Just wing it BBQ team

Just wing it BBQ team is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest (2024), and finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #1506 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,506

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1563

peak 1563 · rated over 32 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 26, 2022

latest May 23, 2026 · 4.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#160

Master 2024 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve · wins it all 3% of the time

Category wins

23 podiums

Overall top-10s

59% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 56%

overall standings

Best overall

690.2516 / 720

Master · Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

Current form

667.17 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 658.10 (+9.07)

Walk rate

85%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)

Consistency

±19.50

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.83 · weakest Brisket (161.81)

Road miles

11,552

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 4,515 mi

Schedule strength

63%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Master avg

658.10 / 720

33 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (14 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

10 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 10-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 10

Against the odds

10-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 90 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest (Jun 22, 2024) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 10-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, IQ - NETHERLANDS.

On the rise

+34 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 34 points across 12 contests since May 23, 2025 — from 1530 up to 1563.

12 contests since May 23, 2025
now 1563

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) (Jun 27, 2025).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

85% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 29 of 34 contests

A top-10 category call in 85% of their 34 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

690.2516 career-best overall

95.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 690.2516 at Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest — 95.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 22, 2024

The one to beat

4× one call ahead of them

SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE has finished one call ahead of Just wing it BBQ team 4 times — their closest competition in the data.

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A tough matchup

25–5 behind in the head-to-head

Barbecoa BBQ Team ahead in 83% of their meetings

Barbecoa BBQ Team has come out ahead in 25 of their 30 shared contests.

The weak link

−7.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 7.02 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 48% of the time against 70%.

Brisket avg 161.81
Chicken avg 168.83
16 calls in 33 entries

The drought

17 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest on Jun 22, 2024 — 17 contests and 2.3 years ago.

last GC Jun 22, 2024
2.3 years ago

A strong matchup

18–4 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 82% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 18 of their 22 shared contests.

Looking over their shoulder

3× one call behind them

Grate Expectations has landed one call behind them 3 times.

A June team

Top 41% average finish in June

Something about June: average finish in the top 41% across 5 contests, versus top 56% the rest of the year.

5 June contests
top 56% the rest of the year

The long haul

11,552 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 11,552 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 4,515 miles to Smoke in the North.

34 mapped stops
furthest 4,515 mi

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	#178 (1,057 pts)	#147 (1,207 pts)	#141 (1,257 pts)	#182 (1,007 pts)	#218 (922 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#173 (1,215 pts)	#127 (1,440 pts)	#116 (1,565 pts)	#174 (1,180 pts)	#165 (1,220 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#160 (1,184 pts)	#97 (1,474 pts)	#198 (1,099 pts)	#214 (999 pts)	#149 (1,219 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#364 (558 pts)	#301 (753 pts)	#260 (911 pts)	#437 (478 pts)	#426 (473 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#1307 (61 pts)	#1647 (56 pts)	#1687 (56 pts)	#1308 (71 pts)	#1159 (106 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Just wing it BBQ team, each with one reason worth a look.

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

Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque

#1,503 of the rated field

1564 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 18%
Peak: 1564

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 35 contests
last seen Nov 5, 2025

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MEAT MISTERS

#1,500 of the rated field

1564 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1567

Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 6 years before Just wing it BBQ team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 26 contests

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BUBBAJACK'S

#1,509 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 44
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 14%
Peak: 1575

Careers of much the same size, 44 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 44 contests
last seen May 13, 2022

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HEAVENLY HAWGS GA

#1,515 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 23
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 26%
Peak: 1570

23 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 26% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 23 contests
last seen Apr 21, 2017

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Meat Machine BBQ

#1,510 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 22
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 36%
Peak: 1565

Level with Just wing it BBQ team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 22 contests
last seen Aug 25, 2023

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DR. ALAN'S BBQ

#1,507 of the rated field

1563 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 15%
Peak: 1582

They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Just wing it BBQ team's first contest.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Oct 24, 2020

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Barbecoa BBQ Team	30	5	25	17%	⚔ compare
The Antwerp Smokers	29	10	19	34%	⚔ compare
The BBQ Ranch	26	7	19	27%	⚔ compare
It's spice that meats you	25	11	14	44%	⚔ compare
BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q	24	13	11	54%	⚔ compare
ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM	22	18	4	82%	⚔ compare
SMOKE ON THE WILD SIDE	22	5	17	23%	⚔ compare
BUNCH OF SWINES	22	2	20	9%	⚔ compare
Osdorp Grillers (NL)	21	13	8	62%	⚔ compare
BBQ+	20	3	17	15%	⚔ compare
COOKLOUNGE BBQ	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
RIVERLAND SMOKERS	16	12	4	75%	⚔ compare
Click & Q	16	9	7	56%	⚔ compare
BBQ Team Laurentius	16	4	12	25%	⚔ compare
VH BBQ	15	12	3	80%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	33	23	3	10	177.7028	150.2400	168.83	top 44%
Pork Ribs	34	23	1	6	176.0228	140.4800	165.33	top 46%
Pork	33	12	1	4	176.0344	145.6228	162.17	top 65%
Brisket	33	16	1	3	178.8572	148.4800	161.81	top 59%

“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	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	19	0	top 59%
Medium (20–39)	13	1	top 49%
Large (40+)	1	0	top 84%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2)	3	1	1	top 33%	Jun 28, 2025
Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2)	2	5	0	top 35%	Sep 13, 2025
Smoke in the North	2	7	0	top 27%	Aug 22, 2025
Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)	2	7	0	top 40%	Sep 7, 2024
Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023	2	11	0	top 75%	Sep 16, 2023
Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	2	4	0	top 42%	Apr 29, 2023

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 9 contests

Contests a season 6.8 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TN 1 of 34 contests

Contests visited 26 6 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 34 entries · 1 win · 23 calls

First title Jun 22, 2024 Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

Opponents faced 190 finished ahead 294 times, behind 367

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

20263 milestones

May 22 First Reserve Championship Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition
May 23 Peak power rating (1563) Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
May 23 Most recent contest Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition

20252 milestones

Jun 27 First multi-meat day Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1)
Jun 27 25th tracked contest Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1)

20244 milestones

Jun 22 First overall podium Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
Jun 22 First Grand Championship Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
Jun 22 Career-best overall score690.2516 Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
Sep 7 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)

20231 milestone

Jun 24 10th tracked contest Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest

20225 milestones

Mar 26 First tracked contest Spring Break BBQ Contest III
Apr 15 First call Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1
May 14 First category win (Chicken) Meetjesland International BBQ Contest
May 14 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7772 Meetjesland International BBQ Contest
Dec 3 First overall top-10 Holiday in Hell

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+19.9	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest	Jun 22, 2024
+15.3	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition	May 22, 2026
+14	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest	Apr 29, 2023
+10.9	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024	Apr 20, 2024
+10.4	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)	Sep 7, 2024

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-11.9	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2	Apr 16, 2022
-10.4	Spitsbroek on Fire	Mar 23, 2024
-7.9	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1	Apr 15, 2022
-7.2	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition	May 23, 2025
-7.2	Spring Break BBQ Contest III	Mar 26, 2022

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	4	0	4	0	100%	top 51%	94.5%	92.8%
2025	9	0	7	3	100%	top 51%	95.4%	92.2%
2024	9	1	6	2	78%	top 51%	95.9%	92.3%
2023	5	0	2	0	100%	top 48%	92.8%	91.2%
2022	7	0	1	1	57%	top 76%	92.5%	88.5%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
May 23, 2026	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom	9 / 18 (678.7772)	5 (172.5484)	7 (171.4172)	5 (173.1316)	16 (161.6800)
May 22, 2026	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition Boom	2 / 13 (680.4684)	3 (169.6684)	2 (172.5716)	2 (173.1428)	9 (165.0856)
Apr 25, 2026	Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland	10 / 15 (656.9712)	10 (165.6684)	5 (171.9656)	12 (161.0972)	13 (158.2400)
Apr 24, 2026	Spitsbroek on Fire III Eede Holland	8 / 11 (656.9712)	9 (165.0972)	4 (165.6800)	10 (159.9540)	6 (166.2400)
Sep 13, 2025	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen	9 / 23 (662.6856)	13 (167.9656)	5 (173.1200)	3 (173.1200)	21 (148.4800)
Sep 12, 2025	Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen	5 / 16 (686.7772)	1 (177.7028)	2 (174.2628)	13 (163.9772)	4 (170.8344)
Aug 29, 2025	Vuur en Vlees Deurne	9 / 13 (655.2344)	10 (166.2284)	7 (163.4060)	8 (167.3828)	11 (158.2172)
Aug 22, 2025	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp	7 / 31 (665.6800)	6 (167.3828)	15 (163.4400)	6 (168.5828)	8 (166.2744)
Jun 28, 2025	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard	6 / 18 (677.5768)	9 (168.5256)	10 (168.5256)	9 (169.1084)	3 (171.4172)
Jun 27, 2025	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard	8 / 13 (665.0628)	1 (174.2628)	1 (176.0228)	12 (154.8116)	10 (159.9656)
May 24, 2025	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom	13 / 20 (664.4456)	8 (172.5484)	8 (169.6916)	11 (165.6800)	18 (156.5256)
May 23, 2025	Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom	13 / 16 (632.9484)	14 (159.9428)	5 (164.5372)	12 (157.6456)	13 (150.8228)
Apr 26, 2025	Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland	8 / 15 (663.9316)	6 (169.6800)	3 (173.1200)	13 (153.1316)	4 (168)
Oct 11, 2024	Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN	73 / 87 (658.6856)	34 (171.4172)	79 (162.2284)	69 (165.0856)	76 (159.9544)
Sep 7, 2024	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen	7 / 24 (683.9312)	3 (174.8456)	4 (171.4056)	17 (158.8228)	1 (178.8572)
Sep 6, 2024	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 1) Dongen	8 / 16 (664.4228)	2 (175.4056)	4 (171.4172)	12 (162.8344)	13 (154.7656)
Aug 23, 2024	Smoke in the North Rolfstorp	7 / 23 (667.8856)	2 (173.7028)	9 (168.5372)	11 (166.2400)	18 (159.4056)
Jun 22, 2024	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	1 / 23 (690.2516)	3 (174.8456)	8 (169.6800)	1 (176.0344)	7 (169.6916)
Jun 1, 2024	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom	8 / 16 (667.3600)	14 (162.8344)	10 (166.2400)	7 (168.5828)	4 (169.7028)
May 31, 2024	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 Boom	11 / 12 (656.4456)	6 (173.1200)	11 (158.2172)	10 (165.1428)	11 (159.9656)
Apr 20, 2024	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen	7 / 23 (670.1368)	5 (173.1200)	10 (163.4056)	17 (159.3484)	3 (174.2628)
Mar 23, 2024	Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland	20 / 22 (624.8572)	11 (168.5256)	17 (158.2404)	21 (148.4684)	17 (149.6228)
Sep 16, 2023	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas	11 / 14 (635.8284)	5 (168.5256)	3 (169.1428)	14 (147.9660)	11 (150.1940)
Sep 16, 2023	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sint Niklaas	—	—	3 (166.8456)	—	—
Jun 24, 2023	Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest Dodewaard	14 / 26 (653.0172)	3 (174.8572)	11 (167.9772)	25 (154.2400)	21 (155.9428)
Apr 29, 2023	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	4 / 20 (668.4916)	10 (166.2400)	5 (165.6800)	3 (170.2860)	4 (166.2856)
Mar 25, 2023	Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel	7 / 18 (668.4456)	2 (176.5600)	4 (169.1312)	11 (166.2400)	14 (156.5144)
Dec 3, 2022	Holiday in Hell Helshoven	7 / 15 (665.6456)	13 (164.5372)	8 (166.2628)	8 (166.8800)	7 (167.9656)
Dec 2, 2022	Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven	13 / 15 (639.4056)	15 (155.4056)	12 (162.2972)	12 (162.8688)	11 (158.8340)
Sep 17, 2022	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas	18 / 25 (635.1424)	16 (165.0856)	15 (160.5028)	24 (145.6228)	7 (163.9312)
May 14, 2022	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter	12 / 19 (654.7772)	1 (172.5828)	14 (156.5372)	13 (162.2744)	7 (163.3828)
Apr 16, 2022	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 Meerbeke	24 / 24 (617.5428)	21 (162.8000)	23 (149.1316)	23 (153.1084)	23 (152.5028)
Apr 15, 2022	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 Meerbeke	17 / 19 (642.6972)	5 (169.6684)	17 (150.2516)	17 (156.5488)	9 (166.2284)
Mar 26, 2022	Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel	24 / 31 (604.9144)	25 (150.2400)	28 (140.4800)	22 (154.2400)	15 (159.9544)

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

Just wing it BBQ team

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 (14 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

Against the odds

On the rise

A multi-meat day

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

The drought

A strong matchup

Looking over their shoulder

A June team

The long haul

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, 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)