CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC

CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC is a competition barbecue team with 67 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 34 at the Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1022 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,022

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1603

peak 1627 · rated over 65 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 15, 2016

latest Aug 7, 2026 · 10.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#182

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

22 podiums

Overall top-10s

21% of 67 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0860 / 720

Master · Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

684.36 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 672.70 (+11.66)

Walk rate

66%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival

Consistency

±11.33

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.09 · weakest Pork (166.42)

Road miles

6,271

across 67 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi

Schedule strength

83%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1610)

Purse competed for

$346K

listed at 36 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 42 state-championship entries

Master avg

672.70 / 720

65 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (15 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

3.4512 points from the title

Came within 3.4512 points of the Grand Championship at Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show (Aug 11, 2017).

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 pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

They almost always walk

66% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 44 of 67 contests

A top-10 category call in 66% of their 67 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

693.0860 career-best overall

96.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 693.0860 at Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 — 96.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 5, 2023

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has finished one call ahead of CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 30%.

3 contests
2 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 30%

A strong matchup

26–11 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS in 26 of their 37 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

32 of 51 shared chicken entries lost

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has out-cooked them in 32 of 51 shared chicken entries.

They cook the hard rooms

1610 average field rating faced

A tougher draw than 83% of rated fields

The fields they enter average a 1610 power rating — a tougher draw than 83% of every rated contest in the data.

65 rated contests

Built for the big stage

Top 43% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 43% finish in large fields against top 64% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 43% (22)
Small (<20 teams): top 64% (4)

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

SMOKIN SKULLIES has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A May team

Top 38% average finish in May

Something about May: average finish in the top 38% across 10 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.

10 May contests
top 50% the rest of the year

The long haul

6,271 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 6,271 miles across 67 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 178 miles to Sip & Swine BBQ Festival.

67 mapped stops
furthest 178 mi

The metronome

±1.57% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.57% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.4% of a perfect score
67 contests

A standing appointment

6 years running at one contest

They've cooked Chillin & Grillin in the Glades every year from 2021 to 2026 — the contest they never miss.

6 visits in all
best finish 8th

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#329 (612 pts)	#538 (362 pts)	#304 (782 pts)	#374 (547 pts)	#294 (717 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#408 (508 pts)	#358 (643 pts)	#375 (693 pts)	#364 (618 pts)	#470 (438 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#520 (357 pts)	#658 (272 pts)	#636 (322 pts)	#397 (547 pts)	#443 (492 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#479 (401 pts)	#465 (471 pts)	#424 (571 pts)	#464 (451 pts)	#308 (731 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#412 (534 pts)	#303 (794 pts)	#408 (624 pts)	#555 (369 pts)	#405 (574 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#182 (1,016 pts)	#82 (1,516 pts)	#113 (1,381 pts)	#248 (786 pts)	#197 (976 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#276 (410 pts)	#319 (390 pts)	#242 (500 pts)	#186 (640 pts)	#304 (400 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#401 (803 pts)	#444 (763 pts)	#414 (823 pts)	#465 (743 pts)	#341 (948 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#491 (732 pts)	#518 (707 pts)	#483 (772 pts)	#592 (627 pts)	#389 (907 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#357 (1,044 pts)	#240 (1,279 pts)	#420 (919 pts)	#427 (894 pts)	#453 (879 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#926 (364 pts)	#872 (429 pts)	#1112 (304 pts)	#1002 (369 pts)	#747 (519 pts)

Overall rank by season

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DIRTY OL' BUTT SLAPPERS

#1,021 of the rated field

1604 power rating

Contests: 92
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1683

4–0 in 4 shared contests (100% to CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC)

These two have cooked 4 of the same contests — CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC ahead 4–0 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 91 contests
last seen Aug 30, 2019

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SWEET BELLY'S BBQ

#1,020 of the rated field

1604 power rating

Contests: 63
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1610

Careers of much the same size, 63 contests to 67, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 58 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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2 DRUNK 2 QUE

#1,023 of the rated field

1603 power rating

Contests: 50
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1638

They've been 1638 at their best, 35 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 49 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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BEER-B-QUE BOYS

#1,024 of the rated field

1603 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 40%
Peak: 1612

Their rating is built on 2 Grand Championships in 35 contests, alongside a 40% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Oct 17, 2025
on a 3-contest top-10 run

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Casual Smokers SC

#1,010 of the rated field

1605 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1605

5–6 in 11 shared contests (45% to CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC)

They turned up 5 years after CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 31 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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SMOKIN HOOSIERS

#1,027 of the rated field

1603 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 71
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1617

Level with CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 70 contests
last seen May 16, 2025

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	51	11	40	22%	⚔ compare
ELITE BBQ SMOKERS	40	13	27	33%	⚔ compare
HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS	37	26	11	70%	⚔ compare
HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY	37	19	18	51%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN SKULLIES	36	7	29	19%	⚔ compare
SWIG-N-PIG	35	12	23	34%	⚔ compare
BROTHER IN LAW BBQ TEAM - NC	33	21	12	64%	⚔ compare
WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	31	6	25	19%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	31	2	29	6%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	30	17	13	57%	⚔ compare
MCADOO HEIGHTS BBQ	30	8	22	27%	⚔ compare
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ	27	13	14	48%	⚔ compare
TWISTED PAIR BBQ	25	16	9	64%	⚔ compare
WHO CARES BBQ	25	7	18	28%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	24	1	23	4%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	66	23	2	8	179.4400	157.6456	170.09	top 46%
Pork Ribs	65	20	2	5	180 🔥	153.6228	168.20	top 46%
Pork	65	14	1	3	177.7028	155.3600	166.42	top 57%
Brisket	65	17	1	6	178.8572	145.6000	168.03	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 64%
Medium (20–39)	39	top 52%
Large (40+)	22	top 43%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	40	top 49%
SC	12	top 53%
VA	8	top 54%
TN	2	top 29%
GA	2	top 60%
WV	1	top 53%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Chillin & Grillin in the Glades	6	8	top 51%	Jul 17, 2026
Jiggy With The Piggy	4	8	top 38%	May 13, 2022
Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge	3	10	top 60%	Sep 19, 2025
Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge	3	10	top 36%	Sep 27, 2019
Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	3	2	top 22%	Aug 10, 2018
Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival	2	5	top 29%	May 15, 2026
Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1	2	12	top 35%	May 3, 2024
Mission Farm's King of the Farm	2	8	top 53%	Feb 24, 2023
SC Festival of Discovery	2	19	top 38%	Jul 9, 2021
Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival	2	14	top 39%	Oct 19, 2018
Piggin In The Park	2	25	top 67%	Jun 1, 2018
Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off	2	19	top 63%	Apr 28, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2021 10 contests

Contests a season 5.6 across 12 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 42 of 67 contests · 6 states in all

Contests visited 44 12 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 66 entries · 2 wins · 23 calls

Opponents faced 708 finished ahead 1,306 times, behind 1,164

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

20262 milestones

May 15 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival
Aug 7 Most recent contest Battle of the Blue Ridge

20231 milestone

May 5 Career-best overall score693.0860 Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1

20221 milestone

Jul 15 50th tracked contest Chillin & Grillin in the Glades

20193 milestones

Apr 26 25th tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook Off
Sep 27 Peak power rating (1627) Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge
Oct 18 First category win (Brisket) Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B

20174 milestones

Jun 2 10th tracked contest Piggin In The Park (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES)
Jul 21 First overall top-10 WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley)
Aug 11 First overall podium Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show
Aug 11 First Reserve Championship Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show

20162 milestones

Apr 22 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.0684 Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off
Jul 15 First call Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship

20151 milestone

Oct 16 First tracked contest Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.6	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show	Aug 11, 2017
+16.1	WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley)	Jul 21, 2017
+13.3	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival	May 15, 2026
+12.6	Uniquely Union Festival	Sep 5, 2025
+11.7	Jiggy With The Piggy	May 3, 2019

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.2	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken	Aug 14, 2020
-13.1	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy	Sep 25, 2020
-10.9	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A	Oct 17, 2019
-8.5	Mission Farm's King of the Farm	Feb 24, 2023
-8.3	Mission Farms - King of the Farm	Feb 28, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2026	3	2	1	100%	top 30%	96.3%	95.6%
2025	5	1	1	80%	top 54%	95.3%	94.2%
2024	4	0	0	100%	top 56%	95.2%	94.4%
2023	5	0	0	80%	top 65%	96.3%	93.6%
2022	5	2	1	80%	top 43%	95.3%	94.2%
2021	10	3	1	60%	top 55%	94.7%	94%
2020	5	0	1	20%	top 74%	93.5%	92.1%
2019	6	3	1	83%	top 38%	94.1%	93%
2018	9	1	0	67%	top 42%	94.8%	93%
2017	9	2	0	56%	top 37%	95.9%	93%
2016	5	0	0	40%	top 59%	94.1%	91.7%
2015	1	0	0	0%	—	—	—

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Aug 7, 2026	Battle of the Blue Ridge 🏅 Swannanoa, NC	19 / 41 (681.6116)	16 (173.1316)	19 (171.9656)	37 (163.3944)	10 (173.1200)
Jul 17, 2026	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	10 / 35 (690.2060)	29 (165.0972)	11 (171.9772)	4 (174.2744)	2 (178.8572)
May 15, 2026	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN	5 / 33 (693.0512)	10 (173.1200)	1 (180)	22 (165.6684)	5 (174.2628)
Sep 19, 2025	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	25 / 36 (670.7204)	10 (171.9888)	26 (163.9544)	30 (162.8000)	14 (171.9772)
Sep 5, 2025	Uniquely Union Festival 🏅 Union, SC	5 / 25 (686.2288)	10 (171.9772)	1 (176.5944)	11 (169.6800)	16 (167.9772)
Jul 18, 2025	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	19 / 34 (678.7428)	10 (173.1200)	17 (169.6800)	2 (175.4516)	30 (160.4912)
May 16, 2025	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival 🏅 Sevierville, TN	14 / 33 (682.2176)	8 (173.1316)	7 (171.9888)	17 (168.5600)	19 (168.5372)
Feb 28, 2025	Mission Farms - King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC	21 / 26 (674.1024)	16 (169.6800)	16 (168.5256)	19 (168.5256)	19 (167.3712)
Sep 20, 2024	Pigmaster BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	18 / 33 (681.0056)	21 (169.6684)	25 (163.9428)	9 (174.2628)	13 (173.1316)
Aug 30, 2024	Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival 🏅 King, NC	18 / 28 (677.0288)	20 (167.9772)	9 (170.8344)	16 (168.5372)	13 (169.6800)
Jul 19, 2024	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	22 / 31 (675.8744)	26 (163.3944)	28 (160.5028)	6 (175.4172)	5 (176.5600)
May 3, 2024	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	16 / 45 (685.5884)	27 (168.5256)	23 (169.6800)	10 (175.4172)	21 (171.9656)
Oct 13, 2023	Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Waxhaw, NC	16 / 25 (672.9596)	13 (170.8228)	18 (166.2400)	17 (167.3712)	13 (168.5256)
Sep 22, 2023	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	24 / 33 (666.7084)	31 (163.9428)	2 (177.7144)	22 (163.9772)	31 (161.0740)
Jul 14, 2023	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	26 / 36 (672.9944)	17 (170.8228)	36 (155.9200)	20 (169.6916)	3 (176.5600)
May 5, 2023	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	12 / 35 (693.0860)	25 (167.3944)	15 (171.9772)	9 (175.4172)	3 (178.2972)
Feb 24, 2023	Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC	27 / 33 (664.9600)	9 (173.1432)	33 (157.0628)	27 (165.0856)	18 (169.6684)
Jul 15, 2022	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	14 / 31 (686.2284)	1 (178.8572)	6 (174.2628)	27 (163.4284)	18 (169.6800)
Jul 7, 2022	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	40 / 92 (677.5540)	27 (170.8228)	18 (175.4056)	68 (162.7884)	39 (168.5372)
Jun 10, 2022	WV Coalfields Cookoff 🏅 Welch, WV	8 / 15 (667.8284)	6 (171.9772)	11 (162.8000)	8 (167.3828)	8 (165.6684)
May 13, 2022	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	22 / 46 (674.1372)	24 (169.6800)	20 (168.5372)	32 (162.8000)	10 (173.1200)
Mar 18, 2022	Mission Farm's King of the Farm 🏅 Iron Station, NC	8 / 33 (684.4688)	3 (176.5716)	7 (174.2744)	29 (161.6572)	8 (171.9656)
Oct 30, 2021	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 🏅 Shelby, NC	22 / 27 (677.0404)	19 (170.8344)	11 (174.2744)	23 (165.0972)	21 (166.8344)
Oct 29, 2021	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 🏅 Shelby, NC	14 / 33 (678.7084)	4 (175.4172)	9 (170.8228)	24 (163.9428)	15 (168.5256)
Oct 1, 2021	Squealin on the Square 🏅 Laurens, SC	7 / 17 (682.1828)	2 (175.4172)	8 (170.8572)	15 (160.5028)	4 (175.4056)
Sep 24, 2021	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 🏅 Rutherford College, NC	10 / 27 (674.1256)	16 (167.3828)	4 (174.2744)	19 (166.2400)	14 (166.2284)
Sep 4, 2021	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 🏅 Augusta, GA	28 / 43 (682.1484)	11 (176.5600)	36 (167.3828)	34 (166.2400)	23 (171.9656)
Jul 16, 2021	Chillin & Grillin In the Glades 🏅 Wise, VA	8 / 25 (681.0400)	3 (174.2744)	2 (176.5600)	21 (161.0856)	12 (169.1200)
Jul 9, 2021	SC Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	44 / 81 (662.6628)	53 (163.9428)	39 (167.3828)	51 (163.9428)	36 (167.3944)
Jun 11, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC	16 / 28 (677.6116)	1 (179.4400)	8 (170.8344)	26 (162.2400)	24 (165.0972)
May 7, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Franklin 🏅 Franklin, NC	13 / 17 (676.4112)	9 (170.8228)	5 (170.8228)	7 (170.8228)	16 (163.9428)
Apr 16, 2021	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge 🏅 Roebuck, SC	16 / 27 (678.7196)	22 (168.5256)	17 (170.2628)	16 (167.9656)	14 (171.9656)
Oct 23, 2020	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax 🏅 Galax, VA	18 / 25 (668.4116)	13 (169.6800)	17 (166.2516)	16 (166.2400)	18 (166.2400)
Sep 25, 2020	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy 🏅 Murphy, NC	21 / 22 (667.8396)	18 (168.5372)	19 (164.5256)	14 (170.8112)	21 (163.9656)
Aug 28, 2020	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck 🏅 Roebuck, SC	20 / 34 (671.2916)	33 (159.3600)	13 (170.2744)	15 (168.5372)	12 (173.1200)
Aug 14, 2020	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken 🏅 Aiken, SC	33 / 34 (634.0224)	31 (159.9656)	33 (153.6228)	34 (156.4912)	25 (163.9428)
Jun 26, 2020	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge 🏅 Roebuck, SC	12 / 25 (673.0056)	19 (164.5256)	7 (170.2744)	1 (177.7028)	22 (160.5028)
Oct 18, 2019	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival B 🏅 Lenoir, NC	6 / 22 (677.6000)	8 (169.1200)	13 (169.1200)	6 (167.3828)	1 (171.9772)
Oct 17, 2019	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival A 🏅 Lenoir, NC	13 / 15 (648.3312)	13 (165.6684)	4 (173.1200)	14 (163.9428)	15 (145.6000)
Sep 27, 2019	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge 🏅 Newton, NC	19 / 37 (664.9824)	17 (169.6800)	12 (169.1312)	25 (161.6340)	23 (164.5372)
May 17, 2019	Stills and Grills Fest North Wilkesboro, NC	5 / 21 (675.9200)	6 (170.8572)	13 (160.5028)	2 (170.2972)	2 (174.2628)
May 3, 2019	Jiggy With The Piggy 🏅 Kannapolis, NC	8 / 60 (677.6228)	20 (168.5256)	30 (165.1084)	17 (169.1316)	4 (174.8572)
Apr 26, 2019	BBQ Capital Cook Off 🏅 Lexington, NC	12 / 43 (671.3144)	6 (174.2744)	3 (175.4172)	21 (164.5256)	30 (157.0972)
Oct 19, 2018	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC	14 / 35 (667.8400)	18 (168.5372)	9 (171.4172)	26 (161.6456)	17 (166.2400)
Sep 21, 2018	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	10 / 45 (671.8856)	18 (169.6684)	14 (166.8344)	27 (163.4172)	5 (171.9656)
Aug 10, 2018	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	11 / 51 (682.2060)	19 (171.4056)	15 (171.4172)	8 (170.8344)	20 (168.5488)
Jul 12, 2018	SC Festival Of Discovery Greenwood, SC	19 / 89 (682.1716)	37 (167.3828)	37 (166.2516)	14 (171.9772)	4 (176.5600)
Jun 16, 2018	Stills and Grills Fest (COMPETITOR'S SERIES) North Wilkesboro, NC	—	3 (173.1084)	—	—	—
Jun 1, 2018	Piggin In The Park Woodruff, SC	25 / 34 (662.1028)	16 (170.8228)	13 (169.6684)	32 (162.8000)	27 (158.8116)
May 4, 2018	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	32 / 70 (665.6232)	9 (175.4172)	30 (165.6916)	64 (155.3600)	20 (169.1544)
Apr 20, 2018	22nd Annual Firehouse BBQ Cookoff Kings Mountain, NC	20 / 33 (661.5428)	26 (165.1200)	16 (166.2516)	26 (160.5028)	12 (169.6684)
Mar 2, 2018	Sip & Swine BBQ Festival Lawrenceville, GA	32 / 59 (663.2340)	31 (167.3828)	28 (165.6800)	28 (166.2284)	32 (163.9428)
Nov 10, 2017	Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (JUDGES FULL) Concord, NC	14 / 47 (666.1716)	21 (169.1200)	20 (164.5488)	14 (166.8228)	19 (165.6800)
Oct 20, 2017	Smoking in the Foothills Barbecue Competition And Festival Lenoir, NC	15 / 39 (671.8744)	5 (173.1316)	29 (161.6800)	6 (170.8228)	17 (166.2400)
Sep 22, 2017	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	14 / 41 (676.4916)	2 (178.8572)	17 (166.8572)	25 (166.2400)	26 (164.5372)
Aug 11, 2017	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	2 / 34 (685.0628)	2 (177.1428)	4 (170.8344)	4 (173.1084)	15 (163.9772)
Jul 21, 2017	WNC BBQ Festival (Smokin in the Valley) Maggie Valley, NC	6 / 47 (690.7656)	11 (175.4056)	6 (176)	22 (167.3944)	10 (171.9656)
Jun 2, 2017	Piggin In The Park (PALMETTO BBQ SERIES) Woodruff, SC	27 / 44 (659.8288)	19 (168.5372)	31 (161.6572)	27 (165.0972)	22 (164.5372)
May 5, 2017	Jiggy With the Piggy Kannapolis, NC	33 / 75 (655.8172)	40 (163.9428)	20 (169.1200)	29 (166.2400)	47 (156.5144)
Apr 28, 2017	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	19 / 38 (662.7084)	27 (163.9772)	20 (165.6800)	21 (165.0856)	11 (167.9656)
Apr 14, 2017	21st Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	27 / 49 (659.8400)	8 (173.1200)	30 (159.9428)	44 (157.0972)	13 (169.6800)
Oct 14, 2016	Smoking in the Foothills Lenoir, NC	22 / 41 (671.2800)	19 (170.8228)	29 (162.2516)	23 (167.3828)	15 (170.8228)
Aug 12, 2016	Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Franklin, NC	13 / 34 (677.6344)	12 (173.1200)	30 (158.2516)	12 (170.2628)	2 (176)
Jul 15, 2016	Smoke on the mountain/VA state BBQ championship Galax, VA	13 / 25 (657.5540)	13 (165.0856)	10 (169.7028)	12 (163.9312)	17 (158.8344)
Apr 22, 2016	Uptown Lexington BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	41 / 54 (650.0684)	45 (157.6456)	20 (170.2744)	42 (161.6340)	39 (160.5144)
Apr 15, 2016	20th Annual Fire House BBQ Cook-Off Kings Mountain, NC	30 / 41 (645.4512)	16 (169.6800)	31 (158.2056)	33 (157.0628)	28 (160.5028)
Oct 16, 2015	Smoking In The Foothills Barbecue Competition and Festival Lenoir, NC	—	—	—	—	—

CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (15 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

They cook the hard rooms

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

A May team

The long haul

The metronome

A standing appointment

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)