RFS Barbecue Team

RFS Barbecue Team is a competition barbecue team with 27 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2022. Their best overall finish is 6th of 55 at the Tony Stone BBQ Competition (2019). They are ranked #2142 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,142

of 6,477 rated · rankings

Rating

1533

peak 1537 · rated over 26 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 15, 2017

latest Jun 25, 2022 · 5.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#337

Master 2021 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

11 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 27 contests

Avg finish

top 55%

overall standings

Best overall

675.3944 / 720

Master · Tony Stone BBQ Competition

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

651.68 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 647.12 (+4.55)

Walk rate

78%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Tony Stone BBQ Competition

Consistency

±13.23

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 164.57 · weakest Brisket (159.78)

Road miles

2,092

across 27 mapped stops

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$1,800

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

Master avg

647.12 / 720

27 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (9 found in their record)

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

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in brisket.

Brisket ×1

They almost always walk

78% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 21 of 27 contests

A top-10 category call in 78% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

675.3944 career-best overall

93.8% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 675.3944 at Tony Stone BBQ Competition — 93.8% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 8, 2019

A tough matchup

23–0 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 100% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 23 of their 23 shared contests.

The weak link

−4.8 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.80 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 30%.

Brisket avg 159.78
Chicken avg 164.57
6 calls in 27 entries

A strong matchup

11–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands in 11 of their 13 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

16 of 23 shared chicken entries lost

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has out-cooked them in 16 of 23 shared chicken entries.

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A June team

Top 42% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 42% across 5 contests, versus top 55% the rest of the year.

5 June contests
top 55% the rest of the year

The metronome

±1.84% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.84% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 89.9% of a perfect score
27 contests

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	#402 (546 pts)	#297 (806 pts)	#468 (536 pts)	#470 (481 pts)	#376 (641 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#337 (570 pts)	#239 (840 pts)	#370 (560 pts)	#395 (485 pts)	#285 (710 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#498 (202 pts)	#769 (112 pts)	#541 (207 pts)	#456 (252 pts)	#366 (332 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#451 (723 pts)	#533 (653 pts)	#398 (838 pts)	#448 (768 pts)	#457 (743 pts)

Overall rank by season

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The teams rated closest to RFS Barbecue Team, each with one reason worth a look.

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REDNECK BBQ

#2,135 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 11%
Peak: 1541

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 3 years before RFS Barbecue Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

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BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ

#2,148 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1580

They've been 1580 at their best, 47 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 33 contests
last seen May 31, 2024

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Pork Bombin BBQ

#2,156 of the rated field

1532 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1536

Careers of much the same size, 20 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 18, 2026

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CBF Que

#2,146 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 36
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 22%
Peak: 1538

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 36 contests, alongside a 22% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Jul 9, 2026

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Aussie TongMasters

#2,144 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 58%
Peak: 1533

Level with RFS Barbecue Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 18 contests
last seen Sep 26, 2026

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ROUX 165 BBQ

#2,153 of the rated field

1533 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1540

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 6 years before RFS Barbecue Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 17 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	23	1	22	4%	⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS	23	0	23	0%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	20	5	15	25%	⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	20	1	19	5%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	18	6	12	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	18	1	17	6%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	17	10	7	59%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	17	2	15	12%	⚔ compare
White Squirrel BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	15	2	13	13%	⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands	13	11	2	85%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	13	7	6	54%	⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you	12	8	4	67%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	27	8	1	5	178.2972	146.7772	164.57	top 52%
Pork Ribs	27	9	0	3	171.4172	144.5600	161.60	top 48%
Pork	27	6	0	0	174.2856	141.6684	161.17	top 57%
Brisket	27	6	0	3	180 🔥	146.7544	159.78	top 54%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 79%
Medium (20–39)	21	top 53%
Large (40+)	4	top 51%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Tony Stone BBQ Competition	2	6	top 34%	Jun 3, 2022
Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2	2	10	top 52%	Apr 16, 2022
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2	8	top 48%	Jun 29, 2019
EUregio Barbeque Festival	2	15	top 59%	Aug 18, 2018
Eastern BBQ Contest	2	17	top 54%	Mar 31, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 9 contests

Contests a season 4.5 across 6 seasons in the data

Contests visited 22 5 of them more than once

Opponents faced 225 finished ahead 383 times, behind 421

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

20223 milestones

Apr 16 Peak power rating (1537) Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2
May 14 25th tracked contest Meetjesland International BBQ Contest
Jun 25 Most recent contest Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

20211 milestone

Aug 14 First category win (Chicken) Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2

20193 milestones

May 24 10th tracked contest Brew N Q Invitational
Jun 8 First perfect 180 (Brisket) Tony Stone BBQ Competition
Jun 8 Career-best overall score675.3944 Tony Stone BBQ Competition

20181 milestone

Jun 23 First overall top-10 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

20173 milestones

Apr 15 First tracked contest Eastern BBQ Contest
Apr 15 First call Eastern BBQ Contest
Aug 19 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.7084 EUregio Barbeque Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.9	Tony Stone BBQ Competition	Jun 8, 2019
+8.7	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Aug 31, 2019
+7.3	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	Jun 23, 2018
+6.4	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest	Sep 11, 2021
+6.3	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ	Sep 25, 2021

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.3	Brew N Q Open	May 25, 2019
-7.1	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1	Aug 13, 2021
-7	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	May 14, 2022
-6.1	Meat the East	Apr 13, 2019
-5.7	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest	Sep 2, 2017

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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	5	2	0	100%	top 51%	92%	90.5%
2021	5	1	1	100%	top 52%	92%	90%
2020	1	0	0	100%	top 39%	91.6%	91.6%
2019	9	1	0	67%	top 59%	93.8%	89.3%
2018	4	1	0	75%	top 54%	91.1%	90.2%
2017	3	0	0	33%	top 59%	91.5%	89.3%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 25, 2022	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	10 / 22 (660.4684)	3 (175.4056)	6 (168.5828)	22 (151.9428)	11 (164.5372)
Jun 3, 2022	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	22 / 38 (639.2800)	11 (168.5256)	30 (151.9772)	9 (169.1428)	26 (149.6344)
May 14, 2022	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	14 / 19 (646.8000)	16 (163.4056)	13 (160.5372)	16 (156.5600)	5 (166.2972)
Apr 16, 2022	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 Meerbeke	10 / 24 (662.1832)	3 (174.2744)	12 (164.5488)	22 (154.8000)	5 (168.5600)
Mar 26, 2022	Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel	11 / 31 (649.6452)	9 (169.6684)	17 (155.4056)	12 (162.8456)	12 (161.7256)
Oct 23, 2021	KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne	12 / 30 (662.2168)	9 (169.7256)	15 (163.3944)	21 (161.1428)	8 (167.9540)
Sep 25, 2021	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen	8 / 21 (656.4800)	3 (173.7372)	11 (162.8572)	8 (163.9656)	15 (155.9200)
Sep 11, 2021	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen	11 / 29 (650.6968)	17 (159.9656)	8 (168.5600)	27 (145.6112)	2 (176.5600)
Aug 14, 2021	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 Meerbeke	16 / 26 (644.5144)	1 (178.2972)	13 (160)	24 (141.6684)	11 (164.5488)
Aug 13, 2021	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1 Meerbeke	16 / 19 (624.5256)	12 (160.5484)	18 (144.5600)	6 (166.2628)	16 (153.1544)
Sep 12, 2020	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen	12 / 31 (659.8744)	25 (157.6916)	9 (169.6800)	22 (159.9312)	2 (172.5716)
Nov 30, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven	20 / 31 (627.9204)	25 (155.9772)	23 (147.9772)	5 (170.2744)	21 (153.6916)
Sep 7, 2019	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	14 / 38 (654.3200)	16 (164.5488)	8 (166.9028)	15 (165.1428)	25 (157.7256)
Aug 31, 2019	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	11 / 31 (654.2060)	3 (172.5716)	14 (158.8344)	13 (160.5484)	15 (162.2516)
Jun 29, 2019	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	13 / 22 (654.2628)	18 (161.7256)	3 (171.4172)	13 (161.1428)	13 (159.9772)
Jun 8, 2019	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	6 / 55 (675.3944)	32 (162.8572)	28 (162.8572)	16 (169.6800)	2 (180)
May 25, 2019	Brew N Q Open Leicestershire	30 / 34 (634.7200)	34 (146.7772)	7 (170.8916)	23 (159.9428)	22 (157.1084)
May 24, 2019	Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire	26 / 26 (616.4000)	17 (159.4056)	22 (151.9772)	24 (158.2628)	26 (146.7544)
Apr 13, 2019	Meat the East Hengelo	31 / 41 (632.9712)	37 (157.6800)	26 (157.6800)	21 (162.2284)	32 (155.3828)
Mar 30, 2019	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel	25 / 40 (637.6572)	30 (156.5256)	12 (163.4400)	12 (167.9772)	30 (149.7144)
Sep 15, 2018	Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	18 / 31 (651.4284)	9 (171.4056)	10 (165.1544)	16 (164.5828)	26 (150.2856)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	22 / 32 (643.3716)	23 (161.1200)	3 (169.7372)	26 (156.5600)	23 (155.9544)
Jun 23, 2018	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	8 / 22 (655.8972)	18 (157.6800)	3 (168.5828)	5 (169.6800)	12 (159.9544)
Mar 31, 2018	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove	17 / 33 (647.9312)	19 (163.4284)	13 (163.4400)	22 (159.3828)	18 (161.6800)
Sep 2, 2017	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	23 / 32 (632.9256)	12 (169.1656)	28 (153.6344)	24 (155.9084)	19 (154.2172)
Aug 19, 2017	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	15 / 31 (658.7084)	13 (168.5600)	12 (167.4172)	20 (162.2284)	18 (160.5028)
Apr 15, 2017	Eastern BBQ Contest Ninove, Belgium	23 / 41 (637.5544)	24 (162.8344)	31 (153.0628)	4 (174.2856)	33 (147.3716)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

RFS Barbecue 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

Purse competed for

Master avg

Storylines (9 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

A June team

The metronome

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)