ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM

ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 5 at the Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1) (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #3616 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,616

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1491

peak 1491 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 20, 2015

latest Sep 14, 2019 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#577

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

39% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 61%

overall standings

Best overall

683.3600 / 720

Master · Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)

Perfect 180s

Current form

663.59 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 648.83 (+14.76)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4516

Chicken · Rugby Sound BBQ Competition

Consistency

±35.32

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 165.57 · weakest Brisket (153.98)

Road miles

12,970

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 5,240 mi

Schedule strength

18%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)

Master avg

648.83 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (10 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.0460 points from the title

Came within 0.0460 points of the Grand Championship at Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1) (Sep 13, 2019).

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 18 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 18 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

683.3600 career-best overall

94.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 683.3600 at Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1) — 94.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 13, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

GOOD OLD BBQ has finished one call ahead of ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2018 their best year

2018 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 48%.

5 contests
3 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 48%

A tough matchup

10–3 behind in the head-to-head

STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM ahead in 77% of their meetings

STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM has come out ahead in 10 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.6 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.59 points below their pork ribs, and turns into a call 39% of the time against 61%.

Brisket avg 153.98
Pork Ribs avg 165.57
7 calls in 18 entries

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A strong matchup

8–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BURROS BBQ in 8 of their 10 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

WILD HOGS BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

12,970 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,970 miles across 18 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,240 miles to Cook-in Camargue.

18 mapped stops
furthest 5,240 mi

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	#577 (571 pts)	#629 (541 pts)	#534 (646 pts)	#652 (511 pts)	#470 (716 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#640 (533 pts)	#772 (443 pts)	#589 (618 pts)	#685 (538 pts)	#664 (553 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#807 (465 pts)	#846 (465 pts)	#529 (755 pts)	#737 (555 pts)	#829 (465 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1275 (226 pts)	#1022 (341 pts)	#1458 (201 pts)	#1426 (216 pts)	#1605 (166 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Covered Embers

#3,637 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1501

3–2 in 5 shared contests (60% to ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM)

These two have cooked 5 of the same contests — ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM ahead 3–2 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2023

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Passion BBQ

#3,632 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1491

0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM has cooked, 5 to 18, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Sep 22, 2018

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Sons of Hamarchy

#3,625 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1491

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 18 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Jul 11, 2026

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SEDALIA MASTERBASTERS

#3,627 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1520

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 19 contests, alongside a 11% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 15, 2023

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BURNIN BENJAMINS

#3,618 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1509

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2021

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2 SONS AND THE BIG GUY

#3,613 of the rated field

1491 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 12%
Peak: 1515

Careers of much the same size, 17 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 17 contests
last seen May 19, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
STICKY FINGERS BARBECUE TEAM	13	3	10	23%	⚔ compare
DRAGON BBQ	11	1	10	9%	⚔ compare
BURROS BBQ	10	8	2	80%	⚔ compare
GRILLER INSTINCT	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
BROS HOG	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BAD BBQ TEAM	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
THE BARKTENDERS	9	2	7	22%	⚔ compare
SMOKE'N'FIRE BBQ TEAM	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
Griller Unchained	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
GECKO BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
GOOD OLD BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY JOB	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
TORINO RIBS	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare
GRILLKUNST	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	6	0	3	175.4516	153.1428	165.29	top 59%
Pork Ribs	18	11	2	4	174.8456	157.0972	165.57	top 48%
Pork	18	7	0	1	173.1772	154.2744	163.99	top 60%
Brisket	18	7	0	1	174.8456	20	153.98	top 62%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	7	0	top 61%
Medium (20–39)	11	0	top 61%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
IT	2	top 59%
BZ	1	top 43%
CH	1	top 45%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)	3	2	0	top 42%	Sep 14, 2019
Bardo-Q BBQ Competition	2	11	0	top 69%	Apr 21, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 3.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in IT 2 of 18 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 15 2 of them more than once

Opponents faced 151 finished ahead 137 times, behind 199

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

20194 milestones

Sep 13 First overall podium Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)
Sep 13 First Reserve Championship Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)
Sep 13 Career-best overall score683.3600 Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)
Sep 14 Most recent contest Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2)

20182 milestones

Jan 13 10th tracked contest W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Mar 24 First category win (Pork Ribs) The War of Barbeque

20165 milestones

Apr 30 First call Smoke By the River
Apr 30 First overall top-10 Smoke By the River
Apr 30 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.7828 Smoke By the River
Jun 25 Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4516 Rugby Sound BBQ Competition
Jun 25 Peak power rating (1497) Rugby Sound BBQ Competition

20151 milestone

Jun 20 First tracked contest Italian Barbecue Championship 2015

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+11.2	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1)	Sep 13, 2019
+7.6	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2)	Jun 9, 2018
+7.3	The War of Barbeque	Mar 24, 2018
+6.1	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest	Jan 13, 2018
+5.6	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN	Oct 20, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.1	Italian Hardcore Barbcue	May 27, 2017
-8.7	Vienna BBQ Days	Jul 8, 2017
-7.4	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015	Jun 20, 2015
-4.9	Slovenia BBQ Open	Sep 16, 2017
-4.5	Cook-in Camargue	Jun 24, 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	4	2	1	100%	top 55%	94.9%	92.2%
2018	5	3	1	80%	top 48%	93.3%	92.2%
2017	5	0	0	80%	top 80%	93.1%	86.2%
2016	3	2	0	67%	top 55%	92.6%	91.4%
2015	1	0	0	0%	top 75%	87.1%	87.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 14, 2019	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 2) Carugate MI	6 / 13 (663.4056)	6 (168.5600)	5 (165.1428)	7 (162.8456)	5 (166.8572)
Sep 13, 2019	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (DAY 1) Carugate MI	2 / 5 (683.3600)	3 (173.1200)	1 (174.2972)	2 (170.2744)	4 (165.6684)
May 11, 2019	BBQ Friui Venezia Giulia Lignano Sabbiadoro, Udine	17 / 23 (647.9312)	12 (166.2856)	18 (158.8228)	17 (161.6800)	10 (161.1428)
Mar 23, 2019	Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia	15 / 25 (659.9772)	21 (162.2972)	8 (168.5600)	25 (154.2744)	2 (174.8456)
Oct 20, 2018	SMOKE IN SCHLIEREN Goldschlagiplatz	9 / 20 (663.2800)	12 (161.0856)	8 (163.3944)	4 (169.1200)	6 (169.6800)
Jun 9, 2018	Italian Hardcore Barbecue (Day 2) Milano	8 / 20 (670.7312)	7 (170.8112)	16 (163.3828)	7 (173.1200)	12 (163.4172)
Apr 21, 2018	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	11 / 15 (656.4340)	2 (171.9884)	10 (162.8228)	12 (161.0856)	11 (160.5372)
Mar 24, 2018	The War of Barbeque Noventa di Piave	7 / 18 (671.9200)	14 (167.3828)	1 (173.1544)	15 (162.8456)	6 (168.5372)
Jan 13, 2018	W.E.S.T. Winter extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	13 / 30 (657.1544)	19 (165.1200)	12 (164.5488)	16 (160.6172)	11 (166.8684)
Sep 16, 2017	Slovenia BBQ Open Medvode	19 / 25 (632.9832)	22 (158.2400)	17 (158.2404)	11 (167.3828)	23 (149.1200)
Jul 8, 2017	Vienna BBQ Days Vienna	17 / 20 (623.2684)	14 (158.2512)	9 (161.1544)	15 (154.8228)	20 (149.0400)
Jun 24, 2017	Cook-in Camargue Saint Maries	11 / 15 (658.9028)	15 (153.7256)	14 (160)	5 (173.1772)	7 (172)
May 27, 2017	Italian Hardcore Barbcue Anzola dell'Emilia, Italy	12 / 12 (517.6572)	11 (160.5372)	4 (174.2628)	9 (162.8572)	12 (20)
Apr 22, 2017	Bardo-Q BBQ Competition Bardonecchia	18 / 28 (670.2512)	15 (169.7028)	2 (174.8456)	25 (161.6800)	18 (164.0228)
Sep 10, 2016	Brixia 4 Star Championship Brescia, Italy	17 / 26 (658.3432)	15 (169.1544)	20 (161.7372)	14 (166.3316)	23 (161.1200)
Jun 25, 2016	Rugby Sound BBQ Competition Parabiago, Italy	8 / 15 (666.8344)	2 (175.4516)	9 (168.0228)	11 (163.9428)	12 (159.4172)
Apr 30, 2016	Smoke By the River Brugg, Switzerland	9 / 20 (649.7828)	4 (170.3200)	2 (170.8456)	10 (161.1772)	15 (147.4400)
Jun 20, 2015	Italian Barbecue Championship 2015 Percorso Verde, Perugia	18 / 24 (626.7888)	20 (153.1428)	17 (157.0972)	12 (164.5716)	17 (151.9772)

ITALIAN STYLE BBQ TEAM

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 (10 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

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)