The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Swedish Bikini BBQ Team has finished one call ahead of Hickswood BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Hickswood BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1437
peak 1437 · rated over 12 contests ⓘ
Contests
12
in the data
First seen
2014-04-11
latest 2024-05-04
Best ToY finish
#1100
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 12 contests
Avg finish
top 80%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
630.10 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 626.96 (+3.13)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.85
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.04)
Road miles
432
mi across 12 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi
Schedule strength
65%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)
Purse competed for
$91K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 7 state-championship entries
Master avg
626.96 / 720
10 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
311.36 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Master and Backyard overall scores sit on different scales (Master is out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (8 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
8–2
behind in the head-to-head
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 80% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 8 of their 10 shared contests.
The weak link
−5.8
points behind their best meat
Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.84 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 17% of the time against 0%.
- Pork Ribs avg 154.04
- Chicken avg 159.88
- 2 calls in 12 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Trailer Pork Bros in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
The comeback
2.4 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 2.4 years, then back at Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic (2017-09-15).
- last seen 2015-04-10
- back 2017-09-15
Chicken nemesis
9 of 10
shared chicken entries lost
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead 90% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 9 of 10 shared chicken entries.
A May team
Top 56%
average finish in May
Something about May: average finish in the top 56% across 3 contests, versus top 80% the rest of the year.
- 3 May contests
- top 80% the rest of the year
The metronome
±1.77%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.77% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 87.0% of a perfect score
- 12 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.
66 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5887 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5900 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 12, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5899 of the rated field
- Contests
- 12
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 5 years before Hickswood BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5895 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.
⚔ Head-to-head#5891 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
Level with Hickswood BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1437
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUTTLEY CREW BBQ | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% | ⚔ compare |
| JL Smokers | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKIN SKULLIES | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKE N BREW | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| CONTAGIOUS Q | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BAYOU POKER SMOKERS | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| REDNECK SCIENTIFIC | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKING STUDS BBQ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Q & STEW BEST EVER BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| EB'S BAR-B-QUE | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| SAPONI SMOKERS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| CHECKERED PIG | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3828 | 151.4060 | 159.88 | top 72% |
| Pork Ribs | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 139.8972 | 154.04 | top 75% |
| Pork | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6800 | 147.8972 | 158.13 | top 80% |
| Brisket | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 138.2060 | 154.40 | top 76% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 75% |
| Large (40+) | 6 | 0 | top 81% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 84% | 2023-10-13 |
The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
10.1 yrs
2014-04-11 → 2024-05-04
Busiest season
2019
3 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 8 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
12 of 12 contests
Contests visited
11
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
12 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.88 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.04)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 3 of 12 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 12 contests
Master average
626.96
out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs
Backyard average
311.36
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
256
103–382 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
432
12 mapped stops · furthest 67 mi
Schedule strength
1581
average field rating faced — tougher than 65% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$90,775
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 7 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
2.4 yrs
2015-04-10 → 2017-09-15
Power rating
1437
peak 1437 · #5890 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival
- First call Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival
- Peak power rating (1496) Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival
- 2021
- Career-best overall score646.6628 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off
- Career-best single call (Brisket)176.5600 Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off
- 2024
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.7 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 2024-05-03 |
| +6 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | 2024-05-04 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.2 | BBQ Capital Cookoff | 2014-04-25 |
| -11.6 | Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) | 2015-04-10 |
| -9.9 | Hops and Hogs Festival | 2019-10-04 |
| -7.8 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off | 2023-10-13 |
| -7.7 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival | 2019-08-30 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 86.8% | 86.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 92% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 87.8% | 87.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 77% | 89.8% | 89.8% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 94% | 87.6% | 86.3% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 79% | 88.9% | 86.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 15 / 35 (310.2176) | 17 (151.4060) | 11 (158.8116) | — | — |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 18 / 45 (312.5032) | 17 (163.9772) | 21 (148.5260) | — | — |
| 2023-10-13 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC | 23 / 25 (636.3544) | 24 (153.1088) | 22 (158.7884) | 24 (147.8972) | 3 (176.5600) |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 39 / 46 (632.4236) | 37 (162.2976) | 26 (164.5372) | 37 (158.8344) | 43 (146.7544) |
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC | 20 / 26 (646.6628) | 13 (167.3828) | 23 (154.7888) | 18 (162.7884) | 13 (161.7028) |
| 2019-10-04 | Hops and Hogs Festival Huntersville, NC | 11 / 11 (630.7080) | 11 (156.5256) | 10 (161.1084) | 11 (156.5484) | 10 (156.5256) |
| 2019-08-30 | Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival 🏅 West Jefferson, NC | 23 / 24 (604.3432) | 21 (158.8116) | 24 (147.9544) | 23 (155.9772) | 24 (141.6000) |
| 2019-08-02 | Pigs & Pedals 🏅 Asheboro, NC | 34 / 40 (628.3884) | 33 (157.0856) | 37 (146.7772) | 32 (160.5828) | 24 (163.9428) |
| 2017-09-15 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC | 55 / 63 (632.9832) | 46 (164.0000) | 60 (153.6572) | 51 (158.2400) | 46 (157.0860) |
| 2015-04-10 | Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC | 48 / 51 (612.9944) | 30 (165.7144) | 51 (139.9544) | 40 (158.8112) | 50 (148.5144) |
| 2014-04-25 | BBQ Capital Cookoff Lexington, NC | 57 / 62 (604.9032) | 38 (161.1200) | 61 (139.8972) | 22 (165.6800) | 60 (138.2060) |
| 2014-04-11 | Jammin' Pig BBQ Musice Festival Winston-Salem, NC | 20 / 30 (639.8744) | 27 (157.1200) | 3 (173.7028) | 24 (155.9656) | 25 (153.0860) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #1309 (60 pts) | #1341 (60 pts) | #1404 (60 pts) | #1348 (60 pts) | #1333 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1100 (225 pts) | #1115 (235 pts) | #1162 (225 pts) | #1167 (225 pts) | #1143 (230 pts) |