M&G-BBQ

M&G-BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 22 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 38 at the Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (2019). They are ranked #1840 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,840

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1546

peak 1546 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 23, 2016

latest Sep 7, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#344

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

8 podiums

Overall top-10s

27% of 22 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

675.5088 / 720

Master · Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.74 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.24 (+16.50)

Walk rate

77%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.5944

Pork Ribs · Meat the East

Consistency

±13.07

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.17 · weakest Brisket (155.35)

Road miles

10,484

across 22 mapped stops · furthest 4,570 mi

Schedule strength

26%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1536)

Master avg

649.24 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+55 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 55 points across 6 contests since Sep 8, 2018 — from 1491 up to 1546.

6 contests since Sep 8, 2018
now 1546

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
Sep 7, 2019

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 win
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.

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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

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
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)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to M&G-BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

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

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#1,847 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1556

Careers of much the same size, 21 contests to 22, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 13, 2021

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#1,842 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1613

They've been 1613 at their best, 67 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Mar 6, 2026

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MAKIN BACON BBQ

#1,849 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1556

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 30% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2017

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THE DEVINE SWINE

#1,837 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1565

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before M&G-BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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LATE NIGHT WHISKEY SMOKERS

#1,848 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 29
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1566

Level with M&G-BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 29 contests
last seen Jul 13, 2018

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#1,832 of the rated field

1546 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1546

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

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Familiar 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	21	8	0	3	174.9028	153.0628	164.81	top 46%
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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	14	top 54%
Large (40+)	7	top 42%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NL	4	0	top 55%
AL	1	0	top 93%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	2	3	top 16%	Sep 7, 2019
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2	3	top 40%	Jun 29, 2019
EUregio Barbeque Festival	2	20	top 64%	Aug 18, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2017 7 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 4 of 22 contests · 2 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 19 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 278 finished ahead 388 times, behind 372

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

20196 milestones

Apr 13 First category win (Pork Ribs) Meat the East
Apr 13 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176.5944 Meat the East
Jun 29 First overall podium KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
Sep 7 Career-best overall score675.5088 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
Sep 7 Peak power rating (1546) Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest
Sep 7 Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest

20171 milestone

Sep 9 10th tracked contest Farm Meat

20164 milestones

Apr 23 First tracked contest Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
Apr 23 First call Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
Apr 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8800 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
Jun 18 First overall top-10 Delft BBQ Fest 2016

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.3	Spring Break BBQ Contest	Mar 30, 2019
+12.8	Meat the East	Apr 13, 2019
+12.2	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 7, 2019
+11.2	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	Jun 29, 2019
+10.5	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 8, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.6	Porktober Que	Sep 29, 2017
-8.5	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV	May 13, 2017
-6.5	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)	Jun 4, 2016
-6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2017
-5.5	Farm Meat	Sep 9, 2017

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)
2019	5	4	1	100%	top 19%	93.8%	92.5%
2018	6	1	0	67%	top 47%	91.6%	89.6%
2017	7	0	0	57%	top 72%	90%	88.7%
2016	4	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
Sep 7, 2019	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	3 / 38 (675.5088)	8 (166.8572)	10 (166.2744)	3 (174.9028)	10 (167.4744)
Aug 17, 2019	EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren	11 / 28 (645.1540)	8 (167.4284)	13 (162.8800)	—	20 (149.6800)
Jun 29, 2019	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	3 / 22 (669.1772)	12 (164.5600)	2 (173.1544)	4 (172.6056)	14 (158.8572)
Apr 13, 2019	Meat the East Hengelo	7 / 41 (674.2400)	19 (166.8228)	1 (176.5944)	23 (159.9656)	3 (170.8572)
Mar 30, 2019	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel	7 / 40 (664.6056)	18 (162.8684)	18 (161.1316)	13 (166.3084)	3 (174.2972)
Sep 8, 2018	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	10 / 40 (659.8396)	8 (169.6800)	20 (161.6800)	5 (171.9656)	24 (156.5140)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	20 / 44 (645.6116)	19 (165.1544)	35 (154.2516)	4 (170.8228)	26 (155.3828)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	20 / 32 (645.5540)	12 (169.1200)	26 (157.6456)	18 (163.4056)	24 (155.3828)
May 19, 2018	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	22 / 60 (645.6112)	18 (166.2628)	35 (158.2284)	35 (161.1200)	25 (160)
Apr 14, 2018	Meat The East Hengelo	20 / 34 (645.0516)	9 (169.1772)	26 (155.3944)	24 (159.9428)	18 (160.5372)
Mar 24, 2018	Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium	22 / 39 (630.2056)	13 (164.5712)	6 (165.6916)	29 (153.7256)	34 (146.2172)
Sep 29, 2017	Porktober Que Dothan, AL	28 / 30 (639.1768)	24 (163.9312)	22 (161.6456)	29 (153.0628)	24 (160.5372)
Sep 9, 2017	Farm Meat Dongen	28 / 38 (632.5144)	22 (161.6684)	33 (152.5372)	20 (159.4744)	21 (158.8344)
Sep 2, 2017	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	17 / 32 (641.6688)	7 (171.4400)	25 (155.9772)	7 (170.3200)	27 (143.9316)
Aug 19, 2017	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	20 / 31 (647.9432)	26 (162.2400)	15 (165.6800)	3 (174.8800)	30 (145.1432)
Jun 10, 2017	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	16 / 24 (643.3260)	16 (159.3828)	6 (167.4172)	10 (166.8344)	17 (149.6916)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	41 / 56 (638.7088)	34 (163.3828)	2 (173.7144)	39 (159.9772)	55 (141.6344)
May 13, 2017	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt	40 / 50 (625.6344)	19 (165.7028)	13 (162.2744)	12 (167.4172)	49 (130.2400)
Sep 10, 2016	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	13 / 27 (655.9884)	5 (170.2744)	13 (163.9656)	26 (154.8456)	10 (166.9028)
Jun 18, 2016	Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL	10 / 18 (657.6912)	7 (171.4628)	12 (161.7028)	14 (161.7028)	10 (162.8228)
Jun 4, 2016	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)
Apr 23, 2016	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL	14 / 34 (650.8800)	16 (163.9884)	16 (163.4172)	3 (171.4972)	28 (151.9772)

M&G-BBQ

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 (14 found in their record)

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An April team

The long haul

The metronome

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)