Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands

Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands is a competition barbecue team with 23 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 12th of 20 at the Meetjesland International BBQ Contest (2023). They are ranked #5988 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#5,988

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1435

peak 1435 · rated over 23 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 2, 2017

latest Jun 22, 2024 · 6.8 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#448

Master 2022 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

0% of 23 contests

Avg finish

top 71%

overall standings

Best overall

659.3372 / 720

Master · KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees

Perfect 180s

Current form

642.45 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 631.39 (+11.06)

Walk rate

61%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

173.1200

Pork Ribs · Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

Consistency

±31.65

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 160.77 · weakest Pork Ribs (154.78)

Road miles

1,311

across 23 mapped stops

Schedule strength

41%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1555)

Purse competed for

$1,800

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

Master avg

631.39 / 720

23 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

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

They almost always walk

61% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 23 contests

A top-10 category call in 61% of their 23 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

ROASTING ROMANS has finished one call ahead of Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2021 their best year

2021 was the year it came together: 3 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 59%.

3 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 59%

A tough matchup

20–0 behind in the head-to-head

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead in 100% of their meetings

IQ - NETHERLANDS has come out ahead in 20 of their 20 shared contests.

The weak link

−6.0 points behind their best meat

Pork Ribs is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.99 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 30% of the time against 17%.

Pork Ribs avg 154.78
Chicken avg 160.77
7 calls in 23 entries

A strong matchup

7–1 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 88% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of THE SMOKIN' PORKETEERS in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

Chicken nemesis

19 of 20 shared chicken entries lost

IQ - NETHERLANDS ahead 95% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, IQ - NETHERLANDS has out-cooked them in 19 of 20 shared chicken entries.

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Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Serial Soul Smokers has landed one call behind them 3 times.

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
2024 ↗	Master	#805 (161 pts)	#917 (141 pts)	#943 (141 pts)	#815 (176 pts)	#675 (256 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#572 (301 pts)	#739 (226 pts)	#455 (541 pts)	#506 (401 pts)	#552 (336 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#448 (483 pts)	#363 (663 pts)	#373 (683 pts)	#462 (483 pts)	#419 (553 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#561 (300 pts)	#633 (265 pts)	#484 (415 pts)	#632 (260 pts)	#464 (420 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#841 (66 pts)	#1102 (56 pts)	#606 (171 pts)	#1106 (56 pts)	#841 (76 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#1014 (257 pts)	#751 (447 pts)	#1185 (217 pts)	#1216 (207 pts)	#724 (462 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#1119 (236 pts)	#1099 (261 pts)	#1072 (281 pts)	#1070 (276 pts)	#993 (301 pts)

Overall rank by season

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1435 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 21 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 21 contests
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#5,993 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 19%
Peak: 1435

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rated over 27 contests
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#5,994 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet.

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Rollin Smoke Barbeque

#5,985 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

Level with Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen May 23, 2026

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Disco Balls

#5,992 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1435

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 12 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

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Vegan Tears BBQ

#5,990 of the rated field

1435 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1435

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
IQ - NETHERLANDS	20	0	20	0%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	19	7	12	37%	⚔ compare
Backcorner BBQ	17	0	17	0%	⚔ compare
The Popes White Smoke	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
BUGHOUSE SMOKERS	16	2	14	13%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	15	3	12	20%	⚔ compare
PARKSTAD SMOKERS	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ	15	0	15	0%	⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q	14	2	12	14%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
RFS Barbecue Team	13	2	11	15%	⚔ compare
WETTELS ON FIRE	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	12	0	12	0%	⚔ compare
LOWLAND SMOKERS	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	23	4	1	173.1200	149.1772	160.77	top 67%
Pork Ribs	23	7	0	173.1200	20	154.78	top 55%
Pork	23	3	0	171.4056	139.3828	156.48	top 73%
Brisket	23	5	1	171.9884	149.0740	159.36	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	3	top 91%
Medium (20–39)	17	top 71%
Large (40+)	3	top 52%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest	2	16	top 69%	Jun 24, 2023
Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	2	12	top 75%	Apr 29, 2023
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest	2	19	top 75%	Sep 10, 2022

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 6 contests

Contests a season 2.9 across 8 seasons in the data

Contests visited 20 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 194 finished ahead 212 times, behind 443

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 7, 2019 → Sep 12, 2020

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

20241 milestone

Jun 22 Most recent contest Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

20231 milestone

Jun 24 Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)173.1200 Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

20212 milestones

Sep 11 10th tracked contest Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest
Oct 23 Career-best overall score659.3372 KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees

20192 milestones

Apr 13 First call Meat the East
Apr 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1484 Meat the East

20172 milestones

Sep 2 First tracked contest 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest
Sep 2 Peak power rating (1499) 1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+6.8	KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees	Oct 23, 2021
+6.1	Meat the East	Apr 13, 2019
+3.1	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition	May 19, 2018
+2	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	Apr 29, 2023
+1.9	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest	Jun 24, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-14.3	Meat The East	Apr 14, 2018
-9.5	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest	Sep 7, 2019
-9.3	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	May 14, 2022
-8.5	3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest	May 6, 2023
-8.1	EUregio Barbeque Festival	Aug 18, 2018

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — 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	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2024	2	50%	top 80%	89.2%	88.7%
2023	3	100%	top 72%	90.1%	89.6%
2022	6	67%	top 76%	88.9%	87.8%
2021	3	100%	top 59%	91.6%	89.5%
2020	1	100%	top 74%	87.6%	87.6%
2019	3	67%	top 64%	90.9%	89.1%
2018	4	0%	top 75%	88.8%	82.9%
2017	1	0%	top 59%	88.8%	88.8%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 22, 2024	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	19 / 23 (642.0804)	20 (159.3716)	20 (158.2516)	14 (163.9428)	16 (160.5144)
Apr 20, 2024	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen	18 / 23 (635.1888)	21 (159.9428)	21 (150.7772)	20 (153.6344)	6 (170.8344)
Jun 24, 2023	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	16 / 26 (648.9712)	25 (150.2400)	4 (173.1200)	4 (171.4056)	22 (154.2056)
May 6, 2023	3rd De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest Terneuzen	14 / 15 (639.2916)	12 (161.1428)	7 (162.2744)	12 (159.9544)	11 (155.9200)
Apr 29, 2023	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	12 / 20 (646.7316)	20 (151.9772)	4 (166.8228)	15 (163.3944)	6 (164.5372)
Sep 10, 2022	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen	19 / 28 (630.0684)	21 (159.3828)	22 (155.3600)	19 (159.4056)	14 (155.9200)
Jun 25, 2022	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	17 / 22 (640.3200)	18 (155.9200)	11 (165.1088)	9 (167.3828)	16 (151.9084)
Jun 3, 2022	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	25 / 38 (637.0056)	26 (162.2400)	4 (170.8800)	33 (154.8116)	29 (149.0740)
May 21, 2022	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ-Contest II Terneuzen	16 / 18 (635.3148)	3 (171.4400)	15 (152.5260)	18 (156.5372)	14 (154.8116)
May 14, 2022	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	17 / 19 (628.5028)	10 (167.4172)	12 (160.5372)	19 (143.4512)	13 (157.0972)
Mar 26, 2022	Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel	20 / 31 (623.2800)	14 (168.0344)	19 (152.4916)	29 (146.8112)	18 (155.9428)
Oct 23, 2021	KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne	13 / 30 (659.3372)	27 (156.5256)	4 (170.2744)	19 (161.7028)	5 (170.8344)
Sep 25, 2021	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen	15 / 21 (637.6224)	10 (165.1428)	18 (151.9540)	10 (162.8228)	12 (157.7028)
Sep 11, 2021	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen	18 / 29 (635.8856)	18 (159.9656)	10 (166.3088)	28 (143.9312)	10 (165.6800)
Sep 12, 2020	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen	23 / 31 (630.6856)	29 (154.8000)	6 (170.8572)	31 (149.0628)	21 (155.9656)
Sep 7, 2019	Farm Meat De Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest Dongen	31 / 38 (626.1484)	13 (165.1316)	23 (158.7884)	36 (139.3828)	14 (162.8456)
Jun 29, 2019	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne	15 / 22 (643.2912)	11 (164.5600)	17 (153.6800)	18 (153.0628)	2 (171.9884)
Apr 13, 2019	Meat the East Hengelo	17 / 41 (654.1484)	4 (173.1200)	28 (156.5600)	24 (159.9428)	17 (164.5256)
Sep 1, 2018	2nd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	30 / 44 (635.2680)	20 (165.1084)	27 (157.1084)	41 (150.2284)	12 (162.8228)
Aug 18, 2018	EUregio Barbeque Festival Waldfeucht-Haaren/NRW	27 / 32 (625.5772)	29 (157.7028)	16 (164.0116)	30 (150.7656)	27 (153.0972)
May 19, 2018	Tony Stone Low & Slow BBQ Competition Hoofddorp	28 / 60 (639.3256)	36 (160.5600)	31 (159.4056)	21 (164.5484)	36 (154.8116)
Apr 14, 2018	Meat The East Hengelo	34 / 34 (488.5600)	31 (149.1772)	34 (20)	21 (161.7028)	27 (157.6800)
Sep 2, 2017	1st International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland	19 / 32 (639.3712)	26 (158.8684)	15 (162.8000)	17 (161.1544)	16 (156.5484)

Dutch BBQ Friends - Netherlands

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

They almost always walk

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

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

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 — 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)