MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM

MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 10 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 15th of 38 at the Farm Meat (2017). They are ranked #4680 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,680

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1469

peak 1469 · rated over 10 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 14, 2016

latest Sep 21, 2019 · 3.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#1129

Master 2017 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podium

Overall top-10s

0% of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

646.2624 / 720

Master · Farm Meat

Perfect 180s

Current form

631.05 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 633.97 (-2.92)

Walk rate

30%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1428

Chicken · Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland

Consistency

±7.54

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.31 · weakest Brisket (156.09)

Road miles

378

across 10 mapped stops · furthest 82 mi

Schedule strength

26%

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

Master avg

633.97 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 48%

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

ROKENDE REGAHS ahead in 100% of their meetings

ROKENDE REGAHS has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.2 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.22 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 10%.

Brisket avg 156.09
Chicken avg 163.31
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

7–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

ROKENDE REGAHS ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, ROKENDE REGAHS has out-cooked them in 7 of 10 shared chicken entries.

The metronome

±1.05% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.05% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.1% of a perfect score
10 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	#1226 (180 pts)	#1244 (195 pts)	#1240 (195 pts)	#1301 (180 pts)	#981 (295 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1865 (76 pts)	#2529 (56 pts)	#1888 (86 pts)	#2026 (61 pts)	#1844 (91 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1129 (271 pts)	#1158 (286 pts)	#1325 (231 pts)	#1034 (346 pts)	#1280 (236 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1415 (191 pts)	#907 (406 pts)	#1374 (221 pts)	#1658 (166 pts)	#1588 (171 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Royaal BBQ

#4,703 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1469

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM)

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

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 8, 2019

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The Popes White Smoke

#4,692 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1469

2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 28 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 28 contests
last seen Sep 10, 2023

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HEAVY HITTERS BBQ

#4,678 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1505

Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Aug 26, 2022

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KO BBQ

#4,707 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1469

They turned up 7 years after MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM did, first appearing in 2023.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 8, 2026

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Beer & Bones

#4,659 of the rated field

1470 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1470

Level with MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Apr 26, 2024

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BARRELY SMOKIN

#4,681 of the rated field

1469 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1469

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 Jul 26, 2019

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
ROKENDE REGAHS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	7	7	0	100%	⚔ compare
WESTHOEK SMOKERS	7	6	1	86%	⚔ compare
SMOKEY THE BOAR	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
ROASTING ROMANS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BBQ RANGERS BELGIUM	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	1	1	173.1428	150.8456	163.31	top 54%
Pork Ribs	10	0	0	161.1656	146.8460	157.15	top 66%
Pork	10	1	0	166.3084	143.9544	157.42	top 69%
Brisket	10	1	0	170.2628	146.2972	156.09	top 66%

“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
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NL	2	0	top 88%
BE	1	0	top 69%

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 3 contests

Contests a season 2.5 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 2 of 10 contests · 2 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 10 a different one every time

Opponents faced 157 finished ahead 130 times, behind 256

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

20192 milestones

Sep 21 10th tracked contest Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 21 Most recent contest Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland

20171 milestone

Sep 9 Career-best overall score646.2624 Farm Meat

20164 milestones

May 14 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 14 Peak power rating (1490) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Sep 17 First call Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland
Sep 17 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.1428 Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+5.9	Farm Meat	Sep 9, 2017
+3.8	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV	May 13, 2017
+0.9	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI	May 11, 2019
+0.3	Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017	Sep 16, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.4	Farm Meat	Sep 10, 2016
-9.9	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 14, 2016
-7.7	Spring Break BBQ Contest	Mar 30, 2019
-6.1	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland	Sep 21, 2019
-3.7	Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland	Sep 17, 2016

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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	3	33%	top 73%	88.1%	87.1%
2018	1	0%	top 68%	88.2%	88.2%
2017	3	33%	top 48%	89.8%	89.4%
2016	3	33%	top 82%	88%	87.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 21, 2019	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	29 / 36 (623.3488)	22 (162.2856)	33 (146.8460)	34 (143.9544)	6 (170.2628)
May 11, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt	28 / 49 (634.2860)	30 (161.7144)	25 (157.6800)	34 (157.7372)	27 (157.1544)
Mar 30, 2019	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel	33 / 40 (623.3596)	38 (150.8456)	22 (159.4284)	25 (163.4284)	31 (149.6572)
Sep 15, 2018	Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	21 / 31 (634.8684)	27 (157.7256)	19 (158.8916)	24 (158.2628)	18 (159.9884)
Sep 16, 2017	Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas	18 / 31 (639.3828)	20 (163.4056)	14 (161.1200)	17 (162.8800)	27 (151.9772)
Sep 9, 2017	Farm Meat Dongen	15 / 38 (646.2624)	19 (162.8112)	35 (152.0344)	7 (166.3084)	13 (165.1084)
May 13, 2017	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt	23 / 50 (645.1196)	14 (167.4284)	25 (159.4516)	20 (164.5484)	39 (153.6912)
Sep 17, 2016	Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland Nikiaas, Belgium	20 / 29 (629.7256)	3 (173.1428)	16 (161.1656)	27 (149.1200)	26 (146.2972)
Sep 10, 2016	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	25 / 27 (633.6572)	12 (168.0112)	23 (157.7144)	25 (155.9544)	24 (151.9772)
May 14, 2016	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	54 / 65 (629.6456)	27 (165.7256)	48 (157.1544)	57 (151.9656)	46 (154.8000)

MATES & PLATES BARBECUE TEAM

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

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)

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)