Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.
- Brisket ×1
Hickory Nuts
Hickory Nuts is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 117th of 487 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1510
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Oct 30, 2024 · 2.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 49%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±29.93
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 170.64 · weakest Pork (161.14)
Road miles
29
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
72%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1591)
Purse competed for
$144K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Master avg
660.91 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 150.2744 | 164.38 | top 54% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.4516 | 153.0856 | 164.74 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.4516 | 153.1200 | 161.14 | top 71% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 180 🔥 | 162.2628 | 170.64 | top 34% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 2 | 117 | 0 | top 27% | Sep 27, 2023 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
791
finished ahead 750 times, behind 682
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Oct 30, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20234 milestones
- First call American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- First perfect 180 (Brisket) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Career-best overall score685.1316 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
- Peak power rating (1521) American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
20222 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score678.8572 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.5 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Sep 27, 2023 |
| +9.8 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | Sep 29, 2022 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | Oct 30, 2024 |
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 24% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 31% | 94.3% | 94.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2024 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 413 / 444 (618.7428) | 424 (150.2744) | 416 (153.0856) | 413 (153.1200) | 320 (162.2628) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 117 / 487 (685.1316) | 258 (168) | 230 (169.6800) | 255 (167.4516) | 3 (180) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 155 / 505 (678.8572) | 66 (174.8800) | 137 (171.4516) | 345 (162.8572) | 154 (169.6684) |