A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
BBQ+ ahead in 100% of their meetings
BBQ+ has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
THE SMOKEY DEVILS BELGIUM BBQ TEAM
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1471
peak 1471 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2017-09-09
latest 2018-05-12
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 79%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
623.23
last 4 Master vs avg 623.23 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±5.25
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 159.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.67)
Road miles
125
mi across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
25%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1534)
Master avg
623.23 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 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.
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
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.
THE SMOKEY DEVILS BELGIUM BBQ TEAM has 4 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 129 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#4583 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4558 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 8 years after THE SMOKEY DEVILS BELGIUM BBQ TEAM did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#4566 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They've been 1507 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.
⚔ Head-to-head#4568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Level with THE SMOKEY DEVILS BELGIUM BBQ TEAM on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#4586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#4577 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1471
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 4, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 151.9772 | 159.43 | top 62% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8344 | 145.0744 | 153.67 | top 73% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.1428 | 149.0972 | 155.84 | top 68% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.8916 | 149.1428 | 154.29 | top 74% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 88% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.7 yrs
2017-09-09 → 2018-05-12
Busiest season
2018
2 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 159.43 · weakest Pork Ribs (153.67)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
623.23
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
94
32–123 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
125
4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1534
average field rating faced — tougher than 25% of rated contests
Power rating
1471
peak 1471 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest Farm Meat
- First call Farm Meat
- Career-best overall score630.1944 Farm Meat
- Career-best single call (Chicken)167.4400 Farm Meat
- Peak power rating (1492) Farm Meat
- 2018
- Most recent contest Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2)
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -9.5 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) | 2018-05-12 |
| -8 | Farm Meat | 2017-09-09 |
| -7.5 | Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 | 2017-09-16 |
| -4.1 | Springbreak BBQ Contest | 2018-03-24 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 87% | 86.3% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50% | top 80% | 87.5% | 86.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-12 | Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt, 3800 | 45 / 51 (617.0860) | 45 (151.9772) | 47 (145.0744) | 27 (161.1428) | 26 (158.8916) |
| 2018-03-24 | Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium , 3920 | 27 / 39 (626.2512) | 31 (154.2628) | 19 (158.8344) | 24 (156.5828) | 24 (156.5712) |
| 2017-09-16 | Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 25 / 31 (619.3828) | 18 (164.0456) | 21 (157.0972) | 28 (149.0972) | 29 (149.1428) |
| 2017-09-09 | Farm Meat Dongen, 5106NC | 30 / 38 (630.1944) | 8 (167.4400) | 31 (153.6800) | 26 (156.5372) | 34 (152.5372) |