ROASTING ROMANS

ROASTING ROMANS is a competition barbecue team with 36 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 25 at the Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 (2022). They are ranked #3662 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,662

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1490

peak 1536 · rated over 35 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 19, 2015

latest Sep 12, 2026 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#382

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

28% of 36 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 59%

overall standings

Best overall

681.0628 / 720

Master · Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition

Perfect 180s

Current form

660.49 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 645.82 (+14.68)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.2972

Pork Ribs · Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2

Consistency

±16.49

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.09 · weakest Brisket (156.11)

Road miles

1,894

across 36 mapped stops · furthest 122 mi

Schedule strength

43%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1556)

Master avg

645.82 / 720

35 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

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 28 of 36 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 36 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

681.0628 career-best overall

94.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 681.0628 at Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition — 94.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 23, 2026

The one to beat

5× one call ahead of them

Osdorp Grillers (NL) has finished one call ahead of ROASTING ROMANS 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 4 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 46%.

4 contests
1 overall top-10
0 category wins
average top 46%

A tough matchup

24–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 24 of their 24 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.98 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 14% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 156.11
Chicken avg 164.09
5 calls in 35 entries

A strong matchup

27–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 87% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 27 of their 31 shared contests.

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The comeback

1.9 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 (Aug 14, 2021).

last seen Sep 21, 2019
back Aug 14, 2021

Chicken nemesis

19 of 30 shared chicken entries lost

SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE has out-cooked them in 19 of 30 shared chicken entries.

Built for the big stage

Top 50% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 50% finish in large fields against top 75% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 50% (8)
Small (<20 teams): top 75% (11)

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

Just wing it BBQ team has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A March team

Top 47% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 47% across 6 contests, versus top 59% the rest of the year.

6 March contests
top 59% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.29% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.29% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.7% of a perfect score
36 contests

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	#607 (235 pts)	#643 (245 pts)	#505 (410 pts)	#676 (210 pts)	#652 (220 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#511 (358 pts)	#648 (278 pts)	#488 (468 pts)	#382 (588 pts)	#587 (288 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#477 (399 pts)	#576 (334 pts)	#520 (454 pts)	#471 (439 pts)	#517 (394 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#382 (525 pts)	#394 (570 pts)	#300 (833 pts)	#328 (650 pts)	#397 (520 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#430 (509 pts)	#418 (559 pts)	#404 (629 pts)	#435 (524 pts)	#554 (374 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#870 (136 pts)	#715 (226 pts)	#965 (136 pts)	#1108 (101 pts)	#1050 (111 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#714 (439 pts)	#677 (504 pts)	#516 (674 pts)	#701 (474 pts)	#869 (354 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#834 (384 pts)	#951 (334 pts)	#827 (424 pts)	#639 (584 pts)	#937 (339 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1036 (316 pts)	#767 (516 pts)	#1257 (251 pts)	#972 (381 pts)	#1135 (286 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ROASTING ROMANS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

MUELLHEIM AFTERWORK BBQ TEAM

#3,669 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1501

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ROASTING ROMANS)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team ROASTING ROMANS has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jul 21, 2018

⚔ Head-to-head

BALD BEAUTIES BBQ

#3,659 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 35
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1490

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 34 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 34 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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STEELE FAMILY BBQ

#3,656 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1522

Careers of much the same size, 30 contests to 36, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 30 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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BALDY'S BUTTS

#3,658 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1524

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before ROASTING ROMANS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 29 contests

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SMOKING JOE'S BARBERQ

#3,672 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1525

28 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 25, 2026

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COOKSHACK

#3,670 of the rated field

1490 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1531

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

rated over 26 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	31	27	4	87%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	30	10	20	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	24	2	22	8%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	24	0	24	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	22	7	15	32%	⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you	20	4	16	20%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	18	12	6	67%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	18	7	11	39%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	18	2	16	11%	⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q	17	5	12	29%	⚔ compare
The Antwerp Smokers	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY THE BOAR	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	16	10	6	63%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	35	10	0	2	173.1428	150.8344	164.09	top 59%
Pork Ribs	36	17	0	4	178.2972	131.4172	162.07	top 50%
Pork	35	15	1	2	177.1772	146.8000	163.71	top 50%
Brisket	35	5	0	0	169.1200	135.8972	156.11	top 67%

“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)	11	top 75%
Medium (20–39)	16	top 52%
Large (40+)	8	top 50%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2	4	9	top 72%	Apr 8, 2023
Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2)	2	15	top 81%	Jun 28, 2025
Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023	2	5	top 46%	Sep 16, 2023
Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	2	11	top 56%	Apr 29, 2023
Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland	2	9	top 64%	Sep 21, 2019
Eastern BBQ Contest	2	20	top 71%	Mar 31, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2023 5 contests

Contests a season 3.3 across 11 seasons in the data

Most contests held in BE 2 of 36 contests

Contests visited 27 6 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 36 entries · 0 wins · 17 calls

Opponents faced 231 finished ahead 458 times, behind 512

Longest layoff 1.9 yrs Sep 21, 2019 → Aug 14, 2021

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

20262 milestones

May 23 Career-best overall score681.0628 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
Sep 12 Most recent contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)

20251 milestone

May 24 First category win (Pork) Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition

20231 milestone

Apr 29 25th tracked contest Meetjesland International BBQ Contest

20221 milestone

Mar 26 Peak power rating (1536) Spring Break BBQ Contest III

20191 milestone

Apr 20 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.2972 Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2

20181 milestone

May 12 10th tracked contest Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)

20161 milestone

May 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.7028 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

20153 milestones

Sep 19 First tracked contest Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 19 First call Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 19 First overall top-10 Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.6	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020	Sep 17, 2022
+9.8	Spring Break BBQ Contest III	Mar 26, 2022
+9.3	Springbreak BBQ Contest	Mar 24, 2018
+7.9	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	May 8, 2016
+7.8	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2	Aug 14, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2	Mar 18, 2023
-12.8	Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2	Apr 8, 2023
-12.6	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2	Apr 16, 2022
-9	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024	Apr 20, 2024
-8.8	Holiday in Hell	Dec 3, 2022

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	2	1	0	100%	top 63%	94.6%	92.9%
2025	3	2	1	100%	top 61%	93.3%	91%
2024	4	1	0	75%	top 69%	91.9%	90%
2023	5	1	0	100%	top 82%	89.9%	87%
2022	5	2	0	80%	top 57%	91.6%	90.2%
2021	1	1	0	100%	top 35%	91.4%	91.4%
2019	5	0	0	60%	top 53%	92%	89.6%
2018	4	1	0	75%	top 46%	91%	90.3%
2017	4	0	0	50%	top 54%	91.3%	88.9%
2016	2	0	0	50%	top 44%	90.8%	89.9%
2015	1	1	0	100%	top 69%	85.5%	85.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 12, 2026	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen	14 / 17 (656.4688)	10 (170.8228)	3 (176.0116)	17 (153.6572)	15 (155.9772)
May 23, 2026	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom	8 / 18 (681.0628)	9 (170.2628)	4 (172.5600)	9 (169.1200)	9 (169.1200)
Jun 28, 2025	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard	15 / 18 (643.9092)	13 (166.8228)	17 (155.9888)	4 (172)	17 (149.0976)
May 24, 2025	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom	8 / 20 (671.9544)	19 (162.2628)	4 (174.2744)	1 (177.1772)	15 (158.2400)
Apr 26, 2025	Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland	9 / 15 (649.0632)	13 (162.8344)	4 (169.1200)	9 (160.5372)	11 (156.5716)
Jun 22, 2024	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	18 / 23 (646.6860)	21 (159.3600)	10 (166.8228)	16 (162.8116)	19 (157.6916)
Jun 1, 2024	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom	11 / 16 (661.6348)	15 (160.5144)	7 (169.6916)	6 (169.7028)	13 (161.7260)
Apr 20, 2024	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen	20 / 23 (631.3372)	17 (163.9656)	18 (157.0972)	19 (154.2628)	20 (156.0116)
Mar 23, 2024	Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland	9 / 22 (653.0628)	17 (163.9312)	14 (163.4288)	12 (163.9884)	8 (161.7144)
Sep 16, 2023	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas	10 / 14 (641.6116)	10 (160.0228)	7 (166.8228)	6 (163.9772)	10 (150.7888)
Sep 16, 2023	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sint Niklaas	—	—	2 (167.9772)	—	—
Apr 29, 2023	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	11 / 20 (647.3828)	7 (169.1084)	17 (156.5256)	17 (160.5600)	11 (161.1888)
Apr 8, 2023	Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 Meerbeke	13 / 13 (599.9204)	12 (156.5488)	13 (131.4172)	4 (171.4400)	13 (140.5144)
Mar 18, 2023	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom	13 / 13 (616.4456)	13 (150.8344)	10 (158.8112)	10 (161.7144)	13 (145.0856)
Dec 3, 2022	Holiday in Hell Helshoven	13 / 15 (650.8692)	12 (164.5944)	6 (169.7488)	11 (162.2744)	14 (154.2516)
Sep 17, 2022	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas	5 / 25 (659.3368)	3 (171.4056)	11 (161.6800)	3 (167.4056)	13 (158.8456)
May 14, 2022	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	11 / 19 (654.8572)	13 (165.1428)	2 (171.4744)	9 (166.2628)	17 (151.9772)
Apr 16, 2022	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 Meerbeke	23 / 24 (625.6228)	14 (165.6912)	18 (159.9772)	24 (146.8000)	22 (153.1544)
Mar 26, 2022	Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel	7 / 31 (657.7372)	11 (169.1084)	5 (166.2972)	13 (162.3428)	13 (159.9888)
Aug 14, 2021	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 Meerbeke	9 / 26 (657.7600)	3 (171.4628)	9 (162.8572)	15 (162.8456)	13 (160.5944)
Sep 21, 2019	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	21 / 36 (638.9376)	11 (166.8228)	16 (162.3544)	16 (164.0572)	31 (145.7032)
Jun 8, 2019	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	20 / 55 (662.1828)	5 (173.1428)	24 (163.4172)	27 (165.0856)	31 (160.5372)
May 11, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt	39 / 49 (619.7940)	40 (154.7768)	18 (161.7028)	16 (167.4172)	46 (135.8972)
Apr 20, 2019	Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove	17 / 29 (652.5028)	25 (153.1428)	2 (178.2972)	16 (163.4056)	21 (157.6572)
Mar 30, 2019	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel	13 / 40 (652)	22 (160.5944)	8 (165.7372)	16 (165.7028)	17 (159.9656)
Sep 15, 2018	Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	15 / 31 (655.4860)	26 (158.8800)	12 (163.4516)	5 (169.7144)	12 (163.4400)
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt	25 / 51 (648.4000)	24 (166.2284)	37 (155.4060)	8 (172.5484)	34 (154.2172)
Mar 31, 2018	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove	20 / 33 (643.9316)	17 (163.9656)	31 (151.4060)	14 (166.2856)	17 (162.2744)
Mar 24, 2018	Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium	10 / 39 (651.9656)	14 (164.5256)	5 (165.7372)	10 (166.2856)	25 (155.4172)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	35 / 66 (635.9312)	5 (173.1084)	55 (152.0116)	51 (152.5140)	32 (158.2972)
Sep 16, 2017	Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas	13 / 31 (657.0628)	8 (170.8684)	22 (154.2056)	5 (172.5828)	15 (159.4060)
May 13, 2017	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt	21 / 50 (645.7028)	13 (167.4400)	32 (156.5716)	21 (164.5484)	27 (157.1428)
Apr 15, 2017	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium	33 / 41 (622.7088)	35 (157.6456)	27 (155.4288)	34 (155.9428)	26 (153.6916)
Sep 17, 2016	Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland Nikiaas, Belgium	17 / 29 (641.1088)	19 (161.6912)	20 (157.7032)	11 (162.8572)	14 (158.8572)
May 8, 2016	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium	12 / 40 (653.7028)	22 (164.5140)	16 (162.2744)	27 (158.2972)	9 (168.6172)
Sep 19, 2015	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint-Niklaas	9 / 13 (615.4056)	7 (161.1656)	10 (150.2628)	9 (153.7144)	9 (150.2628)

ROASTING ROMANS

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

Master avg

Storylines (13 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The metronome

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

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)