The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Whatcha Smokin' has finished one call ahead of Culinary Creations 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Culinary Creations
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2025-06-20
latest 2026-06-19
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 96%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 154.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.37)
Road miles
1
mi across 2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$5K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard avg
305.89 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (2 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.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Bulldog BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
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.
Culinary Creations has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 148 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4348 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1505 at their best, 30 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4350 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1475
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#4324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
No shared contest yet.
Level with Culinary Creations on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4308 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2014, 11 years before Culinary Creations's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4314 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Culinary Creations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4309 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 5 years before Culinary Creations's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1084 | 147.9312 | 154.52 | top 89% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.6916 | 149.0400 | 151.37 | top 94% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 94% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 98% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 | 34 | 0 | top 96% | 2026-06-19 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2025-06-20 → 2026-06-19
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
IL
2 of 2 contests
Contests visited
1
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 154.52 · weakest Pork Ribs (151.37)
Walk rate
0%
a top-10 call in 0 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 2 contests
Backyard average
305.89
out of 360 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
52
3–72 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1
2 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$5,100
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score310.1484 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Chicken)161.1084 Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2026
- Most recent contest Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 40 / 41 (301.6228) | 41 (147.9312) | 37 (153.6916) | — | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Morris, IL | 34 / 36 (310.1484) | 28 (161.1084) | 35 (149.0400) | — | — |