Perfect scores on the board
1
perfect 180s
1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.
- Chicken ×1
CABIN CREEK BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1519
peak 1532 · rated over 5 contests ⓘ
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
2014-04-18
latest 2018-04-20
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 48%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
669.01
last 5 Master vs avg 669.01 (+0.00)
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±18.42
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 171.40 · weakest Brisket (164.89)
Road miles
80
mi 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 this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
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
- 2017-04-21
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 calls 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 (2016-04-15).
- last seen 2014-04-18
- back 2016-04-15
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 nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
83 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2536 of the rated field
- 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.
⚔ Head-to-head#2518 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2523 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after CABIN CREEK BBQ did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#2524 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Level with CABIN CREEK BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2526 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#2522 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1524
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 | 180.0000 🔥 | 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 4 | 0 | top 40% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4 yrs
2014-04-18 → 2018-04-20
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
GA
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 1 win · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 171.40 · weakest Brisket (164.89)
Walk rate
80%
a top-10 call in 4 of 5 contests
Overall top-10 rate
40%
2 of 5 contests
Master average
669.01
out of 720 · 5 contests · 0 GCs
Perfect 180s
1
every judge at the table handing back a nine
Opponents faced
102
78–85 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
80
5 mapped stops · furthest 32 mi
Schedule strength
1573
average field rating faced — tougher than 58% of rated contests
Longest layoff
2 yrs
2014-04-18 → 2016-04-15
Power rating
1519
peak 1532 · #2529 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2014
- First tracked contest Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
- First call Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
- First overall top-10 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.7772 Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA)
- 2017
- First category win (Chicken) Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- First perfect 180 (Chicken) Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- Career-best overall score687.8856 Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- Peak power rating (1532) Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition
- 2018
- Most recent contest *Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.4 | Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition | 2017-04-21 |
| +9.3 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) | 2014-04-18 |
| +8.1 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival | 2016-04-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.4 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 2018-03-02 |
| -5.8 | *Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition | 2018-04-20 |
Category scores over time
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 78% | 90% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 15% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 94.6% | 94.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-20 | *Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Competition Cornelia, GA | 20 / 26 (647.7592) | 24 (158.7768) | 22 (158.2056) | 8 (169.6684) | 18 (161.1084) |
| 2018-03-02 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA | 47 / 59 (645.5196) | 28 (169.1084) | 23 (167.3828) | 56 (151.9428) | 46 (157.0856) |
| 2017-04-21 | Cornelia Apple Blossom Competition Cornelia, GA | 4 / 26 (687.8856) | 1 (180.0000) | 2 (176.5600) | 23 (161.6456) | 11 (169.6800) |
| 2016-04-15 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ & Brews Festival Cornelia, GA | 11 / 30 (681.1084) | 3 (176.5600) | 23 (166.2284) | 5 (172.5944) | 20 (165.7256) |
| 2014-04-18 | Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival (SBBQA) Cornelia, GA | 8 / 27 (682.7772) | 4 (172.5600) | 17 (166.2400) | 5 (173.1200) | 10 (170.8572) |