LOW AND SLOW MEISTER

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4266

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1477

peak 1477 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2014-05-10

latest 2018-05-19

Best ToY finish

#719

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 60%

overall standings

Best overall

662.7428 / 720

Master · Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.46 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 635.62 (+6.84)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0000

Pork · 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016

Consistency

±14.50

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 159.67 · weakest Brisket (158.00)

Road miles

1,986

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi

Schedule strength

13%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)

Master avg

635.62 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

662.7428 career-best overall

92.0% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 662.7428 at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition — 92.0% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-05-14

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

TEAM ANONIEM has finished one call ahead of LOW AND SLOW MEISTER 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

17–1 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 94% of their meetings

BBQ+ has come out ahead in 17 of their 18 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BAERL B Q (DE) in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Pork Ribs nemesis

13 of 15 shared pork ribs entries lost

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 87% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 13 of 15 shared pork ribs entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

IRON BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A September team

Top 47% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 47% across 4 contests, versus top 60% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 60% the rest of the year

The metronome

±2.01% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.01% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.3% of a perfect score
22 contests

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.

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

LIGHTTOWN SMOKERS

#4245 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1477

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to LOW AND SLOW MEISTER)

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

rated over 5 contests
last seen 2019-08-31

⚔ Head-to-head

COOKS N HOOKS

#4259 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 5%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

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 2026-07-11

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Angry Cock BBQ

#4260 of the rated field

1477 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-08-15

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MARK'S SMOKIN QUE

#4282 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2019-08-09

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BSQ'S

#4283 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

Level with LOW AND SLOW MEISTER on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2025-02-21

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TOWNSHIP LINE BBQ

#4273 of the rated field

1477 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1477

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2017-10-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ+	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	16	3	13	19%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
The Smokey Bandits	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Serial Grillaz	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
IRON BBQ	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	0	0	171.4172	143.4288	158.73	top 69%
Pork Ribs	22	6	0	168.0228	148.5144	159.67	top 53%
Pork	22	6	1	172.0000	148.5600	159.22	top 56%
Brisket	22	5	0	167.9656	144.5028	158.00	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
NL	5	top 52%
EU	3	top 65%
DE	1	top 45%
BE	1	top 85%
NE	1	top 58%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 89%
Medium (20–39)	11	top 63%
Large (40+)	10	top 54%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Regahfest 2017	3	14	0	top 60%	2017-08-26
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	3	15	0	top 56%	2016-05-14

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 4 yrs 2014-05-10 → 2018-05-19

Busiest season 2016 7 contests

Contests a season 4.4 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NL 5 of 22 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 18 2 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 22 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls

Strongest meat Pork Ribs averages 159.67 · weakest Brisket (158.00)

Walk rate 64% a top-10 call in 14 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 22 contests

Master average 635.62 out of 720 · 22 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 332 385–474 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 1,986 22 mapped stops · furthest 178 mi

Schedule strength 1518 average field rating faced — tougher than 13% of rated contests

Power rating 1477 peak 1477 · #4266 of 6,413 rated

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

2014
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 Peak power rating (1495) Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
2015
Aug 29 10th tracked contest Regahfest
Sep 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.0344 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
2016
May 14 Career-best overall score662.7428 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Sep 24 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0000 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
2018
May 19 Most recent contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015	2015-09-25
+11.2	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2016-05-14
+6.7	Meat the East	2016-03-19
+6.4	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2018-05-19
+4.9	Regahfest	2015-08-29

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.2	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2015-05-23
-9.5	Delft BBQ Fest 2016	2016-06-18
-9.2	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	2016-05-08
-8.1	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest	2015-06-27
-7.4	BBQ Society Cook-Off	2014-10-18

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)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	100%	top 38%	89.6%	89.6%
2017	2	50%	top 65%	89%	88.2%
2016	7	57%	top 56%	92%	89.7%
2015	6	67%	top 64%	90.6%	87.9%
2014	6	67%	top 64%	88.3%	86.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-05-19	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG	23 / 60 (645.0860)	45 (156.5600)	11 (165.6916)	46 (155.4172)	7 (167.4172)
2017-08-26	Regahfest 2017 The Hague,	22 / 28 (630.2404)	16 (163.4400)	22 (152.5488)	23 (153.6916)	12 (160.5600)
2017-07-01	BBQ An Der Burg Geestland, , 27574	13 / 25 (640.5372)	11 (162.3428)	23 (148.5372)	6 (166.2628)	7 (163.3944)
2016-10-08	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	25 / 46 (653.0512)	39 (156.5256)	30 (160.5256)	14 (168.5600)	9 (167.4400)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	30 / 67 (643.3716)	44 (159.4056)	27 (163.4400)	6 (172.0000)	58 (148.5260)
2016-08-27	Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL	19 / 35 (659.9316)	12 (171.4172)	11 (166.2972)	30 (157.6800)	17 (164.5372)
2016-06-18	Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL	16 / 18 (631.3144)	13 (165.1312)	9 (164.5488)	18 (156.5600)	16 (145.0744)
2016-05-14	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	15 / 65 (662.7428)	15 (170.8228)	40 (159.9544)	25 (167.4056)	22 (164.5600)
2016-05-08	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE	34 / 40 (623.3264)	31 (158.8804)	38 (148.5144)	36 (151.9544)	14 (163.9772)
2016-03-19	Meat the East Enschede, NL	13 / 33 (648.5028)	20 (162.8572)	9 (166.2400)	24 (155.9656)	16 (163.4400)
2015-10-10	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, 61515DE	31 / 42 (626.2628)	29 (158.8800)	34 (150.2744)	37 (149.1428)	10 (167.9656)
2015-09-25	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW,	14 / 67 (652.0344)	36 (162.3544)	8 (168.0228)	31 (160.5256)	25 (161.1316)
2015-08-29	Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland,	14 / 30 (647.9200)	22 (162.2284)	20 (160.0000)	9 (165.7144)	17 (159.9772)
2015-06-27	Delft Beer & BBQ Fest Delft, The Netherlands,	17 / 20 (638.2168)	17 (157.7256)	8 (166.8228)	18 (151.9656)	8 (161.7028)
2015-05-23	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands,	59 / 68 (618.7544)	64 (143.4288)	64 (148.5372)	12 (168.5484)	36 (158.2400)
2015-05-09	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel,	28 / 38 (614.7656)	26 (159.4400)	12 (162.2628)	31 (148.5600)	31 (144.5028)
2014-10-18	BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU	17 / 22 (635.4172)	20 (156.0228)	16 (159.4288)	3 (170.2856)	20 (149.6800)
2014-10-10	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	33 / 58 (623.9772)	50 (153.1428)	22 (161.1660)	41 (150.7884)	18 (158.8800)
2014-09-20	EUregio BBQ Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren / Nordrhein, EU	13 / 21 (634.7540)	20 (146.2284)	9 (162.2972)	6 (166.8456)	13 (159.3828)
2014-09-13	Lowlands BBQ Championship Diksmuide, Belgium,	16 / 26 (618.7772)	13 (161.1428)	15 (155.9544)	16 (153.7028)	19 (147.9772)
2014-06-07	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE	25 / 43 (625.5772)	31 (153.1428)	8 (165.1200)	26 (155.9656)	30 (151.3488)
2014-05-10	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	19 / 29 (609.1088)	22 (150.9028)	14 (156.5716)	10 (155.3828)	20 (146.2516)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1455 (178 pts)	#1356 (218 pts)	#1772 (128 pts)	#1332 (228 pts)	#1167 (273 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#719 (526 pts)	#740 (541 pts)	#694 (581 pts)	#723 (551 pts)	#701 (571 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1549 (145 pts)	#1645 (145 pts)	#1395 (200 pts)	#1675 (140 pts)	#1114 (275 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#922 (350 pts)	#1103 (300 pts)	#760 (485 pts)	#708 (535 pts)	#944 (355 pts)