Backcorner BBQ

Backcorner BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 66 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2016 and 2024. They have won 7 Grand Championships, most recently at the Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion 7 times. They are ranked #131 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#131

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1786

peak 1798 · rated over 61 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

May 8, 2016

latest Sep 21, 2024 · 8.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#20

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

7 reserve · wins it all 11% of the time

Category wins

60 podiums

Overall top-10s

65% of 66 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 28%

overall standings

Best overall

692.5484 / 720

Master · Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

678.06 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 667.28 (+10.78)

Walk rate

86%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Brisket · Spitsbroek on Fire

Consistency

±14.92

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.74 · weakest Pork Ribs (165.96)

Road miles

7,617

across 66 mapped stops · furthest 599 mi

Schedule strength

48%

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

Purse competed for

$1,800

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

Master avg

667.28 / 720

63 Master contests · 7 GCs

Storylines (19 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

8 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 8-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 22

The heartbreaker

0.0460 points from the title

Came within 0.0460 points of the Grand Championship at Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest (Jun 22, 2024).

Among the elite

#131 of 6,491 rated teams

In the top 2% of every rated team in the data

A power rating of 1786 puts them #131 of 6,491 rated teams — the top 2% of the field.

rating 1786
peak 1798
61 rated contests

Perfect scores on the board

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, across 2 different meats.

Pork ×1
Brisket ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Holiday in Hell (Dec 3, 2022) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ.

On the rise

+27 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 27 points across 12 contests since Sep 23, 2023 — from 1760 up to 1786.

12 contests since Sep 23, 2023
now 1786

Giant slayer

41 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 41-team field at Meat the East.

Apr 13, 2019

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Happy hunting ground

2× Grand Championships here

Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) is their spot: 2 Grand Championships in 5 visits.

5 visits
best finish 1st
average top 13%

Multi-meat days

5 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 5 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 1) (Sep 6, 2024).

Pork Ribs 1st
Pork 1st

They almost always walk

86% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 57 of 66 contests

A top-10 category call in 86% of their 66 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

692.5484 career-best overall

96.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.5484 at Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 — 96.2% of a perfect 720.

Master
May 31, 2024

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

IQ - NETHERLANDS has finished one call ahead of Backcorner BBQ 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2023 3 Grand Championships

2023 was the year it came together: 11 contests, 3 Grand Championships and 9 category wins, at an average finish in the top 19%.

11 contests
9 overall top-10s
9 category wins
average top 19%

A strong matchup

29–2 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 94% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Osdorp Grillers (NL) in 29 of their 31 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

30 of 43 shared pork entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 30 of 43 shared pork entries.

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A March team

Top 19% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 19% across 6 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.

6 March contests
top 28% the rest of the year

The long haul

7,617 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,617 miles across 66 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 599 miles to Vienna BBQ Days 2023.

66 mapped stops
furthest 599 mi

The metronome

±2.07% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.07% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.7% of a perfect score
66 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
2024 ↗	Master	#31 (2,101 pts)	#137 (1,280 pts)	#32 (1,986 pts)	#15 (2,176 pts)	#23 (1,961 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#20 (2,347 pts)	#41 (1,927 pts)	#18 (2,220 pts)	#37 (1,922 pts)	#25 (2,042 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#217 (989 pts)	#341 (709 pts)	#276 (904 pts)	#237 (964 pts)	#148 (1,259 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#406 (460 pts)	#620 (270 pts)	#517 (385 pts)	#432 (440 pts)	#350 (585 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#373 (292 pts)	#661 (132 pts)	#315 (397 pts)	#536 (192 pts)	#255 (462 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#133 (1,638 pts)	#240 (1,153 pts)	#130 (1,569 pts)	#133 (1,548 pts)	#134 (1,533 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#199 (1,411 pts)	#290 (1,116 pts)	#392 (911 pts)	#183 (1,406 pts)	#323 (1,021 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#649 (596 pts)	#523 (761 pts)	#596 (671 pts)	#770 (521 pts)	#718 (551 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#866 (408 pts)	#730 (548 pts)	#764 (523 pts)	#984 (378 pts)	#878 (413 pts)

Overall rank by season

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BIGG SMOAK BBQ

#132 of the rated field

1786 power rating

Contests: 78
GCs: 6
Top-10s: 59%
Peak: 1793

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rated over 72 contests
last seen Oct 9, 2026

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Rudes BBQ

#136 of the rated field

1785 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 72
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 63%
Peak: 1792

Their rating is built on 9 Grand Championships in 72 contests, alongside a 63% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 66 contests
last seen Oct 2, 2026

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The Specialists

#135 of the rated field

1785 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 103
GCs: 9
Top-10s: 62%
Peak: 1822

They've been 1822 at their best, 37 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 101 contests
last seen May 5, 2022

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Smoke Central BBQ

#134 of the rated field

1785 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 161
GCs: 16
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1826

Level with Backcorner BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 141 contests
last seen Oct 15, 2026

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CONTAGIOUS Q

#133 of the rated field

1785 ▼ 1 power rating

Contests: 195
GCs: 11
Top-10s: 61%
Peak: 1885

They've been 1885 at their best, 100 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 190 contests
last seen Dec 6, 2024

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Texas-car-b-que

#127 of the rated field

1788 ▲ 2 power rating

Contests: 57
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 53%
Peak: 1797

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 4 years before Backcorner BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 55 contests

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS	44	10	34	23%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	42	21	21	50%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	40	28	12	70%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	38	8	30	21%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	32	28	4	88%	⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q	32	23	9	72%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	31	29	2	94%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	31	28	3	90%	⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	31	12	19	39%	⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you	30	25	5	83%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	30	23	7	77%	⚔ compare
PUREBBQ	29	24	5	83%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	29	20	9	69%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	28	8	20	29%	⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM	27	13	14	48%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	64	31	4	9	178.8800	153.0740	167.11	top 45%
Pork Ribs	65	38	10	19	179.4400	145.6460	165.96	top 36%
Pork	62	37	8	13	180 🔥	153.1084	167.74	top 36%
Brisket	63	40	9	19	180 🔥	152.4684	166.47	top 32%

“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
Small (<20 teams)	16	3	top 25%
Medium (20–39)	33	3	top 29%
Large (40+)	14	1	top 26%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NL	2	top 72%
DE	1	top 39%
BE	1	top 15%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)	5	1	2	top 13%	Sep 7, 2024
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest	3	5	0	top 15%	Sep 10, 2022
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2	1	1	top 17%	Sep 23, 2023
Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023	2	4	0	top 26%	Sep 16, 2023
Tony Stone BBQ Competition	2	10	0	top 26%	Jun 3, 2022
KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	2	3	0	top 26%	Jun 23, 2018
Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)	2	15	0	top 36%	May 12, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2019 12 contests · 1 GC

Contests a season 7.3 across 9 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NL 2 of 66 contests · 3 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 52 7 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 65 entries · 10 wins · 38 calls

First title Apr 13, 2019 Meat the East

Opponents faced 397 finished ahead 1,341 times, behind 474

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

20244 milestones

May 31 25th category win Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3
May 31 Career-best overall score692.5484 Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3
Sep 7 Peak power rating (1798) Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)
Sep 21 Most recent contest Vuur en Vlees

20234 milestones

Mar 17 First multi-meat day Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1
Sep 10 First perfect 180 (Pork) Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)
Sep 10 50th tracked contest Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)
Sep 23 5th Grand Championship KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees

20221 milestone

Mar 26 10th category win Spring Break BBQ Contest III

20194 milestones

Apr 13 First Grand Championship Meat the East
Apr 13 Biggest field won (41 teams) Meat the East
May 24 25th tracked contest Brew N Q Invitational
Aug 17 First Reserve Championship EUregio Barbecue Festival

20181 milestone

Apr 14 First overall podium Meat The East

20171 milestone

Sep 9 10th tracked contest Farm Meat

20165 milestones

May 8 First tracked contest Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 8 First call Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 8 First category win (Pork Ribs) Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 8 First overall top-10 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
May 8 First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.8456 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.7	Meat The East	Apr 14, 2018
+13.2	Meat the East	Apr 13, 2019
+12.6	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ	May 8, 2016
+12.6	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees	Jun 23, 2018
+12	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018	Sep 22, 2018

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.5	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024	Apr 20, 2024
-11.7	Vuur en Vlees	Sep 21, 2024
-9.6	Regahfest 2016	Aug 27, 2016
-7.8	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off	Oct 7, 2017
-4.5	Smoke in the North	Aug 23, 2024

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	11	2	9	9	100%	top 24%	96.2%	94.6%
2023	11	3	9	9	100%	top 19%	95.6%	93.9%
2022	8	1	8	4	100%	top 22%	96.2%	93.4%
2021	3	0	3	0	100%	top 28%	93.2%	92.6%
2020	1	0	1	0	100%	top 19%	93%	93%
2019	12	1	6	4	83%	top 24%	95%	92.4%
2018	9	0	5	2	67%	top 23%	94.2%	91.6%
2017	7	0	1	1	57%	top 49%	91.4%	90.3%
2016	4	0	1	2	75%	top 49%	93.2%	90.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 21, 2024	Vuur en Vlees Deurne	6 / 10 (660.4116)	8 (163.9428)	3 (169.1316)	6 (162.8000)	4 (164.5372)
Sep 7, 2024	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen	1 / 24 (690.8116)	5 (174.2972)	9 (167.9772)	1 (175.4172)	4 (173.1200)
Sep 6, 2024	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 1) Dongen	3 / 16 (683.3368)	16 (161.1084)	1 (175.4172)	1 (175.4056)	3 (171.4056)
Aug 23, 2024	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp	8 / 23 (665.5308)	18 (162.7884)	15 (162.2284)	5 (169.7028)	4 (170.8112)
Jun 22, 2024	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	2 / 23 (690.2056)	8 (171.9656)	1 (176.0116)	11 (165.0856)	1 (177.1428)
Jun 1, 2024	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom	2 / 16 (688.4912)	9 (167.3712)	6 (170.2744)	1 (175.4400)	2 (175.4056)
May 31, 2024	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 Boom	2 / 12 (692.5484)	10 (169.1200)	1 (179.4400)	5 (173.7028)	3 (170.2856)
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	3 / 22 (691.3256)	7 (174.2628)	3 (174.2628)	2 (177.7028)	13 (165.0972)
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt	—	6 (171.4056)	—	—	—
Apr 20, 2024	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen	15 / 23 (655.2572)	14 (166.8456)	11 (162.8232)	2 (173.1200)	23 (152.4684)
Mar 23, 2024	Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland	1 / 22 (692.4800)	16 (163.9428)	2 (170.8228)	1 (177.7144)	1 (180)
Oct 21, 2023	Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna	2 / 13 (688.4684)	8 (171.4056)	3 (173.1200)	4 (171.9772)	1 (171.9656)
Oct 21, 2023	Vienna BBQ Days 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna	—	—	9 (169.7028)	—	—
Sep 23, 2023	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	1 / 13 (675.3488)	1 (172.5484)	7 (155.9660)	4 (171.4172)	1 (175.4172)
Sep 16, 2023	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas	4 / 14 (664.4456)	7 (166.8228)	5 (168.5372)	2 (174.2628)	8 (154.8228)
Sep 16, 2023	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sint Niklaas	—	—	1 (167.9888)	—	—
Sep 10, 2023	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen	1 / 23 (687.9428)	3 (176)	3 (170.8572)	1 (180)	13 (161.0856)
Sep 9, 2023	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen	2 / 13 (686.8000)	5 (166.8228)	2 (171.4172)	3 (176)	1 (172.5600)
May 6, 2023	3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest Terneuzen	5 / 15 (662.1368)	4 (171.9656)	6 (162.8228)	11 (160.4912)	4 (166.8572)
Apr 8, 2023	Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 Meerbeke	3 / 13 (671.3144)	9 (163.3828)	1 (174.8572)	11 (162.2400)	3 (170.8344)
Mar 18, 2023	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom	5 / 13 (668.4456)	5 (167.9772)	3 (172)	6 (165.6800)	8 (162.7884)
Mar 17, 2023	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 Boom	1 / 13 (682.2172)	7 (164.5372)	1 (178.2972)	3 (166.8228)	1 (172.5600)
Dec 3, 2022	Holiday in Hell Helshoven	1 / 15 (692.5256)	1 (177.7028)	4 (173.1200)	4 (170.2856)	5 (171.4172)
Dec 2, 2022	Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven	2 / 15 (688.5028)	2 (174.8456)	4 (171.9888)	6 (171.9656)	6 (169.7028)
Sep 17, 2022	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas	6 / 25 (658.7316)	23 (158.2056)	1 (173.7144)	9 (163.9772)	8 (162.8344)
Sep 10, 2022	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen	5 / 28 (677.0972)	8 (170.2628)	13 (161.1200)	5 (172.0116)	3 (173.7028)
Jun 25, 2022	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	8 / 22 (662.6852)	19 (153.0740)	15 (163.3828)	7 (170.8228)	3 (175.4056)
Jun 3, 2022	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	10 / 38 (664.4576)	3 (172.5600)	19 (159.4060)	6 (171.9772)	14 (160.5144)
May 21, 2022	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ-Contest II Terneuzen	8 / 18 (657.5544)	16 (158.7884)	14 (156.5144)	10 (166.2400)	1 (176.0116)
Mar 26, 2022	Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel	3 / 31 (681.0744)	16 (166.2400)	3 (168.5600)	4 (169.6800)	1 (176.5944)
Oct 23, 2021	KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne	8 / 30 (671.2800)	20 (163.9428)	11 (166.2400)	13 (166.8344)	2 (174.2628)
Sep 25, 2021	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen	7 / 21 (661.0052)	19 (161.0740)	10 (163.3828)	4 (170.2856)	6 (166.2628)
Sep 11, 2021	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen	7 / 29 (668.4456)	13 (162.8228)	9 (167.9772)	10 (165.6684)	6 (171.9772)
Sep 12, 2020	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen	6 / 31 (669.5884)	24 (159.3484)	2 (172.0116)	12 (166.8228)	3 (171.4056)
Nov 30, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven	12 / 31 (653.0744)	22 (158.2856)	9 (165.6916)	22 (158.8344)	3 (170.2628)
Sep 21, 2019	Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas	11 / 36 (659.8396)	20 (162.8000)	15 (162.8228)	9 (169.6684)	10 (164.5484)
Sep 7, 2019	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	5 / 38 (673.0628)	17 (163.9312)	16 (161.6916)	4 (174.3200)	4 (173.1200)
Aug 31, 2019	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	12 / 31 (652.9940)	14 (164.5484)	19 (153.6572)	7 (170.8228)	10 (163.9656)
Aug 17, 2019	EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren	2 / 28 (680.5720)	3 (172.0116)	4 (167.4288)	—	8 (163.9888)
Jun 8, 2019	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	14 / 55 (670.2512)	20 (166.2856)	1 (174.2856)	26 (165.1200)	22 (164.5600)
May 25, 2019	Brew N Q Open Leicestershire	15 / 34 (658.7312)	13 (170.2512)	22 (159.9772)	19 (161.6800)	12 (166.8228)
May 24, 2019	Brew N Q Invitational unrated Leicestershire	3 / 26 (673.0512)	13 (167.3828)	9 (164.5372)	11 (167.4056)	1 (173.7256)
May 11, 2019	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt	16 / 49 (653.6116)	13 (170.2628)	16 (162.2516)	31 (160.5600)	22 (160.5372)
Apr 26, 2019	KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2019 Marketplate	8 / 24 (659.8860)	9 (168)	20 (154.7888)	4 (167.4172)	3 (169.6800)
Apr 13, 2019	Meat the East Hengelo	1 / 41 (683.9196)	17 (167.4056)	6 (171.9772)	1 (177.1428)	11 (167.3940)
Mar 30, 2019	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel	6 / 40 (666.7428)	23 (159.3828)	1 (176.5828)	17 (165.6800)	12 (165.0972)
Sep 22, 2018	5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop	5 / 73 (665.0856)	11 (168.5600)	43 (155.9772)	1 (179.4400)	28 (161.1084)
Sep 8, 2018	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	5 / 40 (667.9088)	14 (165.7144)	15 (163.9772)	7 (170.8228)	8 (167.3944)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	6 / 44 (669.0744)	9 (169.7028)	19 (163.9888)	6 (168.5600)	9 (166.8228)
Jul 21, 2018	3rd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	19 / 48 (648.4688)	24 (163.9428)	15 (162.2628)	18 (166.8228)	29 (155.4404)
Jun 23, 2018	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	3 / 22 (669.5884)	9 (163.9656)	6 (165.1316)	1 (175.4056)	7 (165.0856)
May 12, 2018	Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt	15 / 51 (657.0060)	18 (167.3944)	20 (163.9544)	14 (167.9772)	27 (157.6800)
May 11, 2018	Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt	16 / 37 (646.1828)	7 (170.2628)	23 (156.5260)	23 (157.7028)	17 (161.6912)
Apr 14, 2018	Meat The East Hengelo	3 / 34 (678.2632)	6 (170.8572)	7 (169.1316)	8 (169.6800)	5 (168.5944)
Mar 24, 2018	Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium	16 / 39 (636.4344)	18 (163.3712)	28 (155.4060)	22 (157.1200)	16 (160.5372)
Oct 7, 2017	5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp	35 / 47 (639.8172)	22 (167.9656)	47 (145.6460)	14 (168)	30 (158.2056)
Sep 9, 2017	Farm Meat Dongen	21 / 38 (640.4000)	24 (161.0856)	4 (172)	29 (154.2516)	33 (153.0628)
Sep 2, 2017	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	12 / 32 (654.1372)	11 (169.6684)	13 (163.9772)	15 (164.5372)	17 (155.9544)
Jun 10, 2017	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	9 / 24 (651.8512)	5 (169.7028)	9 (166.8228)	18 (159.9772)	14 (155.3484)
Jun 3, 2017	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands	21 / 56 (658.1256)	45 (159.3828)	19 (167.3944)	18 (167.4056)	22 (163.9428)
May 26, 2017	Brew N Q (INVITATIONAL) unrated Burton Upon Trent	20 / 26 (652.4572)	1 (178.8800)	15 (161.1316)	25 (154.7884)	22 (157.6572)
May 13, 2017	Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt	13 / 50 (653.0172)	2 (176)	41 (151.9428)	36 (157.6572)	8 (167.4172)
Sep 24, 2016	3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE	26 / 67 (647.8628)	8 (171.4056)	36 (160.5372)	49 (153.1084)	20 (162.8116)
Aug 27, 2016	Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL	29 / 35 (639.8056)	24 (166.8228)	33 (153.6800)	26 (159.9428)	27 (159.3600)
Jun 18, 2016	Delft BBQ Fest 2016 Delft, NL	11 / 18 (655.8744)	1 (176.5600)	10 (162.8572)	15 (159.3828)	13 (157.0744)
May 8, 2016	Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium	6 / 40 (670.8456)	35 (156.0228)	1 (178.2972)	7 (166.8228)	7 (169.7028)

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

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

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 (19 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

The heartbreaker

Among the elite

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

On the rise

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

Their season

A strong matchup

Pork nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The long haul

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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)