A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
BUNCH OF SWINES ahead in 100% of their meetings
BUNCH OF SWINES has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Smaakmakers BBQ Team Belgium
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1528
peak 1528 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2015-09-25
latest 2016-05-08
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 24%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
657.72
last 3 Master vs avg 657.72 (-0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
2
best run (overall)
Consistency
±3.72
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.44 · weakest Brisket (159.02)
Road miles
214
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
657.72 / 720
3 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 RIDDLEQ'S 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.
Smaakmakers BBQ Team Belgium has 3 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 75 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.
#2270 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 2
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2277 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Level with Smaakmakers BBQ Team Belgium on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2264 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 9 years after Smaakmakers BBQ Team Belgium did, first appearing in 2024.
⚔ Head-to-head#2280 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1530
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2260 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 7 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2268 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1528
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7256 | 164.5944 | 167.26 | top 30% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5828 | 163.4172 | 164.00 | top 35% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 163.4284 | 167.44 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 153.0972 | 159.02 | top 50% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BE | 1 | 0 | top 33% |
| NL | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 26% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 22% |
The story so far (15 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
0.6 yrs
2015-09-25 → 2016-05-08
Busiest season
2016
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
BE
1 of 3 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 167.44 · weakest Brisket (159.02)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
67%
2 of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight contests
Master average
657.72
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
96
111–27 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
214
3 mapped stops · furthest 115 mi
Schedule strength
1517
average field rating faced — tougher than 12% of rated contests
Power rating
1528
peak 1528 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2015
- First tracked contest 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- First call 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- First overall top-10 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score662.2740 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Career-best overall score662.2740 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- Career-best single call (Chicken)169.7256 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015
- 2016
- Peak power rating (1528) Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
- Most recent contest Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +13.2 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 | 2015-09-25 |
| +8.7 | Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II | 2016-04-23 |
| +5.9 | Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ | 2016-05-08 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 29% | 91.4% | 91% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 12% | 92% | 92% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-08 | Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium, BE | 13 / 40 (653.1548) | 15 (167.4516) | 14 (163.4172) | 5 (169.1888) | 30 (153.0972) |
| 2016-04-23 | Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL | 9 / 34 (657.7372) | 14 (164.5944) | 15 (164.0000) | 17 (163.4284) | 9 (165.7144) |
| 2015-09-25 | 2nd Ruhrpott BBQ 2015 Herten, NRW, | 8 / 67 (662.2740) | 7 (169.7256) | 18 (164.5828) | 9 (169.7028) | 32 (158.2628) |