High-water mark
511.3484
career-best overall
94.7% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 511.3484 at Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) — 94.7% of a perfect 540.
- Competitor Series
- May 11, 2019
Creek Bank Smokers
Creek Bank Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 4th of 39 at the High on the Hog Festival (2019). Also listed in KCBS results as “Creekbank Smokers”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1524
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 41 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
13
in the data
First seen
Apr 19, 2019
latest May 20, 2022 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
2
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
23% of 13 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
31%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.81
spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.79 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.72)
Road miles
480
across 12 mapped stops · furthest 48 mi
Schedule strength
44%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)
Purse competed for
$33K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 3 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
334.71 / 360
5 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Creek Bank Smokers, each with one reason worth a look.
Creek Bank Smokers has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 100 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,395 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 12%
- Peak
- 1524
2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Creek Bank Smokers)
2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Creek Bank Smokers has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#2,390 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1535
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 7 years before Creek Bank Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,401 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
Fewer contests behind them than Creek Bank Smokers has cooked, 5 to 13, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.
⚔ Compare careers#2,386 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1524
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Creek Bank Smokers's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,402 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 17% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,383 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1524
Level with Creek Bank Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEE LA Q | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178.2972 | 161.6912 | 169.79 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 168.5372 | 155.9084 | 163.72 | top 56% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 155.9656 | 164.54 | top 54% |
“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 field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 17% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2019
4 contests
Contests a season
1.9
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TN
10 of 13 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
187
finished ahead 177 times, behind 66
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Aug 23, 2019 → May 20, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20221 milestone
- Most recent contest The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
20196 milestones
- First category win (Chicken) High on the Hog Festival
- First overall top-10 High on the Hog Festival
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.2972 High on the Hog Festival
- 10th tracked contest Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Career-best overall score511.3484 Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES)
- Peak power rating (1529) Great Americana BBQ Festival
—3 milestones
- First tracked contest Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.4172 Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | High on the Hog Festival | Apr 19, 2019 |
| +10.7 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | Aug 23, 2019 |
| +1.7 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) | Jun 21, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.8 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | May 20, 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 69% | 90.6% | 90.6% |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 75% | top 24% | 95.6% | 93.9% |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | — | — |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2022 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 🏅 Winchester, TN | 20 / 29 (326.1712) | 14 (170.2628) | 27 (155.9084) | — | — |
| Aug 23, 2019 | Great Americana BBQ Festival 🏅 Franklin, TN | 8 / 39 (336) | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL | 11 / 23 (331.9656) | 16 (163.4284) | 10 (168.5372) | 1 (176.5600) | — |
| May 11, 2019 | Dr.George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) unrated Murfreesboro, TN | 7 / 41 (511.3484) | 3 (176.5600) | 18 (162.7884) | — | — |
| Apr 19, 2019 | High on the Hog Festival 🏅 Winchester, TN | 4 / 39 (344) | 1 (178.2972) | 8 (165.7028) | — | — |
| Oct 26, 2018 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD) (JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 28 (161.6912) | 31 (160.5488) | 33 (161.1084) | — |
| Apr 20, 2018 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Elkmont Lions Club Smokin Railroad St. BBQ Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Elkmont, AL | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 21, 2017 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| May 27, 2016 | Lewisburg Rotary Club BBQ Cookoff Lewisburg, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Apr 15, 2016 | High on the Hog Festival Winchester, TN | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct 23, 2015 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Shade Tree Contest (BACKYARD - JUDGES FULL) Lynchburg, TN | — | 22 (167.9656) | 18 (167.4516) | 32 (155.9656) | — |
| — | Scottsboro BBQ Cook Off Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Scottsboro, AL | 12 / 23 (335.4172) | 10 (170.3316) | 17 (165.0856) | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.