CROW CREEK BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#5982

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1433

peak 1433 · rated over 16 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-06-14

latest 2018-05-25

Best ToY finish

#1060

Master 2014

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 16 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

659.2800 / 720

Master · Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship

Perfect 180s

Current form

638.55 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.17 (-1.62)

Walk rate

25%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Brisket · Jim Beam BBQ Classic

Consistency

±10.84

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 161.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.21)

Road miles

3,404

mi across 16 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi

Schedule strength

46%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1560)

Master avg

640.17 / 720

16 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

PATRIOTIC RADIO NETWORK BBQ TEAM has finished one call ahead of CROW CREEK BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

MIDNIGHT BURN ahead in 100% of their meetings

MIDNIGHT BURN has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.76 points below their pork, and turns into a call 6% of the time against 6%.

Pork Ribs avg 157.21
Pork avg 161.97
1 calls in 16 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Texas Smoke in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

8 of 8 shared pork entries lost

ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared pork entries.

A June team

Top 63% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 63% across 4 contests, versus top 75% the rest of the year.

4 June contests
top 75% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,404 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,404 miles across 16 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 290 miles to Ohio Smoke Meat Festival.

16 mapped stops
furthest 290 mi

The metronome

±1.51% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.51% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.9% of a perfect score
16 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.

62 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

SWAMPCAT BBQ

#5990 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to CROW CREEK BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CROW CREEK BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2015-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

Poor Richard's BBQ

#5975 of the rated field

1433 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1505

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1505 at their best, 71 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2026-08-28

⚔ Head-to-head

ADAM'S RIB MIDLAND, VA

#5987 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 16, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2019-10-04

⚔ Head-to-head

IOWA STATE GRILL TEAM

#5992 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2019-06-14

⚔ Head-to-head

Slappin'Butt BBQ

#5981 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

Level with CROW CREEK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 21 contests
last seen 2025-06-27

⚔ Head-to-head

Meaty Bone BBQ

#5991 of the rated field

1433 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1433

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PICKIN' PORKERS	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ROCKY TOP BARBEQUE	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
E.T.'S BBQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
TOO BAD YOU'RE MY COUSIN	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THIS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Uncle Kenny's Take-Away	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	1	172.5600	149.6572	160.21	top 72%
Pork Ribs	16	1	170.8456	146.8116	157.21	top 69%
Pork	16	1	167.4400	153.6228	161.97	top 61%
Brisket	16	2	173.1200	147.3716	160.78	top 60%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	5	top 67%
GA	4	top 80%
OH	3	top 88%
KY	2	top 88%
VA	1	top 52%
SC	1	top 62%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 77%
Large (40+)	10	0	top 74%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	3	42	top 62%	2016-06-10
*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival	2	49	top 84%	2018-05-25
Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2	31	top 90%	2016-10-14
Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2	37	top 88%	2015-10-02

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4.9 yrs 2013-06-14 → 2018-05-25

Busiest season 2014 4 contests

Contests a season 2.7 across 6 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NC 5 of 16 contests · 6 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 11 4 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 16 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 161.97 · weakest Pork Ribs (157.21)

Walk rate 25% a top-10 call in 4 of 16 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 16 contests

Master average 640.17 out of 720 · 16 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 471 230–637 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 3,404 16 mapped stops · furthest 290 mi

Schedule strength 1560 average field rating faced — tougher than 46% of rated contests

Power rating 1433 peak 1433 · #5982 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
Jun 14 First tracked contest Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
Jun 14 Peak power rating (1497) Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
2014
Oct 17 First call Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival
2015
May 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.4000 Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)
Oct 2 10th tracked contest Jim Beam BBQ Classic
Oct 2 Career-best single call (Brisket)173.1200 Jim Beam BBQ Classic
2017
Jul 21 Career-best overall score659.2800 Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship
2018
May 25 Most recent contest *Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+4.7	Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship	2017-07-21
+3.1	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2015-06-12

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.3	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2016-10-14
-9.7	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival	2013-10-18
-9.5	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival	2014-10-17
-7.9	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2015-10-02
-7.1	Jim Beam BBQ Classic	2014-10-03

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0%	top 94%	87.5%	87.5%
2017	2	100%	top 69%	91.6%	90.1%
2016	3	0%	top 80%	90%	88.4%
2015	3	33%	top 74%	91.2%	90%
2014	4	25%	top 77%	89.8%	88.7%
2013	3	0%	top 68%	88.5%	88.2%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-25	*Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival Evans, GA	68 / 72 (630.0684)	70 (154.2400)	67 (153.6572)	45 (164.5256)	63 (157.6456)
2017-08-11	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	29 / 34 (638.6744)	34 (149.6572)	10 (167.3944)	13 (167.4056)	31 (154.2172)
2017-07-21	Smoke on the mountain BBQ championship Galax, VA	13 / 25 (659.2800)	14 (165.7144)	18 (159.3716)	10 (163.3828)	6 (170.8112)
2016-10-14	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	35 / 37 (616.9032)	33 (156.5028)	36 (146.8116)	34 (153.6228)	24 (159.9660)
2016-06-10	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	55 / 76 (647.8168)	58 (160.5028)	48 (163.9312)	41 (165.1428)	53 (158.2400)
2016-05-27	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	49 / 66 (644.9372)	42 (165.0972)	59 (153.1088)	44 (161.6456)	34 (165.0856)
2015-10-02	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	41 / 45 (638.6516)	37 (162.2284)	44 (147.3488)	43 (155.9544)	8 (173.1200)
2015-06-12	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	42 / 78 (648.9716)	65 (155.9200)	14 (170.8456)	49 (160.5372)	36 (161.6688)
2015-05-22	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	50 / 65 (656.4000)	56 (159.9428)	49 (161.0972)	47 (162.2400)	12 (173.1200)
2014-10-17	Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Festival Nelsonville, OH	31 / 36 (622.6744)	8 (169.6800)	29 (150.2288)	35 (155.3940)	34 (147.3716)
2014-10-03	Jim Beam BBQ Classic Springfield, KY	37 / 44 (646.7316)	12 (172.5600)	43 (149.6688)	28 (165.1200)	34 (159.3828)
2014-06-13	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Asheville, NC	19 / 30 (643.9084)	17 (164.5256)	13 (161.1316)	14 (161.1428)	22 (157.1084)
2014-05-23	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Bluegrass Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Evans, GA	48 / 65 (641.5888)	56 (158.2400)	24 (165.1316)	49 (157.6456)	41 (160.5716)
2013-10-18	Ohio Smoke Meat Festival Nelsonville, OH	29 / 35 (635.8972)	30 (157.0856)	34 (148.5144)	14 (167.4400)	21 (162.8572)
2013-07-11	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	48 / 78 (633.0284)	70 (149.7144)	37 (160.5256)	27 (163.9884)	39 (158.8000)
2013-06-14	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	59 / 97 (637.1428)	48 (161.7142)	60 (156.5716)	29 (166.2856)	72 (152.5714)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2781 (59 pts)	#2803 (59 pts)	#1745 (134 pts)	#1908 (119 pts)	#2785 (59 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1454 (180 pts)	#1547 (180 pts)	#1542 (180 pts)	#1564 (180 pts)	#1484 (185 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1676 (120 pts)	#1778 (120 pts)	#1511 (175 pts)	#1790 (120 pts)	#1311 (215 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#1060 (290 pts)	#799 (460 pts)	#1031 (325 pts)	#1059 (315 pts)	#1142 (275 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1471 (150 pts)	#1551 (150 pts)	#1571 (150 pts)	#1560 (150 pts)	#1506 (150 pts)