Insomnia BBQ Team LT
Rating
1665
peak 1665 · rated over 28 contests
Best runs
12
straight top-10s · 3 straight GCs
Contests
36
in the data
First seen
2019-06-15
latest 2025-10-18
Best ToY finish
#75
Master 2024
Grand champs
5
5 reserve
Category wins
20
47 podiums
Overall top-10s
25
of 36 contests
Avg finish
top 31%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Current form
681.64 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 673.68 (+7.96)
Walk rate
89%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
12
best run (overall)
Consistency
±18.76
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.42 · weakest Brisket (168.07)
Road miles
23482
mi across 36 mapped stops · furthest 5014 mi
Schedule strength
43%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1537)
Master avg
673.68 / 720
28 Master contests · 5 GCs
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ has finished one call ahead of Insomnia BBQ Team 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Click & Q has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
Sweaty Hogs has come out ahead in 8 of their 8 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of 3BBQ in 6 of their 7 shared contests.
🏕️ Happy hunting ground
Vienna BBQ Days is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 3 visits.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 2.2856 points of the Grand Championship at BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia (2025-08-15).
🍖 Signature meat
When brisket is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 25% of their entries (7 of 28).
📅 A July team
Something about July: average finish in the top 22% across 3 contests, versus top 31% the rest of the year.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Alps BBQ Days (2024-07-20) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 30-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, COOKLOUNGE BBQ.
📈 Riding a hot streak
Currently on a 5-contest overall top-10 run.
Teams like this (closest power rating, LT first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoked Pioneers BBQ Team | 12 | 7 | 5 | 58% | ⚔ compare |
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Symphony | 9 | 3 | 6 | 33% | ⚔ compare |
| The BBQ Ranch | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| SMOKING FINNS FI | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Sweaty Hogs | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| 3BBQ | 7 | 6 | 1 | 86% | ⚔ compare |
| SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 71% | ⚔ compare |
| Clean Smoke BBQ | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| Piiripealsed | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Sleeping Beauties of BBQ | 6 | 5 | 1 | 83% | ⚔ compare |
| Dreamfire BBQ Team | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Just wing it BBQ team | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Woodquarter Smokerheads | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Westside BBQ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 29 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 180.0000 🔥 | 157.6800 | 169.42 | top 39% |
| Pork Ribs | 35 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 180.0000 🔥 | 149.7028 | 168.86 | top 37% |
| Pork | 28 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 179.4400 | 153.6684 | 168.08 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 28 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.2400 | 168.07 | top 31% |
“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 state / province
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| LT | 4 | 0 | top 26% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 20 | 4 | top 30% |
| Medium (20–39) | 7 | 1 | top 28% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 62% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Smoke | 4 | 2 | 0 | top 26% | 2024-05-18 |
| Vienna BBQ Days | 3 | 1 | 1 | top 19% | 2025-10-18 |
| Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 3 | 0 | top 38% | 2025-09-13 |
| BBQ Festival | 2 | 6 | 0 | top 58% | 2022-08-19 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2024 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in LT (4 of 36 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (35 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: BBQ Festival Vanamoisa (2023-08-18)
- Wins it all in 14% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 673.68 / 720
- 3 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-06-15 — First tracked contest · BBQ Battle Finland
- 📣 2019-06-15 — First call · BBQ Battle Finland
- 🏆 2023-08-18 — First Grand Championship · BBQ Festival Vanamoisa
- 🔥 2024-06-15 — First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) · The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 🎖️ 2024-08-10 — 25th tracked contest · Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- ⭐ 2024-08-10 — Career-best overall score (707.9772) · Wild West Fest on Fire
- 📈 2025-10-18 — Peak power rating (1665) · Vienna BBQ Days
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | Alps BBQ Days | 2024-07-20 |
| +13.6 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa | 2023-08-18 |
| +12.7 | Twin Smoke | 2022-07-02 |
| +12.3 | Wild West Fest on Fire | 2024-08-10 |
| +12.2 | Vienna BBQ Days | 2024-10-19 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.1 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) | 2025-09-12 |
| -6.9 | BBQ Festival | 2022-08-19 |
| -3.4 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 2024-10-11 |
| -3.2 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 | 2024-09-21 |
| -3.1 | BBQ Festival 2019 | 2019-08-16 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 80% | top 30% | 95.1% | 94.3% |
| 2024 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 86% | top 26% | 98.3% | 94.9% |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 86% | top 19% | 95.3% | 94.2% |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 100% | top 41% | 95.9% | 92.6% |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 100% | top 40% | 92.5% | 90.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 23% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 45% | 93.4% | 90.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 3 / 11 (684.4572) | 1 (176.5600) | 7 (167.3944) | 5 (174.2628) | 6 (166.2400) |
| 2025-10-18 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 12 (170.8228) | — | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 3 / 23 (679.3488) | 9 (168.5372) | 3 (174.2744) | 18 (159.9544) | 1 (176.5828) |
| 2025-09-12 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC | 10 / 16 (666.7200) | 15 (162.8228) | 7 (168.5372) | 8 (167.9772) | 9 (167.3828) |
| 2025-08-15 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa, Estonia Saue, 76505 | 2 / 11 (683.9656) | 6 (162.8572) | 1 (173.1084) | 2 (173.1428) | 1 (174.8572) |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days Vienna, 1110 | 1 / 14 (693.7144) | 2 (176.0000) | 7 (169.7372) | 2 (173.7144) | 1 (174.2628) |
| 2024-10-19 | Vienna BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 11 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 54 / 87 (674.1940) | 29 (171.9884) | 81 (161.1200) | 15 (174.8456) | 58 (166.2400) |
| 2024-09-21 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO), | 9 / 19 (674.9140) | 13 (166.8800) | 7 (169.7600) | 12 (166.2856) | 3 (171.9884) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 1 / 23 (693.1544) | 10 (169.6800) | 3 (173.1772) | 2 (175.4172) | 1 (174.8800) |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 1 / 11 (707.9772) | 4 (175.4056) | 2 (177.1544) | 1 (176.5600) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2024-08-10 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 5 (170.8572) | — | — |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 1 / 10 (702.8456) | 3 (176.0000) | 3 (173.1428) | 3 (173.7028) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | — | — | 6 (170.8344) | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 3 / 17 (697.1544) | 3 (177.7028) | 5 (174.8800) | 4 (176.5600) | 8 (168.0116) |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 1 (180.0000) | — | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 1 (180.0000) | — | — |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 8 / 18 (634.2628) | 8 (162.2856) | 11 (154.2860) | 14 (153.6684) | 3 (164.0228) |
| 2024-04-20 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen, 4538AP | 8 / 23 (669.0284) | 13 (167.9656) | 4 (172.5600) | 18 (158.2056) | 7 (170.2972) |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna, 1110 | 3 / 13 (686.2172) | 4 (174.8456) | 6 (169.6916) | 2 (172.5600) | 4 (169.1200) |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 11 (167.4172) | — | — |
| 2023-08-26 | Smoke in the North Edition Q in the Swamp Rolfstorp, | 2 / 21 (681.6568) | 10 (165.1084) | 1 (175.4400) | 3 (174.8456) | 8 (166.2628) |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa Saue Parish, 76505 | 1 / 15 (671.4284) | 1 (174.2856) | 6 (163.4400) | 6 (165.1656) | 3 (168.5372) |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days Reichenau, | 5 / 12 (666.8000) | 7 (165.1084) | 4 (169.7028) | 9 (159.4288) | 1 (172.5600) |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau, | — | — | 4 (168.5372) | — | — |
| 2023-05-20 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 2 / 14 (684.5256) | 3 (168.5372) | 1 (176.5828) | 4 (167.4056) | 2 (172.0000) |
| 2022-09-17 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 15 / 25 (641.5656) | 10 (167.3828) | 22 (156.5256) | 13 (161.6800) | 15 (155.9772) |
| 2022-08-19 | BBQ Festival Saue Parish, 76505 | 7 / 10 (673.7028) | 10 (157.7028) | 2 (173.7028) | 3 (176.5600) | 6 (165.7372) |
| 2022-08-13 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE UUSIKAUPUNKI, 23450 | 2 / 9 (690.2740) | 2 (173.1428) | 1 (173.7256) | 1 (179.4400) | 5 (163.9656) |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 2 / 15 (662.2744) | 1 (178.2972) | 9 (149.7028) | 1 (178.8800) | 7 (155.3944) |
| 2021-09-11 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 5 / 15 (665.6688) | 1 (175.4400) | 4 (167.4288) | 2 (172.5600) | 9 (150.2400) |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ Festival 2021 Saue Parish, 76505 | 6 / 13 (643.3256) | 2 (169.7028) | 5 (164.0000) | 6 (158.2856) | 8 (151.3372) |
| 2020-08-21 | BBQ Festival 2020 Saue Parish, | 3 / 13 (672.4572) | 5 (167.4172) | 3 (171.4056) | 6 (165.0972) | 4 (168.5372) |
| 2019-09-13 | Open Polish BBQ Championship Poland, | 8 / 23 (672.5256) | 13 (162.8344) | 2 (177.1428) | 9 (160.5828) | 6 (171.9656) |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ Festival 2019 Vanamõisa, Saue Parish, 75501 | 11 / 18 (651.2916) | 16 (157.6800) | 7 (166.2628) | 16 (154.2172) | 3 (173.1316) |
| 2019-06-15 | BBQ Battle Finland Tampere, 33840 | 9 / 23 (637.6344) | 10 (161.0972) | 17 (153.7372) | 14 (155.3600) | 2 (167.4400) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #278 (786 pts) | #365 (636 pts) | #290 (875 pts) | #366 (616 pts) | #288 (811 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #75 (1685 pts) | #76 (1599 pts) | #38 (1929 pts) | #94 (1440 pts) | #43 (1785 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #656 (239 pts) | #760 (214 pts) | #742 (264 pts) | #781 (189 pts) | #700 (239 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #1043 (246 pts) | #1199 (211 pts) | #1138 (236 pts) | #1267 (191 pts) | #721 (466 pts) |