MOONSHINE BASTARDS

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

Power ranking

#4772

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1467

peak 1502 · rated over 9 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-04-23

latest 2018-06-23

Best ToY finish

#1041

Master 2016

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

662.8572 / 720

Master · Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)

Perfect 180s

Current form

602.25 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 621.30 (-19.05)

Walk rate

44%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

172.0228

Pork · *KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

Consistency

±53.24

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.58 · weakest Pork (146.59)

Road miles

482

mi across 9 mapped stops · furthest 75 mi

Schedule strength

20%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1528)

Master avg

621.30 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (9 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.

High-water mark

662.8572 career-best overall

92.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 662.8572 at Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) — 92.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2016-06-04

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 53%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 53%

A tough matchup

8–0 behind in the head-to-head

DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM ahead in 100% of their meetings

DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−16.0 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 15.99 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 11%.

Pork avg 146.59
Chicken avg 162.58
2 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BUTTRUBBERS (NL) in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 7 shared chicken entries lost

RIDDLEQ'S ahead 86% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, RIDDLEQ'S has out-cooked them in 6 of 7 shared chicken entries.

Going the wrong way

-26 rating points in a year

The rating has slipped 26 points across 4 contests since 2017-10-07 — from 1493 down to 1467.

4 contests since 2017-10-07
now 1467

Boom or bust

±7.39% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.39% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 86.3% of a perfect score
best 92.1%

A June team

Top 59% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 59% across 3 contests, versus top 67% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 67% the rest of the year

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

BBQ TEAM NATTE

#4766 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

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 2023-09-10

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BuBByQ

#4745 of the rated field

1468 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2022-06-24

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R.C.BUCK'S GRILLIN' TEAM

#4758 of the rated field

1467 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2020-09-11

⚔ Head-to-head

TEAR-A-BYTE BBQ

#4773 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1467

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 4 years before MOONSHINE BASTARDS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 9 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Grilluminati

#4793 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1511

No shared contest yet.

They turned up 6 years after MOONSHINE BASTARDS did, first appearing in 2022.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2026-06-26

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Smoke Eaters

#4777 of the rated field

1467 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1467

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 2021-08-20

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ Team Laurentius	8	4	4	50%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BUTTRUBBERS (NL)	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
RIDDLEQ'S	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
010 BRAAI	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ WIESEL	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	1	0	168.5256	153.6912	162.58	top 55%
Pork Ribs	9	1	0	169.7372	143.9316	156.63	top 64%
Pork	9	2	1	172.0228	20.0000	146.59	top 55%
Brisket	9	1	0	165.7140	145.7484	155.49	top 65%

“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	2	0	top 66%
BE	1	0	top 28%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	5	0	top 69%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 65%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2	14	0	top 66%	2018-06-23

The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.2 yrs 2016-04-23 → 2018-06-23

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 3 across 3 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NL 2 of 9 contests · 2 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 8 1 of them cooked more than once

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

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.58 · weakest Pork (146.59)

Walk rate 44% a top-10 call in 4 of 9 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 9 contests

Master average 621.30 out of 720 · 9 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 136 102–220 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 482 9 mapped stops · furthest 75 mi

Schedule strength 1528 average field rating faced — tougher than 20% of rated contests

Power rating 1467 peak 1502 · #4772 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Apr 23 First tracked contest Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
Apr 23 First call Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
May 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.2512 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
Jun 4 Career-best overall score662.8572 Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)
Jun 4 Peak power rating (1502) Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)
2017
Jun 10 Career-best single call (Pork)172.0228 *KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
2018
Jun 23 Most recent contest KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	2016-05-08
+3.5	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat)	2016-06-04

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.5	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2018-05-12
-10.1	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II	2016-04-23
-8.7	Springbreak BBQ Contest	2018-03-24
-4.5	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV	2017-05-13
-3.7	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2018-06-23

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2018	3	33%	top 85%	87.3%	79.6%
2017	3	67%	top 64%	89.7%	89.3%
2016	3	33%	top 53%	92.1%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2018-06-23	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	16 / 22 (628.5948)	11 (162.8572)	21 (146.8116)	11 (162.8688)	15 (156.0572)
2018-05-12	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt, 3800	51 / 51 (475.9428)	23 (166.2628)	48 (143.9316)	51 (20.0000)	47 (145.7484)
2018-03-24	Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium , 3920	32 / 39 (615.3372)	6 (167.4400)	33 (145.6800)	32 (151.9540)	31 (150.2632)
2017-10-07	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp, 6515 DE	31 / 47 (645.7028)	45 (153.7028)	8 (169.7372)	10 (168.5600)	39 (153.7028)
2017-06-10	*KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	14 / 24 (645.6800)	19 (157.1084)	14 (162.3088)	2 (172.0228)	15 (154.2400)
2017-05-13	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt, 3800	34 / 50 (637.6796)	18 (166.2628)	14 (161.2000)	22 (163.9884)	44 (146.2284)
2016-06-04	Vuur en Vlees (Fire and Meat) Deurne, The Netherlands, NL	11 / 24 (662.8572)	12 (168.5256)	18 (162.2744)	11 (168.0228)	11 (164.0344)
2016-05-08	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE	11 / 40 (654.2512)	16 (167.4056)	18 (160.5600)	16 (162.8456)	15 (163.4400)
2016-04-23	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL	29 / 34 (625.6336)	29 (153.6912)	26 (157.1544)	34 (149.0740)	10 (165.7140)

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	#1172 (212 pts)	#905 (362 pts)	#1327 (187 pts)	#1181 (237 pts)	#1238 (217 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1528 (164 pts)	#1566 (174 pts)	#1368 (219 pts)	#1086 (324 pts)	#1611 (159 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1041 (308 pts)	#1193 (278 pts)	#1322 (238 pts)	#1199 (283 pts)	#961 (363 pts)