OMERTA BBQ

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

Power ranking

#1800

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1547

peak 1553 · rated over 22 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-04-23

latest 2019-09-07

Best ToY finish

#344

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

13 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 22 contests

Avg finish

top 48%

overall standings

Best overall

679.8852 / 720

Master · 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

659.33 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 656.27 (+3.06)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

178.8800

Pork · *Slovenia BBQ Open

Consistency

±14.01

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 165.86 · weakest Brisket (162.03)

Road miles

4,607

mi across 22 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi

Schedule strength

27%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)

Master avg

656.27 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (11 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.

A multi-meat day

1 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Vienna BBQ Days (2018-07-14).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 22 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 22 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.8852 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.8852 at 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-04-13

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GRILLKUNST has finished one call ahead of OMERTA BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 4 category wins, at an average finish in the top 31%.

6 contests
4 overall top-10s
4 category wins
average top 31%

A tough matchup

18–1 behind in the head-to-head

White Squirrel BBQ ahead in 95% of their meetings

White Squirrel BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 19 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 92% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ4FUN in 11 of their 12 shared contests.

Built for the big stage

Top 46% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 46% finish in large fields against top 59% in small ones.

Large (40+): top 46% (4)
Small (<20 teams): top 59% (8)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

FULAC BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

4,607 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,607 miles across 22 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 379 miles to *Tallya BBQ Fesztival.

22 mapped stops
furthest 379 mi

The metronome

±1.95% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.95% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 91.1% 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.

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

Badboy Butchers BBQ

#1806 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1547

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to OMERTA BBQ)

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

rated over 16 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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M&G-BBQ

#1807 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1547

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen 2019-09-07

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TNT Explosive BBQ

#1799 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 19 contests
last seen 2026-05-01

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Bottle Hill BBQ

#1813 of the rated field

1546 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 65%
Peak: 1553

No shared contest yet.

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 17 contests, alongside a 65% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2026-08-14

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ALL QUED UP

#1801 of the rated field

1547 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1568

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

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MOO COW

#1790 of the rated field

1547 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1566

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.

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-06-01

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ	19	7	12	37%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	19	1	18	5%	⚔ compare
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
BALDICUE	16	7	9	44%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	14	9	5	64%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS	13	10	3	77%	⚔ compare
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
BBQ4FUN	12	11	1	92%	⚔ compare
Westside BBQ	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
BOHEMIAN BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
SAUWALD BBQ	9	6	3	67%	⚔ compare
GECKO BBQ	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
BBQ BROS Competition Team	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	22	8	0	1	173.1656	150.2284	164.43	top 57%
Pork Ribs	22	9	2	3	172.5828	151.3944	163.96	top 49%
Pork	22	11	3	7	178.8800	152.5144	165.86	top 44%
Brisket	22	14	0	2	171.9884	149.0972	162.03	top 47%

“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	Avg finish
DE	1	top 59%
CZ	1	top 82%
AT	1	top 63%

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	8	top 59%
Medium (20–39)	10	top 40%
Large (40+)	4	top 46%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Vienna BBQ Days	2	3	0	top 33%	2018-07-14

The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 3.4 yrs 2016-04-23 → 2019-09-07

Busiest season 2019 7 contests

Contests a season 5.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in DE 1 of 22 contests · 3 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 21 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 22 entries · 0 wins · 8 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 165.86 · weakest Brisket (162.03)

Walk rate 86% a top-10 call in 19 of 22 contests

Overall top-10 rate 55% 12 of 22 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 656.27 out of 720 · 22 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 191 298–230 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 4,607 22 mapped stops · furthest 379 mi

Schedule strength 1537 average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests

Power rating 1547 peak 1553 · #1800 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Apr 23 First tracked contest Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Apr 23 First call Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Apr 23 First overall top-10 Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016
Jul 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.5368 Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival
2017
Sep 16 Career-best single call (Pork)178.8800 *Slovenia BBQ Open
2018
Apr 7 10th tracked contest 2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018
Apr 14 First category win (Pork Ribs) Wild King BBQ Competition
Jul 14 First overall podium Vienna BBQ Days
Jul 14 First multi-meat day Vienna BBQ Days
Sep 29 Peak power rating (1553) Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018
2019
Apr 13 Career-best overall score679.8852 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition
Sep 7 Most recent contest Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.5	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018	2018-04-28
+12.1	Wild King BBQ Competition	2018-04-14
+11.2	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition	2019-04-13
+10.5	Vienna BBQ Days	2018-07-14
+9.9	Wild West Fest On Fire	2019-08-10

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.3	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition	2019-04-06
-9.4	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition	2019-04-05
-8.6	Bohemian BBQ	2016-05-21
-6	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019	2019-04-27
-5.4	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018	2018-04-07

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	7	3	1	100%	top 56%	94.4%	91.1%
2018	6	4	4	83%	top 31%	94%	91.4%
2017	6	4	0	83%	top 46%	93.8%	91.6%
2016	3	1	0	67%	top 68%	93.4%	89.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-09-07	Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague, 17000	8 / 13 (649.6116)	3 (167.4172)	7 (164.5372)	10 (154.2172)	8 (163.4400)
2019-08-10	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode, 1215	7 / 27 (670.2972)	11 (169.7716)	2 (172.5828)	17 (161.7144)	9 (166.2284)
2019-07-20	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415	18 / 44 (649.0284)	13 (167.9884)	8 (169.6800)	22 (162.2628)	37 (149.0972)
2019-04-27	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg, 5020	18 / 26 (647.8516)	18 (163.9772)	16 (162.8000)	26 (152.5144)	6 (168.5600)
2019-04-13	2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol, A-6380	5 / 28 (679.8852)	4 (173.1084)	12 (165.1200)	11 (169.6684)	8 (171.9884)
2019-04-06	4th Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels, 4600	15 / 16 (651.4180)	16 (163.9544)	12 (162.8804)	3 (175.4288)	16 (149.1544)
2019-04-05	3rd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels, 4600	13 / 16 (643.9200)	15 (158.8228)	15 (151.3944)	1 (172.0228)	10 (161.6800)
2018-09-29	Meat, Smoke & Beer Festival & KCBS BBQ Competition 2018 Graz, 8010	5 / 19 (676.5600)	10 (168.0228)	8 (166.2744)	3 (174.2856)	5 (167.9772)
2018-07-21	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415	18 / 48 (649.5768)	14 (167.9656)	12 (164.5716)	28 (161.6568)	31 (155.3828)
2018-07-14	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna , 1210	3 / 15 (666.2056)	12 (161.1428)	1 (169.1428)	1 (174.2628)	5 (161.6572)
2018-04-28	4th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2018 Salzburg Austria, 5020	4 / 24 (670.1712)	4 (173.1428)	14 (161.6800)	1 (173.7028)	10 (161.6456)
2018-04-14	Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol, A-6380	4 / 23 (652.4800)	15 (162.2628)	1 (170.2972)	14 (157.0856)	7 (162.8344)
2018-04-07	2nd Meat Smoke and Beer BBQ Competition Wels 2018 Wels, 4600	12 / 17 (634.2512)	9 (162.3200)	9 (161.1200)	14 (155.9540)	10 (154.8572)
2017-10-14	*Tallya BBQ Fesztival Tallya,	22 / 40 (641.0396)	37 (152.5256)	29 (159.9656)	9 (168.5484)	19 (160.0000)
2017-09-16	*Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode,	10 / 25 (664.4684)	25 (150.2284)	10 (167.9772)	2 (178.8800)	6 (167.3828)
2017-07-22	2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79418	20 / 40 (662.2628)	32 (162.2284)	15 (164.5944)	15 (170.2972)	19 (165.1428)
2017-07-08	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna ,	9 / 20 (656.5252)	15 (157.6912)	13 (159.4056)	3 (173.1428)	3 (166.2856)
2017-04-29	3rd Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2017 Salzburg Austria, 5020	8 / 28 (675.4056)	14 (167.9656)	13 (167.4172)	14 (168.5828)	3 (171.4400)
2017-04-08	Meat Smoke and Beer Festival 2017 Wels, 4072	8 / 14 (655.4396)	7 (167.4512)	12 (161.7028)	8 (164.5828)	9 (161.7028)
2016-07-23	Black Forrest Smoke & Wine Festival Millheim, DE	17 / 29 (672.5368)	9 (173.1656)	9 (170.8228)	21 (162.2628)	14 (166.2856)
2016-05-21	Bohemian BBQ Prague, CZ	18 / 22 (629.1084)	16 (159.4056)	17 (159.4400)	19 (153.7028)	12 (156.5600)
2016-04-23	Barbecue Bulls Championship 2016 Salzburg Austria, AT	10 / 16 (639.9652)	5 (166.8684)	13 (153.6916)	5 (164.0456)	13 (155.3596)

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	#386 (841 pts)	#342 (921 pts)	#322 (961 pts)	#346 (936 pts)	#391 (846 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#344 (983 pts)	#478 (763 pts)	#312 (1033 pts)	#329 (1018 pts)	#464 (788 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#952 (363 pts)	#1215 (263 pts)	#1072 (328 pts)	#890 (438 pts)	#731 (538 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1085 (292 pts)	#922 (397 pts)	#1060 (327 pts)	#1110 (317 pts)	#1057 (322 pts)