THE DUTCH BBQ CREW

THE DUTCH BBQ CREW is a competition barbecue team with 18 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 55 at the Tony Stone BBQ Competition (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1421 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,421

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1570

peak 1570 · rated over 18 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Oct 10, 2014

latest Sep 7, 2019 · 4.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#335

Master 2019 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

5 podiums

Overall top-10s

44% of 18 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 40%

overall standings

Best overall

678.2972 / 720

Master · Tony Stone BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

Current form

669.50 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 651.73 (+17.76)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176

Pork Ribs · Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

Consistency

±22.02

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.32 · weakest Brisket (160.75)

Road miles

979

across 18 mapped stops · furthest 106 mi

Schedule strength

23%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1532)

Master avg

651.73 / 720

18 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 4

On the rise

+53 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 53 points across 6 contests since Sep 8, 2018 — from 1517 up to 1570.

6 contests since Sep 8, 2018
now 1570

Happy hunting ground

Top 18% average finish here

Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest is their spot: an average finish in the top 18% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 7th
average top 18%

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

678.2972 career-best overall

94.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 678.2972 at Tony Stone BBQ Competition — 94.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 8, 2019

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

VIKING BBQ has finished one call ahead of THE DUTCH BBQ CREW 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 17%.

5 contests
4 overall top-10s
1 category win
average top 17%

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A tough matchup

15–1 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 94% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 15 of their 16 shared contests.

A strong matchup

11–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 73% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOWLAND SMOKERS in 11 of their 15 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

14 of 16 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 88% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 14 of 16 shared chicken entries.

A June team

Top 22% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 40% the rest of the year.

3 June contests
top 40% the rest of the year

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	#335 (928 pts)	#553 (628 pts)	#334 (948 pts)	#534 (643 pts)	#507 (663 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1184 (248 pts)	#1538 (178 pts)	#1124 (303 pts)	#1047 (343 pts)	#1034 (338 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1502 (177 pts)	#1646 (167 pts)	#1361 (227 pts)	#1655 (167 pts)	#1631 (162 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to THE DUTCH BBQ CREW, each with one reason worth a look.

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

HUNTER'S HOT ASH BBQ

#1,425 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1570

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Jun 12, 2026

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YELLOW JACKET BBQ

#1,422 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 21%
Peak: 1570

Careers of much the same size, 19 contests to 18, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2019

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SOUTHERN SMOKED SWINE

#1,412 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1584

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before THE DUTCH BBQ CREW's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 19 contests

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Cluckin’ Crazy BBQ

#1,413 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 35%
Peak: 1599

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 23 contests, alongside a 35% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Jul 24, 2026

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4 SMOKIN' BUTTS

#1,415 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 2
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1605

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

rated over 22 contests
last seen May 1, 2021

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LIBERTY BBQ

#1,426 of the rated field

1570 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1589

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2014.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Oct 28, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ+	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	16	1	15	6%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	15	11	4	73%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	14	6	8	43%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	13	6	7	46%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
RIDDLEQ'S	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	11	0	11	0%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	10	5	5	50%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	9	8	1	89%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	9	7	2	78%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	18	5	0	0	173.7372	153.1428	164.32	top 50%
Pork Ribs	18	10	1	4	176	142.8344	163.57	top 38%
Pork	18	5	0	0	171.9884	147.4400	163.09	top 46%
Brisket	18	7	0	1	171.4516	133.7144	160.75	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 58%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 41%
Large (40+)	10	top 38%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NL	3	0	top 45%
EU	1	0	top 91%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	3	6	top 23%	Jun 3, 2017
Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	2	7	top 18%	Sep 7, 2019
Farm Meat	2	7	top 51%	Sep 10, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 5 contests

Contests a season 3 across 6 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 3 of 18 contests · 2 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 14 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 272 finished ahead 449 times, behind 282

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

20196 milestones

Jun 8 First overall podium Tony Stone BBQ Competition
Jun 8 First Reserve Championship Tony Stone BBQ Competition
Jun 8 Career-best overall score678.2972 Tony Stone BBQ Competition
Jun 29 First category win (Pork Ribs) KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
Sep 7 Peak power rating (1570) 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

20161 milestone

May 14 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20152 milestones

May 23 First overall top-10 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 23 First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.8228 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

20142 milestones

Oct 10 First tracked contest Ruhrpott BBQ
Oct 10 First call Ruhrpott BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.5	Tony Stone BBQ Competition	Jun 8, 2019
+14.5	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 23, 2015
+12.9	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Aug 31, 2019
+11.8	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 8, 2018
+11.5	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off	Oct 10, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.3	Farm Meat	Sep 9, 2017
-12.7	Ruhrpott BBQ	Oct 10, 2014
-9.2	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off	Oct 7, 2017
-6.9	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off	Oct 8, 2016
-0.3	Farm Meat	Sep 12, 2015

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 17%	94.2%	93%
2018	2	1	0	50%	top 34%	92.2%	91.1%
2017	4	0	0	50%	top 65%	91.2%	88.9%
2016	3	0	0	67%	top 45%	93.2%	91.3%
2015	3	3	0	100%	top 29%	92.1%	90.3%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 91%	82.1%	82.1%

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	7 / 38 (668.5596)	4 (173.7372)	6 (168.5828)	12 (167.9540)	24 (158.2856)
Aug 31, 2019	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	5 / 31 (677.2228)	8 (170.8684)	9 (166.3088)	6 (170.8456)	5 (169.2000)
Jun 29, 2019	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	4 / 22 (665.1424)	15 (163.4168)	1 (173.1772)	16 (157.1200)	3 (171.4284)
Jun 8, 2019	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	2 / 55 (678.2972)	15 (168.6172)	3 (172)	13 (170.2628)	15 (167.4172)
Apr 13, 2019	Meat the East Hengelo	12 / 41 (658.2628)	31 (161.7028)	12 (166.2400)	10 (168)	20 (162.3200)
Sep 8, 2018	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	7 / 40 (663.9540)	26 (162.2628)	5 (170.8800)	16 (165.1428)	9 (165.6684)
Apr 14, 2018	Meat The East Hengelo	17 / 34 (647.3484)	23 (161.7028)	13 (165.7028)	18 (162.2628)	26 (157.6800)
Oct 7, 2017	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp	38 / 47 (637.1088)	8 (171.4288)	36 (154.8344)	33 (161.1428)	43 (149.7028)
Sep 9, 2017	Farm Meat Dongen	37 / 38 (613.6232)	36 (153.1428)	37 (147.3488)	34 (149.0972)	15 (164.0344)
Aug 26, 2017	Regahfest 2017 The Hague	11 / 28 (651.9316)	24 (155.3828)	8 (164.5944)	5 (165.7144)	6 (166.2400)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	24 / 56 (656.4572)	26 (166.3200)	18 (167.3944)	16 (168.5256)	43 (154.2172)
Oct 8, 2016	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	33 / 46 (643.8864)	30 (163.4172)	34 (157.6688)	18 (166.2516)	33 (156.5488)
Sep 10, 2016	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	12 / 27 (656.4912)	14 (166.8684)	6 (169.6800)	21 (158.8456)	15 (161.0972)
May 14, 2016	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL	12 / 65 (670.8688)	18 (168.0228)	2 (176)	20 (169.1544)	39 (157.6916)
Oct 10, 2015	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands	8 / 42 (661.7028)	17 (164.5828)	3 (168.5828)	32 (157.0856)	4 (171.4516)
Sep 12, 2015	Farm Meat Dongen, the Netherlands	7 / 12 (626.6624)	6 (159.9884)	10 (150.2056)	6 (158.7884)	5 (157.6800)
May 23, 2015	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	6 / 68 (662.8228)	44 (159.4172)	26 (162.2972)	4 (171.9884)	6 (169.1200)
Oct 10, 2014	Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU	53 / 58 (590.8344)	10 (166.8456)	51 (142.8344)	49 (147.4400)	55 (133.7144)

THE DUTCH BBQ CREW

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 (11 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

On the rise

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A June team

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)