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 Seidel
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 4 contests ⓘ
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
2016-09-24
latest 2018-04-28
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
631.92
last 4 Master vs avg 631.92 (+0.00)
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±16.63
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.02 · weakest Brisket (148.68)
Road miles
332
mi across 4 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi
Schedule strength
17%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1525)
Master avg
631.92 / 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 AFTER THE SMOKE IS GONE 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.
BBQ Seidel 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 153 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.
#3712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1504
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#3730 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after BBQ Seidel did, first appearing in 2025.
⚔ Head-to-head#3698 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1500
No shared contest yet.
Level with BBQ Seidel on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3697 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
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#3726 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1489
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 6 contests to 4.
⚔ Head-to-head#3733 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
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 | 1 | 175.4056 | 147.3484 | 162.67 | top 46% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159.4060 | 150.2628 | 153.55 | top 75% |
| Pork | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 163.9884 | 167.02 | top 30% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5600 | 135.9200 | 148.68 | top 78% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 63% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 67% |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
1.6 yrs
2016-09-24 → 2018-04-28
Busiest season
2017
2 contests
Contests a season
1.3
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
DE
1 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.02 · weakest Brisket (148.68)
Walk rate
25%
a top-10 call in 1 of 4 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 4 contests
Master average
631.92
out of 720 · 4 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
119
67–119 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
332
4 mapped stops · furthest 141 mi
Schedule strength
1525
average field rating faced — tougher than 17% of rated contests
Power rating
1489
peak 1489 · #null 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 (1490) 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016
- 2018
- First call KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.9312 KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
- Career-best overall score655.9312 KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
- Career-best single call (Chicken)175.4056 KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
- Most recent contest KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.8 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 | 2018-04-28 |
| +3.1 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.1 | BBQ An Der Burg | 2017-07-01 |
| -10 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 | 2016-09-24 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 91.1% | 91.1% |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 88.7% | 87.3% |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 85.5% | 85.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-28 | KCBS Greek Fire Festival 2018 Reichshof, 51580 | 12 / 32 (655.9312) | 2 (175.4056) | 26 (150.2628) | 7 (169.7028) | 18 (160.5600) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 32 / 66 (638.8576) | 18 (167.4056) | 38 (159.4060) | 18 (165.7944) | 54 (146.2516) |
| 2017-07-01 | BBQ An Der Burg Geestland, , 27574 | 22 / 25 (617.5996) | 23 (147.3484) | 19 (154.2856) | 12 (163.9884) | 19 (151.9772) |
| 2016-09-24 | 3rd Ruhrpott BBQ 2016 Waltrop NRW, DE | 57 / 67 (615.3028) | 39 (160.5256) | 57 (150.2628) | 14 (168.5944) | 65 (135.9200) |