BIG BOYS BBQ NL

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

Power ranking

#3961

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1484

peak 1509 · rated over 7 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2016-09-24

latest 2019-06-29

Best ToY finish

#1149

Master 2018

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

1 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 7 contests

Avg finish

top 63%

overall standings

Best overall

654.3088 / 720

Master · 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016

Perfect 180s

Current form

625.73 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 630.20 (-4.47)

Walk rate

29%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

171.4056

Chicken · KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

Consistency

±18.17

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.00 · weakest Brisket (151.74)

Road miles

393

mi across 7 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi

Schedule strength

27%

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

Master avg

630.20 / 720

7 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (4 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 tough matchup

6–0 behind in the head-to-head

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.

The weak link

−11.3 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.26 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 29%.

Brisket avg 151.74
Chicken avg 163.00
0 calls in 7 entries

A strong matchup

4–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CHILICHEF in 4 of their 4 shared contests.

A September team

Top 53% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 53% across 3 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

3 September contests
top 63% the rest of the year

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.

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

NO BRAINER BBQ TEAM

#3952 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

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THERMAL CHAOS BBQ

#3967 of the rated field

1484 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-11-05

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Pit Snipe BBQ

#3971 of the rated field

1484 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2019-10-18

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NAKED PIG BBQ

#3986 of the rated field

1483 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1483

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 7, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2018-03-09

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SMOKE EATRS BBQ OKLAHOMA

#3953 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1502

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 3 years before BIG BOYS BBQ NL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Smell My Grill

#3939 of the rated field

1484 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1484

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 5 years before BIG BOYS BBQ NL's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 7 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BBQ+	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
TEAM BBQ SHOP LIMBURG	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
VIKING BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
MASTERS OF FIRE	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	7	2	1	1	171.4056	150.2400	163.00	top 49%
Pork Ribs	7	1	0	0	170.2856	146.8688	157.77	top 57%
Pork	7	0	0	0	164.5484	148.5828	157.69	top 63%
Brisket	7	0	0	0	162.2744	141.7028	151.74	top 75%

“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 contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	2	0	top 70%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 60%

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	13	0	top 70%	2019-06-29

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

On the trail 2.8 yrs 2016-09-24 → 2019-06-29

Busiest season 2018 3 contests

Contests a season 1.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in DE 1 of 7 contests

Contests visited 6 1 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 7 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 163.00 · weakest Brisket (151.74)

Walk rate 29% a top-10 call in 2 of 7 contests

Overall top-10 rate 0% 0 of 7 contests

Master average 630.20 out of 720 · 7 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 200 133–212 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 393 7 mapped stops · furthest 128 mi

Schedule strength 1536 average field rating faced — tougher than 27% of rated contests

Power rating 1484 peak 1509 · #3961 of 6,413 rated

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

2016
Sep 24 First tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Sep 24 First call 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Sep 24 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.3088 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Sep 24 Career-best overall score654.3088 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Sep 24 Peak power rating (1509) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
2018
Jun 23 First category win (Chicken) KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
Jun 23 Career-best single call (Chicken)171.4056 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
2019
Jun 29 Most recent contest KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.4	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	2016-09-24
+4	Meat the East	2019-04-13

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.7	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2018-05-19
-7.9	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2019-06-29
-3.7	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017	2017-09-22
-3.4	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018	2018-09-22

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	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	2	0	0%	top 64%	90.5%	88.6%
2018	3	1	33%	top 75%	88.2%	85.8%
2017	1	0	0%	top 65%	87.3%	87.3%
2016	1	0	100%	top 25%	90.9%	90.9%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-06-29	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	18 / 22 (623.3600)	16 (163.4056)	21 (146.8688)	15 (158.2284)	18 (154.8572)
2019-04-13	Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK	19 / 41 (651.9088)	15 (167.4172)	27 (157.6688)	16 (164.5484)	21 (162.2744)
2018-09-22	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop,	49 / 73 (621.0516)	45 (157.1200)	20 (162.3088)	50 (153.0856)	54 (148.5372)
2018-06-23	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	13 / 22 (635.2916)	1 (171.4056)	17 (150.2288)	21 (152.5600)	11 (161.0972)
2018-05-19	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp , 2314CG	59 / 60 (597.0628)	58 (150.2400)	42 (156.5372)	55 (148.5828)	57 (141.7028)
2017-09-22	4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany,	43 / 66 (628.4456)	40 (160.5600)	33 (160.5144)	29 (162.8228)	59 (144.5484)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	17 / 67 (654.3088)	9 (170.8572)	7 (170.2856)	23 (163.9888)	56 (149.1772)

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	#1294 (172 pts)	#1230 (202 pts)	#1538 (127 pts)	#1234 (202 pts)	#1364 (162 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1149 (227 pts)	#852 (392 pts)	#1213 (232 pts)	#1314 (187 pts)	#1170 (237 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#2212 (60 pts)	#2286 (60 pts)	#2304 (60 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#2037 (100 pts)	#1736 (145 pts)	#1649 (165 pts)	#2271 (70 pts)	#2345 (60 pts)