The comeback
6.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 6.9 years, then back at Smoke in the North (2024-08-23).
- last seen 2017-09-22
- back 2024-08-23
The Crazy BBQ Team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1491
peak 1504 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2017-09-22
latest 2025-08-22
Best ToY finish
#1072
Master 2025
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
639.36
last 3 Master vs avg 639.36 (+0.00)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±2.98
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.04 · weakest Chicken (154.81)
Road miles
432
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
21%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1529)
Master avg
639.36 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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 Crazy BBQ Team 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 147 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.
#3620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3610 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They turned up 6 years after The Crazy BBQ Team did, first appearing in 2023.
⚔ Head-to-head#3609 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before The Crazy BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Level with The Crazy BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3590 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before The Crazy BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before The Crazy BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3944 | 148.5144 | 154.81 | top 82% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.6916 | 157.0972 | 159.99 | top 64% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.2972 | 158.2512 | 163.04 | top 56% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 167.4744 | 155.3944 | 161.52 | top 54% |
“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 76% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke in the North | 2 | 20 | 0 | top 76% | 2025-08-22 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
7.9 yrs
2017-09-22 → 2025-08-22
Busiest season
2025
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
3 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 163.04 · weakest Chicken (154.81)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 2 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
0%
0 of 3 contests
Master average
639.36
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
101
52–65 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
432
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1529
average field rating faced — tougher than 21% of rated contests
Longest layoff
6.9 yrs
2017-09-22 → 2024-08-23
Power rating
1491
peak 1504 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2017
- First tracked contest 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- First call 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Career-best overall score643.4748 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Career-best single call (Pork)170.2972 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- Peak power rating (1504) 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017
- 2025
- Most recent contest Smoke in the North
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +4.1 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 | 2017-09-22 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -10.5 | Smoke in the North | 2024-08-23 |
| -3 | Smoke in the North | 2025-08-22 |
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)
Team of the Year rank by season
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 65% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 87% | 88.6% | 88.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 42% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 20 / 31 (636.4804) | 30 (148.5260) | 9 (165.6916) | 22 (160.5600) | 16 (161.7028) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 20 / 23 (638.1372) | 12 (167.3944) | 22 (157.0972) | 19 (158.2512) | 22 (155.3944) |
| 2017-09-22 | 4th Ruhrpott BBQ 2017 Waltrop NRW, Germany, | 28 / 66 (643.4748) | 64 (148.5144) | 45 (157.1888) | 10 (170.2972) | 9 (167.4744) |
Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)
Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1072 (81 pts) | #1457 (56 pts) | #953 (141 pts) | #1143 (71 pts) | #1038 (101 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #1122 (73 pts) | #1051 (113 pts) | #1308 (63 pts) | #1162 (78 pts) | #1194 (63 pts) |