SMOKE ON THE CREEK

SMOKE ON THE CREEK is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2014. Their best overall finish is 21st of 39 at the Blount County BBQ Bash (2014). They finished #1463 in the 2013 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1503

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jul 26, 2013

latest Jul 25, 2014 · 1 year on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1463

Master 2013 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

668.4344 / 720

Master · Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork Ribs · Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash

Consistency

±2.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 167.99 · weakest Pork (164.39)

Road miles

230

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

664.89 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (3 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

High-water mark

668.4344 career-best overall

92.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 668.4344 at Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash — 92.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jul 25, 2014

A tough matchup

4–0 behind in the head-to-head

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N ahead in 100% of their meetings

QUE'N STEW'N & BREW'N has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BAILEY'S SMOKERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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
2014 ↗	Master	#2030 (84 pts)	#1960 (114 pts)	#2497 (74 pts)	#2515 (74 pts)	#2482 (74 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1463 (152 pts)	#1306 (207 pts)	#1195 (247 pts)	#1241 (222 pts)	#1651 (137 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	0	170.2744	163.4516	167.99	top 46%
Pork Ribs	4	1	174.2628	163.9772	167.55	top 47%
Pork	4	1	172.5600	156.5144	164.39	top 58%
Brisket	4	1	171.9772	159.9428	164.96	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)	2	0	top 57%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 51%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash	2	23	0	top 51%	Jul 25, 2014

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 4 of 4 contests

Contests visited 3 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 123 finished ahead 83 times, behind 92

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20143 milestones

Jul 25 Career-best overall score668.4344 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Jul 25 Peak power rating (1503) Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Jul 25 Most recent contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash

20134 milestones

Jul 26 First tracked contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Jul 26 First call Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Jul 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1716 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Jul 26 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+3.7	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash	Jul 25, 2014
+0.9	Blount County BBQ Bash	Jun 27, 2014

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-1.6	Smokin' in McMinnville	Aug 9, 2013
-0.2	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash	Jul 26, 2013

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)
2014	2	0	0	0	50%	top 50%	92.8%	92.5%
2013	2	0	0	0	100%	top 58%	92.4%	92.2%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 25, 2014	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	23 / 49 (668.4344)	17 (170.2744)	27 (166.2400)	27 (165.6800)	29 (166.2400)
Jun 27, 2014	Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN	21 / 39 (663.9660)	26 (163.4516)	21 (165.7144)	25 (162.8228)	6 (171.9772)
Aug 9, 2013	Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN	22 / 37 (665.0056)	18 (168.5256)	24 (163.9772)	9 (172.5600)	31 (159.9428)
Jul 26, 2013	Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN	30 / 54 (662.1716)	18 (169.7144)	7 (174.2628)	48 (156.5144)	38 (161.6800)