13 |
| +1 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues | 2013-08-16 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6.8 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! | 2013-07-19 |
| -1.4 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival | 2014-08-15 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 91% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 61% | 89% | 88.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-08-15 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival Madison, IN | 36 / 60 (648.4456) | 48 (158.8112) | 39 (159.3828) | 14 (168.0116) | 29 (162.2400) |
| 2014-06-13 | Smokin' On The River Jeffersonville, IN | 22 / 52 (655.3368) | 28 (165.1200) | 25 (164.0000) | 14 (169.6912) | 34 (156.5256) |
| 2013-08-16 | Madison Ribberfest: Barbeque & Blues Madison, IN | 30 / 60 (640.9828) | 38 (159.3828) | 9 (168.5716) | 23 (163.4172) | 47 (149.6112) |
| 2013-07-19 | Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN | 41 / 57 (629.6000) | 42 (157.7144) | 33 (158.2516) | 42 (157.6456) | 38 (155.9884) |