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LOWLAND SMOKERS

LOWLAND SMOKERS is a competition barbecue team with 45 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (2013). They are ranked #6321 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#6,321
of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1406
peak 1525 · rated over 42 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

45
in the data

First seen

May 18, 2013
latest Sep 12, 2026 · 13.3 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#615
Master 2025 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 2% of the time

Category wins

2
6 podiums

Overall top-10s

8
18% of 45 contests

Avg finish

top 66%
overall standings

Best overall

677.7828 / 720
Master · Meat The East

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

617.99 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 634.74 (-16.75)

Walk rate

53%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372
Brisket · Meat The East

Consistency

±20.49
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 162.09 · weakest Brisket (156.03)

Road miles

10,622
across 45 mapped stops · furthest 4,398 mi

Schedule strength

31%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Master avg

634.74 / 720
43 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (13 found in their record)

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

High-water mark

677.7828 career-best overall

94.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 677.7828 at Meat The East — 94.1% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Apr 14, 2018

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM has finished one call ahead of LOWLAND SMOKERS 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2016 their best year

2016 was the year it came together: 6 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 48%.

  • 6 contests
  • 2 overall top-10s
  • 0 category wins
  • average top 48%

A tough matchup

33–2 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ+ ahead in 94% of their meetings

BBQ+ has come out ahead in 33 of their 35 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 6.06 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 21% of the time against 33%.

  • Brisket avg 156.03
  • Chicken avg 162.09
  • 9 calls in 43 entries

The drought

44 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition on May 18, 2013 — 44 contests and 13.4 years ago.

  • last GC May 18, 2013
  • 13.4 years ago
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Chicken nemesis

25 of 35 shared chicken entries lost

BBQ+ ahead 71% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BBQ+ has out-cooked them in 25 of 35 shared chicken entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 32 at their very first tracked contest, Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition (May 18, 2013).

  • May 18, 2013
  • 32-team field

Built for the big stage

Top 67% average finish in large fields

Field size changes the story: they average a top 67% finish in large fields against top 96% in small ones.

  • Large (40+): top 67% (13)
  • Small (<20 teams): top 96% (5)

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An April team

Top 28% average finish in April

Something about April: average finish in the top 28% across 3 contests, versus top 66% the rest of the year.

  • 3 April contests
  • top 66% the rest of the year

In the record book (on 2 all-time boards)

Where this team sits in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record they hold outright; the rest are boards they are on.

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #959 (82 pts) #1018 (87 pts) #1094 (82 pts) #906 (112 pts) #978 (87 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #615 (254 pts) #500 (439 pts) #606 (324 pts) #623 (269 pts) #595 (279 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #726 (199 pts) #695 (249 pts) #772 (224 pts) #794 (184 pts) #775 (194 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #711 (212 pts) #481 (447 pts) #852 (207 pts) #651 (262 pts) #753 (217 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #628 (294 pts) #685 (274 pts) #581 (399 pts) #591 (339 pts) #641 (304 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #1558 (54 pts) #1555 (54 pts) #1282 (69 pts) #1552 (54 pts) #1546 (54 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #1093 (56 pts) #1102 (56 pts) #1116 (56 pts) #1106 (56 pts) #656 (131 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #805 (362 pts) #735 (462 pts) #888 (347 pts) #977 (297 pts) #745 (442 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #2012 (60 pts) #1996 (60 pts) #2030 (60 pts) #1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #2212 (60 pts) #2286 (60 pts) #2304 (60 pts) #2260 (60 pts) #2266 (60 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #950 (348 pts) #848 (448 pts) #749 (533 pts) #1314 (243 pts) #940 (373 pts)
2013 ↗ Master #1017 (282 pts) #1453 (172 pts) #1519 (162 pts) #1548 (152 pts) #1822 (112 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to LOWLAND SMOKERS, each with one reason worth a look.

Holy Smokers
#6,323 of the rated field
1406 power rating
Contests
52
GCs
0
Top-10s
8%
Peak
1406

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 50 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 50 contests
  • last seen Aug 16, 2025
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Outlaw BBQ
#6,318 of the rated field
1406 power rating
Contests
21
GCs
0
Top-10s
5%
Peak
1406

Fewer contests behind them than LOWLAND SMOKERS has cooked, 21 to 45, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

  • rated over 21 contests
  • last seen Apr 26, 2024
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ROCKIN' PIG BBQ
#6,322 of the rated field
1406 power rating
Contests
15
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1406

Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before LOWLAND SMOKERS's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 15 contests
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Smoking Pallet
#6,319 of the rated field
1406 power rating
Contests
12
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1406

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

  • rated over 12 contests
  • last seen Jul 13, 2018
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OFF THE BONE BBQ
#6,324 of the rated field
1406 power rating
Contests
10
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1406

Level with LOWLAND SMOKERS on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 10 contests
  • last seen Jul 9, 2026
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
BBQ+ 35 2 33 6% ⚔ compare
PUREBBQ 29 10 19 34% ⚔ compare
IQ - NETHERLANDS 29 3 26 10% ⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ 26 3 23 12% ⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES 26 2 24 8% ⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE 24 11 13 46% ⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS 23 8 15 35% ⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius 21 9 12 43% ⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL) 21 5 16 24% ⚔ compare
DE VLIEGENDE HOLLANDER BBQ-TEAM 21 4 17 19% ⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS 20 5 15 25% ⚔ compare
ROKENDE REGAHS 20 5 15 25% ⚔ compare
ALLSEASONED DUTCH BBQ TEAM 19 13 6 68% ⚔ compare
DE FILOUS 19 3 16 16% ⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ 19 1 18 5% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 43 14 0 3 176 119.2572 162.09 top 56%
Pork Ribs 43 7 1 2 174.8572 141.6112 157.86 top 62%
Pork 43 8 0 0 171.4744 126.8572 158.76 top 62%
Brisket 43 9 1 1 177.7372 137.0744 156.03 top 62%

“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)50top 96%
Medium (20–39)251top 59%
Large (40+)130top 67%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
NL60top 48%
EU20top 85%
TN10top 89%

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

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) 3 17 0 top 82% Sep 7, 2024
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest 3 8 0 top 44% Sep 10, 2022
Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition 3 24 0 top 55% Jun 3, 2017
Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) 2 17 0 top 96% Sep 12, 2026
Tony Stone BBQ Competition 2 26 0 top 61% Jun 3, 2022
Regahfest 2016 2 9 0 top 53% Aug 27, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2018 6 contests
Contests a season 3.2 across 14 seasons in the data
Most contests held in NL 6 of 45 contests · 3 states and provinces in all
Contests visited 34 6 of them more than once
First title May 18, 2013 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
Opponents faced 483 finished ahead 550 times, behind 957
Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 7, 2019 → Sep 12, 2020

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

20261 milestone
  1. Most recent contest Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)
20191 milestone
  1. 25th tracked contest Spring Break BBQ Contest
20183 milestones
  1. First category win (Brisket) Meat The East
  2. Career-best overall score677.7828 Meat The East
  3. Career-best single call (Brisket)177.7372 Meat The East
20161 milestone
  1. 10th tracked contest Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II
20151 milestone
  1. First overall past 90% of a perfect score648.4568 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
20141 milestone
  1. Peak power rating (1525) Lowlands BBQ Championship
20136 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  2. First call Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  3. First overall top-10 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  4. First overall podium Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  5. First Grand Championship Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition
  6. Biggest field won (32 teams) Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ CompetitionMay 18, 2013
+15.6Meat The EastApr 14, 2018
+13.5Baseball & BBQ Cookoff IIApr 23, 2016
+11.5Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ ContestSep 10, 2022
+9.5Regahfest 2016Aug 27, 2016

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-11.7BBQ Society Cook-OffOct 18, 2014
-11.4Farm MeatSep 9, 2017
-11.4Vuur en VleesSep 21, 2024
-11.2Spring Break BBQ Contest 4Mar 25, 2023
-11.1Ruhrpott BBQOct 10, 2014

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)
20262000 0% top 100% 86.6% 86.6%
20254000 50% top 93% 88.5% 87.6%
20242010 50% top 85% 89.3% 84.6%
20233000 100% top 91% 87.4% 86.4%
20223011 67% top 53% 92.6% 89.1%
20211000 0% top 93% 80.9% 80.9%
20201000 100% top 90% 85.7% 85.7%
20195010 40% top 55% 92.3% 89.5%
20186011 67% top 54% 94.1% 89.2%
20174000 50% top 76% 90.9% 88.2%
20166020 50% top 48% 93.5% 90.7%
20153000 33% top 61% 90.1% 88.5%
20143010 67% top 64% 89% 86.5%
20132110 50% top 46% 89.9% 87.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Sep 12, 2026 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen 17 / 17 (623.2348) 16 (162.8344) 17 (149.0744) 11 (164.5372) 16 (146.7888)
Sep 11, 2026 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen — — — — —
Sep 13, 2025 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen 21 / 23 (632.4344) 2 (173.7256) 22 (150.2632) 17 (159.9656) 22 (148.4800)
Sep 12, 2025 Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen — — — — —
Aug 29, 2025 Vuur en Vlees Deurne 12 / 13 (636.9144) 12 (165.0856) 5 (166.2516) 13 (146.7428) 10 (158.8344)
Jun 28, 2025 Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard 17 / 18 (622.7316) 16 (162.2744) 14 (161.1200) 17 (143.3828) 13 (155.9544)
Sep 21, 2024 Vuur en Vlees Deurne 10 / 10 (574.6512) 5 (169.1084) 10 (141.6112) 10 (126.8572) 10 (137.0744)
Sep 7, 2024 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen 17 / 24 (643.2916) 17 (166.2512) 12 (165.6800) 20 (153.1088) 18 (158.2516)
Sep 10, 2023 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen 19 / 23 (613.5888) 8 (167.9772) 19 (150.8572) 19 (154.2628) 22 (140.4916)
Jun 24, 2023 Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard 25 / 26 (623.3376) 8 (171.4056) 26 (147.9888) 17 (165.1316) 25 (138.8116)
Mar 25, 2023 Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel 17 / 18 (629.0052) 6 (170.2512) 18 (143.9428) 15 (157.1084) 13 (157.7028)
Sep 10, 2022 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen 8 / 28 (666.7772) 9 (169.6800) 1 (174.8572) 14 (166.8344) 15 (155.4056)
Jun 3, 2022 Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 26 / 38 (634.2176) 27 (161.7256) 31 (150.2288) 8 (169.1544) 22 (153.1088)
Mar 26, 2022 Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel 19 / 31 (623.8972) 21 (158.8572) 24 (147.8972) 21 (155.4056) 11 (161.7372)
Sep 11, 2021 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen 27 / 29 (582.1944) 28 (136.5372) 22 (152.0116) 26 (147.3828) 27 (146.2628)
Sep 12, 2020 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen 28 / 31 (616.9712) 28 (154.8228) 30 (142.2056) 27 (154.2172) 10 (165.7256)
Sep 7, 2019 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 22 / 38 (637.0056) 23 (162.2284) 21 (158.8228) 31 (151.3600) 12 (164.5944)
Jun 29, 2019 KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne 6 / 22 (664.5600) 3 (172.5828) 15 (158.8344) 11 (162.2628) 4 (170.8800)
Jun 8, 2019 Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 29 / 55 (647.9200) 8 (170.8112) 48 (152.5372) 31 (162.8572) 26 (161.7144)
Apr 13, 2019 Meat the East Hengelo 24 / 41 (643.9080) 23 (165.6912) 15 (164) 30 (157.6684) 28 (156.5484)
Mar 30, 2019 Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel 31 / 40 (629.6684) 17 (163.3712) 25 (158.2856) 28 (162.2972) 34 (145.7144)
Sep 8, 2018 Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen 18 / 40 (650.8456) 4 (170.8228) 21 (161.1772) 21 (161.7028) 22 (157.1428)
Aug 25, 2018 Regahfest 2018 Green The Hague 19 / 35 (645.1544) 28 (158.9144) 31 (154.2744) 5 (170.8800) 19 (161.0856)
Aug 25, 2018 RegahFest 2018 Yellow The Hague 25 / 29 (625.1316) 24 (158.8572) 23 (156) 25 (153.7144) 22 (156.5600)
May 19, 2018 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp 44 / 60 (623.3372) 39 (159.9772) 29 (159.9772) 53 (149.1544) 38 (154.2284)
Apr 14, 2018 Meat The East Hengelo 4 / 34 (677.7828) 18 (163.9884) 15 (164.5828) 7 (171.4744) 1 (177.7372)
Mar 24, 2018 Springbreak BBQ Contest Lommel Belgium 21 / 39 (630.2284) 28 (155.9772) 30 (152.5600) 25 (155.9884) 7 (165.7028)
Oct 7, 2017 5th Annual BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp 42 / 47 (623.8972) 36 (160.5140) 44 (148.5372) 13 (168.0116) 45 (146.8344)
Sep 16, 2017 Het BBQKampioenschap Van Het Waasland 2017 Sint Niklaas 15 / 31 (654.8228) 2 (176) 25 (150.2400) 13 (166.3200) 9 (162.2628)
Sep 9, 2017 Farm Meat Dongen 34 / 38 (624.4800) 10 (166.8800) 26 (155.9772) 37 (144.5372) 25 (157.0856)
Jun 3, 2017 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 44 / 56 (636.5028) 33 (163.4056) 34 (159.4172) 33 (162.8572) 49 (150.8228)
Oct 8, 2016 4th Annual BBQ Society Cook-off Hoofddorp. Netherlands, NL 31 / 46 (645.0740) 44 (151.3940) 17 (168) 33 (161.1200) 19 (164.5600)
Sep 10, 2016 Farm Meat Dongen, NL 19 / 27 (649.6228) 22 (161.1544) 21 (159.3828) 17 (161.6684) 9 (167.4172)
Aug 27, 2016 Regahfest 2016 Den Hagg, NL 9 / 35 (673.1200) 7 (172.5828) 7 (170.2744) 24 (160.5828) 9 (169.6800)
May 14, 2016 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands, NL 33 / 65 (649.0628) 39 (162.2284) 42 (159.3944) 41 (162.8684) 21 (164.5716)
Apr 23, 2016 Baseball & BBQ Cookoff II Hoofdorp, NL 5 / 34 (659.8856) 15 (164.5256) 12 (166.2516) 16 (163.4284) 11 (165.6800)
Mar 19, 2016 Meat the East Enschede, NL 20 / 33 (640.5028) 7 (167.9884) 4 (171.4172) 27 (153.7144) 29 (147.3828)
Oct 10, 2015 3rd Annual BBQ Society Cook Off Hoofddorp Netherlands 29 / 42 (626.8456) 22 (162.8456) 27 (156.5600) 25 (158.2856) 30 (149.1544)
Aug 29, 2015 Regahfest Den Haag, Zuid-Holland 24 / 30 (635.3940) 18 (163.3712) 12 (162.2972) 11 (164) 30 (145.7256)
May 23, 2015 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp Netherlands 24 / 68 (648.4568) 36 (161.7028) 45 (156.5372) 10 (169.7028) 27 (160.5140)
Oct 18, 2014 BBQ Society Cook-Off Hoofddorp Netherlands, EU 19 / 22 (628.4916) 22 (144.5372) 2 (170.8800) 5 (168.5600) 22 (144.5144)
Oct 10, 2014 Ruhrpott BBQ Gelsenkirchen, Germany, EU 48 / 58 (599.2912) 43 (155.4284) 42 (152.5488) 51 (147.3828) 50 (143.9312)
Sep 13, 2014 Lowlands BBQ Championship Diksmuide, Belgium 6 / 26 (641.1200) 12 (161.1428) 11 (159.4288) 6 (166.2628) 12 (154.2856)
Oct 25, 2013 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 86 / 97 (611.1312) 97 (119.2572) 29 (170.2628) 62 (161.6456) 62 (159.9656)
May 18, 2013 Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, Netherlands 1 / 32 (647.4284) 6 (161.1428) 7 (165.7144) 8 (162.2856) 14 (158.2856)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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