A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC ahead in 100% of their meetings
CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY
CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 58th of 92 at the South Carolina Festival of Discovery (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1482
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Jul 12, 2018
latest Jul 7, 2022 · 4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 77%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±34.46
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 161.12 · weakest Brisket (149.45)
Road miles
0
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)
Purse competed for
$90K
listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 4 state-championship entries
Master avg
621.49 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY, each with one reason worth a look.
CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY has 3 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 122 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,056 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,090 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1481
Level with CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,077 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1482
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,072 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,067 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1482
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.
⚔ Compare careers#4,062 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1503
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before CAROLINA BARBEQUE COMPANY's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169.6912 | 131.2228 | 154.20 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.1316 | 142.8344 | 156.72 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 153.1084 | 161.12 | top 67% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.6228 | 149.0972 | 149.45 | top 82% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Festival of Discovery | 2 | 63 | 0 | top 84% | Jul 9, 2021 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SC
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
167
finished ahead 60 times, behind 208
Longest layoff
4 yrs
Jul 7, 2022 → Jul 9, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20261 milestone
- Most recent contest South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20223 milestones
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.8400 South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- Career-best overall score659.8400 South Carolina Festival of Discovery
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1316 South Carolina Festival of Discovery
20182 milestones
- First tracked contest SC Festival Of Discovery
- Peak power rating (1490) SC Festival Of Discovery
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | SC Festival Of Discovery | Jul 12, 2018 |
| -6.7 | SC Festival of Discovery | Jul 9, 2021 |
| -0.9 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | Jul 7, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 63% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 78% | 87.3% | 87.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 80% | 80% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 7, 2022 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 58 / 92 (659.8400) | 36 (169.6912) | 24 (173.1316) | 48 (167.3944) | 75 (149.6228) |
| Jul 9, 2021 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | 63 / 81 (628.3540) | 58 (161.6800) | 66 (154.2056) | 52 (162.8456) | 71 (149.6228) |
| Jul 12, 2019 | SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jul 12, 2018 | SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC | 81 / 89 (576.2628) | 87 (131.2228) | 80 (142.8344) | 75 (153.1084) | 69 (149.0972) |