Blue Creek Q
Blue Creek Q is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2019. Their best overall finish is 11th of 15 at the West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2019).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1487
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Oct 11, 2019
latest Nov 1, 2019
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 160.81 · weakest Pork (154.26)
Road miles
61
across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$6,050
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
333.62 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
Backyard (3-meat) avg
454.82 / 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 | 165.0856 | 147.4744 | 156.28 | top 78% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 153.0856 | 160.81 | top 67% |
| Pork | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2628 | 154.2628 | 154.26 | top 76% |
“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.
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20196 milestones
- First tracked contest Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score454.8228 Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.6228 West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5372 West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Most recent contest West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2019 | West Alabama State Fair Barbeque Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Northport, AL | 11 / 15 (333.6228) | 11 (165.0856) | 7 (168.5372) | — | — |
| Oct 11, 2019 | Smokin' & Stokin' Trussville (BACKYARD ONLY) Trussville, AL | 14 / 17 (454.8228) | 14 (147.4744) | 15 (153.0856) | 13 (154.2628) | — |