Roast a Piece

Roast a Piece is a competition barbecue team with 28 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 5th of 12 at the Wild West Fest on Fire (2023). They are ranked #5451 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,451

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1453

peak 1453 · rated over 22 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 27, 2019

latest Sep 19, 2026 · 7.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#315

Master 2023 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

6 podiums

Overall top-10s

29% of 28 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

678.1828 / 720

Master · Fo.G & Smoke 2024

Perfect 180s

Current form

653.59 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 649.72 (+3.87)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7028

Pork · Fo.G & Smoke 2024

Consistency

±16.86

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 163.74 · weakest Brisket (159.59)

Road miles

4,887

across 28 mapped stops · furthest 232 mi

Schedule strength

49%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1563)

Master avg

649.72 / 720

22 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 19 of 28 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 28 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

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
Sep 21, 2024

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

−4.1 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.14 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 41% of the time against 48%.

Brisket avg 159.59
Chicken avg 163.74
9 calls in 22 entries

A strong matchup

4–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 80% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Onkel Felix BBQ in 4 of their 5 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 (Jul 23, 2022).

last seen Sep 19, 2020
back Jul 23, 2022

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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 52% average finish in September

Something about September: average finish in the top 52% across 4 contests, versus top 71% the rest of the year.

4 September contests
top 71% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,887 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,887 miles across 28 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 232 miles to Marchfelder Feuerfest.

28 mapped stops
furthest 232 mi

The metronome

±2.34% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±2.34% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 90.2% of a perfect score
28 contests

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

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#969 (97 pts)	#1097 (77 pts)	#893 (152 pts)	#974 (107 pts)	#988 (102 pts)
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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Roast a Piece, each with one reason worth a look.

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

POLISH BBQ TEAM

#5,446 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 6
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 17%
Peak: 1453

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Roast a Piece)

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

rated over 6 contests
last seen May 15, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Fowl Ballz

#5,438 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 19
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 19 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 19 contests
last seen Oct 7, 2022

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THE BLAZIN' BARRELS NL

#5,440 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1559

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

rated over 27 contests

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Rub On It BBQ

#5,461 of the rated field

1452 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

Fewer contests behind them than Roast a Piece has cooked, 12 to 28, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

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IN HOG HEAVEN

#5,436 of the rated field

1453 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1453

They were already cooking in 2013, 6 years before Roast a Piece's first contest.

rated over 10 contests
last seen May 25, 2019

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BEEHIVE BARBEQUE

#5,459 of the rated field

1452 power rating

Contests: 8
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1452

Level with Roast a Piece on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 8 contests
last seen Jun 26, 2026

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Familiar 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
Woodquarter Smokerheads	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
EGGHEAD-BARBECUE	10	0	10	0%	⚔ compare
Stammtischgriller	9	5	4	56%	⚔ 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
Smoky Cotte	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Onkel Felix BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Tracica BBQ Team	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	11	2	172.5600	150.8572	163.74	top 66%
Pork Ribs	26	13	1	172.0116	152.4916	163.05	top 62%
Pork	21	9	3	177.7028	141.7144	163.09	top 66%
Brisket	22	9	0	173.1544	151.9084	159.59	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	14	top 74%
Medium (20–39)	7	top 68%
Large (40+)	1	top 52%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
NO	1	0	top 92%
BZ	1	0	top 42%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Fo.G & Smoke 2026	2	6	0	top 54%	Sep 19, 2026
Muehlviertler BBQ Festival	2	11	0	top 80%	May 17, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 9 contests

Contests a season 4 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NO 1 of 28 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 20 2 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 26 entries · 0 wins · 13 calls

Opponents faced 162 finished ahead 129 times, behind 262

Longest layoff 1.8 yrs Sep 19, 2020 → Jul 23, 2022

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

20261 milestone

Sep 19 Most recent contest Fo.G & Smoke 2026

20243 milestones

Sep 21 25th tracked contest Fo.G & Smoke 2024
Sep 21 Career-best overall score678.1828 Fo.G & Smoke 2024
Sep 21 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7028 Fo.G & Smoke 2024

20231 milestone

Jul 1 10th tracked contest The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS)

20221 milestone

Jul 23 First overall top-10 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival

20201 milestone

Jul 25 First overall past 90% of a perfect score649.0856 Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2

20193 milestones

Apr 27 First tracked contest 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019
Apr 27 Peak power rating (1493) 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019
Oct 5 First call Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+9.5	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	Jul 23, 2022
+9.2	Fo.G & Smoke 2024	Sep 21, 2024
+8.2	Wild West Fest on Fire	Aug 12, 2023
+8.2	FO.G & Smoke 2023	Sep 16, 2023
+6.3	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol	Feb 24, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13.8	The War of Barbeque	Jun 22, 2019
-11.4	Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019	Oct 5, 2019
-10.1	Alps BBQ Days	Jul 20, 2024
-9.9	Vienna BBQ Days 2023	Oct 21, 2023
-9.8	Wild West Fest On Fire	Aug 10, 2019

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

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	0	100%	top 68%	92.3%	92.3%
2025	2	0	100%	top 83%	90.2%	89.3%
2024	9	2	56%	top 67%	94.2%	91.5%
2023	7	4	86%	top 62%	94%	91.3%
2022	2	2	100%	top 61%	92%	90.5%
2020	2	0	100%	top 67%	90.2%	89.8%
2019	5	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
Sep 19, 2026	Fo.G & Smoke 2026 Spilamberto	15 / 22 (664.4344)	—	7 (171.9772)	13 (169.6916)	14 (161.6456)
May 17, 2025	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	11 / 15 (649.0860)	12 (162.2744)	10 (164.5488)	13 (158.2628)	9 (164)
May 3, 2025	Marchfelder Feuerfest Orth an der Donau, NO	11 / 12 (636.9828)	2 (171.9656)	12 (152.4916)	10 (158.8456)	9 (153.6800)
Sep 21, 2024	Fo.G & Smoke 2024 Providence of MODENA (MO)	7 / 19 (678.1828)	3 (172.5600)	10 (167.9772)	3 (177.7028)	13 (159.9428)
Jul 20, 2024	Alps BBQ Days Reichenau an der Rax	10 / 10 (639.2576)	6 (169.6800)	9 (162.2632)	10 (155.4060)	10 (151.9084)
Jul 20, 2024	Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau an der Rax	—	—	17 (156.5144)	—	—
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque Peschiera del Garda	12 / 17 (669.6228)	13 (167.3828)	11 (168.5372)	12 (169.1428)	12 (164.5600)
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Peschiera del Garda	—	17 (158.8228)	—	—	—
Jun 15, 2024	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Peschiera del Garda	—	—	6 (167.3828)	—	—
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt	19 / 22 (637.5656)	15 (166.2628)	8 (163.9772)	21 (152.5256)	18 (154.8000)
May 18, 2024	Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt	—	20 (153.0744)	—	—	—
Feb 24, 2024	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)
Oct 21, 2023	Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna	13 / 13 (646.1372)	13 (158.8572)	13 (160.5028)	13 (162.8344)	9 (163.9428)
Oct 21, 2023	Vienna BBQ Days 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna	—	—	6 (172.0116)	—	—
Sep 16, 2023	FO.G & Smoke 2023 Spilamberto, It	6 / 15 (676.4912)	7 (169.1428)	7 (163.9428)	2 (175.4056)	6 (168)
Aug 12, 2023	Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode	5 / 12 (661.6456)	4 (172)	3 (166.8228)	5 (170.2856)	8 (152.5372)
Jul 29, 2023	Vienna Alps BBQ Days Reichenau	10 / 12 (638.8344)	6 (165.1428)	6 (164.5600)	11 (154.8572)	11 (154.2744)
Jul 1, 2023	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR)	7 / 15 (664.5484)	8 (170.8572)	8 (167.4056)	8 (169.7256)	11 (156.5600)
Jul 1, 2023	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR)	—	—	13 (162.7884)	—	—
Jul 30, 2022	Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax	9 / 11 (641.0280)	9 (159.9884)	7 (162.2628)	11 (147.9312)	5 (170.8456)
Jul 23, 2022	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival	8 / 20 (662.2628)	19 (157.6912)	9 (163.4172)	8 (168)	4 (173.1544)
Sep 19, 2020	6th BBQ Bulls Championship Salzburg	12 / 19 (643.9312)	10 (165.1428)	15 (158.2628)	13 (165.7256)	15 (154.8000)
Jul 25, 2020	Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna	15 / 21 (649.0856)	9 (168.5828)	20 (152.5488)	3 (174.8456)	16 (153.1084)
Oct 5, 2019	Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 Graz, Messegelande	16 / 16 (605.6572)	16 (150.8572)	14 (157.1428)	16 (141.7144)	10 (155.9428)
Aug 10, 2019	Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode	25 / 27 (630.2972)	16 (167.4400)	24 (154.8344)	27 (149.1428)	21 (158.8800)
Jul 20, 2019	4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen	23 / 44 (644.6176)	38 (155.4172)	19 (165.1088)	—	19 (161.7600)
Jun 22, 2019	The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia	19 / 19 (638.8804)	19 (155.4172)	11 (164.5484)	15 (159.4288)	14 (159.4860)
Apr 27, 2019	5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg	20 / 26 (644.5484)	24 (157.0968)	18 (162.2744)	12 (167.9884)	20 (157.1888)

Roast a Piece

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A September team

The long haul

The metronome

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)