DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS

DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2018 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 44 at the 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest (2018), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2889 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,889

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1509

peak 1529 · rated over 9 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 14, 2018

latest Sep 7, 2019 · 1.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#747

Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

22% of 9 contests

Avg finish

top 52%

overall standings

Best overall

685.1312 / 720

Master · 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

609.17 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 627.29 (-18.12)

Walk rate

56%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8800

Pork Ribs · 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest

Consistency

±53.43

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.35 · weakest Pork (143.54)

Road miles

805

across 9 mapped stops

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

627.29 / 720

9 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5144 points from the title

Came within 0.5144 points of the Grand Championship at 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest (Sep 1, 2018).

High-water mark

685.1312 career-best overall

95.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 685.1312 at 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest — 95.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 1, 2018

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

−20.8 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 20.81 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 22%.

Pork avg 143.54
Chicken avg 164.35
0 calls in 9 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of The Popes White Smoke in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

7 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 78% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 7 of 9 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE DUTCHEF has landed one call behind them 2 times.

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Boom or bust

±7.42% swing around their own average

Their overall swings ±7.42% of a perfect score around its own average — when it lands they're dangerous, and when it doesn't the weekend is gone by lunch.

averages 87.1% of a perfect score
best 95.2%

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	#768 (385 pts)	#1080 (245 pts)	#858 (365 pts)	#870 (355 pts)	#787 (410 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#747 (444 pts)	#802 (424 pts)	#746 (484 pts)	#1172 (239 pts)	#799 (424 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Buurman & Buurman

#2,891 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1517

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen Apr 13, 2019

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MASTERS OF FIRE

#2,902 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1509

5–2 in 7 shared contests (71% to DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS)

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 22 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Sep 7, 2019

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SWEET CLEAVER BBQ

#2,877 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1509

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Sep 20, 2024

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Boogs BBQ

#2,876 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 33%
Peak: 1515

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2018.

rated over 9 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2024

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ALL HOGGED UP

#2,894 of the rated field

1508 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1508

Level with DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jul 25, 2026

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LOCK, STOCK, AND TWO SMOKING FELLAS

#2,885 of the rated field

1509 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 9%
Peak: 1509

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 Oct 29, 2021

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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
010 BRAAI	8	3	5	38%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
MASTERS OF FIRE	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
The Popes White Smoke	6	5	1	83%	⚔ compare
THE DUTCHEF	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
M&G-BBQ	6	2	4	33%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	9	2	0	0	173.1200	156.5484	164.35	top 50%
Pork Ribs	9	2	1	1	178.8800	154.8116	161.95	top 45%
Pork	9	0	0	0	166.2628	20	143.54	top 63%
Brisket	9	3	0	2	172.6056	133.6916	157.45	top 53%

“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)	4	0	top 63%
Large (40+)	5	0	top 43%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	2	15	0	top 69%	Sep 7, 2019

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 5 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 2 seasons in the data

Contests visited 8 1 of them more than once

Opponents faced 181 finished ahead 181 times, behind 193

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

20192 milestones

Apr 13 Peak power rating (1529) Meat the East
Sep 7 Most recent contest Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest

20189 milestones

Apr 14 First tracked contest Meat The East
Apr 14 First call Meat The East
Apr 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7888 Meat The East
Sep 1 First category win (Pork Ribs) 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Sep 1 First overall top-10 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Sep 1 First overall podium 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Sep 1 First Reserve Championship 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Sep 1 Career-best overall score685.1312 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Sep 1 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8800 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.2	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Sep 1, 2018
+9.1	BBQ an der Burg 2019	Jul 6, 2019
+8.9	Meat the East	Apr 13, 2019
+7	Meat The East	Apr 14, 2018
+4.8	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 8, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-15.9	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 7, 2019
-13.9	Tony Stone BBQ Competition	Jun 8, 2019
-8.8	Regahfest 2018 Green	Aug 25, 2018

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	4	0	1	0	50%	top 63%	91.6%	83%
2018	5	0	1	1	60%	top 43%	95.2%	90.4%

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	38 / 38 (490.7884)	26 (160.5256)	26 (157.1428)	38 (20)	31 (153.1200)
Jul 6, 2019	BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland	10 / 36 (642.8456)	27 (156.5484)	6 (162.8572)	12 (161.7256)	14 (161.7144)
Jun 8, 2019	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	53 / 55 (598.7316)	44 (157.6912)	40 (154.8116)	47 (152.5372)	54 (133.6916)
Apr 13, 2019	Meat the East Hengelo	11 / 41 (659.2572)	24 (165.6800)	23 (158.8000)	15 (165.0972)	6 (169.6800)
Sep 8, 2018	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	15 / 40 (654.2516)	16 (165.6800)	22 (160.5144)	31 (155.4744)	3 (172.5828)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	2 / 44 (685.1312)	5 (173.1200)	1 (178.8800)	27 (160.5256)	2 (172.6056)
Aug 25, 2018	Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague	31 / 35 (621.5888)	22 (164.5256)	13 (163.4060)	34 (146.8572)	31 (146.8000)
May 19, 2018	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	30 / 60 (638.2520)	22 (165.6916)	19 (163.4632)	25 (163.4056)	55 (145.6916)
Apr 14, 2018	Meat The East Hengelo	12 / 34 (654.7888)	7 (169.7028)	21 (157.6916)	13 (166.2628)	16 (161.1316)

DUTCH BROS. SMOKERS

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 (8 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

Boom or bust

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)