ZWARTE HAND

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

Power ranking

#3405

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1495

peak 1505 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Contests

in the data

First seen

2013-05-18

latest 2017-09-09

Best ToY finish

#1365

Master 2017

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

0 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 14 contests

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

661.1428 / 720

Master · W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

649.37 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 638.62 (+10.75)

Walk rate

57%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.7372

Chicken · 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off

Consistency

±15.43

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 162.34 · weakest Brisket (156.53)

Road miles

2,686

mi across 14 mapped stops · furthest 482 mi

Schedule strength

12%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1518)

Master avg

638.62 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

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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

NASQ has finished one call ahead of ZWARTE HAND 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

10–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 10 of their 10 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.82 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 7% of the time against 21%.

Brisket avg 156.53
Chicken avg 162.34
1 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

5–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 71% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of LOW AND SLOW MEISTER in 5 of their 7 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

8 of 10 shared chicken entries lost

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 80% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 8 of 10 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

DE FILOUS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±2.14% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.14% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 88.7% of a perfect score
14 contests

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.

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

BAERL B Q (DE)

#3390 of the rated field

1496 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1496

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to ZWARTE HAND)

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen 2018-09-22

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BOYS IN BLUE BARBECUE

#3416 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1513

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 12 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2019-05-31

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BANG BANG BBQ

#3410 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1507

No shared contest yet.

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 11 contests
last seen 2019-06-07

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ROOSTER'S COMPETITION BBQ TEAM

#3407 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 18
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1515

No shared contest yet.

18 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 6% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 18 contests
last seen 2025-05-02

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CUMBIA BBQ TEAM

#3398 of the rated field

1495 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 90%
Peak: 1495

No shared contest yet.

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 10 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2025-08-02
on a 7-contest top-10 run

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MEATWAGON BBQ

#3423 of the rated field

1495 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1522

No shared contest yet.

Level with ZWARTE HAND on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen 2016-06-10

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
PUREBBQ	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SEA SIDE SMOKERS	9	1	8	11%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
LOW AND SLOW MEISTER	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
LETZQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
RIDDLEQ'S	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
IRON BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	14	3	173.7372	155.4284	162.34	top 51%
Pork Ribs	14	3	168.0228	152.5716	160.17	top 52%
Pork	14	2	169.7028	150.2856	159.58	top 56%
Brisket	14	1	166.2400	148.5716	156.53	top 60%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NL	3	top 56%
BZ	1	top 53%
DE	1	top 40%
BE	1	top 88%
IT	1	top 43%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	8	0	top 53%
Large (40+)	6	0	top 59%

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

On the trail 4.3 yrs 2013-05-18 → 2017-09-09

Busiest season 2016 6 contests

Contests a season 2.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NL 3 of 14 contests · 5 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 14 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 14 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 162.34 · weakest Brisket (156.53)

Walk rate 57% a top-10 call in 8 of 14 contests

Overall top-10 rate 14% 2 of 14 contests

Master average 638.62 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 247 246–301 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,686 14 mapped stops · furthest 482 mi

Schedule strength 1518 average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests

Power rating 1495 peak 1505 · #3405 of 6,413 rated

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

2013
May 18 First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
May 18 First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
2014
May 10 First overall top-10 Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship
2015
May 9 Peak power rating (1505) Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
2016
Jan 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.4972 W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016
Sep 24 10th tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
Oct 8 Career-best single call (Chicken)173.7372 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off
2017
Jan 14 Career-best overall score661.1428 W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest
Sep 9 Most recent contest Farm Meat

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+7.7	Farm Meat	2016-09-10
+7.1	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship	2014-05-10
+5.2	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016	2016-09-24
+4	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off	2016-10-08
+3.7	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016	2016-01-15

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.1	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II	2016-04-23
-10.6	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	2016-05-08
-6	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015	2015-09-25
-4.6	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	2013-05-18
-3.1	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off	2015-10-10

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)

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2017	3	0	33%	top 54%	91.8%	90%
2016	6	1	67%	top 57%	91.6%	89.5%
2015	3	0	33%	top 60%	88.2%	87.1%
2014	1	1	100%	top 31%	87.9%	87.9%
2013	1	0	100%	top 66%	85.7%	85.7%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2017-09-09	Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC	23 / 38 (637.7372)	15 (163.9884)	29 (154.3316)	13 (163.4056)	27 (156.0116)
2017-04-15	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium, g400	20 / 41 (645.1088)	26 (161.7372)	32 (152.5716)	20 (164.5600)	9 (166.2400)
2017-01-14	W.E.S.T.Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	16 / 30 (661.1428)	13 (166.8684)	14 (166.8456)	15 (164.5600)	14 (162.8688)
2016-10-08	4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL	20 / 46 (657.1088)	6 (173.7372)	31 (159.9888)	24 (164.5372)	27 (158.8456)
2016-09-24	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	27 / 67 (645.7600)	25 (164.5828)	29 (162.2972)	37 (158.2856)	27 (160.5944)
2016-09-10	Farm Meat Dongen, NL	10 / 27 (658.3316)	19 (161.7600)	14 (162.8572)	6 (169.7028)	13 (164.0116)
2016-05-08	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE	35 / 40 (619.9772)	36 (155.4284)	29 (154.2744)	35 (151.9772)	23 (158.2972)
2016-04-23	Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL	30 / 34 (624.0344)	28 (155.4628)	4 (168.0228)	30 (151.9428)	33 (148.6060)
2016-01-15	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol 2016 Rein in Taufers, IT	13 / 30 (659.4972)	18 (162.2856)	9 (166.8800)	9 (167.4744)	15 (162.8572)
2015-10-10	3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, 61515DE	27 / 42 (628.0340)	33 (156.0228)	20 (160.5828)	17 (162.2856)	31 (149.1428)
2015-09-25	2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW,	47 / 67 (618.9720)	37 (161.7716)	34 (158.3200)	57 (150.2856)	54 (148.5948)
2015-05-09	Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel,	17 / 38 (634.7884)	6 (166.8800)	24 (155.4628)	18 (160.5256)	26 (151.9200)
2014-05-10	Beer, Fries & BBQ! - The Belgian Low & Slow BBQ Championship Kapermolenpark, Hasselt, Be	9 / 29 (633.0516)	12 (162.2628)	4 (165.1544)	19 (150.8344)	13 (154.8000)
2013-05-18	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, Netherlands,	21 / 32 (617.1432)	9 (160.0000)	22 (154.8572)	23 (153.7144)	24 (148.5716)

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
2017 ↗	Master	#1365 (185 pts)	#1552 (175 pts)	#1583 (170 pts)	#1442 (190 pts)	#1218 (255 pts)