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
- 2014-07-25
SMOKE ON THE CREEK
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1503
peak 1503 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2013-07-26
latest 2014-07-25
Best ToY finish
#1463
Master 2013
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 54%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
664.89
last 4 Master vs avg 664.89 (+0.00)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.28
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.99 · weakest Pork (164.39)
Road miles
230
mi 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 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
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.
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.
SMOKE ON THE CREEK has 4 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 109 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.
#3103 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3084 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
No shared contest yet.
Level with SMOKE ON THE CREEK on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3091 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
No shared contest yet.
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.
⚔ Head-to-head#3096 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3101 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#3081 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1512
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2744 | 163.4516 | 167.99 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 174.2628 | 163.9772 | 167.55 | top 47% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 156.5144 | 164.39 | top 58% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 57% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 51% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2014-07-25 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2013-07-26 → 2014-07-25
Busiest season
2014
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.99 · weakest Pork (164.39)
Walk rate
75%
a top-10 call in 3 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
664.89
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
123
83–92 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
230
4 mapped stops · furthest 55 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1503
peak 1503 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2013
- First tracked contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- First call Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.1716 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)174.2628 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- 2014
- Career-best overall score668.4344 Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- Peak power rating (1503) Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.8 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | 2014-07-25 |
| +0.9 | Blount County BBQ Bash | 2014-06-27 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -1.6 | Smokin' in McMinnville | 2013-08-09 |
| -0.2 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash | 2013-07-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-07-25 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | 23 / 49 (668.4344) | 17 (170.2744) | 27 (166.2400) | 27 (165.6800) | 29 (166.2400) |
| 2014-06-27 | Blount County BBQ Bash Maryville, TN | 21 / 39 (663.9660) | 26 (163.4516) | 21 (165.7144) | 25 (162.8228) | 6 (171.9772) |
| 2013-08-09 | Smokin' in McMinnville McMinnville, TN | 22 / 37 (665.0056) | 18 (168.5256) | 24 (163.9772) | 9 (172.5600) | 31 (159.9428) |
| 2013-07-26 | Foothills Country Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland, TN | 30 / 54 (662.1716) | 18 (169.7144) | 7 (174.2628) | 48 (156.5144) | 38 (161.6800) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |