A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY ahead in 100% of their meetings
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Spencer Mountain Smokers
Spencer Mountain Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 17th of 35 at the Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 (2024). They finished #270 in the 2024 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 3, 2019
latest May 4, 2024 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 152.53 · weakest Brisket (145.11)
Road miles
320
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 160 mi
Schedule strength
83%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1611)
Purse competed for
$57K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
591.17 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
298.82 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master 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.
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 | #270 (146 pts) | #258 (161 pts) | #290 (136 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1236 (60 pts) | #1286 (60 pts) | #1309 (60 pts) | #1262 (60 pts) | #1245 (60 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1955 (60 pts) | #2049 (60 pts) | #2026 (60 pts) | #2029 (60 pts) | #2010 (60 pts) |
Overall rank by season
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.7884 | 148.4800 | 152.53 | top 70% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2172 | 144.4800 | 146.37 | top 73% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2056 | 143.9428 | 147.07 | top 99% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.2744 | 139.9544 | 145.11 | top 95% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 74% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 73% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
3 of 4 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
138
finished ahead 45 times, behind 168
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Mar 12, 2021 → May 3, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20241 milestone
- Most recent contest Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2
20194 milestones
- First tracked contest Jiggy With The Piggy
- Career-best overall score599.2228 Jiggy With The Piggy
- Career-best single call (Chicken)154.7884 Jiggy With The Piggy
- Peak power rating (1489) Jiggy With The Piggy
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +1.9 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | May 4, 2024 |
| +1.1 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | May 3, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland | Mar 12, 2021 |
| -11.1 | Jiggy With The Piggy | May 3, 2019 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 49% | 83% | 83% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 100% | 81% | 81% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 97% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 17 / 35 (298.8228) | 16 (152.5828) | 17 (146.2400) | — | — |
| May 3, 2024 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 22 / 45 (298.8112) | 20 (154.2856) | 24 (144.5256) | — | — |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pirateland 🏅 Myrtle Beach, SC | 39 / 39 (583.1200) | 38 (148.4800) | 38 (144.4800) | 39 (150.2056) | 38 (139.9544) |
| May 3, 2019 | Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC | 58 / 60 (599.2228) | 56 (154.7884) | 55 (150.2172) | 59 (143.9428) | 56 (150.2744) |