Shoals Creek Moppers
Shoals Creek Moppers is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 29th of 34 at the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1477
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Apr 26, 2019
latest Apr 22, 2022 · 3 years on the trail
Avg finish
top 92%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.53 · weakest Chicken (151.70)
Road miles
12
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$11K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
303.42 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
475.92 / 540
1 Backyard (3-meat) contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (3-meat) out of 540), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8572 | 148.5372 | 151.70 | top 94% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.8800 | 154.2404 | 154.56 | top 89% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166.8228 | 166.2284 | 166.53 | top 47% |
“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.
More numbers
Opponents faced
72
finished ahead 6 times, behind 71
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Apr 26, 2019 → Apr 22, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20223 milestones
- Career-best overall score475.9204 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- Career-best single call (Pork)166.8228 Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
- Most recent contest Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard)
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2022 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (Backyard) Florence, AL | 29 / 34 (475.9204) | 30 (154.8572) | 32 (154.2404) | 17 (166.8228) | — |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Smoke on the Water Festival (BACKYARD ONlY) Florence, AL | 44 / 45 (303.4172) | 45 (148.5372) | 38 (154.8800) | 20 (166.2284) | — |