HET KOOKVUUR

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

Power ranking

#5492

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1451

peak 1451 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2015-08-01

latest 2018-10-13

Best ToY finish

#865

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 75%

overall standings

Best overall

645.0512 / 720

Master · Cookin Camargue

Perfect 180s

Current form

620.36 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 623.04 (-2.68)

Walk rate

33%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0344

Pork · Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

Consistency

±18.42

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 156.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.58)

Road miles

12,130

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 4824 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)

Master avg

623.04 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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.

A tough matchup

6–0 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 6 of their 6 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

6 of 6 shared brisket entries lost

MISS PIGGY'S U.K. ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, MISS PIGGY'S U.K. has out-cooked them in 6 of 6 shared brisket entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

BURNING TORNADO BBQ SWEDEN has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

12,130 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,130 miles across 9 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,824 miles to Cook-in Camargue.

9 mapped stops
furthest 4,824 mi

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.

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

FULL METAL PORK

#5491 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 9 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2019-08-30

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Greenway Equipment

#5482 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1504

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2024-06-07

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Avon Purple Cobra's

#5504 of the rated field

1450 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1450

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after HET KOOKVUUR did, first appearing in 2021.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-07-31

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BUTT FIRST BBQ

#5486 of the rated field

1451 ▼ 0 power rating

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

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2019-08-30

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ODB's Ribticklin BBQ

#5474 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2018-09-14

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SOUTHERN BREW'D BBQ

#5481 of the rated field

1451 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1451

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2022-05-13

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
BBQ LONGHORN RANCH HANDS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare
BUTTRUB.COM	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	167.4400	138.2056	155.10	top 79%
Pork Ribs	9	1	163.4056	143.9772	154.58	top 74%
Pork	9	3	172.0344	143.3712	156.37	top 69%
Brisket	9	2	167.3828	147.9428	156.98	top 63%

“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
NO	1	top 86%
SE	1	top 61%
FR	1	top 70%
NL	1	top 82%
BE	1	top 60%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 77%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 76%
Large (40+)	3	top 73%

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.2 yrs 2015-08-01 → 2018-10-13

Busiest season 2016 5 contests

Contests a season 2.3 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NO 1 of 9 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 9 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 9 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls

Strongest meat Brisket averages 156.98 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.58)

Walk rate 33% a top-10 call in 3 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 11% 1 of 9 contests

Master average 623.04 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 177 74–215 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 12,130 9 mapped stops · furthest 4,824 mi

Schedule strength 1525 average field rating faced — tougher than 18% of rated contests

Longest layoff 1.3 yrs 2017-06-24 → 2018-10-13

Power rating 1451 peak 1451 · #5492 of 6,413 rated

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

2015
Aug 1 First tracked contest Smoke in the North
Aug 1 Peak power rating (1491) Smoke in the North
2016
May 8 First call Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 8 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0344 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
Jun 25 First overall top-10 Cookin Camargue
Jun 25 Career-best overall score645.0512 Cookin Camargue
2018
Oct 13 Most recent contest *Bataille Sur La Sorgue

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

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-10.7	Cook-in Camargue	2017-06-24
-9	Smoke in the North	2015-08-01
-9	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge	2016-08-13
-8.6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2016-05-14
-7.3	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015	2015-09-25

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	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	1	0	100%	top 69%	80.9%	80.9%
2017	1	0	0%	top 93%	88.3%	88.3%
2016	5	1	40%	top 72%	89.6%	87.6%
2015	2	0	0%	top 78%	86.2%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-10-13	*Bataille Sur La Sorgue L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, 84800	11 / 16 (582.6740)	13 (138.2056)	12 (143.9772)	10 (152.5484)	10 (147.9428)
2017-06-24	Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries, 11120	14 / 15 (635.9540)	14 (157.1312)	12 (163.4056)	14 (158.2972)	12 (157.1200)
2016-08-13	Oslofjord BBQ Challenge OSLO, Norway, NO	24 / 28 (607.8740)	23 (156.0000)	14 (160.0000)	25 (143.3712)	23 (148.5028)
2016-08-06	Smoke in the North Gothenburg, SE	19 / 31 (630.2512)	20 (159.4400)	27 (148.5600)	20 (157.1428)	12 (165.1084)
2016-06-25	Cookin Camargue Saintes Maries De La Mer, FR	7 / 10 (645.0512)	7 (167.4400)	9 (151.9428)	9 (158.2856)	6 (167.3828)
2016-05-14	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	53 / 65 (630.7884)	46 (159.4628)	38 (159.9884)	61 (149.6800)	29 (161.6572)
2016-05-08	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE	24 / 40 (641.0628)	34 (158.8456)	27 (155.3828)	4 (172.0344)	29 (154.8000)
2015-09-25	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW,	51 / 67 (613.1196)	64 (145.0740)	44 (154.8800)	20 (164.5828)	55 (148.5828)
2015-08-01	Smoke in the North Gunnilse/Gothenburg,	21 / 26 (620.5488)	17 (154.3204)	23 (153.1200)	22 (151.4056)	11 (161.7028)

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1729 (111 pts)	#1817 (101 pts)	#1795 (106 pts)	#1746 (116 pts)	#1721 (116 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2007 (95 pts)	#2064 (95 pts)	#2032 (105 pts)	#2067 (95 pts)	#2006 (105 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#865 (409 pts)	#913 (404 pts)	#932 (404 pts)	#750 (524 pts)	#830 (454 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2082 (71 pts)	#2041 (91 pts)	#2205 (61 pts)	#2194 (66 pts)	#1759 (121 pts)