On the rise
+55
rating points in a year
Their power rating has climbed 55 points across 6 contests since 2018-09-08 — from 1492 up to 1547.
- 6 contests since 2018-09-08
- now 1547
M&G-BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1547
peak 1547 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ
Best runs
4
straight top-10s
Contests
22
in the data
First seen
2016-04-23
latest 2019-09-07
Best ToY finish
#344
Master 2019
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
8 podiums
Overall top-10s
6
of 22 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
665.74 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.24 (+16.50)
Walk rate
77%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
4
best run (overall)
Consistency
±13.07
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 166.17 · weakest Brisket (155.35)
Road miles
10,484
mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 4570 mi
Schedule strength
27%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
649.24 / 720
22 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (14 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.
Happy hunting ground
Top 16%
average finish here
Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 16% across 2 visits.
- 2 visits
- best finish 3rd
- average top 16%
They almost always walk
77%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 17 of 22 contests
A top-10 category call in 77% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
High-water mark
675.5088
career-best overall
93.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 675.5088 at Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest — 93.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2019-09-07
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
010 BRAAI has finished one call ahead of M&G-BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Their season
2019
their best year
2019 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 19%.
- 5 contests
- 4 overall top-10s
- 1 category wins
- average top 19%
A tough matchup
18–0
behind in the head-to-head
IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 100% of their meetings
IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 18 of their 18 shared contests.
The weak link
−10.8
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 10.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 23% of the time against 36%.
- Brisket avg 155.35
- Chicken avg 166.17
- 5 calls in 22 entries
A strong matchup
9–3
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 75% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of LOWLAND SMOKERS in 9 of their 12 shared contests.
Chicken nemesis
14 of 18
shared chicken entries lost
IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 78% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 14 of 18 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
TEAM BBQ SHOP LIMBURG has landed one call behind them 2 times.
An April team
Top 39%
average finish in April
Something about April: average finish in the top 39% across 3 contests, versus top 50% the rest of the year.
- 3 April contests
- top 50% the rest of the year
The long haul
10,484
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 10,484 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,570 miles to Porktober Que.
- 22 mapped stops
- furthest 4,570 mi
The metronome
±1.82%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±1.82% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.2% 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.
64 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1817 of the rated field
- Contests
- 13
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1546
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to M&G-BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team M&G-BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#1800 of the rated field
- Contests
- 22
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 55%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 22 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1819 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1566
No shared contest yet.
24 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1799 of the rated field
- Contests
- 21
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1568
No shared contest yet.
Level with M&G-BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1813 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 65%
- Peak
- 1553
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after M&G-BBQ did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#1801 of the rated field
- Contests
- 17
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 53%
- Peak
- 1568
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ+ | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 16 | 1 | 15 | 6% | ⚔ compare |
| BUGHOUSE SMOKERS | 15 | 6 | 9 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Backcorner BBQ | 14 | 2 | 12 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| DE FILOUS | 13 | 1 | 12 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| LOWLAND SMOKERS | 12 | 9 | 3 | 75% | ⚔ compare |
| WETTELS ON FIRE | 12 | 8 | 4 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| PUREBBQ | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42% | ⚔ compare |
| ROKENDE REGAHS | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| RIVERLAND SMOKERS | 11 | 6 | 5 | 55% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Team Laurentius | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36% | ⚔ compare |
| DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% | ⚔ compare |
| 010 BRAAI | 11 | 1 | 10 | 9% | ⚔ compare |
| TEAM BBQ SHOP LIMBURG | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 171.4628 | 159.3828 | 166.17 | top 43% |
| Pork Ribs | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 176.5944 | 152.5372 | 162.89 | top 48% |
| Pork | 22 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 174.9028 | 153.0628 | 164.83 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 174.2972 | 130.2400 | 155.35 | top 64% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| NL | 4 | 0 | top 55% |
| AL | 1 | 0 | top 93% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Medium (20–39) | 14 | 0 | top 54% |
| Large (40+) | 7 | 0 | top 42% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 16% | 2019-09-07 |
| KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 40% | 2019-06-29 |
| *EUregio Barbeque Festival | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 64% | 2018-08-18 |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3.4 yrs
2016-04-23 → 2019-09-07
Busiest season
2017
7 contests
Contests a season
5.5
across 4 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NL
4 of 22 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
19
3 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
22 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 166.17 · weakest Brisket (155.35)
Walk rate
77%
a top-10 call in 17 of 22 contests
Overall top-10 rate
27%
6 of 22 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight contests
Master average
649.24
out of 720 · 22 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
282
388–372 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
10,484
22 mapped stops · furthest 4,570 mi
Schedule strength
1537
average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests
Power rating
1547
peak 1547 · #1807 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
- First call Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8800 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
- First overall top-10 Delft BBQ Fest 2016
- 2017
- 10th tracked contest Farm Meat
- 2019
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Meat the East
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 Meat the East
- First overall podium KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
- Career-best overall score675.5088 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
- Peak power rating (1547) Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
- Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.3 | Spring Break BBQ Contest | 2019-03-30 |
| +12.8 | Meat the East | 2019-04-13 |
| +12.2 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2019-09-07 |
| +11.2 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees | 2019-06-29 |
| +10.5 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest | 2018-09-08 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -8.7 | Porktober Que | 2017-09-29 |
| -8.4 | Beer,Fries & BBQ IV | 2017-05-13 |
| -6.5 | Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) | 2016-06-04 |
| -6 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition | 2017-06-03 |
| -5.5 | Farm Meat | 2017-09-09 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 100% | top 19% | 93.8% | 92.5% |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 67% | top 47% | 91.6% | 89.6% |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57% | top 72% | 90% | 88.7% |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 91.3% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 3 / 38 (675.5088) | 8 (166.8572) | 10 (166.2744) | 3 (174.9028) | 10 (167.4744) |
| 2019-08-17 | EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren, 52525 | 11 / 28 (645.1540) | 8 (167.4284) | 13 (162.8800) | 9 (165.1656) | 20 (149.6800) |
| 2019-06-29 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 3 / 22 (669.1772) | 12 (164.5600) | 2 (173.1544) | 4 (172.6056) | 14 (158.8572) |
| 2019-04-13 | Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK | 7 / 41 (674.2400) | 19 (166.8228) | 1 (176.5944) | 23 (159.9656) | 3 (170.8572) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 7 / 40 (664.6056) | 18 (162.8684) | 18 (161.1316) | 13 (166.3084) | 3 (174.2972) |
| 2018-09-08 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 10 / 40 (659.8396) | 8 (169.6800) | 20 (161.6800) | 5 (171.9656) | 24 (156.5140) |
| 2018-09-01 | 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 20 / 44 (645.6116) | 19 (165.1544) | 35 (154.2516) | 4 (170.8228) | 26 (155.3828) |
| 2018-08-18 | *EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, 52525 | 20 / 32 (645.5540) | 12 (169.1200) | 26 (157.6456) | 18 (163.4056) | 24 (155.3828) |
| 2018-05-19 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG | 22 / 60 (645.6112) | 18 (166.2628) | 35 (158.2284) | 35 (161.1200) | 25 (160.0000) |
| 2018-04-14 | Meat The East Hengelo, 7534 HK | 20 / 34 (645.0516) | 9 (169.1772) | 26 (155.3944) | 24 (159.9428) | 18 (160.5372) |
| 2018-03-24 | Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium , 3920 | 22 / 39 (630.2056) | 13 (164.5712) | 6 (165.6916) | 29 (153.7256) | 34 (146.2172) |
| 2017-09-29 | Porktober Que Dothan, AL | 28 / 30 (639.1768) | 24 (163.9312) | 22 (161.6456) | 29 (153.0628) | 24 (160.5372) |
| 2017-09-09 | Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC | 28 / 38 (632.5144) | 22 (161.6684) | 33 (152.5372) | 20 (159.4744) | 21 (158.8344) |
| 2017-09-02 | 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, | 17 / 32 (641.6688) | 7 (171.4400) | 25 (155.9772) | 7 (170.3200) | 27 (143.9316) |
| 2017-08-19 | *EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, 52525 | 20 / 31 (647.9432) | 26 (162.2400) | 15 (165.6800) | 3 (174.8800) | 30 (145.1432) |
| 2017-06-10 | *KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN | 16 / 24 (643.3260) | 16 (159.3828) | 6 (167.4172) | 10 (166.8344) | 17 (149.6916) |
| 2017-06-03 | Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, 2314CG | 41 / 56 (638.7088) | 34 (163.3828) | 2 (173.7144) | 39 (159.9772) | 55 (141.6344) |
| 2017-05-13 | Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt, 3800 | 40 / 50 (625.6344) | 19 (165.7028) | 13 (162.2744) | 12 (167.4172) | 49 (130.2400) |
| 2016-09-10 | Farm Meat Dongen, NL | 13 / 27 (655.9884) | 5 (170.2744) | 13 (163.9656) | 26 (154.8456) | 10 (166.9028) |
| 2016-06-18 | Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL | 10 / 18 (657.6912) | 7 (171.4628) | 12 (161.7028) | 14 (161.7028) | 10 (162.8228) |
| 2016-06-04 | Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL | 18 / 24 (649.1660) | 9 (169.7028) | 17 (162.3316) | 15 (166.2972) | 21 (150.8344) |
| 2016-04-23 | Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL | 14 / 34 (650.8800) | 16 (163.9884) | 16 (163.4172) | 3 (171.4972) | 28 (151.9772) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #344 (910 pts) | #575 (600 pts) | #373 (875 pts) | #454 (760 pts) | #426 (785 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #635 (536 pts) | #504 (726 pts) | #724 (496 pts) | #557 (671 pts) | #840 (401 pts) |
| 2017 ↗ | Master | #742 (507 pts) | #678 (597 pts) | #468 (837 pts) | #460 (842 pts) | #832 (462 pts) |
| 2016 ↗ | Master | #834 (428 pts) | #716 (563 pts) | #921 (413 pts) | #809 (483 pts) | #940 (373 pts) |