Meadow Creek BBQ VA
Rating
Contests
First seen
Grand champs
Category wins
Overall top-10s
Avg finish
Perfect 180s
Current form
Walk rate
Top-10 streak
Consistency
Strongest meat
Road miles
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Mad Hatter BBQ has finished one call ahead of Meadow Creek BBQ 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Still Workin' On It has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
T & S BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Smoke on the Mountain is their spot: an average finish in the top 11% across 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.0116 points of the Grand Championship at Smoke on the Mountain (2024-07-26).
📅 A July team
Something about July: average finish in the top 11% across 3 contests, versus top 37% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, VA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 174.2628 | 155.9200 | 167.04 | top 42% |
| Pork Ribs | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 176.5600 | 153.0856 | 167.91 | top 28% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 178.2972 | 178.30 | top 4% |
| Brisket | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | 7 | 0 | top 48% |
| NC | 3 | 0 | top 12% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 75% |
| Medium (20–39) | 5 | 0 | top 12% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 9% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (3 contests)
- Cooks mostly in VA (7 of 10 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (10 entries)
- All-time average overall score: 334.96
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 342.2284 | 334.59 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 348.5600 | 346.26 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 338.7884 | 322.56 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 339.3828 | 339.38 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills King, NC | 5 / 25 (337.0856) | 2 (173.1084) | 7 (163.9772) | 1 (178.2972) | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff Edinburg, VA | 14 / 16 (324.4456) | 17 (155.9200) | 8 (168.5256) | — | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 7 / 37 (342.2284) | 7 (172.5600) | 6 (169.6684) | — | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 2 / 32 (346.8228) | 4 (172.5600) | 1 (174.2628) | — | — |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 Kannapolis, NC | 3 / 35 (343.3828) | 12 (166.8228) | 1 (176.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC | 4 / 45 (348.5600) | 6 (174.2628) | 2 (174.2972) | — | — |
| 2023-10-28 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) Galax, VA | 14 / 17 (311.2912) | 10 (158.2056) | 14 (153.0856) | — | — |
| 2023-10-27 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) Galax, VA | 12 / 19 (317.5884) | 9 (161.6456) | 12 (155.9428) | — | — |
| 2023-07-21 | Smoke on the Mountain Galax, VA | 3 / 38 (338.7884) | 6 (169.1200) | 5 (169.6684) | — | — |
| 2021-10-16 | Zom-B-Q-Rufus Teague Galax, VA | 10 / 15 (339.3828) | 16 (166.2284) | 3 (173.1544) | — | — |