High-water mark
668.5260
career-best overall
92.9% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 668.5260 at Beak Week BBQ Challenge — 92.9% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 8, 2017
BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS
BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2017. Their best overall finish is 15th of 39 at the Beak Week BBQ Challenge (2017). They finished #1499 in the 2017 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1484
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
May 20, 2016
latest Sep 8, 2017 · 1.3 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 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.42
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.57 · weakest Chicken (153.12)
Road miles
240
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)
Master avg
632.08 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2744 | 140.5372 | 153.12 | top 91% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5944 | 150.2860 | 159.72 | top 55% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6800 | 150.8228 | 157.67 | top 72% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 154.2628 | 161.57 | top 53% |
“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) | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2 | 28 | 0 | top 87% | May 19, 2017 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
NC
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
3
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
89
finished ahead 39 times, behind 108
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20175 milestones
- First call Beak Week BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score668.5260 Beak Week BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score668.5260 Beak Week BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.5600 Beak Week BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest Beak Week BBQ Challenge
20162 milestones
- First tracked contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Peak power rating (1489) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge | Sep 8, 2017 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | May 20, 2016 |
| -7.5 | Pigs & Pedals | Aug 4, 2017 |
| -6.6 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | May 19, 2017 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 69% | 92.9% | 88.4% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 85.9% | 85.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2017 | Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC | 15 / 39 (668.5260) | 35 (157.6916) | 9 (168.5944) | 11 (169.6800) | 7 (172.5600) |
| Aug 4, 2017 | Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 40 / 46 (609.6116) | 45 (140.5372) | 37 (150.2860) | 38 (153.6340) | 19 (165.1544) |
| May 19, 2017 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 29 / 36 (631.3828) | 32 (158.2744) | 11 (168.0228) | 34 (150.8228) | 28 (154.2628) |
| May 20, 2016 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival Ayden, NC | 28 / 30 (618.8000) | 26 (155.9656) | 26 (151.9772) | 25 (156.5600) | 22 (154.2972) |