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WETTELS ON FIRE

WETTELS ON FIRE is a competition barbecue team with 50 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 13 at the Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 (2023). They are ranked #3924 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#3,924
of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1485
peak 1520 · rated over 49 contests

Contests

50
in the data

First seen

Sep 13, 2014
latest Sep 13, 2025 · 11 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#250
Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0
0 reserve

Category wins

5
10 podiums

Overall top-10s

6
12% of 50 contests

Best top-10 run

2
straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 63%
overall standings

Best overall

671.8740 / 720

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

631.48 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 633.42 (-1.95)

Walk rate

54%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Consistency

±35.80
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 162.74 · weakest Pork (154.92)

Road miles

3,270
across 50 mapped stops · furthest 337 mi

Schedule strength

37%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1549)

Master avg

633.42 / 720
49 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

  • Pork ×1

High-water mark

671.8740 career-best overall

93.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 671.8740 at EUregio Barbeque Festival — 93.3% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Aug 18, 2018

The one to beat

3× one call ahead of them

ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM has finished one call ahead of WETTELS ON FIRE 3 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2022 their best year

2022 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 1 category win, at an average finish in the top 50%.

  • 6 contests
  • 3 overall top-10s
  • 1 category win
  • average top 50%

A tough matchup

36–1 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 97% of their meetings

BBQ+ has come out ahead in 36 of their 37 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.8 points behind their best meat

Pork is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.82 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 23% of the time against 27%.

  • Pork avg 154.92
  • Chicken avg 162.74
  • 11 calls in 48 entries

A strong matchup

23–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 85% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 23 of their 27 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

31 of 37 shared chicken entries lost

BBQ+ ahead 84% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BBQ+ has out-cooked them in 31 of 37 shared chicken entries.

A big fish in small ponds

Top 53% average finish in small fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 53% finish in small fields against top 67% in large ones.

  • Small (<20 teams): top 53% (7)
  • Large (40+): top 67% (12)

Looking over their shoulder

4× one call behind them

Osdorp Grillers (NL) has landed one call behind them 4 times.

A March team

Top 48% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 48% across 7 contests, versus top 63% the rest of the year.

  • 7 March contests
  • top 63% the rest of the year

The long haul

3,270 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,270 miles across 50 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 337 miles to 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival.

  • 50 mapped stops
  • furthest 337 mi

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #1066 (83 pts) #1172 (73 pts) #1102 (113 pts) #1179 (63 pts) #993 (113 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #1027 (97 pts) #837 (172 pts) #1224 (82 pts) #1056 (102 pts) #1039 (102 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #250 (844 pts) #268 (844 pts) #302 (829 pts) #270 (814 pts) #260 (829 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #419 (525 pts) #503 (440 pts) #518 (470 pts) #348 (690 pts) #492 (460 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #615 (255 pts) #510 (370 pts) #463 (445 pts) #697 (225 pts) #610 (285 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #490 (207 pts) #550 (187 pts) #588 (177 pts) #517 (207 pts) #302 (402 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #836 (346 pts) #985 (286 pts) #1071 (261 pts) #601 (566 pts) #587 (576 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #385 (886 pts) #310 (1,056 pts) #271 (1,126 pts) #381 (921 pts) #352 (966 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #776 (486 pts) #645 (621 pts) #905 (431 pts) #535 (731 pts) #782 (496 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #1154 (264 pts) #1319 (239 pts) #1298 (244 pts) #1273 (254 pts) #1023 (339 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to WETTELS ON FIRE, each with one reason worth a look.

155 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Feher Nyul BBQ Team
#3,940 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
13
GCs
0
Top-10s
46%
Peak
1521
0–1 in 1 shared contest (0% to WETTELS ON FIRE)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team WETTELS ON FIRE has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 13 contests
  • last seen Aug 12, 2023
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BaerlBQ
#3,943 of the rated field
1484 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1484
1–1 in 2 shared contests (50% to WETTELS ON FIRE)

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before WETTELS ON FIRE's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 6 contests
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RIBTIDE BBQ
#3,933 of the rated field
1485 power rating
Contests
5
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1485
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to WETTELS ON FIRE)

Fewer contests behind them than WETTELS ON FIRE has cooked, 5 to 50, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 5 contests
  • last seen Oct 2, 2021
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SMOKE 2 PULL
#3,906 of the rated field
1485 power rating
Contests
25
GCs
0
Top-10s
4%
Peak
1521

They've been 1521 at their best, 36 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

  • rated over 25 contests
  • last seen Oct 19, 2018
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Shorthorn BBQ
#3,899 of the rated field
1485 power rating
Contests
20
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1525

20 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

  • rated over 20 contests
  • last seen Sep 22, 2023
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The Sauce And All That Goes With It
#3,918 of the rated field
1485 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
20%
Peak
1485

Level with WETTELS ON FIRE on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 15 contests
  • last seen Nov 8, 2019
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BBQ+ 37 1 36 3% ⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE 35 9 26 26% ⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 33 1 32 3% ⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ 32 4 28 13% ⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius 31 11 20 35% ⚔ compare
PUREBBQ 30 6 24 20% ⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS 30 1 29 3% ⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES 29 0 29 0% ⚔ compare
ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM 27 23 4 85% ⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS 25 2 23 8% ⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS 24 13 11 54% ⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 24 5 19 21% ⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS 23 6 17 26% ⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL) 22 12 10 55% ⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS 22 6 16 27% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 49 13 0 2 174.2744 137.7256 162.74 top 58%
Pork Ribs 50 13 0 1 174.3200 115.1772 157.78 top 62%
Pork 48 11 3 5 180 🔥 20 154.92 top 60%
Brisket 49 11 2 2 172.5600 138.7884 157.61 top 57%

“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 field size and state

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)70top 53%
Medium (20–39)300top 64%
Large (40+)120top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NL30top 81%
BE20top 80%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition 3 41 0 top 78% Jun 3, 2017
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) 2 21 0 top 84% Sep 7, 2024
Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 2 12 0 top 81% Sep 16, 2023
Meetjesland International BBQ Contest 2 5 0 top 46% Apr 29, 2023
Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest 2 19 0 top 49% Sep 7, 2019
Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) 2 29 0 top 74% May 12, 2018

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 10 contests
Contests a season 4.2 across 12 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NL 3 of 50 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 42 6 of them more than once
Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 50 entries · 0 wins · 13 calls
Opponents faced 363 finished ahead 584 times, behind 1,011
Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 7, 2024 → Sep 13, 2025

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20252 milestones
  1. 50th tracked contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
  2. Most recent contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
20232 milestones
  1. First overall podium Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1
  2. Peak power rating (1520) Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2
20221 milestone
  1. First perfect 180 (Pork) Tony Stone BBQ Competition
20191 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Spring Break BBQ Contest
20182 milestones
  1. First overall top-10 EUregio Barbeque Festival
  2. Career-best overall score671.8740 EUregio Barbeque Festival
20173 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  2. First overall past 90% of a perfect score652.6176 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
  3. First category win (Pork) 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off
20161 milestone
  1. First call Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland
20141 milestone
  1. First tracked contest Lowlands BBQ Championship

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+15.6EUregio Barbeque FestivalAug 18, 2018
+14.5Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1Mar 17, 2023
+13.2Tony Stone BBQ CompetitionJun 3, 2022
+11.7Meetjesland International BBQ ContestMay 14, 2022
+11.3Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2Mar 18, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-14.9Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQMay 9, 2015
-13.2Lowlands BBQ ChampionshipSep 13, 2014
-13Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ CompetitionMay 23, 2015
-11.4Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQMay 8, 2016
-11Regahfest 2016Aug 27, 2016

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — tap a meat to add it)

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

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20251000 0% top 78% 88.3% 88.3%
20242000 50% top 82% 88.9% 87.6%
20236022 67% top 54% 93% 90%
20226031 83% top 50% 92.6% 91.1%
20213000 33% top 68% 89.4% 88.3%
20201000 100% top 45% 90.9% 90.9%
20197001 71% top 62% 90.1% 88.3%
201810010 70% top 56% 93.3% 89.2%
20176001 33% top 57% 91.9% 90%
20165000 20% top 81% 89.5% 83.6%
20152000 0% top 98% 82.7% 75%
20141000 0% top 92% 77.3% 77.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 13, 2025 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen 18 / 23 (635.7832) 20 (163.9544) 12 (163.4172) 22 (152.4800) 12 (155.9316)
Sep 7, 2024 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen 23 / 24 (621.4852) 15 (166.8112) 19 (156.5028) 18 (157.6800) 24 (140.4912)
Mar 23, 2024 Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland 15 / 22 (640.3884) 5 (171.9656) 18 (157.0744) 14 (161.1428) 14 (150.2056)
Sep 16, 2023 Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas 12 / 14 (613.0740) 13 (152.0116) 10 (161.1312) 13 (149.0972) 9 (150.8340)
Sep 16, 2023 Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sint Niklaas — — 13 (150.2284) — —
Apr 29, 2023 Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter 13 / 20 (646.6624) 12 (164.5828) 13 (158.7884) 13 (163.9428) 14 (159.3484)
Mar 25, 2023 Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel 12 / 18 (648.9024) 18 (158.8000) 10 (161.0856) 14 (161.6340) 6 (167.3828)
Mar 18, 2023 Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom 4 / 13 (669.6456) 3 (170.8800) 6 (167.9656) 13 (159.3828) 1 (171.4172)
Mar 17, 2023 Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 Boom 3 / 13 (659.9312) 5 (166.8456) 5 (162.2628) 1 (174.2628) 12 (156.5600)
Dec 3, 2022 Holiday in Hell Helshoven 12 / 15 (654.6972) 7 (172.5716) 7 (167.3828) 10 (162.8000) 15 (151.9428)
Dec 2, 2022 Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven 9 / 15 (666.8344) 8 (168.0460) 7 (169.7144) 8 (169.1428) 10 (159.9312)
Sep 17, 2022 Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas 19 / 25 (633.4740) 17 (165.0856) 18 (159.3828) 14 (160.5256) 19 (148.4800)
Jun 3, 2022 Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 8 / 38 (666.7656) 8 (169.7028) 14 (163.9656) 1 (180) 23 (153.0972)
May 14, 2022 Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter 5 / 19 (662.8116) 9 (168) 10 (161.6688) 4 (168) 6 (165.1428)
Mar 26, 2022 Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel 12 / 31 (649.0284) 23 (157.1084) 8 (165.1316) 15 (159.9428) 8 (166.8456)
Oct 23, 2021 KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne 22 / 30 (637.5428) 22 (162.8000) 12 (165.1544) 29 (144.4684) 12 (165.1200)
Sep 25, 2021 De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen 12 / 21 (643.3484) 2 (174.2744) 2 (174.3200) 18 (155.9656) 21 (138.7884)
Sep 11, 2021 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen 21 / 29 (625.5088) 25 (152.5028) 20 (157.1088) 18 (155.9428) 16 (159.9544)
Sep 12, 2020 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen 14 / 31 (654.7768) 10 (166.8572) 12 (165.7028) 19 (160.5140) 12 (161.7028)
Nov 30, 2019 Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven 17 / 31 (636.4688) 28 (153.6456) 27 (145.1316) 12 (165.1316) 1 (172.5600)
Sep 21, 2019 Het BBQ Kampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas 24 / 36 (633.6572) 31 (155.4284) 23 (158.8460) 3 (173.1428) 30 (146.2400)
Sep 7, 2019 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 19 / 38 (648.5140) 15 (164.6172) 22 (158.8112) 10 (168.5600) 26 (156.5256)
Aug 17, 2019 EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren 20 / 28 (631.8396) 14 (162.2628) 27 (145.6684) — 12 (158.2056)
Jun 29, 2019 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 16 / 22 (627.7940) 20 (152.5484) 16 (154.8000) 8 (169.1200) 19 (151.3256)
May 11, 2019 Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark, Hasselt 36 / 49 (623.2340) 23 (166.2168) 35 (153.6800) 42 (147.9772) 33 (155.3600)
Mar 30, 2019 Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel 18 / 40 (648.5024) 31 (156.5140) 26 (157.1428) 22 (164) 6 (170.8456)
Sep 22, 2018 5th Ruhrpott BBQ 2018 Waltrop 47 / 73 (626.1028) 8 (169.1428) 38 (157.1200) 42 (154.7656) 59 (145.0744)
Sep 15, 2018 Het 5DE BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland Sint Niklaas 12 / 31 (663.9312) 17 (164.5600) 7 (166.8228) 20 (160.5256) 6 (172.0228)
Sep 8, 2018 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 19 / 40 (650.7996) 19 (165.1428) 19 (161.7028) 17 (164.5600) 18 (159.3940)
Aug 25, 2018 Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague 24 / 35 (633.0168) 19 (166.2284) 4 (170.2856) 33 (148.5372) 30 (147.9656)
Aug 25, 2018 RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague 15 / 29 (651.3484) 11 (166.2512) 7 (167.4400) 20 (159.4056) 19 (158.2516)
Aug 18, 2018 EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW 6 / 32 (671.8740) 9 (171.4056) 7 (168.5372) 21 (160.5256) 4 (171.4056)
May 12, 2018 Beer,Fries & BBQ V (Day 2) Hasselt 29 / 51 (642.7888) 33 (163.3828) 30 (158.2744) 15 (167.4172) 35 (153.7144)
May 11, 2018 Beer Fries & BBQ V (Day1) Hasselt 34 / 37 (612.3888) 27 (161.6684) 33 (147.9544) 29 (153.6572) 28 (149.1088)
Apr 14, 2018 Meat The East Hengelo 18 / 34 (645.5424) 8 (169.6684) 16 (161.6800) 33 (151.9656) 15 (162.2284)
Mar 24, 2018 Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium 26 / 39 (627.3256) 20 (162.8456) 36 (143.9428) 3 (173.1428) 33 (147.3944)
Oct 7, 2017 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp 21 / 47 (658.1488) 6 (171.9884) 40 (153.0744) 1 (173.7260) 26 (159.3600)
Sep 16, 2017 Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas 12 / 31 (661.6116) 11 (170.2628) 16 (160.5372) 8 (169.7028) 11 (161.1088)
Sep 9, 2017 Farm Meat Dongen 16 / 38 (646.1600) 11 (166.8228) 19 (162.2628) 14 (162.2628) 30 (154.8116)
Jul 22, 2017 2nd Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen 27 / 40 (652.6176) 25 (166.3316) 38 (153.7488) 25 (165.0856) 15 (167.4516)
Jun 3, 2017 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 43 / 56 (637.0628) 37 (162.2628) 52 (149.6800) 40 (159.4400) 21 (165.6800)
May 13, 2017 Beer,Fries & BBQ IV Hasselt 36 / 50 (632.4572) 23 (164.5828) 43 (150.8344) 25 (162.8228) 37 (154.2172)
Sep 17, 2016 Het BBQ Kampionenschap Van Het Waasland Nikiaas, Belgium 19 / 29 (631.4168) 24 (154.2512) 23 (154.8572) 21 (158.3084) 9 (164)
Aug 27, 2016 Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL 34 / 35 (497.0744) 34 (157.7144) 31 (155.9428) 35 (20) 21 (163.4172)
May 14, 2016 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL 41 / 65 (644.5376) 31 (165.1428) 29 (163.4288) 52 (154.2744) 28 (161.6916)
May 8, 2016 Beers, Fries & BBQ III - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Hasselt, Belgium 38 / 40 (607.3600) 38 (155.3940) 32 (152.5600) 40 (148.0116) 34 (151.3944)
Apr 23, 2016 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL 28 / 34 (627.4516) 32 (151.4056) 19 (160.6172) 25 (157.7144) 18 (157.7144)
May 23, 2015 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 65 / 68 (595.2572) 66 (137.7256) 67 (137.0400) 34 (160.5372) 30 (159.9544)
May 9, 2015 Beers, Fries & BBQ II - The Belgian Championship Low & Slow BBQ Kapermolenpark / Hasselt / Bel 38 / 38 (484.5832) 25 (159.4400) 27 (153.1660) 38 (20) 25 (151.9772)
Sep 13, 2014 Lowlands BBQ Championship Diksmuide, Belgium 24 / 26 (556.2744) 24 (146.7884) 26 (115.1772) 22 (145.1544) 17 (149.1544)

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