A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Hickory Hangover ahead in 100% of their meetings
Hickory Hangover has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Mach2BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1505 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2021-08-13
latest 2023-10-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 90%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
307.91
last 3 Backyard vs avg 307.91 (+0.00)
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±6.61
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 155.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.34)
Road miles
10
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)
Purse competed for
$36K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 2 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
307.91 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Mach2BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 119 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#4010 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Mach2BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4019 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
No shared contest yet.
Level with Mach2BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4002 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Mach2BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4001 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Mach2BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3995 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before Mach2BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 151.3944 | 155.57 | top 84% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.6572 | 146.8344 | 152.34 | top 93% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 146% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 62% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 93% | 2022-09-08 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.2 yrs
2021-08-13 → 2023-10-20
Busiest season
2023
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 155.57 · weakest Pork Ribs (152.34)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Backyard average
307.91
out of 360 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
170
76–164 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
10
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1530
average field rating faced — tougher than 22% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$36,300
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0
from 2 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2022-09-08 → 2023-10-20
Power rating
1483
peak 1505 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2021
- First tracked contest Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best overall score315.3712 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Career-best single call (Chicken)162.8456 Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- Peak power rating (1505) Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ
- 2023
- Most recent contest The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +5.1 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2021-08-13 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.9 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 2022-09-08 |
| -9.6 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2023-10-20 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 84% | 85.8% | 85.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 146% | 83.1% | 83.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 87.6% | 87.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-20 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL | 42 / 50 (309.0516) | 46 (151.3944) | 36 (157.6572) | — | — |
| 2022-09-08 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 51 / 35 (299.3028) | 46 (152.4684) | 50 (146.8344) | — | — |
| 2021-08-13 | Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ 🏅 Huntsville, AL | 20 / 49 (315.3712) | 14 (162.8456) | 32 (152.5256) | — | — |