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RIVERLAND SMOKERS

RIVERLAND SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 51 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 8 at the Vuur en Vlees (2026). They are ranked #5013 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,013
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1462
peak 1534 · rated over 51 contests

Contests

51
in the data

First seen

Apr 23, 2016
latest Sep 12, 2026 · 10.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#297
Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

2
15 podiums

Overall top-10s

11
22% of 51 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 60%
overall standings

Best overall

681.0516 / 720
Master · Vuur en Vlees

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

657.47 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 647.71 (+9.76)

Walk rate

80%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Consistency

±13.60
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 164.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.60)

Road miles

2,585
across 51 mapped stops · furthest 119 mi

Schedule strength

47%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1561)

Master avg

647.71 / 720
51 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 41 of 51 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 51 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.0516 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0516 at Vuur en Vlees — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 29, 2026

The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

PUREBBQ has finished one call ahead of RIVERLAND SMOKERS 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 34%.

  • 5 contests
  • 1 overall top-10
  • 1 category win
  • average top 34%

A tough matchup

35–1 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 97% of their meetings

BBQ+ has come out ahead in 35 of their 36 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.14 points below their pork, and turns into a call 29% of the time against 45%.

  • Pork Ribs avg 159.60
  • Pork avg 164.74
  • 15 calls in 51 entries

A strong matchup

21–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 95% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 21 of their 22 shared contests.

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Pork nemesis

26 of 36 shared pork entries lost

BBQ+ ahead 72% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BBQ+ has out-cooked them in 26 of 36 shared pork entries.

Going the wrong way

-27 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 27 points across 9 contests since Sep 12, 2025 — from 1490 down to 1462.

  • 9 contests since Sep 12, 2025
  • now 1462

Built for the big stage

Top 49% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 49% finish in large fields against top 75% in small ones.

  • Large (40+): top 49% (13)
  • Small (<20 teams): top 75% (17)

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Osdorp Grillers (NL) has landed one call behind them 3 times.

An October team

Top 41% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 41% across 3 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

  • 3 October contests
  • top 60% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.89% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.89% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 90.0% of a perfect score
  • 51 contests

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #297 (641 pts) #269 (781 pts) #410 (561 pts) #249 (791 pts) #243 (786 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #380 (555 pts) #508 (430 pts) #490 (465 pts) #338 (665 pts) #276 (845 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #474 (405 pts) #528 (380 pts) #602 (350 pts) #344 (650 pts) #393 (560 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #357 (572 pts) #372 (612 pts) #378 (652 pts) #299 (717 pts) #360 (592 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #547 (366 pts) #634 (311 pts) #608 (366 pts) #406 (576 pts) #546 (386 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #547 (310 pts) #720 (225 pts) #539 (365 pts) #530 (340 pts) #473 (405 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #625 (131 pts) #591 (171 pts) #570 (181 pts) #805 (96 pts) #741 (116 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #595 (547 pts) #601 (572 pts) #569 (607 pts) #417 (812 pts) #551 (612 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #741 (452 pts) #662 (557 pts) #462 (797 pts) #737 (487 pts) #837 (402 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #724 (520 pts) #914 (425 pts) #801 (500 pts) #547 (720 pts) #763 (510 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to RIVERLAND SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

131 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

UP IN SMOKERS
#5,021 of the rated field
1462 power rating
Contests
45
GCs
0
Top-10s
11%
Peak
1462

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 45 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 45 contests
  • last seen Sep 25, 2026
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BIG GUYS Q
#5,020 of the rated field
1462 power rating
Contests
19
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1462

Fewer contests behind them than RIVERLAND SMOKERS has cooked, 19 to 51, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 19 contests
  • last seen May 15, 2026
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ALWAYS SMOK'D
#4,995 of the rated field
1463 power rating
Contests
18
GCs
0
Top-10s
6%
Peak
1507

Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before RIVERLAND SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 18 contests
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WAUNAQUE
#5,027 of the rated field
1462 power rating
Contests
16
GCs
0
Top-10s
6%
Peak
1504

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Apr 29, 2022
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Blackjack bbq
#5,007 of the rated field
1463 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
1
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1463

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

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Sep 18, 2026
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J & J BBQ
#5,019 of the rated field
1462 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
17%
Peak
1462

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2016.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen May 31, 2024
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BBQ+ 36 1 35 3% ⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS 32 1 31 3% ⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ 31 3 28 10% ⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES 29 1 28 3% ⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL) 28 12 16 43% ⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you 27 6 21 22% ⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 27 5 22 19% ⚔ compare
The Antwerp Smokers 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE 23 17 6 74% ⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS 23 15 8 65% ⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius 23 9 14 39% ⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 23 6 17 26% ⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 23 0 23 0% ⚔ compare
ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 22 21 1 95% ⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 21 8 13 38% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 51 15 0 2 175.4056 150.2628 163.10 top 65%
Pork Ribs 51 15 0 1 172 142.8460 159.60 top 61%
Pork 51 23 1 6 179.4400 149.6344 164.74 top 50%
Brisket 51 17 1 6 173.1428 138.2512 160.27 top 53%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)170top 75%
Medium (20–39)210top 56%
Large (40+)130top 49%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) 5 11 0 top 76% Sep 7, 2024
Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) 4 10 0 top 73% Sep 12, 2026
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest 3 14 0 top 56% Sep 10, 2022
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees 2 8 0 top 47% Sep 23, 2023
Tony Stone BBQ Competition 2 23 0 top 67% Jun 3, 2022
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees 2 12 0 top 59% Jun 29, 2019
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition 2 26 0 top 53% Jun 3, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 7 contests
Contests a season 4.6 across 11 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NL 4 of 51 contests
Contests visited 38 7 of them more than once
Opponents faced 331 finished ahead 653 times, behind 779

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

20263 milestones
  1. Career-best overall score681.0516 Vuur en Vlees
  2. 50th tracked contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1)
  3. Most recent contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
20211 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees
20182 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Springbreak BBQ Contest
  2. Peak power rating (1534) Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
20172 milestones
  1. First category win (Pork) Eastern BBQ Contest
  2. Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Eastern BBQ Contest
20164 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
  2. First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  3. First overall top-10 Farm Meat
  4. First overall past 90% of a perfect score667.9776 Farm Meat

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+13Eastern BBQ ContestApr 15, 2017
+10.7Farm MeatSep 10, 2016
+7.9Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQSep 12, 2020
+7.8KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en VleesOct 23, 2021
+7.85th Annual BBQ Society Cook-OffOct 7, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-10.5Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the EditionMay 23, 2026
-9.7Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)Sep 7, 2024
-9.7Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1)Sep 11, 2026
-9.6Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ ContestSep 7, 2019
-9.1Spring Break BBQ ContestMar 30, 2019

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20267040 100% top 79% 94.6% 91%
20255010 100% top 66% 92.9% 89.9%
20245001 80% top 69% 92.4% 90.5%
20235020 80% top 68% 91.9% 89.4%
20224000 75% top 63% 90.1% 88.9%
20213010 100% top 58% 92.5% 89.5%
20201010 100% top 32% 91.9% 91.9%
20197000 43% top 61% 91.1% 88.9%
20185000 100% top 49% 90.5% 89.3%
20175011 80% top 34% 93.2% 91.3%
20164010 50% top 55% 92.8% 90.2%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 12, 2026 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen 11 / 17 (671.3372) 15 (163.9656) 14 (165.6916) 2 (178.8572) 11 (162.8228)
Sep 11, 2026 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen 10 / 10 (643.2568) 3 (169.1200) 9 (161.6916) 10 (160.4912) 10 (151.9540)
Aug 29, 2026 Vuur en Vlees Deurne 4 / 8 (681.0516) 2 (174.2744) 7 (160.5372) 3 (174.2744) 2 (171.9656)
May 23, 2026 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom 17 / 18 (654.1944) 15 (167.4056) 16 (158.8572) 18 (157.1088) 7 (170.8228)
May 22, 2026 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition Boom 12 / 13 (637.5312) 12 (155.9200) 13 (156.5484) 12 (156.5028) 3 (168.5600)
Apr 25, 2026 Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland 9 / 15 (658.7772) 8 (166.2972) 13 (158.2516) 11 (165.6684) 7 (168.5600)
Apr 24, 2026 Spitsbroek on Fire III Eede Holland 10 / 11 (639.8860) 10 (159.9660) 11 (149.1200) 9 (160.5372) 4 (170.2628)
Sep 13, 2025 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen 11 / 23 (657.0632) 22 (161.6800) 20 (155.4288) 5 (167.9888) 3 (171.9656)
Sep 12, 2025 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen 13 / 16 (652.4112) 11 (166.2516) 16 (155.4172) 14 (163.9312) 10 (166.8112)
May 24, 2025 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom 10 / 20 (669.1088) 18 (163.4172) 15 (162.2972) 5 (172.5716) 6 (170.8228)
May 23, 2025 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom 11 / 16 (637.6804) 16 (151.9660) 12 (153.7256) 11 (159.4288) 2 (172.5600)
Apr 26, 2025 Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland 12 / 15 (618.7544) 15 (154.2400) 12 (148.0116) 10 (159.9772) 12 (156.5256)
Sep 7, 2024 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen 22 / 24 (629.5428) 18 (166.2400) 23 (150.8344) 16 (160.5600) 21 (151.9084)
Sep 6, 2024 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 1) Dongen 12 / 16 (653.1084) 12 (169.6912) 16 (142.8460) 8 (167.4284) 1 (173.1428)
Jun 1, 2024 Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom 13 / 16 (658.1944) 11 (163.9772) 14 (157.0856) 5 (169.7372) 5 (167.3944)
Apr 20, 2024 De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen 11 / 23 (665.1204) 16 (165.0856) 9 (163.4860) 5 (171.4172) 12 (165.1316)
Mar 23, 2024 Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland 11 / 22 (650.7540) 15 (164.5484) 20 (153.6572) 2 (176.5828) 12 (155.9656)
Sep 23, 2023 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 8 / 13 (641.6916) 10 (157.7144) 4 (161.1428) 3 (173.1428) 11 (149.6916)
Sep 10, 2023 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen 16 / 23 (629.6228) 16 (158.8344) 12 (155.9656) 14 (164) 16 (150.8228)
Sep 9, 2023 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen 11 / 13 (639.9548) 6 (166.8228) 11 (160) 11 (161.0972) 12 (152.0348)
May 6, 2023 3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest Terneuzen 11 / 15 (645.0172) 5 (170.8228) 14 (155.9888) 4 (166.8344) 14 (151.3712)
Mar 25, 2023 Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel 9 / 18 (661.6684) 16 (161.0740) 7 (164.5828) 13 (163.3944) 4 (172.6172)
Sep 17, 2022 Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas 20 / 25 (630.7540) 22 (158.8344) 20 (158.2512) 4 (166.2628) 21 (147.4056)
Sep 10, 2022 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen 14 / 28 (648.3880) 22 (159.3712) 16 (159.3828) 13 (169.1084) 10 (160.5256)
Jun 3, 2022 Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 23 / 38 (638.6860) 29 (161.6572) 15 (161.1432) 16 (166.2400) 25 (149.6456)
May 21, 2022 De Vliegende Hollander BBQ-Contest II Terneuzen 11 / 18 (643.9196) 10 (166.2744) 17 (147.9656) 6 (168.5828) 9 (161.0968)
Oct 23, 2021 KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne 10 / 30 (666.2400) 17 (165.0972) 13 (165.1428) 17 (163.4400) 3 (172.5600)
Sep 25, 2021 De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen 17 / 21 (628.5368) 21 (150.2628) 16 (155.4172) 6 (168.5828) 17 (154.2740)
Sep 11, 2021 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen 17 / 29 (638.1368) 23 (154.7884) 7 (169.1544) 19 (154.8228) 18 (159.3712)
Sep 12, 2020 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen 10 / 31 (661.7256) 6 (169.7256) 5 (170.8916) 17 (160.5828) 13 (160.5256)
Sep 21, 2019 Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas 13 / 36 (654.2168) 7 (172.5828) 34 (146.2628) 6 (170.8456) 11 (164.5256)
Sep 7, 2019 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 29 / 38 (628.3884) 28 (159.3484) 18 (160.0228) 28 (154.7772) 29 (154.2400)
Jun 29, 2019 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 12 / 22 (655.9888) 13 (164.5488) 10 (162.3316) 3 (173.1428) 15 (155.9656)
Jun 8, 2019 Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 40 / 55 (635.3028) 30 (163.3712) 14 (166.8572) 44 (154.8344) 42 (150.2400)
May 11, 2019 Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt 24 / 49 (635.3600) 38 (155.4172) 38 (150.8456) 6 (173.7028) 31 (155.3944)
Apr 13, 2019 Meat the East Hengelo 23 / 41 (644.4112) 33 (160.5256) 18 (162.2972) 34 (155.3484) 13 (166.2400)
Mar 30, 2019 Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel 32 / 40 (627.3368) 37 (151.9884) 31 (153.7028) 26 (163.4056) 20 (158.2400)
Sep 8, 2018 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 17 / 40 (651.4516) 20 (164.5828) 4 (171.5088) 32 (154.8344) 14 (160.5256)
Sep 1, 2018 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland 18 / 44 (649.6000) 36 (159.3828) 7 (169.1316) 13 (165.1200) 24 (155.9656)
Jun 23, 2018 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 14 / 22 (635.2572) 8 (164.5372) 8 (163.9772) 9 (166.2744) 22 (140.4684)
May 12, 2018 Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt 26 / 51 (646.8000) 39 (157.6916) 9 (167.4628) 36 (157.0856) 17 (164.5600)
Mar 24, 2018 Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium 18 / 39 (631.3600) 4 (170.2744) 10 (161.1544) 14 (161.6800) 37 (138.2512)
Oct 7, 2017 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp 13 / 47 (665.0744) 31 (165.1200) 21 (163.4172) 7 (170.2628) 10 (166.2744)
Sep 22, 2017 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany 24 / 66 (649.6916) 42 (160.5372) 43 (157.7600) 24 (164.5600) 12 (166.8344)
Sep 9, 2017 Farm Meat Dongen 17 / 38 (645.6344) 28 (159.9428) 14 (163.4744) 9 (165.1316) 24 (157.0856)
Jun 3, 2017 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 26 / 56 (655.3712) 48 (158.8112) 5 (171.4400) 34 (162.8344) 26 (162.2856)
Apr 15, 2017 Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium 6 / 41 (671.3940) 5 (175.4056) 28 (153.7028) 1 (179.4400) 12 (162.8456)
Oct 8, 2016 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL 28 / 46 (648.4916) 25 (166.2628) 26 (162.8116) 17 (166.2628) 37 (153.1544)
Sep 10, 2016 Farm Meat Dongen, NL 7 / 27 (667.9776) 4 (170.8460) 3 (172) 18 (159.4288) 11 (165.7028)
May 14, 2016 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL 39 / 65 (645.0172) 6 (174.2628) 44 (158.8572) 62 (149.6344) 26 (162.2628)
Apr 23, 2016 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL 25 / 34 (637.0288) 25 (157.1316) 17 (162.2744) 14 (164) 25 (153.6228)

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