A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Hickory Hangover ahead in 100% of their meetings
Hickory Hangover has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Rugby Old Boys
Rugby Old Boys is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 24th of 49 at the Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (2021). They finished #373 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Aug 13, 2021
latest Oct 18, 2024 · 3.2 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 67%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.44
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.39 · weakest Chicken (157.83)
Road miles
10
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
20%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1527)
Purse competed for
$41K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
319.22 / 360
4 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 ↗ | Backyard | #373 (60 pts) | #377 (60 pts) | #348 (90 pts) | — | — |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Rugby Old Boys, each with one reason worth a look.
Rugby Old Boys has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 160 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Rugby Old Boys on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
They were already cooking in 2016, 5 years before Rugby Old Boys's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,624 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Rugby Old Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Rugby Old Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,648 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1490
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Rugby Old Boys's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4056 | 153.6916 | 157.83 | top 73% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 157.6456 | 161.39 | top 57% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 60% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 24 | 0 | top 69% | Sep 8, 2022 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
AL
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
190
finished ahead 118 times, behind 170
Longest layoff
5.3 yrs
May 6, 2016 → Aug 13, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20244 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score326.8000 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score326.8000 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.3944 WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20211 milestone
- Peak power rating (1503) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
20161 milestone
- First tracked contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +2.5 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Aug 13, 2021 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 20, 2023 |
| -4.3 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | Sep 8, 2022 |
| -1.8 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | Oct 18, 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 60% | 90.8% | 90.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 86.7% | 86.7% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | WhistleStop BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 30 / 50 (326.8000) | 37 (159.4056) | 19 (167.3944) | — | — |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 36 / 50 (321.0860) | 37 (158.8228) | 31 (162.2632) | — | — |
| Sep 8, 2022 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 31 / 35 (317.0284) | 30 (159.3828) | 30 (157.6456) | — | — |
| Aug 13, 2021 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 24 / 49 (311.9660) | 28 (153.6916) | 20 (158.2744) | — | — |
| May 6, 2016 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ Huntsville, AL | — | — | — | — | — |