CABIN CREEK BBQ

CABIN CREEK BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 4th of 26 at the Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition (2017). They are ranked #2553 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,553

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1519

peak 1532 · rated over 5 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 18, 2014

latest Apr 20, 2018 · 4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

40% of 5 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

687.8856 / 720

Master · Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition

Consistency

±18.42

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.40 · weakest Brisket (164.89)

Road miles

across 5 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi

Schedule strength

58%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1573)

Master avg

669.01 / 720

5 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

High-water mark

687.8856 career-best overall

95.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 687.8856 at Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition — 95.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 21, 2017

A tough matchup

4–1 behind in the head-to-head

HICKORY PRIME ahead in 80% of their meetings

HICKORY PRIME has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.51 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 60%.

Brisket avg 164.89
Chicken avg 171.40
1 call in 5 entries

The comeback

2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2 years, then back at Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival (Apr 15, 2016).

last seen Apr 18, 2014
back Apr 15, 2016

An April team

Top 40% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 40% across 4 contests, versus top 48% the rest of the year.

4 April contests
top 48% the rest of the year

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to CABIN CREEK BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

80 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

BIG MO FROM AHO

#2,559 of the rated field

1518 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1521

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to CABIN CREEK BBQ)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team CABIN CREEK BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Mar 23, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

Homestead Hawgs

#2,543 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1519

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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Word Brothers BBQ

#2,545 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1526

They turned up 9 years after CABIN CREEK BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 5 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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Little?s Barbecue Company

#2,547 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1519

Level with CABIN CREEK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Jul 14, 2023

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NATURAL BORN SHIGGERS

#2,546 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1519

Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 14, 2018

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STEVE'S AND BEEVE'S

#2,541 of the rated field

1519 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 3 years before CABIN CREEK BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 5 contests

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
CRIMSON Q	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
CHATTAHOOCHEE QUE	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
HICKORY PRIME	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	5	3	1	2	180 🔥	158.7768	171.40	top 34%
Pork Ribs	5	1	0	1	176.5600	158.2056	166.92	top 54%
Pork	5	3	0	0	173.1200	151.9428	165.79	top 50%
Brisket	5	1	0	0	170.8572	157.0856	164.89	top 59%

“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)	4	0	top 40%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 80%

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 2 contests

Contests a season 1.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in GA 5 of 5 contests

Contests visited 5 a different one every time

Opponents faced 102 finished ahead 78 times, behind 85

Longest layoff 2 yrs Apr 18, 2014 → Apr 15, 2016

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20181 milestone

Apr 20 Most recent contest Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition

20174 milestones

Apr 21 First category win (Chicken) Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
Apr 21 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
Apr 21 Career-best overall score687.8856 Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
Apr 21 Peak power rating (1532) Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition

20144 milestones

Apr 18 First tracked contest Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
Apr 18 First call Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
Apr 18 First overall top-10 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
Apr 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.7772 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.5	Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition	Apr 21, 2017
+9.3	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)	Apr 18, 2014
+8	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival	Apr 15, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.4	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival	Mar 2, 2018
-5.8	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition	Apr 20, 2018

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	2	0	0	50%	top 78%	90%	89.8%
2017	1	1	1	100%	top 15%	95.5%	95.5%
2016	1	0	0	100%	top 37%	94.6%	94.6%
2014	1	1	0	100%	top 30%	94.8%	94.8%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 20, 2018	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition Cornelia, GA	20 / 26 (647.7592)	24 (158.7768)	22 (158.2056)	8 (169.6684)	18 (161.1084)
Mar 2, 2018	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	47 / 59 (645.5196)	28 (169.1084)	23 (167.3828)	56 (151.9428)	46 (157.0856)
Apr 21, 2017	Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition Cornelia, GA	4 / 26 (687.8856)	1 (180)	2 (176.5600)	23 (161.6456)	11 (169.6800)
Apr 15, 2016	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival Cornelia, GA	11 / 30 (681.1084)	3 (176.5600)	23 (166.2284)	5 (172.5944)	20 (165.7256)
Apr 18, 2014	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) Cornelia, GA	8 / 27 (682.7772)	4 (172.5600)	17 (166.2400)	5 (173.1200)	10 (170.8572)

CABIN CREEK BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

The comeback

An April team

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)