Riding a hot streak
10
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 10-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 10
Just wing it BBQ team
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1564
peak 1564 · rated over 32 contests ⓘ
Best runs
10
straight top-10s
Contests
34
in the data
First seen
2022-03-26
latest 2026-05-23
Best ToY finish
#160
Master 2024
Grand champs
1
1 reserve
Category wins
6
23 podiums
Overall top-10s
20
of 34 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
667.17 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 658.10 (+9.07)
Walk rate
85%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
10
and counting
Consistency
±19.50
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.83 · weakest Brisket (161.81)
Road miles
11,552
mi across 34 mapped stops · furthest 4515 mi
Schedule strength
64%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1580)
Master avg
658.10 / 720
33 Master contests · 1 GC
Storylines (14 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.
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 (2024-06-22) 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 2025-05-23 — from 1530 up to 1564.
- 12 contests since 2025-05-23
- now 1564
A multi-meat day
1
contests 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) (2025-06-27).
- 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
- 2024-06-22
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.
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 2024-06-22 — 17 contests and 2.2 years ago.
- last GC 2024-06-22
- 2.2 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
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.
41 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#1493 of the rated field
- Contests
- 35
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 35 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Head-to-head#1501 of the rated field
- Contests
- 38
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 18%
- Peak
- 1564
No shared contest yet.
Careers of much the same size, 38 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Head-to-head#1504 of the rated field
- Contests
- 26
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 31%
- Peak
- 1566
No shared contest yet.
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.
⚔ Head-to-head#1503 of the rated field
- Contests
- 43
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 35%
- Peak
- 1596
No shared contest yet.
43 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 35% top-10 finishes rather than wins.
⚔ Head-to-head#1492 of the rated field
- Contests
- 24
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1577
No shared contest yet.
Level with Just wing it BBQ team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#1506 of the rated field
- Contests
- 44
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1575
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Just wing it BBQ team's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-headFamiliar 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 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 176.0344 | 145.6228 | 162.26 | top 64% |
| 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 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% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring 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% | 2025-06-28 |
| Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 5 | 0 | top 35% | 2025-09-13 |
| Smoke in the North | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 27% | 2025-08-22 |
| Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) | 2 | 7 | 0 | top 40% | 2024-09-07 |
| Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 75% | 2023-09-16 |
| Meetjesland International BBQ Contest | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 42% | 2023-04-29 |
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
4.2 yrs
2022-03-26 → 2026-05-23
Busiest season
2025
9 contests
Contests a season
6.8
across 5 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TN
1 of 34 contests
Contests visited
26
6 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
34 entries · 1 win · 23 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.83 · weakest Brisket (161.81)
Walk rate
85%
a top-10 call in 29 of 34 contests
Overall top-10 rate
59%
20 of 34 contests
Wins it all
3%
1 Grand Championship · 1 reserve
First title
2024-06-22
Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
Best top-10 run
10
straight contests — and still running
Master average
658.10
out of 720 · 33 contests · 1 GC
Opponents faced
190
294–367 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
11,552
34 mapped stops · furthest 4,515 mi
Schedule strength
1580
average field rating faced — tougher than 64% of rated contests
Power rating
1564
peak 1564 · #1498 of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Spring Break BBQ Contest III
- First call Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1
- First category win (Chicken) Meetjesland International BBQ Contest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7772 Meetjesland International BBQ Contest
- First overall top-10 Holiday in Hell
- 2023
- 10th tracked contest Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
- 2024
- First overall podium Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
- First Grand Championship Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
- Career-best overall score690.2516 Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2)
- 2025
- First multi-meat day Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1)
- 25th tracked contest Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1)
- 2026
- First Reserve Championship Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition
- Peak power rating (1564) Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
- Most recent contest Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +20 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest | 2024-06-22 |
| +15.3 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition | 2026-05-22 |
| +14.1 | Meetjesland International BBQ Contest | 2023-04-29 |
| +10.9 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 | 2024-04-20 |
| +10.4 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) | 2024-09-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.8 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 | 2022-04-16 |
| -10.3 | Spitsbroek on Fire | 2024-03-23 |
| -7.8 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 | 2022-04-15 |
| -7.2 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition | 2025-05-23 |
| -7.2 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III | 2022-03-26 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 8the Edition Boom, 2850 | 9 / 18 (678.7772) | 5 (172.5484) | 7 (171.4172) | 5 (173.1316) | 16 (161.6800) |
| 2026-05-22 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 7the Edition Boom, 2850 | 2 / 13 (680.4684) | 3 (169.6684) | 2 (172.5716) | 2 (173.1428) | 9 (165.0856) |
| 2026-04-25 | Spitsbroek on Fire IV Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 10 / 15 (656.9712) | 10 (165.6684) | 5 (171.9656) | 12 (161.0972) | 13 (158.2400) |
| 2026-04-24 | Spitsbroek on Fire III Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 8 / 11 (656.9712) | 9 (165.0972) | 4 (165.6800) | 10 (159.9540) | 6 (166.2400) |
| 2025-09-13 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 9 / 23 (662.6856) | 13 (167.9656) | 5 (173.1200) | 3 (173.1200) | 21 (148.4800) |
| 2025-09-12 | Vaartse Hoeve BBQ Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC | 5 / 16 (686.7772) | 1 (177.7028) | 2 (174.2628) | 13 (163.9772) | 4 (170.8344) |
| 2025-08-29 | Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 SG | 9 / 13 (655.2344) | 10 (166.2284) | 7 (163.4060) | 8 (167.3828) | 11 (158.2172) |
| 2025-08-22 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 7 / 31 (665.6800) | 6 (167.3828) | 15 (163.4400) | 6 (168.5828) | 8 (166.2744) |
| 2025-06-28 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 2) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 6 / 18 (677.5768) | 9 (168.5256) | 10 (168.5256) | 9 (169.1084) | 3 (171.4172) |
| 2025-06-27 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 2025 (Day 1) Dodewaard, 6669 BZ | 8 / 13 (665.0628) | 1 (174.2628) | 1 (176.0228) | 12 (154.8116) | 10 (159.9656) |
| 2025-05-24 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 6the Edition Boom, 2850 | 13 / 20 (664.4456) | 8 (172.5484) | 8 (169.6916) | 11 (165.6800) | 18 (156.5256) |
| 2025-05-23 | Het Belgisch Barbecue Weekend 5the Edition Boom, 2850 | 13 / 16 (632.9484) | 14 (159.9428) | 5 (164.5372) | 12 (157.6456) | 13 (150.8228) |
| 2025-04-26 | Spitsbroek on Fire Pt. 2 Eede Holland, 4529 PW | 8 / 15 (663.9316) | 6 (169.6800) | 3 (173.1200) | 13 (153.1316) | 4 (168.0000) |
| 2024-10-11 | 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) |
| 2024-09-07 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC | 7 / 24 (683.9312) | 3 (174.8456) | 4 (171.4056) | 17 (158.8228) | 1 (178.8572) |
| 2024-09-06 | Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 1) Dongen, 5106NC | 8 / 16 (664.4228) | 2 (175.4056) | 4 (171.4172) | 12 (162.8344) | 13 (154.7656) |
| 2024-08-23 | Smoke in the North Rolfstorp, | 7 / 23 (667.8856) | 2 (173.7028) | 9 (168.5372) | 11 (166.2400) | 18 (159.4056) |
| 2024-06-22 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 BZ Dodewaard, | 1 / 23 (690.2516) | 3 (174.8456) | 8 (169.6800) | 1 (176.0344) | 7 (169.6916) |
| 2024-06-01 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 4 Boom, 2850 | 8 / 16 (667.3600) | 14 (162.8344) | 10 (166.2400) | 7 (168.5828) | 4 (169.7028) |
| 2024-05-31 | Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 3 Boom, 2850 | 11 / 12 (656.4456) | 6 (173.1200) | 11 (158.2172) | 10 (165.1428) | 11 (159.9656) |
| 2024-04-20 | De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen, 4538AP | 7 / 23 (670.1368) | 5 (173.1200) | 10 (163.4056) | 17 (159.3484) | 3 (174.2628) |
| 2024-03-23 | Spitsbroek on Fire Eede Holland, R523 PW | 20 / 22 (624.8572) | 11 (168.5256) | 17 (158.2404) | 21 (148.4684) | 17 (149.6228) |
| 2023-09-16 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 11 / 14 (635.8284) | 5 (168.5256) | 3 (169.1428) | 14 (147.9660) | 11 (150.1940) |
| 2023-09-16 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Sint Niklaas, 9100 | — | — | 3 (166.8456) | — | — |
| 2023-06-24 | Riverland Smokers BBQ Contest 6669 MH Dodewaard, | 14 / 26 (653.0172) | 3 (174.8572) | 11 (167.9772) | 25 (154.2400) | 21 (155.9428) |
| 2023-04-29 | Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter, 9880 | 4 / 20 (668.4916) | 10 (166.2400) | 5 (165.6800) | 3 (170.2860) | 4 (166.2856) |
| 2023-03-25 | Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel, 3920 | 7 / 18 (668.4456) | 2 (176.5600) | 4 (169.1312) | 11 (166.2400) | 14 (156.5144) |
| 2022-12-03 | Holiday in Hell Helshoven, | 7 / 15 (665.6456) | 13 (164.5372) | 8 (166.2628) | 8 (166.8800) | 7 (167.9656) |
| 2022-12-02 | Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven, | 13 / 15 (639.4056) | 15 (155.4056) | 12 (162.2972) | 12 (162.8688) | 11 (158.8340) |
| 2022-09-17 | Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100 | 18 / 25 (635.1424) | 16 (165.0856) | 15 (160.5028) | 24 (145.6228) | 7 (163.9312) |
| 2022-05-14 | Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter, 9880 | 12 / 19 (654.7772) | 1 (172.5828) | 14 (156.5372) | 6 (165.1084) | 7 (163.3828) |
| 2022-04-16 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 24 / 24 (617.5428) | 21 (162.8000) | 23 (149.1316) | 23 (153.1084) | 23 (152.5028) |
| 2022-04-15 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 17 / 19 (642.6972) | 5 (169.6684) | 17 (150.2516) | 17 (156.5488) | 9 (166.2284) |
| 2022-03-26 | Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920 | 24 / 31 (604.9144) | 25 (150.2400) | 28 (140.4800) | 22 (154.2400) | 15 (159.9544) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #219 (750 pts) | #239 (755 pts) | #196 (895 pts) | #217 (760 pts) | #262 (645 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #173 (1215 pts) | #127 (1440 pts) | #116 (1565 pts) | #174 (1180 pts) | #165 (1220 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #160 (1184 pts) | #97 (1474 pts) | #198 (1099 pts) | #214 (999 pts) | #149 (1219 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) |