They almost always walk
67%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 18 of 27 contests
A top-10 category call in 67% of their 27 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Roast a Piece
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1456
peak 1456 · rated over 21 contests ⓘ
Best runs
6
straight top-10s
Contests
27
in the data
First seen
2019-04-27
latest 2025-05-17
Best ToY finish
#315
Master 2023
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
6 podiums
Overall top-10s
8
of 27 contests
Avg finish
top 71%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
654.63 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 649.02 (+5.60)
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
6
best run (overall)
Consistency
±16.94
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 163.74 · weakest Brisket (159.49)
Road miles
4,567
mi across 27 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi
Schedule strength
51%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1566)
Master avg
649.02 / 720
21 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (12 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.
High-water mark
678.1828
career-best overall
94.2% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.1828 at Fo.G & Smoke 2024 — 94.2% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- 2024-09-21
The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Stammtischgriller has finished one call ahead of Roast a Piece 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
A tough matchup
18–0
behind in the head-to-head
COOKLOUNGE BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings
COOKLOUNGE BBQ has come out ahead in 18 of their 18 shared contests.
The weak link
−4.2
points behind their best meat
Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.24 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 43% of the time against 48%.
- Brisket avg 159.49
- Chicken avg 163.74
- 9 calls in 21 entries
A strong matchup
4–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of Onkel Felix BBQ in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
The comeback
1.8 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.8 years, then back at 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival (2022-07-23).
- last seen 2020-09-19
- back 2022-07-23
Chicken nemesis
17 of 20
shared chicken entries lost
COOKLOUNGE BBQ ahead 85% of the time
Even in their strongest meat, COOKLOUNGE BBQ has out-cooked them in 17 of 20 shared chicken entries.
Looking over their shoulder
3×
one call behind them
BBQ4FUN has landed one call behind them 3 times.
A September team
Top 47%
average finish in September
Something about September: average finish in the top 47% across 3 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.
- 3 September contests
- top 71% the rest of the year
The long haul
4,567
road miles between contests
Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,567 miles across 27 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 232 miles to Marchfelder Feuerfest.
- 27 mapped stops
- furthest 232 mi
The metronome
±2.35%
swing around their own average
Their overall lands within ±2.35% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.
- averages 90.1% of a perfect score
- 27 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.
118 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5265 of the rated field
- Contests
- 19
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 5%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#5287 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 8%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Roast a Piece's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#5271 of the rated field
- Contests
- 25
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 25 contests to 27, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#5291 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 15%
- Peak
- 1535
No shared contest yet.
26 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 15% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#5274 of the rated field
- Contests
- 15
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1456
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Roast a Piece's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#5294 of the rated field
- Contests
- 14
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 7%
- Peak
- 1455
No shared contest yet.
Level with Roast a Piece on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | 17 | 2 | 15 | 12% | ⚔ compare |
| Westside BBQ | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% | ⚔ compare |
| Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Stammtischgriller | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% | ⚔ compare |
| Woodquarter Smokerheads | 9 | 1 | 8 | 11% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTH BRIXIA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| The BBQ Ranch | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ4FUN | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Tracica BBQ Team | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Insomnia BBQ Team | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoky Cotte | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 23 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 172.5600 | 150.8572 | 163.74 | top 66% |
| Pork Ribs | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 172.0116 | 152.4916 | 162.69 | top 63% |
| Pork | 21 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 177.7028 | 141.7144 | 162.74 | top 65% |
| Brisket | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 173.1544 | 151.9084 | 159.49 | top 67% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO | 1 | 0 | top 92% |
| BZ | 1 | 0 | top 42% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 14 | 0 | top 74% |
| Medium (20–39) | 6 | 0 | top 68% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 52% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muehlviertler BBQ Festival | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 80% | 2025-05-17 |
The story so far (16 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
6.1 yrs
2019-04-27 → 2025-05-17
Busiest season
2024
9 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 6 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
NO
1 of 27 contests · 2 states/provinces in all
Contests visited
20
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
25 entries · 0 wins · 12 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 163.74 · weakest Brisket (159.49)
Walk rate
67%
a top-10 call in 18 of 27 contests
Overall top-10 rate
30%
8 of 27 contests
Best top-10 run
6
straight contests
Master average
649.02
out of 720 · 21 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
147
122–248 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
4,567
27 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi
Schedule strength
1566
average field rating faced — tougher than 51% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.8 yrs
2020-09-19 → 2022-07-23
Power rating
1456
peak 1456 · #5275 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2019
- First tracked contest 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019
- Peak power rating (1493) 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019
- First call Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019
- 2020
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0856 Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2
- 2022
- First overall top-10 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- 2024
- 25th tracked contest Fo.G & Smoke 2024
- Career-best overall score678.1828 Fo.G & Smoke 2024
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Fo.G & Smoke 2024
- 2025
- Most recent contest Muehlviertler BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +9.5 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2022-07-23 |
| +9.2 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 | 2024-09-21 |
| +8.2 | Wild West Fest on Fire | 2023-08-12 |
| +8.2 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 | 2023-09-16 |
| +6.3 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol | 2024-02-24 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.8 | The War of Barbeque | 2019-06-22 |
| -11.4 | Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 | 2019-10-05 |
| -10.1 | Alps BBQ Days | 2024-07-20 |
| -9.9 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 | 2023-10-21 |
| -9.8 | Wild West Fest On Fire | 2019-08-10 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 90.2% | 89.3% |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56% | top 67% | 94.2% | 91.5% |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 86% | top 62% | 94% | 91.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 61% | 92% | 90.5% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 67% | 90.2% | 89.8% |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20% | top 84% | 89.5% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-17 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 11 / 15 (649.0860) | 12 (162.2744) | 10 (164.5488) | 13 (158.2628) | 9 (164.0000) |
| 2025-05-03 | Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO | 11 / 12 (636.9828) | 2 (171.9656) | 12 (152.4916) | 10 (158.8456) | 9 (153.6800) |
| 2024-09-21 | Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO), | 7 / 19 (678.1828) | 3 (172.5600) | 10 (167.9772) | 3 (177.7028) | 13 (159.9428) |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 10 / 10 (639.2576) | 6 (169.6800) | 9 (162.2632) | 10 (155.4060) | 10 (151.9084) |
| 2024-07-20 | Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | — | — | 17 (156.5144) | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | 12 / 17 (669.6228) | 13 (167.3828) | 11 (168.5372) | 12 (169.1428) | 12 (164.5600) |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | 17 (158.8228) | — | — | — |
| 2024-06-15 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda, 37019 | — | — | 6 (167.3828) | — | — |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 19 / 22 (637.5656) | 15 (166.2628) | 8 (163.9772) | 21 (152.5256) | 18 (154.8000) |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt, Os 4240 | — | 20 (153.0744) | — | — | — |
| 2024-02-24 | W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol Rein in Taufers, BZ | 11 / 26 (670.8228) | 10 (170.2512) | 13 (165.1200) | 5 (175.4628) | 16 (159.9888) |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna, 1110 | 13 / 13 (646.1372) | 13 (158.8572) | 13 (160.5028) | 13 (162.8344) | 9 (163.9428) |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 6 (172.0116) | — | — |
| 2023-09-16 | FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It | 6 / 15 (676.4912) | 7 (169.1428) | 7 (163.9428) | 2 (175.4056) | 6 (168.0000) |
| 2023-08-12 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 5 / 12 (661.6456) | 4 (172.0000) | 3 (166.8228) | 5 (170.2856) | 8 (152.5372) |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days Reichenau, | 10 / 12 (638.8344) | 6 (165.1428) | 6 (164.5600) | 11 (154.8572) | 11 (154.2744) |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 7 / 15 (664.5484) | 8 (170.8572) | 8 (167.4056) | 8 (169.7256) | 11 (156.5600) |
| 2023-07-01 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | — | — | 13 (162.7884) | — | — |
| 2022-07-30 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 9 / 11 (641.0280) | 9 (159.9884) | 7 (162.2628) | 11 (147.9312) | 5 (170.8456) |
| 2022-07-23 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival , | 8 / 20 (662.2628) | 19 (157.6912) | 9 (163.4172) | 8 (168.0000) | 4 (173.1544) |
| 2020-09-19 | 6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg, 5020 | 12 / 19 (643.9312) | 10 (165.1428) | 15 (158.2628) | 13 (165.7256) | 15 (154.8000) |
| 2020-07-25 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna, 1030 | 15 / 21 (649.0856) | 9 (168.5828) | 20 (152.5488) | 3 (174.8456) | 16 (153.1084) |
| 2019-10-05 | Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 Graz, Messegelande, 8010 | 16 / 16 (605.6572) | 16 (150.8572) | 14 (157.1428) | 16 (141.7144) | 10 (155.9428) |
| 2019-08-10 | Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 25 / 27 (630.2972) | 16 (167.4400) | 24 (154.8344) | 27 (149.1428) | 21 (158.8800) |
| 2019-07-20 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415 | 23 / 44 (644.6176) | 38 (155.4172) | 19 (165.1088) | 20 (162.3316) | 19 (161.7600) |
| 2019-06-22 | The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | 19 / 19 (638.8804) | 19 (155.4172) | 11 (164.5484) | 15 (159.4288) | 14 (159.4860) |
| 2019-04-27 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg, 5020 | 20 / 26 (644.5484) | 24 (157.0968) | 18 (162.2744) | 12 (167.9884) | 20 (157.1888) |
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 | #674 (217 pts) | #573 (342 pts) | #783 (217 pts) | #724 (212 pts) | #644 (247 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #381 (564 pts) | #272 (855 pts) | #287 (857 pts) | #330 (679 pts) | #438 (499 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #315 (672 pts) | #318 (717 pts) | #342 (742 pts) | #292 (742 pts) | #345 (627 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #674 (261 pts) | #842 (196 pts) | #728 (271 pts) | #723 (246 pts) | #573 (356 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #493 (205 pts) | #456 (250 pts) | #615 (165 pts) | #362 (325 pts) | #554 (185 pts) |