Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork ribs.
- Pork Ribs ×1
SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1589
peak 1594 · rated over 15 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
17
in the data
First seen
2019-02-22
latest 2025-06-20
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
5
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
9
of 17 contests
Avg finish
top 33%
overall standings
Best overall
518.2056 / 360
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
369.18 ▼
last 5 Backyard vs avg 382.83 (-13.64)
Walk rate
65%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±76.10
std dev of Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.02 · weakest Chicken (168.31)
Road miles
2,125
mi across 17 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
58%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)
Purse competed for
$252K
listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1 🏅
GCs in 10 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
382.83 / 360
15 Backyard contests · 2 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (14 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 multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020-03-13).
- Chicken 1st
- Pork 1st
They almost always walk
65%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 11 of 17 contests
A top-10 category call in 65% of their 17 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
518.2056
career-best overall
143.9% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 518.2056 at Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) — 143.9% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2019-10-25
State champions
1
state championships won
They've taken 1 state championship from 10 entries at contests carrying the title.
- 10 state-championship entries
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
LEE LA Q has finished one call ahead of SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2019
1 Grand Championship
2019 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 1 Grand Championship and 2 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.
- 5 contests
- 4 overall top-10s
- 2 category wins
- average top 22%
A tough matchup
9–2
behind in the head-to-head
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q ahead in 82% of their meetings
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q has come out ahead in 9 of their 11 shared contests.
The drought
8
contests since the last title
Their last Grand Championship came at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) on 2020-03-13 — 8 contests and 6.5 years ago.
- last GC 2020-03-13
- 6.5 years ago
A strong matchup
8–1
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 89% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Groundhog Smokers in 8 of their 9 shared contests.
The comeback
1.7 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.7 years, then back at Poosa Q (2025-06-20).
- last seen 2023-10-05
- back 2025-06-20
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.
Boom or bust
±21.14%
swing around their own average
Their overall swings ±21.14% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.
- averages 106.3% of a perfect score
- best 143.9%
A March team
Top 23%
average finish in March
Something about March: average finish in the top 23% across 3 contests, versus top 33% the rest of the year.
- 3 March contests
- top 33% the rest of the year
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.
40 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1163 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1589
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1164 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 57%
- Peak
- 1588
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#1165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 4
- Top-10s
- 70%
- Peak
- 1596
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 17, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1156 of the rated field
- Contests
- 20
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1596
No shared contest yet.
20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 43%
- Peak
- 1589
No shared contest yet.
Level with SNEAKY_CREEK_BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1166 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 73%
- Peak
- 1591
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| RIBLIFE | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| REDBONES BBQ | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | 11 | 2 | 9 | 18% | ⚔ compare |
| Groundhog Smokers | 9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | ⚔ compare |
| Hickory Hangover | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44% | ⚔ compare |
| Organizer Portal | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| Holy Smokers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 88% | ⚔ compare |
| RAMMER JAMMER BBQ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| PERFECTLY BLENDED | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| BAMA BOYS BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| JACK'S OLD SOUTH | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| HELL ON SQUEALS | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 177.7028 | 155.3600 | 168.31 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 160.5028 | 169.15 | top 31% |
| Pork | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 166.2284 | 170.02 | top 27% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL | 11 | 2 | top 32% |
| MS | 2 | 0 | top 17% |
| FL | 1 | 0 | top 89% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 12% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
| Medium (20–39) | 8 | 2 | top 24% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 0 | top 34% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poosa Q | 4 | 9 | 0 | top 40% | 2025-06-20 |
| Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 23% | 2022-03-12 |
The story so far (21 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.3 yrs
2019-02-22 → 2025-06-20
Busiest season
2019
5 contests · 1 GC
Contests a season
2.4
across 7 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
AL
13 of 17 contests · 4 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
10
2 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
15 entries · 2 wins · 8 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 170.02 · weakest Chicken (168.31)
Walk rate
65%
a top-10 call in 11 of 17 contests
Overall top-10 rate
53%
9 of 17 contests
Wins it all
12%
2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve
First title
2019-02-22
Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests
Backyard average
382.83
out of 360 · 15 contests · 2 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
452
508–290 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
2,125
17 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Purse competed for
$251,575
listed at 14 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
1
from 10 state-championship entries
Longest layoff
1.7 yrs
2023-10-05 → 2025-06-20
Power rating
1589
peak 1594 · #1157 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2019
- First call Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- First category win (Chicken) Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- First overall top-10 Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- First overall podium Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- First Grand Championship Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- First state championship Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score351.4056 Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off
- Career-best overall score518.2056 Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL)
- 2020
- First multi-meat day Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 10th tracked contest Bonifay All American Smoker Competition
- 2021
- First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- Peak power rating (1594) Poosa Q
- 2025
- Most recent contest Poosa Q
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +19.8 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off | 2019-02-22 |
| +13.5 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2020-03-13 |
| +12.3 | Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-11-12 |
| +11.8 | Poosa-Q | 2019-06-14 |
| +11.6 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2022-03-12 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.1 | Bonifay All American Smoker Competition | 2020-10-02 |
| -5.3 | Poosa Q | 2025-06-20 |
| -1.5 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2021-03-12 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 64% | 92.4% | 92.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 37% | 93.5% | 93.5% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 26% | 141.4% | 116.6% |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 32% | 136.8% | 109.5% |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 67% | top 43% | 142.5% | 108.7% |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 100% | top 22% | 143.9% | 104.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 27 / 42 (332.5032) | 20 (169.6916) | 32 (162.8116) | — | — |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 27 / 73 (336.5028) | 31 (167.3944) | 25 (169.1084) | — | — |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 29 / 72 (330.7884) | 35 (161.6684) | 16 (169.1200) | — | — |
| 2022-03-12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 3 / 26 (509.0400) | 10 (165.0856) | 2 (174.2744) | 7 (169.6800) | — |
| 2021-12-02 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship 🏅 Demopolis, AL | 6 / 19 (337.0744) | 4 (173.1200) | 8 (163.9544) | — | — |
| 2021-11-12 | Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) Vicksburg, MS | 3 / 30 (353.1200) | 9 (173.1200) | 1 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2021-03-12 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 15 / 28 (492.4228) | 13 (164.5372) | 13 (160.5028) | 8 (167.3828) | — |
| 2020-10-02 | Bonifay All American Smoker Competition 🏅 Bonifay, FL | 16 / 18 (322.7772) | 16 (155.3600) | 14 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2020-03-13 | Foley BBQ & Blues Cook Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL | 1 / 23 (513.0628) | 1 (173.1200) | 9 (162.8000) | 1 (177.1428) | — |
| 2020-02-21 | Capital City Cook Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 9 / 25 (337.7144) | 16 (165.7028) | 2 (172.0116) | — | — |
| 2019-10-25 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | 5 / 42 (518.2056) | 10 (173.1200) | 1 (178.8572) | 22 (166.2284) | — |
| 2019-10-04 | Roast N Boast 🏅 Columbus, MS | 6 / 25 (335.3484) | 10 (166.2400) | 3 (169.1084) | 6 (169.6800) | — |
| 2019-07-26 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Hartselle, AL | 14 / 27 (330.7888) | 10 (169.1200) | 19 (161.6688) | — | — |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 9 / 48 (341.6456) | 12 (169.6800) | 6 (171.9656) | — | — |
| 2019-02-22 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off 🏅 Montgomery, AL | 1 / 27 (351.4056) | 1 (177.7028) | 4 (173.7028) | — | — |
| 2017-09-29 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017-06-09 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off(BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 ↗ | Backyard | — | #90 (519 pts) | #60 (774 pts) | — | — |
| 2021 ↗ | Backyard | — | #202 (113 pts) | #208 (113 pts) | — | — |
| 2020 ↗ | Backyard | — | #22 (541 pts) | #16 (646 pts) | — | — |