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BBQ MEESTERS

BBQ MEESTERS is a competition barbecue team with 14 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2015 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 5th of 24 at the KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees (2017). They are ranked #3121 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,121
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1503
peak 1528 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

14
in the data

First seen

Oct 10, 2015
latest Oct 23, 2021 · 6 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#990
Master 2018 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

2
3 podiums

Overall top-10s

4
29% of 14 contests

Best top-10 run

4
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 53%
overall standings

Best overall

673.1888 / 720
Master · 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

632.21 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 642.25 (-10.04)

Walk rate

57%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

175.4172
Brisket · KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

Consistency

±23.31
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 163.67 · weakest Brisket (154.61)

Road miles

774
across 14 mapped stops · furthest 94 mi

Schedule strength

21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)

Master avg

642.25 / 720
14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

673.1888 career-best overall

93.5% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 673.1888 at 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off — 93.5% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Oct 8, 2016

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL has finished one call ahead of BBQ MEESTERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2017 their best year

2017 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 21%.

  • 3 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 21%

A tough matchup

12–1 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 92% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 12 of their 13 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.06 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 29%.

  • Brisket avg 154.61
  • Chicken avg 163.67
  • 3 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

5–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 83% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of CAVEMEN BBQ TEAM in 5 of their 6 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

9 of 13 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 69% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 9 of 13 shared chicken entries.

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2018 ↗ Master #990 (284 pts) #919 (354 pts) #630 (584 pts) #769 (459 pts) #1064 (274 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to BBQ MEESTERS, each with one reason worth a look.

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

S.W.A.T. BBQ
#3,137 of the rated field
1502 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
10%
Peak
1508
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to BBQ MEESTERS)

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

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jan 13, 2018
⚔ Head-to-head
BADCAT'S BBQ TEAM
#3,110 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
14
GCs
0
Top-10s
7%
Peak
1512

Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 4 years before BBQ MEESTERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 14 contests
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Hog Heaven
#3,101 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
27%
Peak
1505

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 15 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Oct 25, 2025
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TARHEEL SMOKERS
#3,125 of the rated field
1502 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
23%
Peak
1517

Careers of much the same size, 13 contests to 14, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen May 17, 2019
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EF-Q
#3,130 of the rated field
1502 power rating
Contests
17
GCs
0
Top-10s
24%
Peak
1533

17 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 24% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

  • rated over 16 contests
  • last seen Oct 18, 2019
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BSA
#3,115 of the rated field
1503 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
62%
Peak
1504

5 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.

  • rated over 11 contests
  • last seen Oct 30, 2020
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS 13 1 12 8% ⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius 12 6 6 50% ⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM 11 1 10 9% ⚔ compare
RIDDLEQ'S 10 5 5 50% ⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS 9 5 4 56% ⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS 9 4 5 44% ⚔ compare
PUREBBQ 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 9 3 6 33% ⚔ compare
BBQ+ 9 1 8 11% ⚔ compare
M&G-BBQ 8 3 5 38% ⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
010 BRAAI 8 2 6 25% ⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 8 0 8 0% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 14 4 0 0 174.3316 149.7372 163.67 top 53%
Pork Ribs 14 4 1 1 174.2628 147.9656 160.93 top 52%
Pork 14 3 0 1 173.1084 140.4116 163.03 top 47%
Brisket 14 3 1 1 175.4172 139.9432 154.61 top 66%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)70top 57%
Large (40+)70top 49%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees 2 5 0 top 38% Jun 23, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests
Contests a season 2.8 across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NL 3 of 14 contests
Contests visited 13 1 of them more than once
Opponents faced 221 finished ahead 270 times, behind 268
Longest layoff 3.1 yrs Sep 8, 2018 → Oct 23, 2021

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

20211 milestone
  1. Most recent contest KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees
20181 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20173 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
  2. Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4172 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees
  3. Peak power rating (1528) 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off
20164 milestones
  1. First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.1088 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  3. First overall top-10 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off
  4. Career-best overall score673.1888 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off
20151 milestone
  1. First tracked contest 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+135th Annual BBQ Society Cook-OffOct 7, 2017
+12.94th Annual BBQ Society Cook-offOct 8, 2016
+11.3KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en VleesJun 10, 2017
+8.61st International Suydersee BBQ ContestSep 2, 2017
+7.8Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ CompetitionMay 14, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.93rd Annual BBQ Society Cook OffOct 10, 2015
-13.2KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en VleesOct 23, 2021
-10.3Farm MeatSep 10, 2016
-4.32nd International Suydersee BBQ ContestSep 1, 2018
-3.6Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ ContestSep 8, 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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20211000 0% top 97% 85.8% 85.8%
20186001 50% top 58% 89.6% 88.4%
20173031 100% top 21% 93.4% 92.9%
20163010 67% top 46% 93.5% 90.9%
20151000 0% top 100% 81.2% 81.2%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Oct 23, 2021 KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne 29 / 30 (617.5888) 23 (162.2744) 29 (149.0972) 27 (152.5372) 28 (153.6800)
Sep 8, 2018 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 25 / 40 (635.3372) 17 (165.1544) 35 (154.8228) 23 (160) 27 (155.3600)
Sep 1, 2018 2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland 28 / 44 (635.8972) 38 (158.2856) 30 (154.8344) 21 (163.3828) 18 (159.3944)
Jun 23, 2018 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 12 / 22 (635.7940) 15 (159.9656) 10 (163.3828) 17 (158.2284) 17 (154.2172)
May 19, 2018 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 33 / 60 (636.4116) 23 (165.6684) 22 (162.8344) 14 (167.9656) 60 (139.9432)
Apr 14, 2018 Meat The East Hengelo 21 / 34 (645.0284) 29 (154.8456) 1 (174.2628) 5 (173.1084) 34 (142.8116)
Mar 24, 2018 Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium 20 / 39 (630.7316) 7 (165.7372) 7 (162.8688) 21 (158.2516) 35 (143.8740)
Oct 7, 2017 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp 6 / 47 (672.0460) 5 (174.3316) 16 (166.2972) 3 (172.5828) 27 (158.8344)
Sep 2, 2017 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland 9 / 32 (661.1088) 22 (160.5372) 9 (168.0344) 13 (166.2628) 8 (166.2744)
Jun 10, 2017 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 5 / 24 (672.5488) 11 (166.8344) 13 (162.8800) 8 (167.4172) 1 (175.4172)
Oct 8, 2016 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL 8 / 46 (673.1888) 4 (174.3200) 33 (158.2744) 12 (169.7372) 4 (170.8572)
Sep 10, 2016 Farm Meat Dongen, NL 24 / 27 (633.6800) 24 (159.4056) 20 (160.0116) 12 (165.7256) 25 (148.5372)
May 14, 2016 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL 20 / 65 (657.1088) 4 (174.2856) 19 (167.4172) 27 (166.8572) 54 (148.5488)
Oct 10, 2015 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands 42 / 42 (584.9716) 40 (149.7372) 37 (147.9656) 42 (140.4116) 33 (146.8572)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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