Hound & Hickory
Hound & Hickory is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2024. Their best overall finish is 15th of 18 at the Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024). They finished #336 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Aug 17, 2024
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 83%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 165.12 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.97)
Purse competed for
$3,250
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
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 | #336 (93 pts) | #340 (93 pts) | #349 (88 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 165.1200 | 165.12 | top 83% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.9656 | 151.9656 | 151.97 | top 89% |
“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.
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2024 | Boomer Backyard BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Canton, MN | 15 / 18 (317.0856) | 15 (165.1200) | 16 (151.9656) | — | — |