The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Smokin' Cowboys has finished one call ahead of Creek Smoke BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Creek Smoke BBQ
Creek Smoke BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 7 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 28 at the Bands & BBQ at the Point (2021). They are ranked #2298 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1527
peak 1527 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
7
in the data
First seen
Sep 13, 2019
latest Sep 11, 2026 · 7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
29% of 7 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 36%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
71%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±21.99
spread of their Backyard (4-meat) overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 157.28 · weakest Brisket (146.32)
Road miles
0
across 7 mapped stops
Schedule strength
52%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1567)
Purse competed for
$63K
listed at 7 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 7 state-championship entries
Backyard avg
256.88 / 360
3 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
Backyard (4-meat) avg
604.58 / 720
4 Backyard (4-meat) contests · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), 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.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Creek Smoke BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
60 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,292 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1529
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1527
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Creek Smoke BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,306 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1537
They turned up 5 years after Creek Smoke BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Compare careers#2,310 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1531
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 50% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,299 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1529
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#2,302 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1533
Level with Creek Smoke BBQ 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH ON THE HAWG | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% | ⚔ compare |
| WeQ4U | 7 | 1 | 4 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Loaded Barrel BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| McQ Smokers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS, KY | 6 | 3 | 2 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Pullin Out the Butts BBQ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Cowboys | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| What Up Grill | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| HIGH ON THE HOG OHIO | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Smokin' Gone Wild | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Maestros | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| All Sauced Up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Shiggin aint easy | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE CHIP BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Dogpatch Q | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 153.1088 | 145.6344 | 150.24 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 163.4400 | 133.6456 | 154.41 | top 35% |
| Pork | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 169.1656 | 147.4400 | 157.28 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 157.1428 | 137.0400 | 146.32 | top 38% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bands & BBQ at the Point | 6 | 6 | 0 | top 35% | Sep 11, 2026 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 7 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KY
7 of 7 contests
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
175
finished ahead 188 times, behind 144
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 13, 2019 → Sep 10, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20262 milestones
- Peak power rating (1527) Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score624.9712 Bands & BBQ at the Point
- Career-best single call (Pork)169.1656 Bands & BBQ at the Point
20193 milestones
- First tracked contest Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First call Bands & BBQ at the Point
- First overall top-10 Bands & BBQ at the Point
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +10.4 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 10, 2021 |
| +5 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 9, 2022 |
| +3.9 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 13, 2019 |
| +3.4 | Bands and BBQ at the Point | Sep 12, 2025 |
| +2.4 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | Sep 13, 2024 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 37% | 43.8% | 43.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 35% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 84.6% | 84.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 34% | 86.8% | 86.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 21% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 36% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 14 / 38 (157.6916) | — | 11 (157.6916) | 9 (159.9540) | 8 (145.0516) |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Bands and BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 12 / 29 (310.2520) | 13 (153.1088) | 14 (157.1432) | 14 (157.0744) | 11 (157.1428) |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 11 / 31 (302.7088) | 14 (145.6344) | 8 (157.0744) | 10 (152.5028) | 7 (146.8000) |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 15 / 33 (608.9712) | 15 (153.0972) | 15 (155.9428) | 15 (156.5484) | 17 (143.3828) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 11 / 32 (624.9712) | 10 (153.0856) | 10 (155.9084) | 4 (169.1656) | 18 (146.8116) |
| Sep 10, 2021 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 6 / 28 (616.6168) | 11 (146.8684) | 6 (163.4400) | 6 (158.2856) | 10 (148.0228) |
| Sep 13, 2019 | Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY | 10 / 28 (567.7712) | 7 (149.6456) | 13 (133.6456) | 8 (147.4400) | 11 (137.0400) |