LETZQ

LETZQ is a competition barbecue team with 35 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2018. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 56 at the Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2017), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion 3 times. They are ranked #1190 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,190

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1588

peak 1592 · rated over 32 contests3 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 10, 2014

latest Jun 30, 2018 · 4.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#322

Master 2015 · every season

Grand champs

3 reserve

Category wins

20 podiums

Overall top-10s

49% of 35 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 41%

overall standings

Best overall

680.5372 / 720

Master · Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

657.44 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.96 (+3.48)

Walk rate

91%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Smoke in the North

Consistency

±15.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.13 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.76)

Road miles

12,156

across 35 mapped stops · furthest 690 mi

Schedule strength

14%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1520)

Master avg

653.96 / 720

35 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

2.1712 points from the title

Came within 2.1712 points of the Grand Championship at Baseball & BBQ Cookoff (Apr 11, 2015).

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 brisket.

Brisket ×1

They almost always walk

91% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 32 of 35 contests

A top-10 category call in 91% of their 35 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

680.5372 career-best overall

94.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 680.5372 at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition — 94.5% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 3, 2017

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

STICKY D'S BBQ has finished one call ahead of LETZQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2014 their best year

2014 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 3 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

6 contests
4 overall top-10s
3 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

27–0 behind in the head-to-head

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead in 100% of their meetings

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has come out ahead in 27 of their 27 shared contests.

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The weak link

−5.4 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.37 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 34% of the time against 60%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.76
Chicken avg 166.13
12 calls in 35 entries

A strong matchup

13–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of TEAM ANONIEM in 13 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

19 of 27 shared chicken entries lost

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has out-cooked them in 19 of 27 shared chicken entries.

Always the bridesmaid

3 reserve championships

Runner-up for the whole thing 3 times against 0 Grand Championships — close enough to touch it, over and over.

0 Grand Championships
35 contests

Built for the big stage

Top 32% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 32% finish in large fields against top 53% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 32% (9)
Small (<20 teams): top 53% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BBQguru.nl has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

12,156 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,156 miles across 35 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 690 miles to Tallya BBQ Fesztival.

35 mapped stops
furthest 690 mi

The metronome

±2.12% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.12% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.8% of a perfect score
35 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
2017 ↗	Master	#553 (710 pts)	#778 (510 pts)	#819 (485 pts)	#719 (570 pts)	#399 (960 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#403 (973 pts)	#239 (1,298 pts)	#522 (798 pts)	#271 (1,238 pts)	#338 (1,103 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#322 (1,139 pts)	#353 (1,034 pts)	#408 (909 pts)	#321 (1,054 pts)	#406 (924 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#487 (794 pts)	#557 (704 pts)	#452 (874 pts)	#760 (489 pts)	#446 (859 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

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

BUGHOUSE SMOKERS

#1,183 of the rated field

1588 power rating

Contests: 46
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 43%
Peak: 1645

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to LETZQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team LETZQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 45 contests
last seen Jun 28, 2025

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RECYCLED SMOKE

#1,188 of the rated field

1588 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1636

They've been 1636 at their best, 49 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 36 contests
last seen Apr 7, 2023

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SHOT IN THE DARK COMPETITION BBQ TEAM

#1,193 of the rated field

1587 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1587

Careers of much the same size, 29 contests to 35, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 29, 2022

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KEEP CALM AND BLAZE ON

#1,196 of the rated field

1587 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 48%
Peak: 1587

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 48% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2017

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DANCES WITH SMOKE BARBEQUE

#1,189 of the rated field

1588 power rating

Contests: 24
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1600

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen May 28, 2022

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HOT AND FAST BBQ

#1,195 of the rated field

1587 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1590

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Apr 6, 2020

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	27	0	27	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	24	9	15	38%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	23	14	9	61%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	20	7	13	35%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	18	9	9	50%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	18	3	15	17%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	17	8	9	47%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	16	5	11	31%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
IRON BBQ	14	7	7	50%	⚔ compare
TEAM ANONIEM	13	13	0	100%	⚔ compare
LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	35	21	1	7	177.1428	153.6684	166.13	top 38%
Pork Ribs	35	12	1	3	170.2744	144.5600	160.76	top 52%
Pork	35	14	2	5	178.8800	146.8572	162.05	top 52%
Brisket	35	21	2	5	180 🔥	149.7028	165.01	top 35%

“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)	5	top 53%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 41%
Large (40+)	9	top 32%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
EU	4	top 33%
IT	3	top 65%
DE	2	top 50%
NL	2	top 49%
NO	1	top 32%
SE	1	top 29%
DK	1	top 50%
BE	1	top 40%
NE	1	top 16%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	3	2	top 20%	Jun 3, 2017
PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP	2	10	top 72%	Jun 30, 2018
Brew N Q (OPEN)	2	19	top 67%	May 27, 2017
EUregio BBQ Festival	2	4	top 44%	Aug 15, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2016 11 contests

Contests a season 7 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in EU 4 of 35 contests · 9 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 30 4 of them more than once

Opponents faced 418 finished ahead 706 times, behind 406

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

20181 milestone

Jun 30 Most recent contest PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP

20171 milestone

Jun 3 Career-best overall score680.5372 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20161 milestone

Aug 13 25th tracked contest Oslofjord BBQ Challenge

20154 milestones

Jan 16 First overall podium 1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol
Apr 11 First Reserve Championship Baseball & BBQ Cookoff
May 9 10th tracked contest Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
Aug 1 Peak power rating (1592) Smoke in the North

20146 milestones

May 10 First tracked contest Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
May 10 First call Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
May 10 First overall top-10 Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
Jun 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1828 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Aug 2 First category win (Brisket) Smoke in the North
Aug 2 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Smoke in the North

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.4	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2017
+12.8	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff	Apr 11, 2015
+11.7	1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol	Jan 16, 2015
+11.6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Jun 7, 2014
+11.5	Smoke in the North	Aug 1, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-16.7	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016	Jan 15, 2016
-8.7	Regahfest	Aug 29, 2015
-8.5	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II	Apr 23, 2016
-8.2	EUregio BBQ Festival	Aug 15, 2015
-3.9	BBQ Society Cook-Off	Oct 18, 2014

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)
2018	1	0	0	100%	top 89%	90.3%	90.3%
2017	7	2	0	86%	top 42%	94.5%	91.8%
2016	11	5	0	91%	top 49%	93.8%	90.5%
2015	10	6	3	100%	top 32%	93.3%	90.8%
2014	6	4	3	83%	top 31%	93.2%	90.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 30, 2018	PRIME UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine	16 / 18 (650.2056)	13 (165.0856)	10 (167.4516)	18 (157.6684)	16 (160)
Oct 14, 2017	Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya	13 / 40 (656.5256)	31 (155.3828)	31 (158.8456)	3 (174.2628)	7 (168.0344)
Aug 19, 2017	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	11 / 31 (665.6344)	20 (165.0972)	28 (153.1200)	9 (170.8572)	2 (176.5600)
Jul 22, 2017	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	18 / 40 (666.8228)	9 (171.9656)	16 (164.5944)	33 (158.2628)	10 (172)
Jul 1, 2017	BBQ An Der Burg Geestland	10 / 25 (648)	8 (165.7144)	11 (162.2856)	20 (153.7256)	4 (166.2744)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	2 / 56 (680.5372)	10 (173.1544)	7 (170.2744)	29 (163.9656)	4 (173.1428)
May 27, 2017	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent	21 / 34 (654.2288)	19 (166.8228)	20 (164.5716)	31 (155.4172)	11 (167.4172)
May 26, 2017	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	19 / 26 (652.5600)	14 (167.4056)	14 (161.1544)	24 (158.2972)	9 (165.7028)
Sep 24, 2016	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	32 / 67 (642.8688)	3 (173.1428)	58 (149.1316)	21 (164.5828)	49 (156.0116)
Sep 10, 2016	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy	12 / 26 (668.5024)	6 (171.9656)	22 (159.3940)	3 (172.0228)	14 (165.1200)
Aug 13, 2016	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge OSLO, Norway, NO	9 / 28 (654.3084)	4 (167.4056)	21 (153.7372)	19 (157.1656)	2 (176)
Aug 6, 2016	Smoke in the North Gothenburg, Sweden	9 / 31 (656.6288)	15 (162.2744)	11 (163.4516)	6 (166.3200)	13 (164.5828)
Jul 23, 2016	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE	15 / 29 (675.4512)	3 (177.1428)	23 (164.5944)	17 (166.8684)	13 (166.8456)
Jul 2, 2016	Prime UVE INVITATIONAL BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP unrated Gaiarine, Italy	10 / 18 (674.3312)	2 (176.5828)	15 (165.1312)	17 (160.0344)	2 (172.5828)
Jun 4, 2016	BBQ by the Sea Kerteminde, Denmark	6 / 12 (637.7484)	5 (166.2400)	10 (149.7600)	4 (161.7256)	5 (160.0228)
May 8, 2016	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium	16 / 40 (649.6228)	7 (170.8112)	22 (158.8344)	29 (156)	13 (163.9772)
Apr 23, 2016	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL	24 / 34 (637.6572)	26 (157.1084)	32 (146.8344)	5 (170.2972)	13 (163.4172)
Mar 19, 2016	Meat the East Enschede, NL	9 / 33 (660.4916)	29 (158.2400)	5 (169.6800)	9 (166.8800)	13 (165.6916)
Jan 15, 2016	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, Italy	28 / 30 (612.5372)	20 (161.6800)	30 (144.5600)	22 (155.4172)	27 (150.8800)
Sep 25, 2015	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW	21 / 67 (647.9772)	1 (174.2972)	43 (155.3828)	39 (158.2628)	28 (160.0344)
Sep 12, 2015	Bohemian Bluegrass & BBQ Naplavka, Prague	6 / 13 (638.7424)	11 (153.6684)	3 (166.2628)	2 (169.1084)	10 (149.7028)
Aug 29, 2015	Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland	21 / 30 (640.4456)	4 (167.9656)	7 (165.0972)	20 (156.5484)	28 (150.8344)
Aug 15, 2015	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein	15 / 22 (627.9428)	6 (165.7028)	19 (151.4400)	18 (153.1084)	9 (157.6916)
Aug 1, 2015	Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg	2 / 26 (670.2056)	5 (167.9656)	11 (166.2628)	5 (169.7028)	7 (166.2744)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	28 / 68 (645.6688)	37 (161.6800)	5 (168.5716)	65 (146.8572)	8 (168.5600)
May 9, 2015	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel	5 / 38 (661.1660)	10 (164.0116)	23 (156.0116)	1 (177.2000)	8 (163.9428)
May 2, 2015	Smoke by the River Brugg	4 / 20 (668.0456)	3 (171.4056)	2 (168.5944)	10 (160.0112)	4 (168.0344)
Apr 11, 2015	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff Hoofddorp Netherlands	2 / 33 (664.6516)	3 (168)	5 (164.6288)	8 (164.5828)	6 (167.4400)
Jan 16, 2015	1st W.E.S.T - Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers	3 / 24 (672)	6 (168.0228)	13 (156.5716)	1 (178.8800)	6 (168.5256)
Oct 18, 2014	BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU	13 / 22 (640.4800)	18 (157.0856)	14 (161.6800)	11 (163.4400)	11 (158.2744)
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	16 / 58 (646.2056)	21 (164)	39 (154.2400)	27 (157.6912)	1 (170.2744)
Sep 20, 2014	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein, EU	4 / 21 (667.3944)	3 (168.5256)	1 (168.5716)	10 (162.8456)	4 (167.4516)
Aug 2, 2014	Smoke in the North Olofstorp Sweden, EU	4 / 15 (671.3940)	4 (167.4284)	5 (166.2744)	12 (157.6912)	1 (180)
Jun 7, 2014	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE	7 / 43 (654.1828)	24 (158.7884)	4 (170.2628)	20 (158.8572)	8 (166.2744)
May 10, 2014	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	10 / 29 (627.3260)	9 (162.8800)	12 (159.4172)	27 (147.3600)	12 (157.6688)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

LETZQ

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 (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 tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Always the bridesmaid

Built for the big stage

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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

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)