SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL)

SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL) is a competition barbecue team with 20 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 7th of 56 at the Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2017). They are ranked #2765 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings. Also listed in KCBS results as “Serial Grillaz (NL)”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,765

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1512

peak 1549 · rated over 19 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 7, 2014

latest Jun 3, 2022 · 8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#506

Master 2016 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

20% of 20 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

675.4860 / 720

Master · Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

612.25 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 640.22 (-27.97)

Walk rate

50%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400

Pork · 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off

Consistency

±39.81

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 164.31 · weakest Brisket (155.38)

Road miles

19,344

across 20 mapped stops · furthest 4,539 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

640.22 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

675.4860 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.4860 at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 3, 2017

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 26%.

6 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 26%

A tough matchup

14–3 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 82% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 14 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.93 points below their pork, and turns into a call 20% of the time against 35%.

Brisket avg 155.38
Pork avg 164.31
4 calls in 20 entries

A strong matchup

7–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 78% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Team Laurentius in 7 of their 9 shared contests.

The comeback

2.8 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.8 years, then back at Tony Stone BBQ Competition (Jun 3, 2022).

last seen Aug 31, 2019
back Jun 3, 2022

Pork nemesis

11 of 17 shared pork entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 65% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 11 of 17 shared pork entries.

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An April team

Top 35% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 35% across 3 contests, versus top 52% the rest of the year.

3 April contests
top 52% the rest of the year

The long haul

19,344 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 19,344 miles across 20 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,539 miles to World Food Championships.

20 mapped stops
furthest 4,539 mi

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	#621 (624 pts)	#717 (564 pts)	#694 (579 pts)	#640 (639 pts)	#657 (604 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#506 (782 pts)	#738 (542 pts)	#679 (597 pts)	#415 (967 pts)	#493 (832 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#2158 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2209 (60 pts)	#2225 (60 pts)	#2181 (65 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL), each with one reason worth a look.

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

MAGUIRE UNIVERSITY CULINARY INSTITUTE

#2,749 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1533

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL))

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

BONSAIS WILD BBQ

#2,755 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1514

2–2 in 4 shared contests (50% to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL))

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Jul 23, 2022

⚔ Head-to-head

Rubmaster BBQ-Team

#2,757 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1536

3–4 in 7 shared contests (43% to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL))

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL)'s most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 13 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Five Q

#2,781 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1512

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL))

Fewer contests behind them than SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL) has cooked, 11 to 20, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 29, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

SMOKEY STRUT BBQ

#2,746 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1526

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL))

Level with SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL) on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Sep 12, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ

#2,766 of the rated field

1512 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1512

1–2 in 3 shared contests (33% to SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL))

These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — MILL'S COUNTRY BACKYARD BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Sep 21, 2019

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	14	0	14	0%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	12	2	10	17%	⚔ compare
THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ	10	6	4	60%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	9	5	4	56%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	8	6	2	75%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	20	1	0	0	173.7028	145.1084	160.36	top 66%
Pork Ribs	20	1	0	0	169.7144	147.4288	160.17	top 55%
Pork	20	7	1	2	179.4400	150.2972	164.31	top 46%
Brisket	20	4	0	1	175.4288	20	155.38	top 46%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	9	0	top 60%
Large (40+)	11	0	top 45%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NL	3	top 20%
KS	1	top 53%
DE	1	top 16%
NR	1	top 29%
FL	1	top 52%
NE	1	top 88%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	3	7	0	top 38%	Jun 3, 2017
Brew N Q (OPEN)	2	17	0	top 83%	May 27, 2017

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 8 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 3 of 20 contests · 6 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 17 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 889 finished ahead 690 times, behind 665

Longest layoff 2.8 yrs Aug 31, 2019 → Jun 3, 2022

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

20221 milestone

Jun 3 Most recent contest Tony Stone BBQ Competition

20173 milestones

Apr 15 10th tracked contest Eastern BBQ Contest
Apr 15 Peak power rating (1549) Eastern BBQ Contest
Jun 3 Career-best overall score675.4860 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20164 milestones

Apr 23 First call Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
Apr 23 First overall top-10 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
May 14 First category win (Pork) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Oct 8 Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off

20151 milestone

Nov 3 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5028 World Food Championships

20141 milestone

Jun 7 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.9	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 14, 2016
+12.3	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2017
+11.5	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II	Apr 23, 2016
+11	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	Sep 24, 2016
+8.6	EUregio Barbecue Festival	Aug 20, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.8	Brew N Q (OPEN)	May 27, 2017
-13.6	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Aug 31, 2019
-13.4	Regahfest 2017	Aug 26, 2017
-11.8	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Jun 7, 2014
-11.4	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Sep 1, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 45%	90.4%	90.4%
2019	1	0	0	0%	top 100%	68.4%	68.4%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 84%	85.8%	85.8%
2017	8	1	0	50%	top 57%	93.8%	89.4%
2016	6	3	1	83%	top 26%	93.6%	92.3%
2015	2	0	0	0%	top 50%	93.4%	90.7%
2014	1	0	0	0%	top 88%	83.4%	83.4%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 3, 2022	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	17 / 38 (650.8344)	32 (154.2856)	23 (157.7028)	20 (163.4172)	4 (175.4288)
Aug 31, 2019	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	31 / 31 (492.5148)	20 (158.2972)	18 (154.8232)	14 (159.3944)	31 (20)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	37 / 44 (618.0572)	42 (152.5144)	29 (155.9200)	23 (162.2744)	33 (147.3484)
Sep 22, 2017	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany	25 / 66 (646.7888)	34 (162.3200)	23 (163.9772)	28 (162.8344)	34 (157.6572)
Sep 2, 2017	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	13 / 32 (653.0512)	28 (157.6684)	12 (163.9772)	9 (169.1428)	11 (162.2628)
Aug 26, 2017	Regahfest 2017 The Hague	26 / 28 (615.8632)	27 (153.0628)	23 (152.0004)	24 (150.8344)	16 (159.9656)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	7 / 56 (675.4860)	8 (173.7028)	14 (168.5944)	20 (166.8916)	18 (166.2972)
May 27, 2017	Brew N Q (OPEN) Burton Upon Trent	34 / 34 (622.2404)	24 (164.5944)	29 (154.8344)	33 (150.2972)	31 (152.5144)
May 26, 2017	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	17 / 26 (656.4800)	18 (166.2628)	19 (157.6800)	9 (168.5600)	14 (163.9772)
May 13, 2017	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt	37 / 50 (631.9776)	39 (157.7144)	42 (151.4172)	34 (158.8460)	16 (164)
Apr 15, 2017	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium	15 / 41 (648.0232)	14 (166.3200)	19 (161.1544)	6 (173.1200)	32 (147.4288)
Oct 29, 2016	37th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbecue (OPEN) Kansas City, KS	296 / 557 (653.1088)	394 (158.8572)	161 (168.5944)	283 (164.5372)	307 (161.1200)
Oct 8, 2016	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	12 / 46 (667.9888)	35 (161.1200)	12 (169.7144)	2 (179.4400)	28 (157.7144)
Sep 24, 2016	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	11 / 67 (660.6176)	61 (150.8344)	11 (169.1888)	9 (170.3200)	8 (170.2744)
Aug 20, 2016	EUregio Barbecue Festival Waldfeutch-Haaren/NRW, NR	8 / 28 (671.9544)	12 (167.4172)	24 (158.8572)	7 (173.1200)	5 (172.5600)
May 14, 2016	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	8 / 65 (673.6568)	12 (171.4284)	54 (154.8228)	1 (179.4400)	13 (167.9656)
Apr 23, 2016	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL	7 / 34 (659.4628)	13 (164.6056)	7 (166.8916)	29 (153.6684)	2 (174.2972)
Nov 3, 2015	World Food Championships Kissimmee, FL	30 / 58 (672.5028)	29 (169.7028)	43 (164)	29 (169.1200)	24 (169.6800)
Apr 11, 2015	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff Hoofddorp Netherlands	16 / 33 (633.1200)	27 (151.4056)	11 (161.7372)	16 (158.8456)	12 (161.1316)
Jun 7, 2014	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, NE	38 / 43 (600.5716)	41 (145.1084)	35 (147.4288)	33 (152.0456)	23 (155.9888)

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

SERIAL GRILLAZ(NL)

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 (9 found in their record)

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Pork nemesis

An April team

The long haul

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 — 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)