PARKSTAD SMOKERS BZ

Power ranking

#204

of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1680

peak 1716

Contests

in the data

First seen

2019-02-16

latest 2024-04-20

Best ToY finish

#30

Master 2022

Grand champs

7 reserve

Category wins

43 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 47 contests

Avg finish

top 28%

overall standings

Best overall

690.1940

W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

664.23 ▼

last 5 vs career avg 670.22 (-5.98)

Walk rate

94%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Brisket · Tony Stone BBQ Competition

Consistency

±10.23

std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 169.23 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.75)

Road miles

15402

mi across 47 mapped stops · furthest 5039 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has finished one call ahead of PARKSTAD SMOKERS 7 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

BELGIAN BBQ TEAM FIVE Q has landed one call behind them 5 times.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of ANTWERPS BBQ-TEAM in 22 of their 23 shared contests.

🏕️ Happy hunting ground

KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees is their spot: an average finish in the top 13% across 2 visits.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 2.9032 points of the Grand Championship at W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest (2020-01-18).

📅 A June team

Something about June: average finish in the top 17% across 4 contests, versus top 28% the rest of the year.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest (2022-09-10) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 32-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ.

📈 Riding a hot streak

Currently on a 30-contest overall top-10 run.

🐣 Announced themselves early

Finished 5 of 12 at their very first tracked contest, Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE (2019-02-16).

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By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	46	34	3	11	176.5600	154.8116	169.23	top 36%
Pork Ribs	47	25	2	8	178.8572	145.6688	164.75	top 43%
Pork	46	30	3	9	176.5716	155.3368	168.21	top 35%
Brisket	46	39	3	15	180.0000 🔥	152.5144	167.96	top 31%

“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	Avg finish
BZ	2	top 19%
KS	2	top 51%
TN	1	top 73%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	15	0	top 37%
Medium (20–39)	24	1	top 21%
Large (40+)	7	0	top 34%

The story so far

Busiest season: 2019 (17 contests)
Cooks mostly in BZ (2 of 47 contests)
Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (47 entries)
First Grand Championship in the data: Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest (2022-09-10)
Wins it all in 2% of contests
All-time average overall score: 670.22
2 perfect 180s on the books 🔥

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

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Category wins	Best overall	Avg overall
2024	1	0	1	667.8400	667.84
2023	8	0	2	682.8344	665.11
2022	13	1	4	689.1200	676.68
2021	6	0	2	674.7656	669.32
2020	2	0	1	690.1940	685.64
2019	17	0	1	683.3372	666.69

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2024-04-20	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Contest 2024 Terneuzen, 4538AP	9 / 23 (667.8400)	1 (176.5600)	5 (167.3828)	7 (169.6800)	21 (154.2172)
2023-09-10	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest (Day 2) Dongen, 5106NC	6 / 23 (665.6348)	10 (165.1316)	9 (159.9772)	10 (168.5372)	3 (171.9888)
2023-09-09	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC	8 / 13 (660.4344)	7 (166.2400)	8 (162.8344)	5 (174.2744)	10 (157.0856)
2023-04-08	Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402	8 / 13 (661.6344)	3 (169.7028)	5 (167.9772)	7 (165.7144)	9 (158.2400)
2023-04-07	Eastern BBQ Contest 2023 - Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402	5 / 10 (665.6112)	10 (158.7884)	3 (168.5600)	1 (176.0000)	6 (162.2628)
2023-03-25	Spring Break BBQ Contest 4 Lommel, 3920	8 / 18 (665.0056)	11 (165.6684)	13 (159.9888)	5 (171.9772)	7 (167.3712)
2023-03-18	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 2 Boom, 2850	2 / 13 (678.7312)	6 (167.3828)	4 (170.8572)	1 (173.1200)	5 (167.3712)
2023-03-17	Belgisch Barbecue Weekend - Day 1 Boom, 2850	10 / 13 (641.0060)	12 (154.8116)	11 (154.2288)	9 (160.0000)	2 (171.9656)
2023-02-25	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	7 / 23 (682.8344)	13 (164.5944)	4 (173.1428)	11 (168.5372)	3 (176.5600)
2022-12-03	Holiday in Hell Helshoven,	6 / 15 (678.1940)	6 (174.2628)	5 (170.2972)	5 (170.2628)	8 (163.3712)
2022-12-02	Burn in Hell - When Hell Freezes Over Helshoven,	7 / 15 (675.3600)	7 (169.1428)	6 (171.4288)	7 (170.2628)	8 (164.5256)
2022-09-17	Het BBQkampioenschap van het Waasland 2020 Sint Niklaas, 9100	3 / 25 (670.7544)	11 (166.2400)	2 (172.5716)	11 (162.8228)	2 (169.1200)
2022-09-10	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Contest Dongen, 5106NC	1 / 28 (685.0632)	3 (175.4056)	19 (157.6688)	1 (176.5716)	1 (175.4172)
2022-07-23	5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival ,	4 / 20 (682.2288)	4 (174.8572)	2 (174.8572)	9 (165.6916)	8 (166.8228)
2022-06-18	The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR), 300257	4 / 15 (678.7544)	5 (171.4056)	9 (163.9660)	4 (173.1200)	4 (170.2628)
2022-06-18	The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR), 300257	—	—	6 (161.6800)	—	—
2022-06-03	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2134CG	6 / 38 (669.0176)	25 (162.8116)	16 (161.1088)	18 (165.0972)	1 (180.0000)
2022-05-21	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ-Contest II Terneuzen, 4538AP	2 / 18 (666.2176)	7 (169.1200)	12 (157.1548)	5 (169.1200)	3 (170.8228)
2022-05-14	Meetjesland International BBQ Contest Aalter, 9880	3 / 19 (670.1368)	4 (170.8228)	6 (165.7144)	11 (165.0740)	3 (168.5256)
2022-04-16	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402	3 / 24 (689.1200)	7 (171.4172)	2 (169.7144)	2 (176.0000)	4 (171.9884)
2022-04-15	Eastern BBQ Contest 2022-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402	4 / 19 (673.6344)	15 (165.1428)	5 (168.5372)	4 (170.8344)	3 (169.1200)
2022-03-26	Spring Break BBQ Contest III Lommel, 3920	2 / 31 (681.7144)	3 (176.0000)	1 (169.1888)	3 (169.6800)	9 (166.8456)
2021-10-23	KCBS International BBQ contest Vuur en Vlees Liesselseweg, Deurne, 5752 SC	5 / 30 (674.7656)	8 (170.8228)	10 (166.2860)	11 (167.9656)	7 (169.6912)
2021-10-02	Gruenenwalds BBQ Battle Bremen, 28199	2 / 16 (672.9824)	8 (164.5256)	4 (169.1200)	3 (171.9656)	4 (167.3712)
2021-09-25	De Vliegende Hollander BBQ Terneuzen, 4538AP	5 / 21 (670.7312)	9 (167.3828)	4 (171.4172)	9 (162.8228)	4 (169.1084)
2021-09-11	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" Barbeque Contest Dongen, 5106NC	5 / 29 (669.6688)	1 (174.2628)	21 (154.3088)	2 (175.4172)	11 (165.6800)
2021-08-14	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402	6 / 26 (667.3368)	20 (160.5028)	15 (158.8800)	7 (167.9540)	1 (180.0000)
2021-08-13	Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402	6 / 19 (660.4568)	5 (170.8228)	16 (158.8228)	9 (163.4400)	5 (167.3712)
2020-09-12	Farm Meat "De Vaartse Hoeve" BBQ Dongen, 5106NC	2 / 31 (681.0856)	3 (170.8228)	13 (164.5600)	5 (175.4400)	4 (170.2628)
2020-01-18	W.E.S.T. Winter Extreme South Tyrol BBQ Contest Rein in Taufers, BZ	2 / 28 (690.1940)	2 (176.0000)	1 (178.8572)	12 (167.3712)	5 (167.9656)
2019-11-30	Beer,Fries & BBQ-The Winter Edition Helshoven, 3800	5 / 31 (665.6456)	16 (164.5600)	3 (170.8572)	13 (162.2400)	6 (167.9884)
2019-10-25	31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) Lynchburg, TN	71 / 97 (661.6220)	40 (171.4056)	17 (176.5828)	91 (155.9768)	86 (157.6568)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS	97 / 135 (672.5028)	80 (170.2744)	95 (166.8800)	78 (169.1200)	115 (166.2284)
2019-09-12	40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST Kansas City, KS	142 / 468 (673.0168)	256 (164.5256)	126 (169.7028)	65 (173.1200)	208 (165.6684)
2019-08-31	3rd International Suydersee BBQ Contest Zeewolde Flevoland, 3891 DM	10 / 31 (656.4228)	10 (169.6800)	8 (166.8572)	22 (155.3368)	8 (164.5488)
2019-08-17	EUregio Barbecue Festival Erlenstr Waldfeucht-Haaren, 52525	7 / 28 (658.7428)	4 (171.9772)	26 (145.6688)	5 (170.2512)	2 (170.8456)
2019-07-06	BBQ an der Burg 2019 Geestland, 27624	6 / 36 (653.0172)	4 (169.1316)	26 (154.2400)	22 (157.0856)	2 (172.5600)
2019-06-29	KCBS International BBQ Contest Vuur en Vlees Deurne, 5753 PN	2 / 22 (671.3144)	2 (174.2744)	13 (161.0972)	2 (174.2628)	9 (161.6800)
2019-06-08	Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG	10 / 55 (672.5144)	6 (173.1316)	39 (156.5028)	2 (174.3200)	13 (168.5600)
2019-05-25	Brew N Q Open Leicestershire, LE672FY	5 / 34 (675.3944)	3 (174.8800)	11 (166.3088)	20 (161.0856)	5 (173.1200)
2019-05-24	Brew N Q Invitational Leicestershire, LE672FY	18 / 26 (648.3884)	10 (171.9772)	21 (155.3712)	7 (168.5256)	25 (152.5144)
2019-05-11	Beer,Fries & BBQ VI Kapermolenpark,Hasselt, 3800	9 / 49 (669.0284)	4 (174.2972)	31 (155.3484)	22 (164.5256)	5 (174.8572)
2019-04-20	Eastern BBQ Contest Day 2 Ninove, 9600	6 / 29 (675.3140)	6 (170.2628)	16 (162.2628)	9 (169.6684)	3 (173.1200)
2019-04-19	Eastern BBQ Contest Day 1 Ninove, 9600	10 / 25 (651.8972)	8 (166.8228)	11 (161.1316)	12 (162.8228)	10 (161.1200)
2019-04-13	Meat the East Hengelo, 7534 MK	8 / 41 (674.2056)	1 (175.4172)	16 (163.9772)	19 (162.8456)	2 (171.9656)
2019-03-30	Spring Break BBQ Contest Lommel,	3 / 40 (671.3828)	32 (155.9656)	3 (170.8688)	9 (169.7028)	2 (174.8456)
2019-02-16	Austrian BBQ Festival BARBECUE on ICE Weissensee, 9762	5 / 12 (683.3372)	2 (175.4516)	6 (168.5372)	4 (171.9656)	7 (167.3828)

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
2024 ↗	Master	#847 (133 pts)	#657 (273 pts)	#872 (173 pts)	#857 (153 pts)	#1175 (68 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#92 (1531 pts)	#117 (1366 pts)	#85 (1556 pts)	#63 (1671 pts)	#71 (1651 pts)
2022 ↗	Master	#30 (2199 pts)	#76 (1589 pts)	#50 (1841 pts)	#50 (1769 pts)	#25 (2139 pts)
2021 ↗	Master	#170 (1096 pts)	#201 (941 pts)	#270 (781 pts)	#184 (1011 pts)	#154 (1116 pts)
2020 ↗	Master	#164 (690 pts)	#211 (585 pts)	#182 (625 pts)	#298 (415 pts)	#208 (555 pts)
2019 ↗	Master	#105 (1811 pts)	#33 (2115 pts)	#169 (1389 pts)	#130 (1561 pts)	#45 (2095 pts)
2018 ↗	Master	#130 (1734 pts)	#199 (1364 pts)	#154 (1509 pts)	#96 (1769 pts)	#256 (1194 pts)