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
- 2017-09-08
BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1483
peak 1483 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-05-20
latest 2017-09-08
Best ToY finish
#1499
Master 2017
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
632.08
last 4 Master vs avg 632.08 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 161.57 · weakest Chicken (153.12)
Road miles
240
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi
Schedule strength
60%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1575)
Master avg
632.08 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared 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.
BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS 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 133 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.
#3981 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — SMOKIN' BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#3983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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#3990 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 5 years after BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS did, first appearing in 2021.
⚔ Head-to-head#3954 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Level with BUFFALO CREEK SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3972 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1484
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#3984 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1483
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 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 71% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 87% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2017-05-19 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.3 yrs
2016-05-20 → 2017-09-08
Busiest season
2017
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NC
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
Brisket
averages 161.57 · weakest Chicken (153.12)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
632.08
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
89
39–108 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
240
4 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi
Schedule strength
1575
average field rating faced — tougher than 60% of rated contests
Power rating
1483
peak 1483 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- Peak power rating (1488) Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival
- 2017
- 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
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.1 | *Beak Week BBQ Challenge | 2017-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.6 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2016-05-20 |
| -7.4 | *Pigs & Pedals | 2017-08-04 |
| -6.6 | Kings of Q BBQ cook off and Festival | 2017-05-19 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-09-08 | *Beak Week BBQ Challenge Goldsboro, NC | 15 / 39 (668.5260) | 35 (157.6916) | 9 (168.5944) | 11 (169.6800) | 7 (172.5600) |
| 2017-08-04 | *Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC | 40 / 46 (609.6116) | 45 (140.5372) | 37 (150.2860) | 38 (153.6340) | 19 (165.1544) |
| 2017-05-19 | 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) |
| 2016-05-20 | 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) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #1499 (170 pts) | #1802 (120 pts) | #1414 (205 pts) | #1442 (190 pts) | #1218 (255 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #2910 (55 pts) | #2916 (55 pts) | #2928 (55 pts) | #2918 (55 pts) | #2291 (70 pts) |