TEA AND BRISKETS

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

Power ranking

#1576

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1559

peak 1559 · rated over 10 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2018-06-16

latest 2019-11-30

Best ToY finish

#281

Master 2019

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 10 contests

Avg finish

top 39%

overall standings

Best overall

672.5260 / 720

Master · 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

Perfect 180s

Current form

657.03 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 653.25 (+3.78)

Walk rate

80%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

best run (overall)

Best single call

176.5600

Pork · Tony Stone BBQ Competition

Consistency

±12.98

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.17)

Road miles

2,381

mi across 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength

48%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1562)

Master avg

653.25 / 720

10 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (10 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.

On the rise

+52 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 52 points across 8 contests since 2019-05-11 — from 1508 up to 1559.

8 contests since 2019-05-11
now 1559

They almost always walk

80% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 10 contests

A top-10 category call in 80% of their 10 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

672.5260 career-best overall

93.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 672.5260 at 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival — 93.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
2019-07-20

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ROKENDE REGAHS has finished one call ahead of TEA AND BRISKETS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

9–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 9 of their 9 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.1 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.12 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 50% of the time against 40%.

Pork Ribs avg 160.17
Chicken avg 166.29
5 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BRAAI-BERY & QUE-RRUPTION in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

6 of 9 shared chicken entries lost

BUNCH OF SWINES ahead 67% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUNCH OF SWINES has out-cooked them in 6 of 9 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

ROKENDE REGAHS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The metronome

±1.80% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.80% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.7% of a perfect score
10 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.

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

J-PIG PICTURE PERFECT BAR-B-QUE

#1572 of the rated field

1560 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1560

No shared contest yet.

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 2021-06-04

⚔ Head-to-head

HAWG DOCTORS

#1573 of the rated field

1560 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 42%
Peak: 1562

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 4 years before TEA AND BRISKETS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Vitamin Q

#1579 of the rated field

1559 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 9 contests to 10, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2026-08-22

⚔ Head-to-head

STAR CITY BBQ

#1575 of the rated field

1559 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 9
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 9 contests
last seen 2021-06-04

⚔ Head-to-head

BBQ BROMANCE

#1583 of the rated field

1559 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 38%
Peak: 1564

No shared contest yet.

Level with TEA AND BRISKETS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen 2016-08-26

⚔ Head-to-head

Sassy Sow BBQ

#1574 of the rated field

1559 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 7
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 86%
Peak: 1559

No shared contest yet.

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

rated over 7 contests
last seen 2025-09-26

⚔ Head-to-head

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUNCH OF SWINES	9	0	9	0%	⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
UNCLE TONY'S COCKNEY Q	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	7	2	5	29%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	6	3	3	50%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
MISS PIGGY'S U.K.	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	10	4	0	1	171.4172	153.7028	166.29	top 40%
Pork Ribs	10	5	0	2	173.7260	150.8688	160.17	top 51%
Pork	10	5	1	2	176.5600	149.1088	163.36	top 47%
Brisket	10	4	0	1	173.1544	155.9772	163.42	top 40%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	top 49%
Medium (20–39)	3	top 35%
Large (40+)	3	top 29%

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

On the trail 1.5 yrs 2018-06-16 → 2019-11-30

Busiest season 2019 8 contests

Contests a season 5 across 2 seasons in the data

Contests visited 10 0 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 10 entries · 0 wins · 4 calls

Strongest meat Chicken averages 166.29 · weakest Pork Ribs (160.17)

Walk rate 80% a top-10 call in 8 of 10 contests

Overall top-10 rate 60% 6 of 10 contests

Best top-10 run 3 straight contests

Master average 653.25 out of 720 · 10 contests · 0 GCs

Opponents faced 157 198–97 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,381 10 mapped stops

Schedule strength 1562 average field rating faced — tougher than 48% of rated contests

Power rating 1559 peak 1559 · #1576 of 6,413 rated

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

2018
Jun 16 First tracked contest Q'Fest
Jun 16 First call Q'Fest
Jun 16 First overall top-10 Q'Fest
Sep 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8688 Smoke on the Quiet Waters
2019
Jun 8 First category win (Pork) Tony Stone BBQ Competition
Jun 8 Career-best single call (Pork)176.5600 Tony Stone BBQ Competition
Jul 20 Career-best overall score672.5260 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
Sep 7 First overall podium Smoke on the Waters
Nov 30 10th tracked contest Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition
Nov 30 Peak power rating (1559) Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition
Nov 30 Most recent contest Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.4	Smoke on the Waters	2019-09-07
+11.1	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	2019-07-20
+9.9	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI	2019-05-11
+8.6	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition	2019-11-30
+8.6	Brew N Q Open	2019-05-25

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-3.1	Smoke on the Quiet Waters	2018-09-08

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)
2019	8	0	4	1	75%	top 33%	93.4%	91.3%
2018	2	0	2	0	100%	top 64%	90.4%	88.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2019-11-30	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800	9 / 31 (654.2972)	11 (166.8800)	15 (154.8688)	2 (171.9884)	13 (160.5600)
2019-09-21	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100	15 / 36 (652.5604)	12 (166.2972)	20 (160.0116)	18 (163.4172)	15 (162.8344)
2019-09-07	Smoke on the Waters Devon, EX37 9HZ	3 / 15 (660.1144)	2 (170.8800)	9 (160.0344)	4 (163.4628)	5 (165.7372)
2019-08-17	Smoke and Fire Festival Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ	8 / 16 (645.6688)	6 (168.0000)	2 (165.1316)	15 (156.5600)	12 (155.9772)
2019-07-20	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415	9 / 44 (672.5260)	6 (171.4172)	2 (173.7260)	18 (163.3940)	14 (163.9888)
2019-06-08	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG	22 / 55 (657.1544)	24 (165.1656)	51 (150.8688)	1 (176.5600)	21 (164.5600)
2019-05-25	Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY	12 / 34 (659.4172)	11 (170.2628)	27 (156.5600)	24 (159.4400)	4 (173.1544)
2019-05-11	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800	13 / 49 (659.8744)	17 (168.5600)	22 (161.0972)	13 (168.5256)	20 (161.6916)
2018-09-08	Smoke on the Quiet Waters Devon, EX37 9HZ	9 / 13 (650.8688)	11 (161.7600)	5 (166.8344)	9 (161.1544)	8 (161.1200)
2018-06-16	Q'Fest Bishopsteignton, Devon, TQ149TD	7 / 12 (620.0232)	9 (153.7028)	9 (152.5944)	10 (149.1088)	3 (164.6172)

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
2020 ↗	Master	#611 (141 pts)	#676 (126 pts)	#789 (106 pts)	#451 (256 pts)	#741 (116 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#281 (1066 pts)	#258 (1116 pts)	#295 (1011 pts)	#231 (1196 pts)	#321 (986 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1036 (265 pts)	#1190 (230 pts)	#1061 (285 pts)	#1185 (235 pts)	#926 (345 pts)