BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q BZ
Rating
1562
peak 1654
Contests
56
in the data
First seen
2019-03-30
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#57
Master 2022
Grand champs
1
3 reserve
Category wins
11
39 podiums
Overall top-10s
36
of 56 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
2 🔥
Current form
657.81 ▼
last 5 vs career avg 662.05 (-4.23)
Walk rate
96%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±12.11
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 166.84 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.13)
Road miles
7938
mi across 56 mapped stops · furthest 778 mi
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
BBQ+ has finished one call ahead of BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q 6 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
The Antwerp Smokers has landed one call behind them 4 times.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 31 of their 31 shared contests.
💔 The heartbreaker
Came within 0.5944 points of the Grand Championship at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) (2023-09-10).
📅 A March team
Something about March: average finish in the top 27% across 6 contests, versus top 42% the rest of the year.
Teams like this (closest power rating, BZ first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 57 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 180.0000 🔥 | 154.8112 | 166.43 | top 50% |
| Pork Ribs | 56 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 175.4172 | 151.9772 | 163.13 | top 50% |
| Pork | 56 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 180.0000 🔥 | 150.8572 | 166.84 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 56 | 40 | 5 | 13 | 177.7028 | 148.5028 | 165.53 | top 39% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 26 | 1 | top 50% |
| Medium (20–39) | 28 | 0 | top 37% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 20% |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2022 (14 contests)
- Cooks mostly in BZ (4 of 56 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (57 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) (2022-09-24)
- Wins it all in 2% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 662.05
- 2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 655.8972 | 649.87 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 671.3256 | 658.87 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 671.9316 | 661.97 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 687.3484 | 662.68 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 683.4284 | 665.97 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 681.7028 | 664.37 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 642.7544 | 640.47 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 677.0740 | 664.22 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom, 2850 | 15 / 18 (655.8972) | 14 (169.1200) | 13 (160.5600) | 17 (158.8000) | 12 (167.4172) |
| 2026-05-22 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition Boom, 2850 | 11 / 13 (643.8400) | 2 (169.7028) | 12 (158.2400) | 7 (163.9772) | 12 (151.9200) |
| 2025-09-13 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 13 / 23 (652.9600) | 18 (165.0972) | 16 (159.3600) | 16 (160.5144) | 5 (167.9884) |
| 2025-09-12 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC | 9 / 16 (671.3256) | 6 (170.2628) | 10 (164.5600) | 9 (166.8228) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 8 / 31 (665.0400) | 3 (167.9884) | 7 (165.7144) | 20 (162.8000) | 6 (168.5372) |
| 2025-06-28 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 12 / 18 (659.2452) | 2 (175.4056) | 16 (158.2400) | 14 (163.3712) | 10 (162.2284) |
| 2025-06-27 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 5 / 13 (667.2456) | 3 (173.1200) | 13 (155.9200) | 4 (169.6916) | 7 (168.5140) |
| 2025-05-24 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom, 2850 | 14 / 20 (655.8740) | 9 (171.4284) | 11 (164.5372) | 14 (162.8228) | 17 (157.0856) |
| 2025-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom, 2850 | 9 / 16 (640.4232) | 15 (157.0972) | 8 (161.6916) | 7 (162.8232) | 9 (158.8112) |
| 2024-09-21 | Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5752 5C | 7 / 10 (659.3028) | 9 (162.2516) | 7 (163.9656) | 2 (171.4056) | 5 (161.6800) |
| 2024-09-07 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 15 / 24 (648.4916) | 8 (173.7144) | 22 (151.9772) | 19 (154.8228) | 10 (167.9772) |
| 2024-09-06 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC | 10 / 16 (658.7312) | 8 (173.1200) | 14 (155.3828) | 14 (159.9428) | 5 (170.2856) |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 11 / 23 (669.0968) | 2 (177.7028) | 15 (161.6800) | 15 (163.4056) | 10 (166.3084) |
| 2024-06-01 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom, 2850 | 14 / 16 (653.5768) | 16 (154.8112) | 3 (173.7028) | 13 (160.5256) | 10 (164.5372) |
| 2024-05-31 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 Boom, 2850 | 10 / 12 (665.6224) | 4 (159.3940) | 3 (175.4172) | 11 (155.9540) | 6 (168.5600) |
| 2024-04-20 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen, 4538AP | 6 / 23 (671.9316) | 10 (169.1084) | 7 (165.7260) | 8 (166.2628) | 5 (170.8344) |
| 2024-02-24 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ | 14 / 26 (669.0056) | 12 (169.6800) | 11 (166.2628) | 13 (168.5256) | 12 (164.5372) |
| 2023-09-23 | KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5752 5C | 7 / 13 (643.3828) | 5 (164.5484) | 3 (164.5372) | 11 (150.8572) | 3 (163.4400) |
| 2023-09-16 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 8 / 14 (647.9428) | 2 (170.2856) | 4 (169.1200) | 9 (159.3828) | 13 (149.1544) |
| 2023-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 2 / 23 (687.3484) | 7 (170.2628) | 4 (168.5372) | 7 (170.8456) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2023-09-09 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 4 / 13 (669.0400) | 3 (171.4400) | 5 (169.1200) | 7 (170.2744) | 9 (158.2056) |
| 2023-06-24 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 17 / 26 (648.4916) | 22 (161.1316) | 21 (155.4172) | 16 (165.7144) | 9 (166.2284) |
| 2023-05-06 | 3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest Terneuzen, 4538AP | 6 / 15 (654.7432) | 15 (158.8228) | 4 (163.9544) | 9 (162.8460) | 2 (169.1200) |
| 2023-03-25 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel, 3920 | 2 / 18 (682.7884) | 8 (167.4056) | 5 (168.5372) | 4 (173.1428) | 2 (173.7028) |
| 2023-03-18 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom, 2850 | 6 / 13 (659.3828) | 12 (159.3828) | 7 (166.8456) | 9 (162.8572) | 2 (170.2972) |
| 2023-03-17 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 Boom, 2850 | 4 / 13 (654.8572) | 10 (159.4056) | 6 (158.8344) | 2 (170.8800) | 5 (165.7372) |
| 2023-02-25 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 8 / 23 (678.8228) | 2 (180.0000) | 17 (160.5372) | 7 (173.1428) | 13 (165.1428) |
| 2022-12-03 | Holiday in Hell Helshoven, | 9 / 15 (660.4800) | 14 (161.7028) | 13 (159.9544) | 9 (166.2628) | 2 (172.5600) |
| 2022-12-02 | Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven, | 11 / 15 (641.0628) | 11 (165.1656) | 14 (152.5372) | 9 (167.3828) | 12 (155.9772) |
| 2022-09-24 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 2) Devon, | 1 / 10 (673.7144) | 1 (174.3200) | 8 (151.9888) | 1 (173.7028) | 1 (173.7028) |
| 2022-09-23 | Smoke on the Waters (Day 1) Devon, | 2 / 8 (677.0856) | 1 (174.8456) | 3 (169.1544) | 5 (160.5256) | 1 (172.5600) |
| 2022-09-17 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 9 / 25 (655.9196) | 18 (163.9884) | 8 (164.0228) | 8 (165.6684) | 10 (162.2400) |
| 2022-09-10 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 3 / 28 (683.4284) | 1 (176.5828) | 10 (165.1772) | 11 (169.7028) | 5 (171.9656) |
| 2022-08-06 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 4 / 11 (679.4168) | 8 (164.5828) | 2 (169.7256) | 4 (171.9656) | 2 (173.1428) |
| 2022-06-25 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 7 / 22 (667.8972) | 16 (162.2628) | 10 (165.1316) | 5 (171.9772) | 8 (168.5256) |
| 2022-06-03 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG | 12 / 38 (660.4688) | 20 (164.5600) | 18 (159.9888) | 17 (166.2400) | 7 (169.6800) |
| 2022-05-21 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ-Contest II Terneuzen, 4538AP | 5 / 18 (664.5256) | 4 (170.8456) | 5 (163.4172) | 4 (169.1544) | 8 (161.1084) |
| 2022-04-16 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 16 / 24 (653.0056) | 11 (166.2628) | 20 (156.5144) | 16 (164.5600) | 10 (165.6684) |
| 2022-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 5 / 19 (672.4800) | 4 (169.7028) | 11 (162.2516) | 3 (173.7028) | 6 (166.8228) |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920 | 5 / 31 (665.0400) | 15 (166.8456) | 4 (168.5488) | 16 (159.3828) | 3 (170.2628) |
| 2022-03-12 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 5 / 15 (669.0284) | 10 (165.6684) | 12 (158.8344) | 7 (166.8228) | 1 (177.7028) |
| 2021-10-23 | KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC | 15 / 30 (658.7772) | 25 (160.5828) | 20 (160.5372) | 9 (170.8344) | 9 (166.8228) |
| 2021-09-25 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen, 4538AP | 3 / 21 (681.7028) | 6 (169.6912) | 7 (165.1544) | 5 (170.2628) | 1 (176.5944) |
| 2021-09-11 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 6 / 29 (668.5028) | 8 (165.1428) | 16 (163.3828) | 8 (166.8344) | 4 (173.1428) |
| 2021-08-14 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 12 / 26 (655.8624) | 19 (160.5484) | 10 (162.8228) | 9 (166.8228) | 8 (165.6684) |
| 2021-08-13 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 7 / 19 (657.0284) | 11 (163.9656) | 12 (159.9544) | 10 (161.1084) | 2 (172.0000) |
| 2020-09-12 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC | 21 / 31 (638.1944) | 27 (155.9772) | 20 (156.5372) | 9 (170.8456) | 23 (154.8344) |
| 2020-01-18 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ | 15 / 28 (642.7544) | 21 (159.9772) | 20 (157.6916) | 9 (167.9884) | 16 (157.0972) |
| 2019-11-30 | Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800 | 4 / 31 (667.8740) | 8 (167.9656) | 2 (171.9656) | 7 (168.5256) | 17 (159.4172) |
| 2019-09-21 | Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 3 / 36 (675.4632) | 13 (166.2628) | 3 (170.2972) | 2 (176.0344) | 14 (162.8688) |
| 2019-09-07 | Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC | 11 / 38 (659.9428) | 10 (165.7256) | 19 (159.9544) | 1 (180.0000) | 28 (154.2628) |
| 2019-08-31 | 3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM | 16 / 31 (639.7712) | 19 (159.3484) | 17 (155.3600) | 1 (176.5600) | 25 (148.5028) |
| 2019-05-11 | Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800 | 6 / 49 (677.0740) | 18 (167.9772) | 6 (169.1084) | 5 (173.7256) | 11 (166.2628) |
| 2019-04-20 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove, 9600 | 7 / 29 (671.9888) | 19 (160.5372) | 5 (173.7488) | 5 (173.1428) | 13 (164.5600) |
| 2019-04-19 | Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove, 9600 | 5 / 25 (663.9200) | 13 (162.2400) | 4 (169.6916) | 9 (166.8572) | 4 (165.1312) |
| 2019-03-30 | Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel, | 11 / 40 (657.7140) | 15 (165.7028) | 13 (163.4284) | 2 (173.7600) | 25 (154.8228) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #469 (201 pts) | #378 (336 pts) | #570 (206 pts) | #471 (226 pts) | #482 (211 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #250 (882 pts) | #197 (1147 pts) | #325 (807 pts) | #275 (832 pts) | #238 (962 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #229 (950 pts) | #192 (1080 pts) | #197 (1100 pts) | #226 (970 pts) | #174 (1130 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #64 (1720 pts) | #80 (1575 pts) | #74 (1612 pts) | #91 (1502 pts) | #31 (1977 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #57 (1877 pts) | #58 (1746 pts) | #93 (1562 pts) | #59 (1702 pts) | #31 (2032 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #258 (760 pts) | #359 (560 pts) | #365 (565 pts) | #286 (715 pts) | #187 (1005 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #292 (385 pts) | #419 (280 pts) | #306 (415 pts) | #280 (440 pts) | #447 (260 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #202 (1311 pts) | #357 (891 pts) | #178 (1351 pts) | #91 (1746 pts) | #404 (831 pts) |