TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM

TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 10th of 30 at the BBQ an der Burg 2018 (2018). They are ranked #4141 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,141

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1480

peak 1504 · rated over 11 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 15, 2017

latest Jun 3, 2022 · 5.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#851

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

9% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 62%

overall standings

Best overall

658.2172 / 720

Master · 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off

Perfect 180s

Current form

606.34 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 625.33 (-18.99)

Walk rate

64%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2972

Chicken · Eastern BBQ Contest

Consistency

±44.60

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.03 · weakest Brisket (156.26)

Road miles

1,417

across 11 mapped stops

Schedule strength

21%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

625.33 / 720

11 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

64% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 7 of 11 contests

A top-10 category call in 64% of their 11 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 100% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−8.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 8.77 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 10% of the time against 18%.

Brisket avg 156.26
Chicken avg 165.03
1 call in 10 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of The Popes White Smoke in 4 of their 5 shared contests.

The comeback

3.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 3.7 years, then back at Tony Stone BBQ Competition (Jun 3, 2022).

last seen Sep 8, 2018
back Jun 3, 2022

Chicken nemesis

8 of 8 shared chicken entries lost

010 BRAAI ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, 010 BRAAI has out-cooked them in 8 of 8 shared chicken entries.

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
2022 ↗	Master	#1309 (60 pts)	#702 (260 pts)	#1404 (60 pts)	#1348 (60 pts)	#1333 (60 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#851 (365 pts)	#608 (610 pts)	#767 (465 pts)	#881 (370 pts)	#907 (355 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1467 (175 pts)	#1617 (160 pts)	#1056 (335 pts)	#1799 (120 pts)	#1359 (215 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM, each with one reason worth a look.

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

OLD TRUCKERS BBQ

#4,122 of the rated field

1481 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1481

1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 13 contests
last seen May 14, 2022

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Oink N Doink

#4,126 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 5
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 20%
Peak: 1480

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM)

Fewer contests behind them than TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM has cooked, 5 to 11, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 5 contests
last seen Oct 10, 2025

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Twiki G BBQ

#4,143 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1480

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Jan 30, 2026

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GEM CITY BBQ

#4,133 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1480

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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Mid Valley BBQ

#4,125 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1480

They turned up 7 years after TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2024.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 19, 2025

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QUE SCHOOL

#4,137 of the rated field

1480 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1510

Level with TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Mar 4, 2022

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
010 BRAAI	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
The Popes White Smoke	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
DE FILOUS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	11	2	1	2	174.2972	155.9888	165.03	top 45%
Pork Ribs	11	4	2	2	170.8572	127.9316	160.09	top 43%
Pork	11	0	0	0	165.1428	145.6800	158.16	top 66%
Brisket	10	1	0	0	168	138.8000	156.26	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	6	0	top 59%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 64%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Eastern BBQ Contest	2	24	0	top 75%	Mar 31, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 3.7 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 10 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 206 finished ahead 166 times, behind 253

Longest layoff 3.7 yrs Sep 8, 2018 → Jun 3, 2022

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

20221 milestone

Jun 3 Most recent contest Tony Stone BBQ Competition

20184 milestones

Mar 31 Career-best single call (Chicken)174.2972 Eastern BBQ Contest
Jun 30 First overall top-10 BBQ an der Burg 2018
Jun 30 Peak power rating (1504) BBQ an der Burg 2018
Sep 8 10th tracked contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest

20175 milestones

Apr 15 First tracked contest Eastern BBQ Contest
Jul 1 First call BBQ An Der Burg
Jul 1 First category win (Pork Ribs) BBQ An Der Burg
Oct 7 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2172 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off
Oct 7 Career-best overall score658.2172 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.8	BBQ an der Burg 2018	Jun 30, 2018
+4.9	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 19, 2018
+4.4	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off	Oct 7, 2017
+3.4	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018	Apr 28, 2018
+2.2	BBQ An Der Burg	Jul 1, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.4	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 8, 2018
-9.4	Tony Stone BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2022
-7.8	Eastern BBQ Contest	Apr 15, 2017
-5.1	Eastern BBQ Contest	Mar 31, 2018
-3.1	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	Jun 3, 2017

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)
2022	1	0	0	100%	top 89%	82.6%	82.6%
2018	5	1	1	80%	top 58%	90.8%	85.4%
2017	5	0	2	40%	top 59%	91.4%	89.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 3, 2022	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	34 / 38 (594.6972)	2 (172.5828)	38 (127.9316)	31 (155.3828)	35 (138.8000)
Sep 8, 2018	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	39 / 40 (493.7144)	22 (164)	13 (166.8688)	19 (162.8456)	—
Jun 30, 2018	BBQ an der Burg 2018 Geestland	10 / 30 (653.6916)	18 (159.9772)	13 (164.0116)	11 (161.7028)	5 (168)
May 19, 2018	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	24 / 60 (643.9196)	14 (168.5484)	9 (166.8344)	34 (161.1428)	49 (147.3940)
Apr 28, 2018	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof	15 / 32 (645.6800)	12 (166.2856)	10 (162.8344)	11 (163.4172)	26 (153.1428)
Mar 31, 2018	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove	24 / 33 (638.8004)	1 (174.2972)	22 (160.0116)	31 (152.5144)	29 (151.9772)
Oct 7, 2017	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp	20 / 47 (658.2172)	21 (167.9656)	28 (161.0972)	24 (165.1428)	17 (164.0116)
Aug 26, 2017	Regahfest 2017 The Hague	18 / 28 (637.6460)	17 (161.7028)	1 (169.7260)	26 (145.6800)	13 (160.5372)
Jul 1, 2017	BBQ An Der Burg Geestland	12 / 25 (641.0976)	20 (155.9888)	1 (170.8572)	23 (152.5600)	12 (161.6916)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	36 / 56 (645.0288)	46 (159.3828)	11 (169.1544)	45 (158.8000)	38 (157.6916)
Apr 15, 2017	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium	32 / 41 (626.1256)	20 (164.5828)	40 (141.6344)	25 (160.5484)	17 (159.3600)

TRI-Q DUTCH BBQ 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)

They almost always walk

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

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

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)