Szendo Smoke BBQ Team NO
Rating
1569
peak 1569
Contests
23
in the data
First seen
2024-05-18
latest 2026-06-05
Best ToY finish
#84
Master 2026
Grand champs
4
1 reserve
Category wins
3
25 podiums
Overall top-10s
12
of 23 contests
Avg finish
top 43%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
687.48 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 680.61 (+6.87)
Walk rate
91%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
5
best run (overall)
Consistency
±18.08
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 172.84 · weakest Brisket (165.27)
Road miles
4047
mi across 23 mapped stops · furthest 495 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Onkel Felix BBQ has finished one call ahead of Szendo Smoke BBQ Team 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Stammtischgriller has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Smoky Cotte has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (2025-10-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 21-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.
Teams like this (closest power rating, NO first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 178.8572 | 166.2516 | 172.84 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 21 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 180.0000 🔥 | 152.5144 | 169.04 | top 48% |
| Pork | 16 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 179.4400 | 162.2744 | 172.20 | top 41% |
| Brisket | 15 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 178.3200 | 147.9540 | 165.27 | top 56% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 11 | 3 | top 43% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 1 | top 46% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2025 (13 contests)
- Cooks mostly in NO (3 of 23 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (21 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Bulgarian Barbecue Championship (2025-09-12)
- Wins it all in 17% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 680.61
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 702.2400 | 687.48 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 705.6800 | 683.17 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 678.8000 | 663.21 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Polish Open Grill and BBQ Championships Mazowieckie, 05-090 | 1 / 14 (700.5944) | 6 (173.1200) | 7 (170.2972) | 2 (178.8572) | 2 (178.3200) |
| 2026-05-09 | Transylvanian Steak & BBQ Fest Targu Mures, 540088 | 1 / 7 (702.2400) | 1 (178.8572) | 1 (176.0000) | 2 (175.4056) | 3 (171.9772) |
| 2026-05-02 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 4 / 8 (683.3140) | 2 (177.7028) | 3 (174.2628) | 5 (171.4056) | 6 (159.9428) |
| 2026-04-11 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126 | 14 / 42 (679.3600) | 22 (171.9656) | 2 (175.4516) | 26 (166.2284) | 20 (165.7144) |
| 2026-02-28 | Vienna Pet Fair BBQ Contest Vienna, 1030 | 7 / 12 (671.8976) | 4 (174.2744) | 12 (160.5144) | 3 (174.2744) | 9 (162.8344) |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 10 / 11 (662.6740) | 10 (169.1084) | 10 (159.3600) | 3 (174.8572) | 10 (159.3484) |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 13 (170.2744) | — | — |
| 2025-10-11 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs, 3900 | 1 / 21 (703.9428) | 2 (178.8572) | 2 (180.0000) | 5 (175.4056) | 5 (169.6800) |
| 2025-10-11 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Szerencs, 3900 | — | — | 5 (166.2516) | — | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Bulgarian Barbecue Championship Sofia, 1000 | 1 / 11 (705.6800) | 3 (175.4056) | 3 (175.4172) | 1 (178.8572) | 3 (176.0000) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 12 / 20 (670.7316) | 13 (166.2744) | 14 (163.9544) | 14 (166.2400) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Medvode, 1215 | — | 9 (169.7028) | — | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 3 (175.4172) | — | — |
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 4 / 15 (676.4684) | 3 (170.8228) | 6 (167.3944) | 5 (167.9884) | 7 (170.2628) |
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT PORK) Freistadt, Os 4240 | — | — | — | 6 (173.1200) | — |
| 2025-05-10 | Transylvanian Grill & BBQ Camp Targu Mures, 540088 | 2 / 10 (702.8228) | 4 (173.1200) | 2 (178.8572) | 3 (179.4400) | 3 (171.4056) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 8 / 12 (659.8632) | 8 (166.2516) | 5 (169.6916) | 4 (173.1428) | 12 (150.7772) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Orth an der Donau, NO | — | — | 12 (152.5144) | — | — |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 10 / 14 (663.9776) | 7 (171.4172) | 4 (170.8572) | 13 (162.2744) | 11 (159.4288) |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 8 (166.8916) | — | — |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 6 / 11 (678.8000) | 3 (177.1428) | 7 (166.8572) | 3 (173.7028) | 9 (161.0972) |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 8 (166.2400) | — | — |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 16 / 22 (646.8568) | 9 (171.4400) | 11 (163.4400) | 16 (164.0228) | 20 (147.9540) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #84 (961 pts) | #103 (906 pts) | #104 (971 pts) | #86 (901 pts) | #113 (801 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #156 (1310 pts) | #155 (1334 pts) | #96 (1701 pts) | #115 (1460 pts) | #177 (1170 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #419 (487 pts) | #380 (607 pts) | #260 (955 pts) | #394 (552 pts) | #490 (422 pts) |