CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC NC

Power ranking

#888

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1544

peak 1544

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-04-26

latest 2026-05-15

Best ToY finish

#182

Master 2021

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

17 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 41 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

693.0860

Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

682.19 ▲

last 5 vs career avg 674.79 (+7.40)

Walk rate

71%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Pork Ribs · Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival

Consistency

±10.40

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 170.23 · weakest Pork (167.04)

Road miles

3944

mi across 41 mapped stops · furthest 156 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

HOGGY BOTTOM BOYS has finished one call ahead of CREEKSIDE SMOKERS NC 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SMOKIN SKULLIES has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

MUTTLEY CREW BBQ has come out ahead in 28 of their 33 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of HOLT BROTHERS BBQ in 16 of their 18 shared contests.

📅 A May team

Something about May: average finish in the top 36% across 8 contests, versus top 54% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, NC first)

Blue Ribbon BBQ NC #1002 · 1536 · NC NORTH MEETS SOUTH BBQ NC #788 · 1554 · NC CHECKERED PIG #763 · 1557 · NC Kooky Kampers Barbecue #1134 · 1526 · NC GRATE SMOKE #1143 · 1526 · NC HICKORY BARBEQUE COMPANY #577 · 1580 · NC

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	41	17	2	5	179.4400	159.3600	170.23	top 48%
Pork Ribs	41	16	2	5	180.0000 🔥	153.6228	169.04	top 46%
Pork	41	10	1	3	177.7028	156.4912	167.04	top 59%
Brisket	41	11	1	4	178.2972	145.6000	168.48	top 51%

“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	Avg finish
NC	22	top 54%
SC	9	top 53%
VA	6	top 58%
TN	2	top 29%
WV	1	top 53%
GA	1	top 65%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 64%
Medium (20–39)	30	top 55%
Large (40+)	7	top 41%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2021 (10 contests)
Cooks mostly in NC (22 of 41 contests)
Most-entered category: Chicken (41 entries)
All-time average overall score: 674.79
1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2026	1	1	693.0512	693.05
2025	5	1	686.2288	678.40
2024	4	0	685.5884	679.87
2023	5	0	693.0860	674.14
2022	5	1	686.2284	678.04
2021	10	1	682.1828	677.07
2020	5	1	673.0056	662.91
2019	6	1	677.6228	669.30

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-05-15	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN	5 / 33 (693.0512)	10 (173.1200)	1 (180.0000)	22 (165.6684)	5 (174.2628)
2025-09-19	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	25 / 36 (670.7204)	10 (171.9888)	26 (163.9544)	30 (162.8000)	14 (171.9772)
2025-09-05	Uniquely Union Festival Union, SC	5 / 25 (686.2288)	10 (171.9772)	1 (176.5944)	11 (169.6800)	16 (167.9772)
2025-07-18	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	19 / 34 (678.7428)	10 (173.1200)	17 (169.6800)	2 (175.4516)	30 (160.4912)
2025-05-16	Bloomin' BBQ Music & Food Festival Sevierville, TN	14 / 33 (682.2176)	8 (173.1316)	7 (171.9888)	17 (168.5600)	19 (168.5372)
2025-02-28	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)
2024-09-20	Pigmaster BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	18 / 33 (681.0056)	21 (169.6684)	25 (163.9428)	9 (174.2628)	13 (173.1316)
2024-08-30	Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival King, NC	18 / 28 (677.0288)	20 (167.9772)	9 (170.8344)	16 (168.5372)	13 (169.6800)
2024-07-19	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	22 / 31 (675.8744)	26 (163.3944)	28 (160.5028)	6 (175.4172)	5 (176.5600)
2024-05-03	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC	16 / 45 (685.5884)	27 (168.5256)	23 (169.6800)	10 (175.4172)	21 (171.9656)
2023-10-13	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)
2023-09-22	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	24 / 33 (666.7084)	31 (163.9428)	2 (177.7144)	22 (163.9772)	31 (161.0740)
2023-07-14	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	26 / 36 (672.9944)	17 (170.8228)	36 (155.9200)	20 (169.6916)	3 (176.5600)
2023-05-05	Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 Kannapolis, NC	12 / 35 (693.0860)	25 (167.3944)	15 (171.9772)	9 (175.4172)	3 (178.2972)
2023-02-24	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)
2022-07-15	Chillin & Grillin in the Glades Wise, VA	14 / 31 (686.2284)	1 (178.8572)	6 (174.2628)	27 (163.4284)	18 (169.6800)
2022-07-07	South Carolina Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	40 / 92 (677.5540)	27 (170.8228)	18 (175.4056)	68 (162.7884)	39 (168.5372)
2022-06-10	WV Coalfields Cookoff Welch, WV	8 / 15 (667.8284)	6 (171.9772)	11 (162.8000)	8 (167.3828)	8 (165.6684)
2022-05-13	Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC	22 / 46 (674.1372)	24 (169.6800)	20 (168.5372)	32 (162.8000)	10 (173.1200)
2022-03-18	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)
2021-10-30	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 2 Shelby, NC	22 / 27 (677.0404)	19 (170.8344)	11 (174.2744)	23 (165.0972)	21 (166.8344)
2021-10-29	Shelby's BBQ Extravaganza Day 1 Shelby, NC	14 / 33 (678.7084)	4 (175.4172)	9 (170.8228)	24 (163.9428)	15 (168.5256)
2021-10-01	Squealin on the Square Laurens, SC	7 / 17 (682.1828)	2 (175.4172)	8 (170.8572)	15 (160.5028)	4 (175.4056)
2021-09-24	Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge Rutherford College, NC	10 / 27 (674.1256)	16 (167.3828)	4 (174.2744)	19 (166.2400)	14 (166.2284)
2021-09-04	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)
2021-07-16	Chillin & Grillin In the Glades Wise, VA	8 / 25 (681.0400)	3 (174.2744)	2 (176.5600)	21 (161.0856)	12 (169.1200)
2021-07-09	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	44 / 81 (662.6628)	53 (163.9428)	39 (167.3828)	51 (163.9428)	36 (167.3944)
2021-06-11	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	16 / 28 (677.6116)	1 (179.4400)	8 (170.8344)	26 (162.2400)	24 (165.0972)
2021-05-07	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Franklin Franklin, NC	13 / 17 (676.4112)	9 (170.8228)	5 (170.8228)	7 (170.8228)	16 (163.9428)
2021-04-16	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pine Ridge Roebuck, SC	16 / 27 (678.7196)	22 (168.5256)	17 (170.2628)	16 (167.9656)	14 (171.9656)
2020-10-23	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Galax Galax, VA	18 / 25 (668.4116)	13 (169.6800)	17 (166.2516)	16 (166.2400)	18 (166.2400)
2020-09-25	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Murphy Murphy, NC	21 / 22 (667.8396)	18 (168.5372)	19 (164.5256)	14 (170.8112)	21 (163.9656)
2020-08-28	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Roebuck Roebuck, SC	20 / 34 (671.2916)	33 (159.3600)	13 (170.2744)	15 (168.5372)	12 (173.1200)
2020-08-14	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Aiken Aiken, SC	33 / 34 (634.0224)	31 (159.9656)	33 (153.6228)	34 (156.4912)	25 (163.9428)
2020-06-26	Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Pineridge Roebuck, SC	12 / 25 (673.0056)	19 (164.5256)	7 (170.2744)	1 (177.7028)	22 (160.5028)
2019-10-18	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)
2019-10-17	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)
2019-09-27	Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge Newton, NC	19 / 37 (664.9824)	17 (169.6800)	12 (169.1312)	25 (161.6340)	23 (164.5372)
2019-05-17	Stills and Grills Fest North Wilkesboro, NC	5 / 21 (675.9200)	6 (170.8572)	13 (160.5028)	2 (170.2972)	2 (174.2628)
2019-05-03	Jiggy With The Piggy Kannapolis, NC	8 / 60 (677.6228)	20 (168.5256)	30 (165.1084)	17 (169.1316)	4 (174.8572)
2019-04-26	BBQ Capital Cook Off Lexington, NC	12 / 43 (671.3144)	6 (174.2744)	3 (175.4172)	21 (164.5256)	30 (157.0972)

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#490 (183 pts)	#661 (133 pts)	#452 (283 pts)	#788 (73 pts)	#527 (183 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 (1016 pts)	#82 (1516 pts)	#113 (1381 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	#404 (803 pts)	#447 (763 pts)	#418 (823 pts)	#468 (743 pts)	#346 (948 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#491 (732 pts)	#518 (707 pts)	#483 (772 pts)	#592 (627 pts)	#389 (907 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#357 (1044 pts)	#240 (1279 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)