High-water mark
685.6800
career-best overall
95.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 685.6800 at Smoke in the North (Day 1) — 95.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2026-08-21
This'll do it BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1476
peak 1476 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2025-08-22
latest 2026-08-22
Best ToY finish
#326
Master 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
653.95 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.97 (+3.97)
Walk rate
83%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
and counting
Consistency
±25.69
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.11 · weakest Brisket (155.21)
Road miles
1,938
mi across 6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
32%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)
Master avg
649.97 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (7 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.
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
RIVERLAND SMOKERS has finished one call ahead of This'll do it BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
6–0
behind in the head-to-head
Barbecoa BBQ Team ahead in 100% of their meetings
Barbecoa BBQ Team has come out ahead in 6 of their 6 shared contests.
The weak link
−11.9
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 11.91 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 33%.
- Brisket avg 155.21
- Chicken avg 167.11
- 0 calls in 6 entries
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Side By Side BBQ in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Looking over their shoulder
2×
one call behind them
Badboy Butchers BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.
An August team
Top 48%
average finish in August
Something about August: average finish in the top 48% across 3 contests, versus top 72% the rest of the year.
- 3 August contests
- top 72% 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.
150 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4311 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1476
2–1 in 3 shared contests (67% to This'll do it BBQ)
These two have cooked 3 of the same contests — This'll do it BBQ ahead 2–1 — so there's a record behind this pairing and not just a matching number.
⚔ Head-to-head#4327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 21%
- Peak
- 1503
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to This'll do it BBQ)
19 contests to 6: their number has had years to settle where This'll do it BBQ's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head#4329 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Level with This'll do it BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4304 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 8 years before This'll do it BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#4313 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before This'll do it BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#4333 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1476
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before This'll do it BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbecoa BBQ Team | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 175.4172 | 154.7884 | 167.11 | top 55% |
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 154.7888 | 164.83 | top 57% |
| Pork | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 176.5600 | 148.5372 | 162.82 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170.2856 | 140.5716 | 155.21 | top 80% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 2 | 0 | top 100% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 48% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the North (Day 2) | 2 | 9 | 0 | top 35% | 2026-08-22 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1 yrs
2025-08-22 → 2026-08-22
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
5
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
6 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 167.11 · weakest Brisket (155.21)
Walk rate
83%
a top-10 call in 5 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
2 of 6 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests — and still running
Master average
649.97
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
91
48–104 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
1,938
6 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1543
average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests
Power rating
1476
peak 1476 · #4318 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2025
- First tracked contest Smoke in the North
- First call Smoke in the North
- First category win (Chicken) Smoke in the North
- Peak power rating (1494) Smoke in the North
- 2026
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8004 Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- First overall top-10 Smoke in the North (Day 1)
- Career-best overall score685.6800 Smoke in the North (Day 1)
- Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Smoke in the North (Day 2)
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +8.6 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) | 2026-08-22 |
| +8 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) | 2026-08-21 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.1 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition | 2026-05-23 |
| -11.2 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition | 2026-05-22 |
| -10.8 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge | 2026-04-11 |
| -6.5 | Smoke in the North | 2025-08-22 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 80% | top 72% | 95.2% | 90.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100% | top 74% | 87.5% | 87.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-22 | Smoke in the North (Day 2) Boras, 50113 | 9 / 26 (681.6344) | 14 (168.5372) | 7 (172.5716) | 2 (176.5600) | 19 (163.9656) |
| 2026-08-21 | Smoke in the North (Day 1) Boras, 50113 | 10 / 28 (685.6800) | 16 (168.5372) | 10 (173.7144) | 8 (173.1428) | 12 (170.2856) |
| 2026-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom, 2850 | 18 / 18 (650.8004) | 17 (163.4400) | 14 (159.9888) | 15 (163.9428) | 14 (163.4288) |
| 2026-05-22 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition Boom, 2850 | 13 / 13 (618.0344) | 13 (154.7884) | 10 (163.9544) | 13 (151.9544) | 13 (147.3372) |
| 2026-04-11 | BBQ Expo Master's Challenge PARMA, 43126 | 37 / 42 (633.5776) | 9 (175.4172) | 36 (154.7888) | 29 (162.8000) | 40 (140.5716) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 23 / 31 (630.1144) | 1 (171.9656) | 13 (163.9544) | 29 (148.5372) | 28 (145.6572) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #326 (500 pts) | #344 (530 pts) | #360 (555 pts) | #265 (650 pts) | #375 (455 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1125 (66 pts) | #640 (281 pts) | #1077 (116 pts) | #1440 (56 pts) | #1437 (56 pts) |