A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ WIESEL ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ WIESEL has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
BBQ Bro's
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1435
peak 1435 · rated over 6 contests ⓘ
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
2016-09-24
latest 2018-09-14
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 93%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
540.01 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 547.54 (-7.53)
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±108.44
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 156.66 · weakest Pork (142.12)
Road miles
7,373
mi across 6 mapped stops · furthest 5263 mi
Schedule strength
24%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1533)
Master avg
547.54 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (4 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.
The weak link
−14.5
points behind their best meat
Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 14.54 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 0% of the time against 0%.
- Pork avg 142.12
- Chicken avg 156.66
- 0 calls in 5 entries
Going the wrong way
-28
rating points in a year
The rating has slipped 28 points across 4 contests since 2017-09-22 — from 1463 down to 1435.
- 4 contests since 2017-09-22
- now 1435
The long haul
7,373
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 7,373 miles across 6 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 5,263 miles to *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL).
- 6 mapped stops
- furthest 5,263 mi
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.
52 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5943 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5935 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ Bro's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#5938 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1435
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5932 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1436
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5942 of the rated field
- Contests
- 11
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1435
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BBQ Bro's did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162.3200 | 154.8000 | 156.66 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8572 | 135.3716 | 147.29 | top 87% |
| Pork | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2400 | 133.6800 | 142.12 | top 91% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 119.3828 | 148.68 | top 70% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MI | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| OR | 1 | 0 | top 80% |
| DE | 1 | 0 | top 99% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 93% |
| Large (40+) | 3 | 0 | top 92% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2 yrs
2016-09-24 → 2018-09-14
Busiest season
2018
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
MI
1 of 6 contests · 3 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
6
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 156.66 · weakest Pork (142.12)
Walk rate
17%
a top-10 call in 1 of 6 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 6 contests
Master average
547.54
out of 720 · 6 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
204
21–251 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
7,373
6 mapped stops · furthest 5,263 mi
Schedule strength
1533
average field rating faced — tougher than 24% of rated contests
Power rating
1435
peak 1435 · #5940 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2016
- First tracked contest 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
- Peak power rating (1486) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
- 2018
- First call *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score634.1716 *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)172.0228 *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL)
- Most recent contest *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -14.4 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | 2016-09-24 |
| -13.6 | *EUregio Barbeque Festival | 2017-08-19 |
| -13 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 | 2018-04-28 |
| -9.3 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival | 2018-09-14 |
| -8.9 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
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)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33% | top 91% | 88.1% | 69.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 84.5% | 83.5% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 99% | 81.3% | 81.3% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-09-14 | *Silver Lake Apple BBQ Festival Mears, MI | 44 / 48 (311.4628) | — | — | — | — |
| 2018-05-26 | *BBQ Blues & Brews on the Bay(JUDGES FULL) North Bend, OR | 28 / 35 (634.1716) | 33 (154.8000) | 31 (153.1088) | 28 (154.2400) | 7 (172.0228) |
| 2018-04-28 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof, 51580 | 32 / 32 (551.7820) | 26 (155.3712) | 32 (138.8112) | 31 (138.2168) | 32 (119.3828) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 57 / 66 (608.4912) | 52 (155.9312) | 42 (158.8572) | 53 (150.2628) | 60 (143.4400) |
| 2017-08-19 | *EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW, 52525 | 31 / 31 (594.1372) | 24 (162.3200) | 31 (135.3716) | 31 (134.2056) | 16 (162.2400) |
| 2016-09-24 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE | 66 / 67 (585.1772) | 53 (154.8684) | 56 (150.2972) | 66 (133.6800) | 60 (146.3316) |